Bihar kids to get pulao in mid-day meal
Patna, March 7 (IANS) Millions of schoolchildren in Bihar schools will soon be served ‘pulao’ once a week as part of their mid-day meals, officials said on Monday. “Pulao will be served once in a…
Human Interest
E-mail inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74
New York, March 7 (IANS) Internet pioneer Ray Tomlinson, who is credited with the invention of e-mail, has died at the age of 74, media reports said. According to reports, Tomlinson died of an apparent…
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest service cuts
Beirut, March 6 (IANS) Palestinian refugees in north Lebanon Tripoli held a sit-in on Saturday to protest the continuing reduction in medical and educational services. The services are supplied to the refugee camp of al-Beddawi…
Air India to fly longest flight with all-women crew
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Air India will commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8 by operating the longest all-women flight on its longest route on Sunday. The Delhi-San Francisco flight, which will cover 7,831…
Goa among top destinations for Indian women travellers
Panaji, March 5 (IANS) Goa has emerged as one of the top three tourism destinations in the country preferred by women travellers, a poll conducted by Thomas Cook India has revealed. Of the 1,215…
Ancient burial ground found near Bethlehem
Jerusalem, March 5 (IANS) Archaeologists discovered a 4,000 years old necropolis near the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, according to a media report. Located on the side of a hill, the site, called Khalet al-Jam’a, was…
Noida Authority plans old age home cum orphanage
Noida, March 5 (IANS) The Noida Authority plans to construct an old age home cum orphanage to take care of the elderly and orphaned children under the same roof with an allocation of Rs.300 crore,…
Google.org funds 3 Indian non-profit organisations
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Google’s philanthropic arm Google.org on Friday announced grant funding of $8,00,000 to three Indian non-profit organisations to encourage and create more access and opportunity to people living with disabilities. The…
Mumbai firm grants ‘period’ leave to women since 2010
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) A small Mumbai firm has been granting fully-paid ‘period leave’ to all its women employees since 2010 for both medical and religious reasons. Currently, there is only one woman employee working…
Filipino transforms into ‘Superman’ after surgeries
Manila, March 4 (IANS) A Filipino man has transformed himself into a carbon copy of “Superman” after a series of 26 painful cosmetic surgeries, the media reported on Friday. “The most painful surgical procedure was…
Project launched to paint Peshawar’s walls
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) A project has been launched to add colour to the dusty walls of Pakistan’s Peshawar city, a media report said on Friday. The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) and the culture…
Samsung mobiles India’s most trusted brand: Study
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) Leading Korean smartphone maker Samsung Mobiles is India’s most trusted brand followed by Sony and LG, according to survey launched here on Thursday. As per the ‘Brand Trust Report India Study…
Infant suffering heart attacks operated at Mumbai hospital
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) A two-month-old baby girl suffering from “frequent and silent heart attacks” damaging heart muscles was successfully operated upon at a Mumbai hospital, doctors said. According to the doctors at the Sri…
Rahul shares lighter moments with treasury benches
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who took on the Modi government and attacked the RSS in the Lok Sabha, also shared some light moments with the treasury benches. Shortly after…
Kanhaiya’s family celebrates Holi ahead of festival
Patna, March 2 (IANS) Soon after Jawaharlal Nehru UNiversity Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar was granted interim bail on Wednesday, a sense of relief, happiness and joy swept his home in Bihar’s Begusarai district. “My…
Hindujas acquire Old War Office in London, to become luxury hotel
Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) The Hinduja Group said on Wednesday that it had acquired the heritage Old War Office in London that was once inhabited by Winston Churchill. The Group said in a statement that…
Are robots trustworthy when your life is at stake?
New York, March 2 (IANS) Robots are unreliable in case of fire or other emergency situations but people trust them blindly, according to a new study. People may trust a robot too much for their…
Attachment to God may lead to increased job satisfaction
New York, March 2 (IANS) People who feel attached to God are more likely to be emotionally committed to their workplace and satisfied with their jobs, says a new study. Attachment to God may have…
52 mn Indians may have to depend on rural job plan for 20 years
By Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari With a 14-percent rise in funding for the programme run under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the 2016-17 Budget, the worlds largest state-run jobs…
Are Indian ads coming of age with social messages?
By Azera Parveen Rahman New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Why should laundry be a woman’s job? asks a new TV commercial for a detergent. Featuring the father of a young, working woman who gives voice…