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MAKE SOY WAX CANDLES AT HOME
You can get the required products from your local craft store, or you can order them from online retailers. If you are making candles for the first time, purchase a small amount of each item on […]
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NEVER SKIP YOUR BREAKFAST
In spite of health experts going blue in the face trying to get people to understand the importance of having breakfast, there are thousands who skip the first (and most crucial) meal of the day citing […]
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TIPS FOR A PERFECT SMILE
Everyone wants a perfect smile especially when you see celebrities like Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie or John Abraham smile confidently. We tend to believe that to get that picture perfect smile we have to opt […]
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Yuvraj Singh ties up with Delhi Daredevils for cancer awareness
NEW DELHI: Delhi Daredevils’ biggest star Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday announced a tie-up with his IPL franchise to promote awareness about fighting Cancer and the May 1 match against Kings XI Punjab will be dedicated […]
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Rafael Nadal refuses to panic despite slump
MADRID (TIP): Rafael Nadal insisted on Thursday that he will not panic over his worrying slump in form which has placed serious question marks over his dream of a 10th French Open title. The 28-year-old […]
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Belgian footballer Mertens dies after collapsing on pitch
BRUSSELS (TIP): Belgium under-21 international Gregory Mertens died on April 30, three days after collapsing with heart failure during a match, a spokesman for his club, Lokeren, said. The 24-year-old defender had been in a […]
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Indian hockey team gears up for Japan Test series
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Indian men’s hockey team is gearing up for the upcoming Test series against Japan, which will be held between May 3-9 in Bhubaneswar. Practicing hard at the MDC National Stadium in […]
Business & Economics
Indian tech start-ups woo talent back from America – Offer massive perks
India’s IT industry has long been seen as a back-office backwater, even by its own engineers who started moving abroad in their droves in the 1970s. After losing top engineering talent for years to America’s […]
United States
App Launched in California to record possible police misconduct
A California civil liberties group launched a mobile application on April 30, that will let bystanders record cell phone videos of possible cases of police misconduct and then quickly save the footage to the organization’s […]
Business & Economics
Roswell Park spinoff, Indian pharma company start joint venture in New York
A major Indian pharmaceutical company is forming a joint venture with a startup life-sciences company in Buffalo that grew out of research conducted at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. AMI Organics, which has two manufacturing sites […]
Business & Economics
Indian American owned Intelliswift acquires Magagnini Network
Intelliswift Software, Inc. a leading software solutions company, announced the acquisition of Magagnini Network. This is a great opportunity for Magagnini’s marquee clientele to leverage Intelliswift’s global foot print and broad portfolio of service offerings. […]
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India won’t provoke conflict, befitting reply if attacked at Pakistan border: Rajnath Singh
India on Thursday April 30, said it will never “provoke” a conflict at the border with Pakistan but will not back off if there is any attack, asserting a befitting reply will be given. […]
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Nazi museum opens at old party headquarters in Munich
In 1930, Adolf Hitler established the headquarters of the National Socialist German Workers‘ Party in an upscale part of Munich. On Thursday April 30, the 70th anniversary of the city’s liberation by US troops, the […]
Business & Economics
Winter freezes US economy in first quarter
WASHINGTON (TIP): US economic growth braked more sharply than expected in the first quarter as harsh weather dampened consumer spending and energy companies struggling with low prices slashed spending, but there are signs activity is […]
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Gove eases incorporation of business, process to take just 1 form
NEW DELHI (TIP): Entrepreneurs keen on setting up new enterprises will be able to incorporate one by filing just one form starting May 1 against eight separate forms earlier, as part of the government’s drive to […]
Business & Economics
Maruti Suzuki sales surge 27 per cent to 1,11,748 units
NEW DELHI: Country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) reported a 29.6 per cent rise in total sales in April at 1,11,748 units against 86,196 units in the corresponding period last year. The company said […]
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Samsung’s profit sinks 39%as mobile profit shrinks
SEOUL (TIP): Samsung Electronics Co. said its first-quarter net income has plunged 39%as the smartphone business saw its profit shrink to less than half from a year earlier. The company reported Wednesday that its January-March […]
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Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft makes crashing finale into Mercury
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (TIP): Nasa’s pioneering Messenger spacecraft ended its four-year study of the planet Mercury on Thursday by crashing into the planet’s surface, scientists said. Flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics […]
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Why smartphone batteries sometimes explode
LONDON (TIP): Scientists have been able to track the entire process of what happens inside lithium-ion batteries that leads to their overheating and exploding. “Understanding how Li-ion batteries fail and potentially cause a dangerous chain […]
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First 3D-printed implant saves lives of three babies in US
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists have for the first time successfully implanted a groundbreaking 3D-printed device to save the lives of three babies in the US suffering from a life-threatening condition that prevents normal breathing. All the […]
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Mystery solved: Why knuckles crack
WASHINGTON (TIP): We’ve all heard it — that loud “Crack!” when someone pulls on stiff knuckles. But what happens to make that sound? It’s something that scientists have puzzled over for decades. A new study has […]
Entertainment
Avengers: Age of Ultron – Movie Review
[quote_right] CAST: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen DIRECTION: Joss Whedon GENRE: Action DURATION: 2 hours 21 minutes [/quote_right] STORY: Following S.H.I.E.L.D’s dissolution […]
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Salma Hayek receives Spirit of Humanity award
Actress Salma Hayek has received the 2015 Khalil Gibran Spirit of Humanity award from the Arab American Institute. Hayek was recognised in the Individual Achievement category for her role as producer of the animated film […]
Entertainment
Kristen Stewart feels Hollywood is ‘disgustingly sexist’
Kristen Stewart has criticized how Hollywood works saying that women inevitably have to work a little bit harder to be heard as Hollywood is “disgustingly sexist”. The ‘Twilight’ star, who has graced Harper Bazaar’s cover this […]
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movie review – Gabbar Is Back
[quote_right] CAST: Akshay Kumar, Shruti Haasan, Suman Talwar, Sunil Grover, Kareena Kapoor Khan DIRECTION: Krish GENRE: Drama DURATION: 2 hours 10 minutes [/quote_right] STORY: ‘Gabbar’ targets corrupt officials – will this bad guy get good results? […]