Actress Kalki Koechlin has finally broken her silence and has falsified the rumors surrounding Huma Qureshi’s involvement in her split with director Anurag Kashyap. An exasperated Kalki tweeted, “Jesus Christ can we please leave Huma alone?! My problems with Anurag have nothing to do with her!” There were a lot of speculations that Anurag’s growing […]
A team of farmers from Afghanistan are in Bihar to study and learn farming techniques, a minister said Thursday. The team of 22 Afghanistan farmers, including women, are in Bihar’s agriculture field to study and learn techniques for cultivation of mango, litchi and other cash crops, Bihar Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh said. Farmers from Aghanistan […]
In a first-of-its-kind study, a higher socio-economic status has been linked with a more satisfying sex life. An analysis based on the first Spanish National Sexual Health Survey confirms that socio-economic factors affect sexual satisfaction. “People with a lower economic status claim to be less sexually satisfied, particularly women, who seem to be more influenced […]
Bangladeshi authorities should drop criminal charges against two senior members of the human rights group Odhikar and end the harassment of its workers, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said Thursday. Odhikar published a report on security forces abuses in June 2013. The international community should speak up and press […]
The World Bank has approved $410 million to improve municipal governance and basic urban services in district towns and municipalities in Bangladesh, which will benefit 3.4 million people. According to a statement of the Washington-based bank received here Thursday, the project would provide financial support to 26 urban government bodies with high economic growth and […]
The level of political awareness of Indian youth is much higher than among the adults and in the coming years they will be the biggest contributing factor to the political change in the country, a political scientist said here. Speaking at the launch of his book “Youth and Electoral Politics: An Emerging Engagement” at the […]
At least 22 spotted female deer were Wednesday found dead at the Kanan Pendari zoo in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district, forest officials said. Officials are yet to confirm the exact cause of the death but suspect that the deer died of poisoning. Divisional Forest Officer Hemant Pandey said the cause of death would be known after […]
South Korean President Park Guen-hye arrived here Wednesday on a four-day state visit, during which she will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and both sides are expected to pitch for maximising their partnership in several areas. Park, the country’s first woman president, is being accompanied by a 70-member business delegation. She was received […]
India’s growth is projected to rise to over six percent in fiscal 2014-15, increasing to 7.1 percent by fiscal 2016-17 with the world economy expected to strengthen this year, according to the World Bank. Growth is picking up in developing countries and high-income economies appear to be finally turning the corner five years after the […]
Three candidates from Maharashtra are among the top eight scorers in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013, a CAT official said Wednesday. “Among the eight 100 percentile scorers, three are from Maharashtra and even in the 100 to 90 percentile score, the state is leading,” CAT convenor Rohit Kapoor told IANS. “From the national capital, […]