Washington: Scoffing at Russia’s plummeting economy in the aftermath of a host of sanctions imposed on it, US President Barack Obama has suggested that what the Russian leader Vladimir Putin did (with Crimea) was a “strategic mistake”.   In a wide-ranging interview given to NPR News, shortly before the President was to leave for Hawaii for his annual vacation, Obama said that how Russia’s falling economy had disproved those (his […]

The road to achieving our dreams can be scary. In fact, the fear in our minds can hold us back from so much that we don’t even take a step toward our dreams. It’s as if the more the dream matters to us, the less likely we are to even pursue the dream. The dream ends up being talked about and imagined, but never actively chased. For your dream to […]

Washington: Researchers have discovered that a new set of proteins called ion channels can help doctors develop new drugs for people suffering from cardiac arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat. They found that ion channels generate the electrical signals of the heart differently than previously thought. Proteins called ion channels generate the electrical signals of the heart by opening a gate or pore for charged ions to cross the cell membrane. It […]

We have all had blurry vision at one point or another, but there is no need to fret when this happens! Do you remember that old television show Scooby doo? Velma seems to lose her glasses in every single episode. When they show her vision, you see blurry line, she cannot focus even for a moment so that she can find her glasses. I know that you have had this […]

Zlata has won awards and holds world records for her contortion skills Real name Julia, she has been contorting since she was just four years old Poses in a gold bodysuit for dramatic 2015 calender Promises her fans ‘more surprises’ for them in the coming year These incredible photos reveal how world’s bendiest woman contorts herself into unbelievable shapes in her 2015 calendar. Russian-born Zlata twists herself into the most […]

Pakistani troops have been helping evacuate children from the school At least 100 people, 80 of them children, have been killed in a Taliban assault on an army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistani officials say. Five or six militants wearing security uniforms entered the school, officials said. Gunfire and explosions were heard as security forces surrounded the area. The army says most of the school’s 500 students have been evacuated. It […]

A lone gunman kept terrified staff and customers captive into Monday night in a downtown Sydney cafe, brandishing an Islamic flag, as five of his hostages managed to flee for their lives. Here are 10 latest developments in the crisis so far. 1 5 people escape Sydney cafe in hostage crisis Five people, three men and two women, have fled the Lindt cafe in Martin Place in Sydney. 2 One […]

Toronto man is suing Scotiabank, claiming that he was racially profiled and arrested at one of its branches after attempting to deposit a $9,000 check into his own bank account, the Toronto Star reports. Frantz St. Fleur, who has banked with the establishment for almost a decade and has several accounts there, was trying to deposit a refunded real estate deposit in April after a condo purchase fell through when […]

Central intelligence agencies are in Bengaluru after a British news channel tracked down the operator of one of ISIS’s most successful Twitter accounts, Shammi Witness, to Bengaluru. The man they identified as Medhi, works with an MNC ad firm, and lives with his family in the city. This particular Twitter handle went live last year, and since then has been posting photos and videos of ISIS aggression. He even posted […]

Pakistan is placed eighth in the list of the most dangerous countries in the world which is led by Iraq, according to a US-based intelligence think tank.  Afghanistan, the only other South Asian country in the list, is placed fourth in the Country Threat Index (CTI) compiled yesterday by IntelCenter, a washington-based company working for intelligence agencies.  The rankings were prepared after examining the volume of terrorist and rebel alerts, […]