Nandan Nilekani and his wife Rohini are trying to improve education across India using interactive computer games and software to teach children via smartphones. Our order for lunch is being taken at Bengaluru’s inventive Caperberry restaurant when we are all baffled by a word that would likely not be allowed in a game of Scrabble. The manager has asked Rohini Nilekani if she would like to order a starter called […]
Sydney: With identification of a biomarker, researchers have found that a single blood test could reveal whether an apparently healthy person is likely to die of pneumonia or sepsis within the next 14 years. Based on an analysis of 10,000 individuals, the researchers identified a molecular byproduct of inflammation, called GlycA, which seems to predict premature death due to infections. The findings suggest that high GlycA levels in the blood […]
The auspicious day marks the victory of Lord Ram over demon-king Ravana thereby symbolising the victory of light over darkness, good over bad, enlightenment over ignorance, so on and so forth. To remind humanity that good is invincible and that evil will cease to exist, people across India celebrate this festival with great devotion. Mammoth effigies of Ravana are burnt to celebrate the defeat of the demon king at the […]
Virender Sehwag has announced his retirement from international cricket, more than two-and-a-half years on from his last appearance for India, the news was made official by the bastman himself on Twitter, the day after he had indicated during the Masters Cricket League launch in Dubai. This brings down the curtains on a remarkable career in which he scored 17,253 international runs across formats. Sehwag is the only Indian batsman to […]
Kamala B.K. is tiny. She’s barely 5 feet tall. A bright red ribbon sets off her dark hair. As she walks past our guesthouse in the village of Thankot, we try to get her to come over and talk to us. But the 14-year-old won’t come over to the porch. “Because she’s menstruating, she should not be entering another person’s house. It’s disrespectful,” says Cecile Shrestha of Wateraid. The nonprofit […]
Earth plane is a school where the physical body is the uniform and the soul, prana, consciousness is the breath which keeps it alive. We were given a driver program in our minds which was meant to assist in graduating us from this schooling, completing our syllabus, to unify with the parent consciousness. The program had inbuilt freedom of ‘Choice’. The sensory lures of this plane got us sensory beings, […]
Does the momentum of light increase or decrease when it passes through a material? This question, which formed the crux of a debate between two German physicists in the early 20 Century finally sees the answer recreated in a lab in Mohali. Ever since the scientists Hermann Minkowski and Max Abraham came up with contradicting equations that both seemed to be supported by contradicting experimental data, the ‘controversy’ has raged […]
“That boy right there, his name is Nandu Vijay Pawar. I met him while going to Baroda. The train was to leave at 3:45 pm and he entered my coach at 3:40 pm with a school bag. He started asking people something, but many didn’t respond and others were busy stuffing their luggage beneath the seats. He came to my compartment and told me “Joothe polish karvalo” I said, “Mere […]
Hyderabad: The Taj Falaknuma here has been awarded number one position among the best palace hotels in the world category for 2015 by the world’s leading travel and tourism website – Trip Advisor. The coveted award is given to hospitality industry’s best that have attained outstanding reviews from discerning travelers across the world, according to a statement by Taj Falaknuma. After 10 years of sensitive restoration, the Taj Group of […]
YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy’s indefinite fast in support of Special Status for Andhra Pradesh on Sunday entered the fifth day even as his health deteriorated. A team of government doctors visited Jagan at the hunger strike camp at Nallapadu village in the district at around 11 AM today for his health checkup. The leader’s mother YS Vijayamma and his wife Bharathi also arrived at the camp to lend support. […]
