If you’re a die-hard fan of Ranveer Singh, here’s your chance to not just meet the young actor, but also shake leg a with him during the upcoming International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards in Tampa Bay, Florida, in April. Tata Motors, in association with IIFA Thursday announced a ‘Zest for Stardom’ contest, […]
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) could not have started the New Year on a happier note after a turbulent 2013. It now has newly elected office-bearers, headed by N. Ramachandran, ending a 14-month ban. Ramachandran, who is also the president of the World Squash Federation (WSF), will be under scrutiny of the the International Olympic […]
Team “Baahubali” has started a campaign called ‘Star of the Week’ to reward those who have constantly shown their commitment towards the making of the film, which will come out in 2015. Directed by S.S. Rajamouli, period-drama “Baahubali” is the most-anticipated Telugu film. It features Prabhas Varma, Rana Daggubati and Anushka Shetty in lead roles. […]
A large number of foreign scholars and teachers are keen to join the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar as its faculty members, an official said Thursday. The process of appointing faculty for the varsity has begun and 500 applications have been received for the 20 posts that will initially be filled. “Around 22 percent of […]
Here comes a new laser technology that can make you feel a lot better while at a queue for full-body scan at airports. Researchers have invented a more precise and direct method for using that ‘terahertz’ (THz) technology to detect explosives from greater distances. The method could ultimately lead to detectors that survey a wider […]
Listen to your grandmother when it comes to garlic and its health benefits. Don’t throw ‘sprouted’ garlic – old garlic bulbs with bright green shoots emerging from the cloves – in the garbage as it has more heart-healthy antioxidant activity than its fresher counterparts. People have used garlic for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. […]
The Mozambican Council of Ministers has declared a national mourning Friday for former football player Mario Coluna, who died at the age of 78 in Maputo. “Taking into consideration his valuable deeds for this country, the government in its extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers decided to declare national mourning Friday when the flags […]
Immediately after seeing her performance in Imtiaz Ali’s “Highway” Shabana Azmi rushed to the Bhatts’ residence to congratulate the parents and their daughter Alia for the 20-year-old’s extraordinary performance. The multiple National award winning actress, acknowledged by many cineastes as among India’s finest, sees Alia as the true inheritor of her talent. Interestingly, Alia’s father […]
The Supreme Court Thursday stayed the release of four convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, ordering the status quo on a plea by the centre challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to release them. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam directed that the central government’s plea would be heard March 6.
At a time when scientists the world over are experimenting with making cheaper alternative energies for our future, a team of scientists has invented a new technology that increases the odds of helping algae-based biofuels cross the gap and come closer to reality. The team’s invention – the environmental photobioreactor (ePBR system) – is the […]