Thousands of natural snowballs have been formed on an 18-km stretch of a beach in the Gulf of Ob in northwest Siberia, puzzling the local people. A part of the coast was covered in the icy spheres. The sculptural shapes range from the size of a tennis ball to almost 1 metre across. They result from a rare environmental process where small pieces of ice form, are rolled by wind […]

As Iraqi troops battled to gain ground a few streets away, soldiers in the Mosul district of Intisar wrapped a wounded and bloodied colleague in a blanket, lifted him off his Humvee, and sped him away from the frontlines for treatment. Heavy shooting and mortar fire shook the neighbourhood, which the soldiers were trying to recapture from Islamic State militants who have held Mosul for more than two years. Fighting […]

Finding restaurant franchises for sale is actually easier than finding good fine dining restaurants! TripAdvisor released its list of best fine dinning restaurants in India for 2016. Find out which restaurants made the cut… Travel website TripAdvisor published a list of the India’s Top 10 fine dining restaurants as part of their 2016 Travelers’ Choice Awards series. The list was compiled after taking into account the reviews submitted by travellers […]

Every day, you get up and head to your place of work, college or school. You travel through the narrow lanes, traffic-swarmed main roads and pedestrian bridges to reach your destination. There goes an hour or two — mundane as it was yesterday, and could be, tomorrow. But, what if we say, China has come up with interesting architecture letting its citizens have fun while they travel every day? Yes, […]

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City is Christianity’s most hallowed shrine. It’s believed that the rock-cut tomb at the heart of the church was where the body of Jesus Christ was once laid. Over the past week, for the first time in centuries, a team of conservationists and researchers removed a marble slab that lay in a rotunda, known as the Edicule, at the center of […]

Wat Phra Kaew, or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is the most sacred religious structure in Thailand. Located in the heart of Bangkok, near the royal palace, the lavish complex has more than 100 buildings in its compound, including a statue of the Emerald Buddha, which is considered the country’s protector. Encircling this complex is a two-kilometre-long wall decorated with exquisite murals – of the Ramayana. The murals of […]

A bill to proclaim October as Hindu Heritage Month annually in Canada’s Ontario province has been introduced in the provincial assembly here. Ontario is home to more than 700,000 Indo-Canadians. Introducing the bill in the Ontario assembly here, Joe Dickson, who is a Member of the Provincial Parliament (MPP), said that by proclaiming the month of October as Hindu Heritage Month, Ontario will recognize the “important contributions that Hindu Canadians […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday celebrated Diwali with soldiers in a remote and strategic area in Himachal Pradesh, adjoining the Chinese border. Modi also made an unscheduled trip to a village, Chango, and said he was “deeply touched by the impromptu reception and their joy”. Dressed in olive green and donning a local cap with a green flap adorning dry flowers, the Prime Minister interacted with men from the […]

The tomb, where Jesus is believed to have been buried and resurrected, is situated in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. For the first time in centuries, the surface of Jesus Christ’s traditionally considered tomb in Israel has been uncovered by scientists for restoration purposes, National Geographic revealed in an exclusive report. The tomb, where Jesus is believed to have been buried and resurrected, […]

After seeing a rather improbable looking graphic running around on social media, promising self-sufficiency on 1 acre, I felt compelled to write a rebuttal, entitled The Myth of One Acre Self-Sufficiency. In the process of that, it occurred to me that perhaps I ought to produce a more realistic plan, based on our experiences with smaller livestock, and limited growing conditions, and based on recommendations I made in my rebuttal. […]