By Nishant Arora New Delhi A “Candy Crush” freak, 30-year-old Arjun had been feeling pain and numbness in his thumb and index finger for some months now. Most of his free time went into playing games and texting messages on smartphone. Unable to understand the cause behind his misery, he sought medical help. Dr Maninder […]
State Government guides for women to maximise their retirement savings Guides launched at Government’s third and final Women’s Consultative Forum The State Government has launched two guides giving women four easy steps to get more out of their superannuation. Speaking at the third Women’s Consultative Forum, Women’s Interests Minister Liza Harvey said too many Western […]
By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi With over 20 million Facebook fans, a Twitterati of 17.5 million, and a growing “extended family” on his blog, the 73-year-old son of legendary poet Harivanshrai Bachchan was aptly titled the ‘Social Media Person of The Year’ by an association earlier this year. He often writes about trivia related to […]
By-Nidhi Kumari He’s hardly ten and at an age so young, Anirudh has mastered the world of words. The winner of ‘The Great Australian Selling Bee 2015’, Anirudh is a household name and an inspiration for many. His positive attitude, confident stature and high ambitions to change the world for the better are commendable. Indus […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner has inspected the nation’s first nurse-led flight simulator lab at NSW Ambulance’s aeromedical services fixed-wing base at Mascot. Mrs Skinner was accompanied by Parliamentary Secretary for Rural and Regional Health and Western NSW Sarah Mitchell as she inspected the lab, which simulates patient scenarios such as cardiac arrest, child birth, seizures […]
As part of the monthly price revision, oil marketing companies on Monday hiked prices of non-subsidised LPG, or cooking gas, that consumers buy after exhausting their subsidised quota, by Rs.27.5 for a 14.2 kg cylinder. With this rate increase, that comes on the back of four straight monthly reductions, the non-subsidised LPG cooking gas now […]
To suit the present times, mythology has its own interpretations by present generation writers. Read this unknown side of Shakuntala, a little different from what the Mahabharata had to say. Also to read are tales on the Allahabad of yore and of underage CEOs who are raising their ideas into careers. 1. Book: Shakuntala: The […]
Triggering a significant consolidation in telecom business in the country, industrialist Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications on Monday announced a major accord to acquire the Indian business of Russia’s Sistema, which is operating under the ‘MTS’ brand, in a unique stock-cum-spectrum-fee payment deal. The deal first calls for a demerger of the telecom business of the […]
World Teachers’ Day is an opportune time to reflect on the vital role teachers play in every child’s life. Quality education helps give children the best possible start in life. Every day thousands of teachers are working in schools, child care centres, universities, training organisations, early childhood learning centres, preschools, kindergartens and with other institutions […]
Prominent CPI-M leader Hashim Abdul Halim, who served as West Bengal assembly speaker for 29 years at a stretch – the longest stint by any presiding officer of a legislature in independent India – died at a nursing home here on Monday, his family said. He was 80. Halim, also a former state minister, is […]