A conduct checklist for banks and financial institutions in India that must be followed while dealing with loan applications. Banks and financial institutions touch almost everybody’s life in more than one way. From a simple savings account to credit cards, fixed deposits, personal loans, car loans, education loans, home loans etc. banks offer a host of services. With banks and lending institutions playing such a big role, do we know […]
Can a weak handshake ruin your career even before it’s launched? Find out how little things you do could make or break your chances! From the time you send in your application till the time you are offered the job, the hiring manager is watching your every move. A single mistake could cost you the job of your dreams. How can you be careful? Simply avoid these mistakes! late Have […]
The way in which we eat food influences our body odour as well as our breath. Impurities and toxins in the body from improperly digested foods result in body odour. Body odour occurs due to excessive use of deodorants, but sometimes, it can also be of food items. Here is a list of foods that make you smell bad. Red meat: It causes stagnation in the body. It also putrefies […]
The fear of public speaking is the most common of all the phobias as it’s a form of performance anxiety in which a person becomes very concerned that s/he will look visibly anxious, maybe even have a panic attack while speaking. Avneet Kohli shares her expert opinion on how to conquer public speaking fear. This is the often-terrifying reality of public speaking — something many of us avoid at all […]
Injecting trees with a concentrated form of garlic might help save trees in the UK from deadly diseases. Operating under an experimental government licence, a prototype piece of technology to administer the solution is being trialled on a woodland estate in Northamptonshire. Widespread use of the injection process is impractical and expensive. But it could potentially help save trees of historic or sentimental value. Garlic is one of nature’s most […]
China’s string of amazing hotel openings continues next month with the completion of the Sunrise Kempinski Hotel, Beijing. Due to open in mid-November, the eye-catching 97-meter-high luxury hotel has 21 floors filled with 306 guestrooms and suites. It’s designed by Shanghai Huadu Architect Design Co. and sits on the shore of Yanqi Lake, about 60 kilometers from Beijing’s city center. Behind the design Though “traditional” is the last word that […]
The horrors of Superstorm Sandy were a clear sign to New Yorkers that something must be done to protect Manhattan and other nearby areas from the rising seas. Officials and designers gathered to discuss the challenges facing the island, and they may have finally developed a defense. Rebuild by Design is a group that has been tasked with developing a more resilient New York City as residents continue to rebuild […]
25 years ago in the year 1987, something happened and the world felt it. The first globally synchronized meditation –commonly known as the first “Harmonic Convergence” – took place. Tens of thousands of people gathered all around the world at sacred sites around the planet to co-ordinate their intention. What intention? José Arguelles, who initiated the meditation put it this way: There comes a point when things have to change. […]
The Daily Mail has a fascinating feature on David Latimer and his soon to be 54-year-old bottle garden that he started on Easter Sunday back in 1960. Using a ten gallon carboy, Latimer poured in some compost, a quarter pint of water and carefully lowered in a spiderwort seedling (Tradescantia) using a piece of wire. He then placed the bottle garden by a sun-filled window in his home and let […]
The world’s animal population has halved in 40 years as humans put unsustainable demands on Earth, a new report warns. The World Wide Fund for Nature’s Living Planet Index, released Tuesday, revealed the dramatic decline in animal species, and said the trend could cost the world billions in economic losses. Humans need one and a half Earths to sustain their current demands, it said. The index, which draws on research […]
