Happy Earth Day everyone! April 22 is celebrated across the world to remember the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Over time, it has become one of the many green days, on which we are besieged with pleas to save the planet and sharing breathtakingly beautiful photos of flora and fauna and talking about how there’s only one planet, yada yada yada. In keeping with the spirit of […]
“Can I Quit?” Its an Inspirational award winning short film everyone should watch, whoever is tired of life, whoever losses anything or anyone, please never loose hope. This short film will give you a beautiful message that how to live positively in your life. You will see this short file that how we should fight with negative thoughts, how not to take wrong steps, think about parents your family. Because […]
A 26-year-old Indian national wanted for the 2015 murder of his wife in Maryland is the newest addition to the FBI’s ten most wanted Fugitives’ list, and a reward of up to $100,000 is being offered for information leading to his capture, the Bureau and local police announced on Tuesday. Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel, a native of India, had been in the US on an expired visa with his 21-year-old wife […]
The use of children as suicide bombers by the insurgents of Boko Haram has surged in 2017, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. In the countries fighting Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region – Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad – 27 children have been used in suicide attacks by the armed Islamist group in the first three months of the year, UNICEF said in a statement, […]
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday launched a website, described as a brainchild of film actor Akshay Kumar, to help donors contribute to families of paramilitary personnel killed in the line of duty. Akshay Kumar was present at the launch of the website called ‘Bharat ke Veer’ or ‘India’s Bravehearts’ that will be powered by State Bank of India and hosted on the server of the National Informatics Centre, […]
More than one in 10 deaths globally was caused due to smoking in 2015 and over 50 % of them took place in just four countries, one of which was India, a new study said. Over 11 % of 6.4 million deaths worldwide was caused by smoking in 2015 and 52.2 % of them took place in China, India, USA, and Russia, according to the latest estimates in the Global […]
The problem is not how animals are treated in Indian government zoos or aquaria. They are, in almost all cases, treated badly — the animals are mangy, ill-kept, under-fed and unhappy in ill-lit and ill-designed cages. The problem to be solved is the most basic one. Do we need zoos like this? Do they contribute to the health, knowledge and happiness of the world? Do they show respect to any […]
She was a queen of raagas, amongst the doyens of Hindustani Classical music, the one who brought every raag and raagini to life with her intense emotional connect. Yes I am talking about the quintessential, eclectic grand dame of Classical music, Kishori Tai. Be it Raag Bhoop, Raag Hamsadhwani or the rather soulful Raag Yaman Kalyan, she was a truly enlightened the soul of Hindustani Classical music. Like someone on […]
In continuation of its judgement of December 15, the Supreme Court on Friday reiterated its order on banning liquor vends across national and state highways and said it is also applicable to hotels and restaurants. While the hospitality industry estimates that close to 1 million employees might lose their jobs, the question is how safe does it make our roads and would it cut down the number of accidents that […]
Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar has written an open letter to a stalker who has hounded her since the day she was born – sexism. And she wants the world to hear what she has to say. The actress, who recently attended the India Today Woman Summit, read the letter out loud and spoke about how her entire life has been informed by sexism and misogyny. With a tinge of sardonic […]
