New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) It was a pleasant Monday morning in Delhi as the minimum temperature settled five notches below average at 18.6 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has forecast a clear day. “The sky will remain clear with the maximum temperature likely to hover around 34 degrees Celsius,” said an India Meteorological Department […]
Book: “Prem Naam Hai Mera, Prem Chopra”; Author: Rakita Nanda; Publisher: Rupa & Co; Pages: 248; Price: Rs.499. He never needed any special costumes or makeup. Just his trademark lascivious sneer and a voice that could switch from silken menace to wheedling entreaty was all it needed to establish him as villain in the viewer’s […]
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) With a growing number of books written by young Indian authors now made into successful movies and the increasing number of publishing houses eager to offer a break to budding writers, young authors in India can now live their dreams, said Nikhil Chandwani, the first Indian to win the UK […]
New York, April 21 (IANS) To understand why different individuals have different pain tolerance levels, scientists have discovered four genes that play a vital role in deciding this. “The study is quite significant because it provides an objective way to understand pain and why some people have a higher tolerance for pain than others,” said […]
London, April 21 (IANS) What if moon emits enough light to make the night sky brighter so that you do not need to switch on power to illuminate roads and streets? A Swedish cosmetics firm Foreo has a definite plan: to brighten the surface of the moon to achieve super night brightness! The idea is […]
New York, April 21 (IANS) The early birds who bought $1,500 (Rs.90,000) wearable eyewear Google Glass that was sold for one day in the US last week are facing street violence from muggers and privacy campaigners. According to a spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Department, street robbers are targeting Google Glass because it could […]
Chennai, April 21 (IANS) In a multi-cornered election contest in Tamil Nadu, the campaign strategy of various formations is based on national versus local issues. AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa with prime ministerial ambitions talks largely about national issues, while her opponents talk about the local – bijli (electricity), sadak (road) […]
Patna, April 21 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas blew up a state-run school in Bihar’s Jamui district early Monday, police said. Over 200 students will now not be able to attend school. Jamui Superintendent of Police Jitendra Rana said a group of armed Maoists used “cylinder bombs” to blast the Bojhayat middle school building. “For Maoists, schools […]
Berlin, April 21 (IANS) Relegation-threatened Stuttgart upset third-placed Schalke 3-1 while Emir Spahic’s brace helped Leverkusen secure fourth place at Nuremberg to close the 31st round of the Bundesliga German football league. Martin Harnik’s brace eased Stuttgart’s relegation worries as the ‘Swabians’ established a four-point gap clear of the relegation zone thanks to a crucial […]
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) An order prohibiting the gathering of people was lifted Monday from most parts of Odisha’s Kendrapada district where one person was killed and several injured in post-poll violence Friday, an official said. “We have lifted the prohibitory orders from most of the places as the situation is back to normal. However […]