Travelling after demonetisation is a tricky business. You are in a new place where no one is prepared to lend you a credit card and no one is willing to sell without the new currency. Try and book all-inclusive packages and check beforehand to ensure that your travel agent will accept cheques or credit and debit cards, says an expert. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a […]
The power of a shivling at home If you have taken the effort to establish a shivling at home, then care must be taken to not offer some things to the Shivling — as we all know, inviting the wrath of Lord Shiva can land all of us in trouble! Here are the things you should not do if you have a Shivling at home. Secluded corner Don’t establish the […]
Osho has suggested some meditation techniques for using our senses without losing energy. How do you wake up in the morning? Maybe you have never thought about it. If you want to know, try this: in the morning, while bidding goodbye to sleep, don’t open your eyes, just register all the sounds you hear around you. The first buzz will likely be of a message from your mobile. Then ever-increasing […]
In another drastic move initiated by the government, the government has decided to end the window for exchange of currency notes at banks effective midnight today. The move, government sources said, was taken in view of several complaints of the facility extended by the government following the demonetisation move. In another development, the government has extended the deadline for use of demonetised Rs 500 notes for emergency services and basic […]
The week from November 14 to 20 is being observed as the World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2016. The aim of the programme is to increase awareness of antibiotic resistance among the general public, health workers and policy makers about antibiotic resistance and to avoid further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. Resistance to antibiotics and other microbial medicines was acknowledged as a major health problem in May 2015 at the […]
A single drop of milk. A newborn baby. The ravages of war and terrorism. The defiance of those who protest and the fear of those entrapped. All are included in a multimedia project featuring Time magazine’s most influential images of all time, released Thursday through a new book, videos and a website. Many of the photos or frames from films are familiar, engrained in the collective conscious, including the Pulitzer […]
Your happiness is mostly shaped by your decisions. Changing the way you feel requires you to make tough decisions that you haven’t made before. We all want to do this but fear get’s in the way and stops us from taking action. Being comfortable and making decisions that are easy will get you absolutely nowhere. Your happiness is important, and you should spend time finding ways to live life on […]
Today, November 14, marks the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak–the founder of Sikhism. Born in the year 1469, Guru Nanak is undoubtedly the most revered religious figure for the Sikh religion–and rightly so. His teachings have endured the test of times and his words continue to remain relevant even in today’s day and age. Celebrated on Kartik Purnima–the full moon day in the month of Kartik, Guru Nanak Jayanti is […]
New Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes have become a craze across the nation after the government declared the old currency notes as illegal tender. Many have clicked selfies and put them on social media. Meanwhile, a video has gone viral showing a new Rs 2,000 note undergoing a quality test. Please follow and like us:
We all know that the precious stone Rudraksha symbolises Lord Shiva. According to Shiv Puran, it is believed that the precious beads were formed out of the tear drops of Lord Shiva when he came out of meditation. Hence, when the tear drops fell on the ground, it took the form of seeds, which gave birth to Rudraksha trees. Rudraksha seed is produced by the large evergreen broad-leaved trees in […]
