Though there is a private school next to his house, Mustafa, a resident of Kuttar, has been sending his three children to the Government Higher Primary School in Munnooru, which is a kilometre away. It is the quality education and discipline there that made Mustafa admit his children in school ... Read More »
It’s a barren plot on the outskirts of Istanbul, its stony ground baking under the merciless summer sun. A single sign gives a macabre clue as to the intended use of the arid patch. “Traitors’ graveyard,” say the white capital letters on the black sign, planted on two stakes into ... Read More »
It is said that one must think out of the box to excel and stand out. Funnily enough, the key to out-of-the-box thinking today comes in the shape of a box – Pod Squad, a monthly subscription box for kids between three to seven years. It exposes them to nine ... Read More »
There were several times during this week’s Democratic National Convention when delegates could be excused if they thought they’d stumbled into the wrong party’s meeting. For President Obama, one of GOP candidate Donald Trump’s greatest sins was replacing Ronald Reagan’s visionof “a shining city on a hill” with “’a divided ... Read More »
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said security forces may have spared Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani had they known he was among the militants in the Anantnag hideout during their combing operation. “How do we know about an encounter?…I believe that had they known he [Wani] ... Read More »
The Adani group has started construction on India’s first trans-shipment port – an intermediary port that allows container ships to offload before their journeys end, Reuters reported. The Indian government will give the Adani Group a grant of Rs 1,600 crore for the project, which it hopes will bring in ... Read More »
Bengaluru came to a standstill on Friday morning as torrential rain lashed the city. Several arterial roads such as Hosur Main Road and areas in Electronic City were flooded after a heavy downpour since Thursday night. The Met department said the rain would continue till August 1. According to The ... Read More »
A look at the headlines right now: ‘Har har Modi’ is now ‘Arhar Modi’: Rahul Gandhi criticises BJP for price rise: The Congress leader blamed corruption in the Centre for the shortage of pulses and said the prime minister had forgotten his promises to fight inflation. Security forces may have ... Read More »
Beijng will hold joint naval drills with Russia in the South China Sea in September, the Chinese Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The exercises will be held in the “relevant sea and air of the South China Sea”, ministry spokesperson Yang Yujun said, adding that they will “consolidate and develop” ... Read More »
This magnificent ski chalet located in Canadian mountains entwines the rustic charms with a modern layout and inviting textures. The architects from Robitaille.Curtis had provided the challenging architectural shell with vast panoramic windows that capture the 100-mile panoramic views over beautiful Lac Archambault and innovative elevated structure fast standing on ... Read More »
While working on the project of this summer vacation house in Tarragona, Spain the architects from JUMA Architects aimed for clear-lined, contemporary functionality that corresponds with the challenging plot of the place and preserves as much it is possible from the surrounding pine trees and natural landscape. The architectural construct ... Read More »
Screening and treatment guidelines may need to be intensified because rates of metastatic prostate cancer have increased by nearly three-quarters during the last decade, researchers suggest after a recent study. Researchers at Northwestern University report more men with metastatic prostate cancer are being diagnosed with worse and more aggressive tumors, ... Read More »
