India’s limited overs cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said he will happily step down if that facilitates a performance upliftment, following the team’s first ever One-Day International (ODI) series loss against Bangladesh. India lost their second ODI by six wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Sunday night to surrender the three-match series […]
Title: The Spinner’s Tale ; Author: Omar Shahid Hamid; Publisher: Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 308; Price: Rs.399 The debate about whether criminals are born or made can be extended to terrorists too, and assumes greater significance given the indiscriminate death and destruction they deal in. For it is important to understand what can make certain […]
Title: Sri Lanka: The New Country; Author: Padma Rao Sundarji; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India; Pages: 322; Price: Rs.499. This is a book of courage. Padma Rao Sundarji, a versatile New Delhi-based journalist who covered the Sri Lanka conflict over the years, finds it disgusting that Western countries conveniently overlook the deaths of thousands they cause […]
Over nine and a half lakh cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), participated in the International Yoga Day on Sunday. “The organisation created a record for the largest yoga performance with participation of 9,50,000 youth at 1,805 different venues, including Rajpath,” the ministry of defence said in a statement here on Monday. “The cadets […]
ICICI Bank on Monday said it has partnered with Alibaba.com, the leading platform for global wholesale trade, to launch a trade facilitation centre, a single window facility to provide easier trade finance to the small and medium enterprises in India. The collaboration for the centre will enable the Indian entrepreneurs who are members of Alibaba.com […]
Like women, men’s skin also requires proper nourishment and care to stay fresh. Skin care should be an important aspect of lifestyle, irrespective of age, but the technique should change as one grows old, says an expert. Indu Ballani, dermatologist at Mantra Medi spa at Delhi, shares how men can take care of their skin: […]
Actress Amanda Seyfried believes Hollywood is “full of petty bullies” and has warned those interested in joining the film industry to “watch their back”. She shared: “This industry is just like every other industry. It’s full of petty, spoiled bullies, as much as it is full of wonderful, passionate, honest people… you just have to […]
The International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations here sought to symbolize the unity of humanity as people from around the world gathered Sunday in unique observance of an Indian proposal sponsored by 177 nations and endorsed by all 193 UN members. People of all races and religions, nationalities and political persuasions joined to perform the […]
Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb and Chief Scientists from across Australia will convene in Perth this week to discuss challenges and opportunities for Australia that can be addressed through science. Premier and Science Minister Colin Barnett said the Forum of Australian Chief Scientists (FACS) – to take place this Wednesday, June 24 – […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s headline-grabbing promise to build smart cities in India has attracted wide attention of experts in Spain’s principal city which hosts the International Smart City Expo every year. Barcelona has the distinction of being one of the world’s top 10 smart cities. The vast potential and unique challenges posed by the Indian […]