Virat Kohli shared a photo on his Instagram account in which he displayed a book titled ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ by Paramhansa Yogananda and stated that this changed his outlook towards life. Virat Kohli shared a photo on his Instagram account in which he displayed a book titled ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ by Paramhansa Yogananda and stated that this changed his outlook towards life. Recently, the Indian skipper shared a […]
Shivaji was born on February 19 at Shivneri fort in Pune. February 19 marks the birthday anniversary of a ruler who carved a niche for himself with his guerrilla tactics, established the Maratha kingdom and fought Mughals. I am sure many of you would have already the guessed the warrior king referred here by now. For those who haven’t, this piece commemorates the 396th birth anniversary of Shivaji Bhonsale, better […]
China has lodged a diplomatic protest with India over a visit by a parliamentary delegation from Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. China considers Taiwan a wayward province, with no right to formal diplomatic ties with other countries. “We hope India would understand and respect China’s core concerns and stick to the ‘One-China’ principle and prudently deal with Taiwan-related issues and maintain sound and steady development of India-China […]
Yoshiko Shinohara is one of the finest examples of entrepreneurial zeal . Shinohara, 82, is Japan’s first self-made woman billionaire who without any formal education has made huge strides in the country. She lost her father at age six, got divorced in her 20s, and made it to the billionaire list without any graduation from college. Shinohara founded TempStaff, a staffing agency in 1973 from a one-bedroom apartment in Tokyo. A […]
Research suggests that Einstein’s Constant may still have a part to play in accounting for dark energy. Astronomers are testing an idea developed by Albert Einstein about a century ago to resolve a longstanding puzzle over what is driving the accelerated expansion of the universe. Researchers have long sought to determine how the universe’s accelerated expansion is being driven. Calculations in a new study by researchers at the University of […]
NR Narayana Murthy was on the top of his game for the larger part of his career. He steered Infosys, the software services company he founded in 1981, with six others, to make it the poster boy of the Indian information technology (IT) industry. For over three decades Infosys was under Murthy’s shadow, from 1993-2002 (since it got listed) as it’s CEO, later as its chairman, until stepped down from […]
“Several years ago, I had held a medical camp in the slum school in Bahadurgarh, Haryana. I was aghast to find that every single child there was malnourished,” says Kanika Ahuja. “My friend, who was a doctor treating children at the camp, said that at least 80% of the cases were just of extreme malnutrition. This was a turning point in my life when I realized that I’ll have to […]
Pre-wedding videos are the rage this wedding season which is why many would-be married couples are starring in them to make their wedding memories even more special. Shoots for such videos are done a few days before the wedding and usually have a very ‘Bollywood wannabe’-like look about them. As many of these pre-wedding videos show the guy and girl in mushy poses with Bollywood songs playing in the background, […]
An animal rights row has erupted in India over a school textbook which tells children how to suffocate kittens. The book, which is used in hundreds of private schools, features a science experiment in which two cats are placed in separate boxes – only one of which has airholes. Activists argued that it endangered the lives of children and animals. Many schools have now scrapped the offending page. The passage […]
The opposition’s allegations aside, the rate of unemployment is actually rising in the country, especially among the backward classes, the government admitted in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. In reply to a question during Question Hour, minister of state for planning Rao Inderjit Singh said that overall unemployment was rising, but the rate was highest among the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). While the overall unemployment rate is 5%, it is […]
