India set a new world record for the largest human flag, formed by over 50,000 volunteers, beating the previous record held by Pakistan. The event saw about 1.5 lakh volunteers, mainly youth, turn up for the event at YMCA Grounds here even as 50,000 of them formed the tricolour, Governor of Rotary 3230, organiser of the ‘My Flag My India’ campaign, ISAK Nazar, told reporters in Chennai. The Guinness World […]
India have omitted all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, 32, from their preliminary squad for next year’s Cricket World Cup. Batsmen Virender Sehwag, 36, and Gautam Gambhir, 32, and swing bowler Zaheer Khan, 36, were also left out, along with spinner Harbhajan Singh, 34. All five played in India’s victorious campaign at the 2011 World Cup, where Yuvraj was named Man of the Tournament. Uncapped trio Sanju Samson, 20, Manish Pandey, 25, and […]
Hyderabad is the second best place in the world that one should see in 2015, according to an international travel publication. The Presidio of San Francisco in the US ranked first on the “Best of the World – 20 Places You Should See in 2015” list, published in the annual guide of ‘Traveler’ magazine of National Geographic. In the December 2014-January 2015 issue, periodical ranked Hyderabad at second position […]
Foreign institutional investors warmed up to Asian equities in November as the region recorded net inflows of USD 5.3 billion, out of which India attracted USD 1.4 billion, says a report by HSBC. According to the global financial services major, after two consecutive months of sell-offs, FIIs have warmed up to Asian equities and all markets have received positive flows in November. Among Asian economies, China regained the top position […]
. En Dino Muzaffarnagar”, a documentary by Shubhradeep Chakravorty and Meera Chaudhary on the riots that engulfed the Uttar Pradesh district in 2013, considers whether the riots were premeditated, and executed for political gain. The Central Board of Film Certification has refused to allow it for public screening. With the Delhi Court directing the Board to give “detailed reasons” for its opposition next week, our writer examines the documentary’s message […]
A super-sized toilet that’s edible! Yuck? Er, no actually – it is a cake that weighs nearly 700 kg. It is part of an awareness drive organized in Delhi by Sulabh International, an NGO responsible for building public toilets in almost every Indian state. The three-day event that began on Wednesday over a thousand school children take part in the pledge, ‘Toilet For All by 2019’. “The event has been […]
Beijing: China has begun generating electricity from Tibet’s biggest ever hydropower project, the latest dam development on Himalayan rivers that has prompted concern in India. The dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river – known as the Brahmaputra in India, where it is a major waterway – will be 116 metres (381 feet) high when completed next year, according to reports. Foreign ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said Monday that New Delhi […]
Baby boy born with eight limbs cause panic in the streets of India Locals believe the deformed boy is a reincarnation of a Hindu god The deformity on the child, named God Boy, is an underdeveloped twin A baby boy born with four arms and four legs is causing panic in the streets of Baruipur, east India, as locals believe he is the reincarnation of a god. The child has […]
Forced to pick cotton, grow cannabis, prostitute themselves, fight wars or clean up after the wealthy — some 35.8 million people are currently trapped in modern-day slavery, a new report said Monday. The 2014 Global Slavery Index (GSI), in its second annual report, said new methods showed some 20 percent more people were enslaved across the world than originally thought. “There is an assumption that slavery is an issue from […]
More than 200 protesters buried their heads in the sands of Bondi Beach on Thursday in a demonstration over climate change inaction. The protest came as world leaders began arriving in Australia ahead of the G20 summit in Brisbane at the weekend. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been criticised for not including talks on climate change in the summit. Since coming to power, Mr Abbott has axed a carbon tax […]
