Entertainment
VIDYA BALAN TO HOST TALK SHOW
The actress will host a talk show which will be backed by a Hollywood studio and air on a US television network. Rumours have been rife that Vidya Balan, who has just wrapped up Mohit Suri’s […]
Month: April 2015
Entertainment
Kalki Koechlin excited about her film ‘Margarita With A Straw’
Actress Kalki Koechlin is happy that actor Aamir Khan and his filmmaker wife Kiran Rao are supporting her forthcoming film “Margarita With A Straw” and says that more than box office collection, support to such films matters. […]
Entertainment
MOVIE REVIEW BARKHAA
STORY: Rich boy meets poor girl whose source of income isn’t respectable according to his family. Can they get together and live happily ever after, much against the societal pressure? REVIEW: Jatin (Taaha Shah), a […]
Entertainment
DIFFICULTIES MAKE YOU STRONGER: ANGELINA
Actress-director Angelina Jolie, who recently underwent cancer preventative surgery and had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed, feels by overcoming difficulties, one gains strength and maturity. Jolie, 39, reflected on what she learned from the late […]
Entertainment
MOVIE REVIEW – Run All Night
STORY: Jimmy Conlon (Neeson) is a retired mafia hitman. He receives a call one night about his estranged son Mike (Kinnaman) being in mortal danger. While helping out his son, Jimmy kills his former boss […]
Entertainment
SALMA HAYEK HATES EXERCISE
Actress Salma Hayek doesn’t like working out. She credits her slim figure in her 2014 film “Everly” to running around after her seven-year-old daughter Valentina. “I don’t like to work out, but I’ve tried to get […]
Business & Economics
PFIZER TO SHUTTER VACCINES SALES BUSINESS IN CHINA
SHANGHAI (TIP): US drugmaker Pfizer Inc said it would cease its vaccines sales operations in China after an import licence for one of its top-selling treatments, the only vaccine it sold in the country, was […]
Business & Economics
RBI ALLOWS BANKS TO FUND TAKEOVERS IN US DOLLARS FROM GIFT
MUMBAI (TIP): Banks operating out of India will now be able to fund takeovers in dollars. They will also be able to allow customers to place bets on exchange and interest rate movements in addition […]
Business & Economics
ARVIND ARM, US COOMPANY TO PAY $3.2M TO RALPH LAUREN
AHMEDABAD (TIP): City-based textile conglomerate Arvind on Monday said its subsidiary Arvind Lifestyle Brands (ALBL) and US Polo Association (USPA), USA will jointly pay $3.2 million (Rs 20 crore approx) to Ralph Lauren Corporation (RLC) USA […]
Business & Economics
OIL PRICES EDGE LOWER AS IRAN NUCLEAR DEADLINE APPROACHES
SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell in Asia on Tuesday as dealers monitored last-ditch efforts between global powers and Iran to reach a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme and ease sanctions imposed on the crude producer. US […]
United States
A Healthy Start: More Texas Children Eating School Breakfast
AUSTIN, TEXAS (TIP): More kids across the state and the country are starting the day with a healthy meal, as the latest study shows another increase in the number of low-income children taking part in […]
Business & Economics
End of turban trouble in UK
CHANDIGARH (TIP): In the run up to general elections in the UK scheduled for early May, the 7.5-lakh strong Sikh community there has got a gift in the shape of a new law that allows […]
Business & Economics
Pune-educated Indian-American professor wins teaching award
WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian-American professor who uses a game called “Baffa Baffa” to teach culture’s role in business and how it can affect transactions and relationships has won the prestigious Peltier Award for innovation in […]
Business & Economics
Indian-American woman is at heart of US abortion wrangle
WASHINGTON (TIP): A judge in America’s conservative heartland has sentenced an Indian-American woman to at least 20 years in prison on charges of feticide and child neglect in a case that goes to the heart […]
Europe
AL SHABAAB MILITANTS KILL 147 AT UNIVERSITY IN KENYA
GARISSA, KENYA (TIP): Al Shabaab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing 147 people in the group’s deadliest attack in the East African country. Four militants were slain by security […]
Europe
‘Lubitz researched suicide, cockpit security online’
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY (TIP): The co-pilot at the controls of the Germanwings airliner that crashed into the French Alps last week had been searching the Internet in the days leading up to the crash for information […]
Europe
Mexico probes deadly oil rig blast and fire
MEXICO CITY (TIP): Mexican authorities have launched an investigation into what caused an explosion and fire on an oil platform operated by state firm Pemex that killed four workers and injured several others. The attorney […]
Europe
England farm starts growing Naga chillies
DEVON (ENGLAND) (TIP): A farm in southwest England has started growing Naga chillies — Bhut Jolokia – – for the first time on the British soil after years of trial and error. The South Devon […]
Europe
US commander accuses China of creating artificial landmass in South China Sea
BEIJING: A US navy commander has accused China of creating an “artificial landmass” in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. “China is building artificial land by pumping sand on to live coral reefs […]
Europe
Prince Harry to quit British army in June
LONDON: It’s a soldier’s life no more for Britain’s Prince Harry. Royal officials said on Tuesday that the 30-year old prince will leave the armed forces in June after 10 years of service that included […]
Europe
519 dead in two weeks of Yemen fighting: UN
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Some 519 people have been killed and nearly 1,700 injured in two weeks of fighting in Yemen, the UN aid chief has said, raising alarm over the fate of civilians. Valerie Amos […]
Europe
Explosion near bus station in Gombe, Nigeria; 5 dead
KANO (Nigeria): An explosion near a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least five and injured 15 others, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram. “We had […]
United States
Indiana governor wants changes to religious-objections law
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS (TIP): Indiana’s governor said Tuesday that he wants legislation on his desk by the end of the week to clarify that a new religious-freedom law does not allow discrimination against gays and […]
United States
California governor orders mandatory water restrictions
ECHO LAKE, CALIFORNIA (TIP): California governor Jerry Brown ordered officials April 1 to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack […]
Other News
Test your EYE Q – By Dr. V.K. Raju
President John F. Kennedy said during his inaugural speech “The greatest obstacle to truth is not the lie, but the myth which is persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” Let us look at some eye care facts and myths […]