Everybody’s favourite and the Bollywood heartthrob, Salman Khan has raised his voice against intolerance. Salman has finally broken the silence and has spoken bluntly on the matter. In an answer to the question on intolerance, Salman Khan replied, “My father’s name is Salim Khan and my mother’s name is Sushila. We all are Indian and there is no difference.” In response to the question on Shiv Sena’s protest against Ghazal […]
Toronto: Four years after Punjabi became Canada’s third most common language, it has now attained the same status in the country’s new Parliament after English and French following the election of 20 Punjabi-speaking candidates to the House of Commons. Twenty-three Member of Parliaments of South Asian-origin were elected to the House of Commons, Parliament of Canada on October 19 parliamentary elections. Three of them, Chandra Arya – born and raised […]
Managing internal security is going to be a major challenge for the country, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday, as he asked the police force to train and equip themselves to tackle the “fourth generation” warfare with an invisible enemy. Speaking after reviewing the passing out parade of the 67 RR (2014 batch) of Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA), Mr […]
At a time when even corporators and local politicians have several SUVs and crores to their name, Banshidhar Bauddh is a tad different. Not only does this MLA not own a single car, but he lives in a thatched hut in an obscure village and is not even eligible to pay income tax. And on Saturday, his life took a sudden twist when he was inducted as a minister in […]
Hard to believe that some of these surreal places do exist. The vast dusty reddish stretches in Ridley Scott’s The Martian looked so forlorn and out-of-the-world that for a while we thought we actually landed on the red hot planet with a heavy thud just like Mark Watney. But as we came to senses, we realised it was very much our own soil. The landscape of Wadi Rum in South […]
Former India captain Kapil Dev says the iconic Sachin Tendulkar “did not know how to make double hundreds, triple hundreds and 400 though he had the ability” to scale such peaks and was “stuck in the Mumbai school of cricket”. “Don’t get me wrong, but I think Sachin didn’t do justice to his talent. I always thought he could have done much more than what he did,” Dev was quoted […]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg held a townhall session on Wednesday at IIT-Delhi. Here are the highlights of Zuckerberg’s townhall There was not one moment when I had a revelation that Facebook would be this big. In terms of regulation, in India and around the world, people are trying to figure out what net neutrality regulations should be. Net neutrality is an important principle. It’s important to have regulations which prevent […]
China today said ties with India and between the armies have improved as a result of bilateral mechanisms put in place by both sides to bring down tensions over the disputed border after a video emerged showing Indian and Chinese soldiers involved in a standoff in 2013. “I have seen the report. The video showed something that happened several years ago. We released information and clarified our position at that […]
Camphor, known as ‘kapur’ in Hindi, is commonly used in Indian households. It is of two types – the edible camphor and the synthetically made camphor. Whether for religious ceremonies, as a room freshener, or in the form of an essential oil, the strong fragrance of camphor is loaded with healing properties, while also being known for spreading positivity. Camphor used to be made by distilling the bark and wood […]
Majuli Majuli means land between two parallel rivers. One of the largest river islands of the world is located in Assam on the banks of river Brahmaputra. The untarnished island represents nature at its best; it is serene and enriched with rich cultural heritage.It is feared, that the beautiful island will submerge in 1520 years from now, due to the erosion of river Brahmaputra. Destruction of crops and houses followed […]
