The Japanese parliament on Friday approved a bill aimed at women empowerment and enhancing the role of a woman in the workplace, the media reported. The law obliges the government to come up with a policy for offering women more opportunities in recruitment and promotion, state-run NHK news agency reported. It also called for creating […]
Strings of coloured threads, some with beads and pearls; some adorned by cartoon and film characters like Spiderman, Minions and Doraemon; some scented, with sparklers; some even in gold and silver – markets here are full of all kinds of rakhis, but vendors say simpler and elegant designs have been sold in abundance this year. […]
The industry watchdog must keep away from the controversy over alleged wrong claim of credit worth Rs.2,500 crore pertaining to central value added tax (Cenvat) by 16 non-life insurers on automobile cover and let the tax department complete the probe, a former regulatory official has said. As per K.K. Srinivasan, former member of the Insurance […]
Heard of the term ‘phubbing’? According to the Collins Dictionary, it means ignoring someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention. Sounds familiar? We have all been either phubbed, or have done that to somebody else at some time. But this increasing digital intoxication in children and adolescents can […]
In the late 1960s came the Softy. It’s now moved to the next level with liquid nitrogen-based ice creams being the new rage. These next-generation ice creams may even replace the traditional variety that we enjoy in the form of cones, softies, bricks and so on. A fairly new concept in India, liquid nitrogen ice […]
The Indian Handloom and Textiles Day at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) winter-festive 2015 started with designers Swati and Sunaina, and Rinku Sobti and Shruti Sancheti, whose collections exhibited traditional textiles. What was more intersting was the government’s mision to focus on the concept of “happy weaver and happy consumer”. Alok Kumar, the development commisioner […]
In its 198-year-old history, Presidency University (formerly Presidency College) has seen it all – from being a prominent hub of India’s nationalist movement, to emerging as hotbed of West Bengal’s Maoist agitation. it has churned out elites and Nobel laureate – and of late, witnessed a spate of ignominious anti-establishment students’ protests. Barely a year […]
A Pakistani terrorist was caught following a fierce gunfight on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, making him the second terrorist from Pakistan to be held this month. The terrorist was identified as Sajjad alias Abu Ubadullah, 22, a resident of Muzaffargarh district of Balochistan province, a police officer told IANS. “His preliminary interrogation […]
As a heartbroken President Barack Obama renewed a call for gun control in the wake of the killing of two journalists on live TV, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump instead favoured addressing mental health issues. “It breaks my heart every time when you read about or hear about these kind of incidents,” the president told an […]
In a move aimed at enhancing the quality of urban life, the government on Thursday unveiled a list of 98 cities in the country for the Smart City Mission. The central government proposes to give financial support to the extent of Rs.48,000 crore to these cities over the next five years, Urban Development Minister M. […]