“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time,” said American author and humourist Mark Twain. Is your fear of losing life becoming a kill-joy? If we listen to experts, more and more Indians are finding themselves in the grip of death […]
Savour the delicious ‘ronga mota kukura aru sandoh guri’ or chicken cooked with rice powder and herbs and relish the mouth-watering ‘hahor logot dohi kosu fong’ – duck meat cooked with yam – at the hugely popular Heritage Khorika restaurant here that marries the modern outlook on food with the traditional Assamese recipes straight from […]
India-born former Google executive Nikesh Arora has bought shares valued at $482 million (Rs.3,148 crore) of Japanese multinational SoftBank Group Corporation in which he is director, president and chief operating officer. In a regulatory filing to the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, SoftBank said its board members had approved Arora investing in the group in […]
The Taj Mahal in Agra is perhaps the world’s most photographed monument. Each minute hundreds of cameras click to shoot memorable photographs. “It’s a matter of pride to be photographed with the Taj Mahal,” Denis, a tourist from Australia, told IANS. These days, with almost every one in possession of a mobile or a digital […]
But for the alertness of a battery-rickshaw driver, two small boys of a residential society in Dwarka, in west Delhi, would have been kidnapped last week. In a worrying account of how easily child kidnappers are able to strike, two boys, aged seven and nine, were being quietly whisked away by a young man who […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner today announced a grant of $5 million to plan the future of the St Vincent’s hospitals and research campus. Mrs Skinner was joined at St Vincent’s Hospital by Member for Coogee Bruce Notley-Smith to view concept plans for the expansion of the Darlinghurst campus. “I am delighted today to […]
Minister for Veterans Affairs David Elliott this morning paid tribute to the more than 60,000 men and women who served their country in Vietnam at a service commemorating Vietnam Veterans Day. During the service, which also commemorated the 49th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, Minister Elliott placed a wreath at the Cenotaph […]
Marathi cinema always came with new subject and motivates people. Producer Sunny Shah and director Deepak Kadam came with the subject of Education. Education has always been a strong subject in movies, with most of the movies highlighting common issues. The movie “Vakya” based on child education, How a poor parents help to his son […]
She had always remained in the background, smiling graciously at invited guests from her wheelchair during events held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. First Lady Suvra Mukherjee, President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife of 58 years, died here on Tuesday, it was announced. The first lady was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Army’s Research And […]
A school here that called itself Delhi Public School (DPS) and which was not affiliated to the Delhi Public School (DPS) Society of Delhi has been ordered shut, officials said on Tuesday. The Haryana education department passed the order after realising that two units of the so-called DPS had no permission to function. These were […]