Title: On Religion; Author: Khushwant Singh (with Humra Quraishi); Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.250 Title: 50 Spiritual Appetizers; Compiled and Edited by: Vinod Dhawan; Publisher: Partridge (A Penguin Random Book Company); Pages: 204; Price: Not given If celebrated journalist-writer Khushwant Singh is to be believed, there is no god; the concept of karma is […]
Sydney, March 11 The cafe in Sydney where two hostages and a gunman were killed during a siege in December last year is planning to re-open. The chocolate specialist Lindt Cafe has been closed since the 16-hour siege took place from December 15 in the heart of Sydney central business district, reported Xinhua. Lindt Australia’s […]
Washington, March 11 Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal has jumped into a war of words between the White House and Senate Republicans over a letter to the government of Iran on a potential deal over its nuclear programme. Jindal, who is testing the waters for a 2016 presidential run, issued a call on Tuesday for […]
Washington, March 11 A sickening video released by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group on Tuesday purportedly shows a child executing a man, whom the group claimed to be an Israeli spy. The video identified the slain man as the 19-year-old Mohamed Sa’id Ismail Musallam, an Israeli citizen of Arab descent, according to a CNN […]
Washington, March 11 British-based filmmaker Leslee Udwin says the Indian government should hang its head in shame for banning her documentary on the December 16, 2012 fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old Delhi woman. India banned the BBC documentary – “India’s Daughter” – on the rape of the woman who has come to be known as […]
Shimla, March 10 The frequent arrival of western disturbances (wind storms) in India’s northwestern region in this month has once again revived the cold in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, with most of the areas experiencing moderate to heavy rainfall, a Met official said here Monday. But it has cheered the apple growers as snow brightens […]
Washington, March 11 Indian author Salman Rushdie, who won the Booker Prize for his 1981 novel “Midnight’s Children”, will teach and advise journalism students at New York University as Distinguished Writer in Residence. Rushdie will serve on the faculty of the University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute for five years, Suketu Mehta, associate professor of Journalism […]
–By Sandeep Sharma New Delhi, March 10 National Award winning musician Amit Trivedi, who has composed for films like “Dev D”, “Wake Up Sid”, “Udaan” and “Queen”, says technology has enabled composers to explore a wider range of sounds via computers, and the effort required has reduced to a considerable extent too. “Technology is widening […]
-By Killugudi Jayaraman Bengaluru, March 10 Cold fusion, a revolutionary source of energy — discovered 25 years ago but was cold-shouldered by mainstream physicists — is now staging a comeback thanks to researchers who doggedly pursued the science behind it. In a set of 34 peer-reviewed articles published recently in the journal “Current Science”, nuclear […]
New Delhi, March 9 Larsen and Toubro and Pipavav Defence, in which Reliance Infrastructure of Anil Ambani Group is acquiring a majority stake, have been shortlisted for the Rs.60,000-crore potential contract to build six submarines for the Indian Navy, sources said Monday. “Project 75i, as we call it, is for purchasing six next-generation submarines with […]