Prime Minister Narendra Modi handpicked a trusted bureaucrat, little known outside India’s financial circles, to spearhead a radical move to abolish 86 percent of the country’s cash overnight and take aim at the huge shadow economy. Hasmukh Adhia, the bureaucrat, and five others privy to the plan were sworn to ... Read More »
Elon Musk is doing his damndest to save the human race. Sergey Brin envisions making Google the “third half of your brain.” And Arianna Huffington is on a mission to get people to take care of themselves while taking care of business. Visionary business leaders such as these inspire us ... Read More »
People who believe exercise is good for them may derive more mental and physical benefits from working out than those with lower expectations. Researchers in Germany found people convinced of the health benefits of cycling enjoyed the exercise more and were more relaxed than cynics. For the study, psychologists at ... Read More »
British actor Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in Star Wars, has died at the age of 83, according to The Guardian. Baker, who stood 3 feet 8 inches tall, portrayed the spunky droid in the original Star Wars films as well as the prequels. Abigail Shield, Baker’s niece, told The ... Read More »
New Delhi: Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday launched an interactive programme with citizens marking two years of the MyGov platform and said the site is for those who think about the country`s development. The MyGov initiative was launched two years ago to enable citizens directly interact with ... Read More »
BEIJING—The World Health Organization has warned China that its coveted Silk Road program can result in the spread of disease, because movements of people and goods can transfer viruses, too. “We have learned from many years of experience that with movement of people, goods and services, diseases also move around,” Margaret ... Read More »
One of the Dalits who had consumed poisonous substance during Dalit protests in Rajkot against Una flogging died on Sunday morning at Ahmedabad civil hospital. Yogeshbhai Sarikhada, the 23-year-old Dalit, belonged to the Anusuchit Jati Vas in Moti Parabadi district of Rajkot. Sarikhada succumbed in Ahmedabad Civil hospital where he had ... Read More »
A health fad championed by Justin Bieber and described as resembling ‘medieval torture’ has been slammed by experts who warn it could do more harm than good. Muscle-bound pin-up Bieber posted an image to Instagram showing red blotches on his neck which looked suspiciously like love bites. But the tattooed ... Read More »
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today laid emphasis on the role of teachers and said education policies may be formulated and implemented after much discussion but it is they who put them into practice. “There is a lot of discussion about education these days. This reform or that reform, this system ... Read More »
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a fix over projecting a face for the Uttar Pradesh elections due early next year, with an internal survey to find the right candidate further complicating the decision. Read: Amit Shah reaches out to Dalits, farmers in election-bound UP BJP chief Amit Shah ... Read More »
Phthalates come from a class of industrial chemicals that are used to make food packaging materials and other items involved in the manufacture of fast food and dairy produce. Previous studies have suggested that these chemicals leach out of plastic food packaging, causing contamination of highly processed foods. Researchers at ... Read More »
THURSDAY, April 14, 2016 — Women living in homes surrounded by lots of trees and vegetation may have a lower risk of death than those in areas with less greenery, a new study suggests. Researchers sifted through data on more than 108,000 women across the United States. The information was ... Read More »
