Two American lawmakers have introduced legislation in the US Congress to designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, in a humiliating setback to Islamabad ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech before the UN General Assembly. The bill, H.R 6069 or the Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act, enjoins the U.S administration to make a formal call on the matter within four months of its passage. The President […]

A serious political columnist, a veteran journalist and a biographer with fascinating works to his credit such as The Life and Times of Nargis , Krishna Menon: A Biography, Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore , The Goenka Letters: Behind the scenes in Indian Express — the prolific writer TJS George has also authored a biography of one of India’s most revered musicians, MS Subbulakshmi, who triumphed over the barriers of caste […]

An indigenously built warship equipped with a range of high-tech missiles was launched on Saturday with Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba saying the stealth destroyer can be compared with the best vessels in the world. Christened ‘ Mormugao ‘, the vessel has been built by government-run Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) and belongs to Visakhapatnam class of ships being constructed under Project 15B. The Project 15B missile destroyers are modern […]

On the surface, Leena Yadav’s film Parched, which is produced by Ajay Devgn, seems to be a heart-wrenching film about rural women in Rajasthan and the entrenched misogyny in their lives. The 2-odd minute trailer has enough instances to make you feel horrible for the four women around whom the story of Parched is based. However, if you dig deep enough, Parched is about breaking free; from shackles, stereotypes, societal […]

She started eating less since 1947 for feeding refugees who fled present day Bangladesh during partition. ‘Age is just a number’, goes a well known saying and some people manage to prove it right by setting an example that inspires generations to come. One such soul is Aruna Mukherjee from Guwahati, who has lived a life dedication to service of mankind and is set to open an old age home […]

Naga Kataru grew up in Gampalagudem, a farming village in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was a gifted student in a high school where only half the students would show up for class, “because education wasn’t a priority for them,” Naga told Bizztor. His father, the school’s principal, was determined to send his son to college. So, Naga graduated with a college degree in Computer Science and […]

Kerala-born Nereaparambil’s purchases in the property began when a relative teased him about the Burj Khalifa building, he says. In a rags-to-riches story, a Kerala businessman who was once a mechanic, now owns an astonishing 22 apartments in Burj Khalifa tower, the world’s tallest building located in Dubai in the UAE. According to a report in the Khaleej Times, George V. Nereaparambil says he intends to continue buying more if […]

After over two months of continuing unrest in the Kashmir Valley due to the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani by the security forces, another Wani, also from the Valley and a recruitment exam topper, has joined the Border Security Force (BSF). Nabeel Ahmad Wani, 26, will join the largest border guarding force as an assistant commandant. While Nabeel, who was in Delhi on Sunday to meet Union home minister […]

At the recently held analyst meet at Infosys, company CEO Vishal Sikka made a candid confession that one of the disappointments for him had been that over the last two years the conversations he had with clients were not strategic or of a high level. “By and large the conversations that we have are these IT-oriented kind of conversations that are largely cost- and RFP (request for protocol)-driven. I have […]

Most of us experience a calling at some point in our lives, something like Mother Teresa had in a moving train or SRK had at the NASA launch station. Yet many of us fail to respond to it. Working as an IT professional in California, Madhuchandan Chikkadevaiah too experienced a calling: to come back to his village Mandya and help the distressed farmers reeling under debt. He chose to abandon […]