As many as 22 mentally challenged Indians, lodged in Pakistan jails even after completing their sentences years back, are awaiting their repatriation for want of verification of their addresses and antecedents. Two of them are even nameless. Officials have recorded one them aged between 45-50 years with a mark of ... Read More »
To keep a hawk’s eye on the long porous border with Pakistan and thwart incursions in the Northeast by the Chinese PLA, India may soon get pilotless Predator XP drones used by the US Navy. India has sought from the US 100 latest unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), both armed and ... Read More »
Eight Islamic militants linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) have been freed from jail in the Philippines in an apparently “staged raid”. Police said at least 20 fighters from the Maute group had turned up at the Lanao del Sur jail in the southern city of Marawi, but no shots ... Read More »
Superstars in business are the ones who get things done, not the ones who work the most hours or are always busy. Whether it be in a startup or a large enterprise, everyone can name those few individuals who stand out as unstoppable, and always seem to be in the ... Read More »
Dr. Thomas Manjooran is passionate about Interior Designing and a huge fan of colonial style houses. Complete with arches, a symmetrical facade and roof shingles, this house has striking colonial style exteriors. He has done away with a compound wall and gate. The light colors used are pleasing to the eye and ... Read More »
A case in point is the Pacific Northwest where trends are bucked with every new experience, generalisations are redundant and everything’s just that little bit different – and purposely so. Bookended loosely by the Pacific Ocean at its westernmost edge and the Rocky Mountains to the east, the region is ... Read More »
Visit the early 20th century home of Dr. Torsten Behrens and Josephine Zagarella and there are no signs of the hidden surprises the couple faced during its renovation. Sure they knew that the old carpeting, wallcoverings and paint colors had to go. It was clear that the kitchen and bathrooms ... Read More »
ABU DHABI // Educators have welcomed the introduction of “moral education” to school curriculums, as thousands of them prepare to return to the classrooms today. The initiative was announced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. It aims to ... Read More »
Once upon a time in Jamaican history, Patois dialect was considered a language reserved for people of the lower social class. Today, thanks to cultural icon and poet Louise ‘Miss Lou’ Bennett-Coverley, the language – some call it Patwa, some say Ju-may-kan – has become an accepted part of communication ... Read More »
IDP Education India, the leading student placement service provider, yesterday organized the Australian education fair in Gurgaon at the Crowne Plaza for students aspiring to pursue higher education in Australia. The fair, spread across 14 cities, brought together prominent universities and educational institutes from Australia under one roof. The fair ... Read More »
In Bangalore, the year 2015 ended with hopes and expectations rising that the New Year would bring fresh impetus to the flagging real estate sector. The real estate sector in the city was a bit of a mixed bag with the demand for commercial real estate in the city being ... Read More »
We hear so frequently about the players behind Manhattan’s billion-dollar real estate projects and how foreign investors are pouring a global vault’s worth of currency into New York City property, often shielded by LLCs. It’s illuminating to get a closer look at the city’s larger real estate landscape–one that has changed ... Read More »
