Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump is getting support from an unexpected quarter, with India’s 1990s pop star Baba Sehgal singing praises for him in a rap song. The song “Trump Ka Mania”, posted on YouTube, begins with an earlier video of Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump introducing her father. “Could not resist doing a track on Trump. This guy has something in him which puts him on top of the charts. […]
This rather odd yet adorable creature may look like a snake with silly little arms, but it is actually the yellow-bellied three-toed skink (saiphos equalis), a species of reptile native to eastern Australia. For many generations now, Scientists have been watching this species give birth by laying eggs, but recently scientists have noticed something very unusual. All the yellow-bellied skinks scientists have been observing in the warm coastal lowlands are […]
A basic question — whether there is a meaning and purpose to our existence — arises in, and perhaps bothers, the mind of every individual, whether the doubt is articulated or not, as he gets through his everyday life. Scholars and philosophers, since long, have mulled deeply over questions regarding our existence. Is there an all-encompassing Over-mind or Absolute Spirit, in which all concepts are unified? The Upanishads say ‘neti, […]
Chandler, Arizona seems a long, long way from Kovur in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district. Two years ago, it was in Kovur where Avinash Iragavarapu, an MBA graduate from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, joined the YSR Congress’s election campaign in Andhra Pradesh after quitting his job with HCL Technologies Ltd in New Delhi. Political campaigning and strategy, in many ways, were his natural calling. In his college years, Iragavarapu […]
Ambarish Mitra ran away from home at the age of 15 to live in New Delhi’s slums. By the age of 17 he had 55 people working for him. Now, nearly 20 years later, he is the founder and boss of Blippar, a mobile phone app business valued at $1.5bn (£1.2bn). It is perhaps no surprise that Ambarish describes his life as “an adventure”. Launched in 2011, Blippar is an […]
The US space agency NASA’s Juno spacecraft will soon enter orbit around the largest planet, Jupiter in few weeks. Juno mission is scheduled to orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016. NASA’s Juno spacecraft was launched way back in 2011 for a five-year mission to Jupiter, the largest, strongest magnetic field and most lethal radiation belts in our solar system. The space agency recently released an interesting movie-like trailer for […]
A 48-hour countdown began today for the launch of record 20 satellites, including Indias latest earth observation Cartosat-2 Series Satellite, onboard PSLV C-34 from Sriharikota on June 22. The launch is expected at 9.26 AM after the launch authorisation board (LAB) gave the clearance for the mission on Tuesday and the process of filling the fuel was underway, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. After creating a record in […]
Today, the astronomers and skygazers of northern hemisphere are going to witness a rare celestial event which roughly occurs once in a generation. For the first time in 70 years the Strawberry full moon will rise on the day of summer solstice. June 20 is the summer solstice of 2016 which marks the beginning of official summer season. The daytime will be the longest today and sun will shine for […]
Intelligence test viewed 3m times is easy to cheat on, says YouTuber Maths whizz Presh Talwalker created another test that catches fakes out Using x + y = (x – y) (x + y), the new test asks the solution to ?+? = 123 A teasingly tricky maths challenge that claims to separate the real boffins from those who just claim to know the answers is sweeping Facebook. Some three […]
Filmmaker Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superhero flick ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ is a must-watch for DC Comics fans. The trailer has been released and what a spell-binding streak in continues to engage us in. The venture has an ensemble cast with the likes of Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, and Gal Gadot in pivotal parts. Interestingly, the film […]
