Women working near busy roads are at high risk of developing breast cancer, due to traffic-related air pollution, researchers have warned. The team, from University of Stirling in Scotland, analysed the case of a woman who developed breast cancer after spending 20 years working as a border guard at the busiest commercial border crossing in North America. The woman was one of, at least, five other border guards who developed […]
MC Mary Kom Saturday won a historic sixth gold in the Women’s World Championships, the mother-of-three doing, without breaking a sweat, what no other woman boxer has done or known before.The 35-year-old Mary Kom out-classed Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota in an unanimous 5-0 verdict in the 48kg category summit bout. The Olympic bronze medallist came into the all-important bout optimistic of adding to her five world championships titles, and, without an […]
Telecom operators Airtel and Vodafone-Idea may soon do away with life-time free incoming plans by charging a minimum amount from subscribers to keep their number in use. Telcos feel that the aggressive competition in the market led by Reliance Jio has not only impacted their revenue, but also have led them to revamp the current tariffs. Customers will no longer be able to avail life-time free incoming calls. This comes […]
Scientists have developed a novel drug that could block glioblastoma — the deadliest form of brain cancer — from spreading. The tissues in our bodies are largely made of fluid. It moves around cells and is essential to normal body function. But in some cases, this fluid may be doing more harm than good. In people who have glioblastoma, this fluid has a much higher pressure, causing it to move […]
Technical Guruji, a YouTube channel run by Dubai-based Gaurav Choudhary, which is one of the most subscribed tech YouTube channel has now become the world’s first tech YouTube channel with 10 million subscribers and over 800 million views. Gaurav Choudhary, the man behind the world’s only most subscribed tech YouTube channel — Technical Guruji — rose to fame for his tech videos in Hindi. Technical Guruji basically provides information and […]
The trailer of Vijay Sethupathi’s upcoming Tamil film Seethakaathi was recently released by the makers. The drama, which is the 25th film in Sethupathi’s career, will see him play a septuagenarian actor named Ayya Aadhimoolam. Sethupathi is unrecognisable under the prosthetics for which Hollywood makeup artist Alex Noble and Kevin Haney were roped in by the makers. Directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan, Seethakaathi also stars Gayathrie Shankar, Parvathy Nair, Archana, Ramya […]
Hundreds of people, including some Congress leaders, Hundreds march to Manohar Parrikar’s home, demand resignation in 48 hours evening marched to the private residence of ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, demanding his resignation, and a “full-time” chief minister in his place. The people, who came together under the banner of ‘People’s March For Restoration of Governance’, marched for about 1 km, and gave an “ultimatum” of 48 hours to […]
The much-awaited final trailer of fantasy ride ‘Aquaman’ has been released and it looks every bit impressive. It is the third live-action theatrical film featuring the title character, following Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League. It is touted as the first full-length feature film centred around the character. The movie is releasing in India a week before it actually hits the screens in the US. ‘Aquaman’ will […]
Why is there widespread social and political upheaval in our present world? It is not due to injustice as is commonly assumed. It is due to an unrealistic concept of justice and an obsession with an unrealistic concept of human rights. People are living in a state of over-expectation and when they find that their expectations are not fulfilled, they react. This reaction begins from negative thinking, and then it […]
At least four people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a hospital in Chicago on Monday afternoon. The dead include a police officer, a doctor and a pharmaceutical assistant, as well as the shooter himself, NBC Chicago reported. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the shooter was in a relationship with the doctor, and had an argument with her at Mercy Hospital’s parking lot beginning around 3.28 pm local […]
