A Russian airliner crashed in central Sinai in Egypt on Saturday with 224 people on board, all of whom are presumed dead, media reports said. Kolavia flight 7K9268, an Airbus A321, enroute to St. Petersburg, went off the radar 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport. The plane was to contact air […]
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday paid tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi and India’s Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. They paid tribute to Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary at the Shakti Sthal memorial site dedicated to her. “We pay tribute to […]
As part of its explorations for geothermal energy, the Centre of Excellence in Geothermal Energy (CEGE) at the Gujarat-based Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) has found success by drilling the state’s first geothermal borewell in Ahmedabad. In common parlance, geothermal energy is about tapping the heat under the earth to generate electricity. It’s clean and […]
Star chef Manish Mehrotra believes Indian food doesn’t need inventions to be on the top spot in the global food map but it could do with a lot of exploring of the variety that the nation has to offer in terms of flavours. “Indian food doesn’t need inventions. All we need is exploring. If we […]
Title: Murder in Bollywood; Author: Shadab Amjad Khan; Publisher: Penguin India; Pages: 256; Price: Rs.250 It is an eerie, dark night in a deserted studio on the outskirts of Mumbai where Bollywood’s leading director Nikhil Kapoor dies of a powerful electric shock. Across the city, in a opulent hotel where she comes for a celebrity […]
A man finds a woman of greater intelligence attractive only when she is distant or far away from his mind, not when she is right next to him, a new study says. “We found that men preferred women who are smarter than them in psychologically distant situations. Men rely on their ideal preferences when a […]
At a time when writers, filmmakers and historians have revolted against a rising culture of intolerance towards freedom of speech, Indian cinematic icon Amitabh Bachchan, a widely followed celebrity on social media platforms, says he’s always cautious about expressing himself to avoid “unwanted controversy”. With over 20 million Facebook fans, a Twitterati of 17.5 million, […]
Two of Sydney Metro Northwest’s four mega tunnel boring machines have now finished their job building Australia’s longest ever railway tunnels – with TBM4 Maria reaching the end of the line at Epping. “Just over 26km of the 30km tunnelling work is now complete,” Mr Constance said. “Maria has set a cracking pace, digging almost […]
Five local businesses and projects have been praised for their efforts to reduce the risk of work-related injury and disease across Western Australia. Commerce Minister Michael Mischin announced the Gateway WA Perth Airport and Freight Access Project, DM Civil, Excel Robotics, Brett Chisholm and Lloyd Needham as the winners of the prestigious 2015 Work Safety […]
In its biggest ever engagement with Africa, India on Thursday sought to recharge its ties with all 54 African countries, announcing increased interaction in areas like energy and agriculture while offering an additional concessional credit of $10 billion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the summit attended by 41 heads of state and government as “historic”. […]