Having lived in the US for 17 years, we should assume that now I should know the etiquettes and behavior local to here. Nah! Not so much. I am better now than what I was 17 years ago, but still learning. 17 years ago if...

When I first walked into Labs, it looked like a gymnasium in Manhattan. Not to say that Naperville is not cool. Labs is unlike any gym that I have seen. The rings, inside running track, state-of-the-art equipment, cyclin...

When we log on to Facebook ( considering you are one of those few people who don’t have Facebook always logged on) it prompts you to tell the world what you are up to today. For most of us the day is ordinary. Work email...

For another woman or man....... Says he/she found love...... Will he/she live in peace? The one who is left behind obviously can’t because the thought that while she/he was faithfully working on the marriage, the other w...

Memories are what make us. It is the memory of the experiences we have had that determines our actions and reactions. But when memories are bad, we become nervous when in a similar situation. A boy who had a rotten boile...

Frugal Billionaires Billionaires who can spend millions on themselves and still not feel a pinch choose to lead a simple style. The reasons could be many ranging from habit to simple lifestyle. They are an example for al...

writes on ( It torments the young and terrorizes the old. It carved “caverns” in Emily Dickinson’s soul and left William Blake “bereaved of light.” Loneliness, long a bane of humanity, is increasingly seen today as a ser...

Facebook aka fakebook gets people depressed. What is Facebook for? It was created for harmless fun and to get connected with each other-but it has become more than that. It is viewed as a private space to share your life...

Written by BEN GRUBER FOR REUTERS A new electronic drug capsule engineered to deliver medications directly to the colon could potentially offer a more effective and cheaper option for treating people with gastrointestina...

A 17-year-old girl out on a morning walk was allegedly abducted and gangraped by two people in Outer Delhi’s Aman Vihar area Sunday, police said. Locals claimed to have found the Class XI student almost 12 hours after sh...

When people look at MUSIC They just see the notes. In Sam Smith's hit single, his melody is repeated over and over again. It hasn't become iconic yet, (and I'm not sure it will ever be) but if you sing it, anyone around...

Wi fi is making some people sick. Yes, it’s true. It could be a psychological phenomenon but sure has the potential to create havoc in 5% of the people. ( in her apartment and all of a sudden she developed brain fog. She...

A local priest who ate at the restaurant - in the south-eastern province of Anambra - was alarmed at the price of meals there, let alone where the meat came from,BBC Swahili reported. He was presented with a bill of 700...

One of the popular questions on ( is – What did Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and other famous people do between the ages of 10-22. Answers are interesting. When most children and teens are busy watching TV shows and...

The Rossi family decides to take a vacation during the school session. When the return from the holiday, a letter is waiting. The letter is from the Principal of the Rossi kids who study in elementary school. The letter...

A sexual harassment complaint has been laid against Prime Minister John Key, seeking compensation for the waitress in the ponytail pulling scandal. The complaint was filed this morning by private prosecutor Graham McCrea...

In a house in Kanpur, calorie counting has been abandoned for a large box of mithai after Ayush Sharma, 17, discovered that he has been accepted at the world-famous Massachusetts's Institute of Technology or MIT. A schol...

Why Everyone Remembers Differently? “You said that, and not this.” This statement is often met with “I don’t remember this, I remember saying this.” While note keeping and journal entries can help establish the fact chec...

This past November, my husband and I adopted our Mackenzie from foster care. She was only 6 months away from her 18th birthday and had spent more than half her life in the care of the state. “Mom, we need to do something...

A group of middle school basketball players walked off the court in the middle of a game when they heard bullying coming from the stands directed at cheerleader, Desiree Andrews, who has Down syndrome. “One of the kids s...

Mukesh Singh the rapist, who brutally molested the girl in 2012 in the gang rape scandal, shows no remorse for his actions. He is appealing against his death penalty and blames the victim for the crime. In an interview f...

As more and more people are getting allergic to fruits and vegetables, we are left wondering if it is safe to consume them. Many times it’s not the fruit/vegetable that causes the allergic reaction but the antibiotic use...

Is it possible to be in a relationship and not lie at all? Is it possible to be honest all the time, without hurting the love in your life? Does lying and loving coexist? New ( on an average in a ten-minute conversation....

by Psychologist Arthur Aaron and few others goes to prove that love is an action to be done.Love doesn’t happen, it needs to be created.The group devised a set of 36 questions which could be a breakthrough to falling in...

An enterprising group of ten volunteers at IIT-B, which created a research tool in November with the specific purpose of trawling tens of thousands of social media posts to measure public opinion, has helped shape the Aa...

Facebook is now cited in a third of all divorce cases, research has shown. A survey of legal firms’ caseloads revealed the social network is increasingly relied upon as proof of inappropriate behaviour. Facebook unwittin...

Deepika Padukone was diagnosed with depression and she talks bravely of her journey to fight the disease. She talks about how it was difficult for her to shoot for the climax scene of Happy New Year. She didn’t feel like...

I find this letter of Ayn Rand rich with life's advice while showing clarity and lucidity of thought and words. This letter has gone viral over the last few days, most of them calling Ayn Rand a horrible aunt with no fee...

A woman who remained anonymous that lived in Bosnia, wanted to share her recipe to help people around the world that have suffered the ravages of the horrid disease, cancer. This recipe only includes two ingredients, gin...

IF all goes according to plan, I’ll turn 44 soon after this column appears. So far in my adult life, I’ve never managed to grasp a decade’s main point until long after it was over. It turns out that I wasn’t supposed to...

How you start your day sets the context and your mindset for the rest of the day. Yet, most people start the day with procrastination by hitting the snooze button, telling their subconscious that they don’t even have the...

The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), in Germany is under a lot of fire and fury when it suggested that the immigrants should be speaking German in public and at home. The policy paper stated: “People who want t...

The Key Has Turned' is Surjo's first full-length debut album, and it has 12 songs. It's a departure from his usual brand of electric guitar rock and moves into a more relaxed space with only his acoustic guitar to accomp...

Religious leaders from a half-dozen faiths signed a new Vatican initiative Tuesday to end modern-day slavery by 2020, declaring that human trafficking, organ trafficking and forced labor and prostitution are crimes again...

Scientist makes the most advanced age defying serum of the world. Professor Chris Toumazou, Regius Professor at Imperial College, London, has invented ‘Geneu’ – pronounced ‘gene you’ which claims to reduce wrinkles and a...

The social experiment video genre — in which ordinary citizens, researchers, or activists design staged scenarios to document how bystanders respond to staged situations — had found in Delhi's streets a particularly char...

It could all be because of the presence of algae virus , that our thinking and cognitive functions might slow down . The virus was discovered by a group of students from Johns Hopkins and University of Nebraska accidenta...

Kardashian Kids line evokes “bad behavior” says a Kansas Mom and wants the label removed from Babies r us . ( , a mom says , she does not want her children to be a sex –tape star. Kardashiamn Kids as a label does nothing...

Dr. Kelly M.Flanagan writes on his ( Marital communication is getting a bad rap. It’s like the kid who fights back on the playground. The playground supervisors hear a commotion and turn their heads just in time to see h...

How many times in a week do you come across a Facebook update like this “ I am so proud of my son/daughter, he got ….” , The list to the dots is endless. It could be about the 4 year old painting a tree or being the socc...

So much has been written about this movie. Every critic has passed judgment on Vishal Bharadwaj and his gang. I am no critic. I don’t even write regularly. But after watching the movie, I felt this urge to voice my opini...

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Mann Ki Baat — his monthly radio address to the nation — in October 2014, it was a deliberate choice of medium that said something about his communication instincts and his poli...

DALLAS — The number of possible contacts with the Ebola patient in Dallas has risen to 80, said Zachary Thompson, Dallas County Health and Human Services director Thursday. He also said a control order has been issued to...

Yelp’s motto is “Real People Real Reviews”. We have always wondered how true is that. There has been many times when we have walked into a restaurant, which had 5 star reviews, only to discover that the restaurant was a...

Zuckerberg will be on India from Oct.9-10 to attend and address the summit Internet.org. Internet.org ‘s aim is to make Internet affordable to the 5 billion people across the globe. Internet.org is a group that Zuckerber...

Here comes Wal-Bank. After years of thwarted efforts to break into banking, ( is making its biggest foray yet into everyday financial services. Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is teaming up with ( known for its p...

Town in Washington State bans body odor The town of Burien, Washington has banned body odor. Visitors to public places including libraries and parks are not only advised to dress properly and use proper language but also...

Exercise only focuses on the body. Turns out, exercise is the single most important factor which can boost and grow the brain cells. A fit mind after all truly lives in a fit body. ( It’s the single most proven way to ge...

Facebook testing “disappearing posts” feature like Snapchat Facebook is testing a “snapchat” like feature where you can schedule a post to expire in due time. Snapchat, is a social networking service where chats disappea...

Martine Rothblatt, the highest-paid female CEO was born a male. To be specific, she belongs to the category of trans genders. Roughly five percent of the Fortune 500 companies are run by female CEOs and those five percen...

He explains, “ the power of now”, which however trite it may seem, the practice is far-fetched. Not many people have adopted meditation the benefits of which are huge. When the mind is just focused on “now” not worried a...

Some of history's most peculiar structures were built not for shelter, beauty, or profit, but for revenge. Spite houses — homes constructed specifically to annoy, inconvenience, or harm a neighbor — represent one of arch...

The Preferred Destination for Assisted Suicide Whoever thought, the place which Bollywood movies serenaded romance, could ever be the suicide destination. Turns out, it is legal to do or get assisted suicide in Switzerla...

Another reason to lose weight Yes, you heard that right. Losing weight not only makes you look beautiful but also smarter. ( published and article how “Too much fat weighs down not just your body, but also your brain.” (...

Food allergies are severe and people who have never experienced don’t realize the fatality of it. A 13-year-old, Katelyn Carlson , student of a Chicago Public School died after she suffered from severe allergic reaction...

Throughout the summer we've had an intern working with us to help test new product features before they go live with our customers. Evan is a Junior from Carnegie Mellon. Here he is in the office showing his support for...

I remember all of my bosses. ( Most were good. But only one was, in the best possible way, truly memorable. Unforgettable bosses possess qualities that may not show up on paper but always show up where it matters most --...

Electromagnet Hypersensitivity or EHS is a term used for a disorder caused by exposure to wifi.4 % of the people in US and UK gets affected by it. While some may suffer mild health problems, like headache, there are othe...

A Tennessee couple is charged with the murder of a five –year-old daughter. The couple forced the little girl to drink lot of water and soda-forcing her to drink 2 liters of liquid in less than an hour. She drank two gra...

AK45 and AAP- a new brand of politics in India written by ( There are certain times in any nation's history which define and change its direction and today is definitely one of those for India. What we are seeing today i...

Since before I earned my first personal training certification in 1995, the stability ball has been an integral part of rehabilitating the human body and later became widely used in the training and conditioning of athle...

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see" While a tourist might look like more planned with “things to do”, “places to visit” lists a traveler just has a place in mind and the excitement t...

Bad breath – nobody talks about it, nobody points it out and sometimes you are not even aware that you are possessed by it. Bad breath is a social taboo. It is hard to be around a person who has bad breath and much harde...

Introducing fiction to kids at an early age might be the easiest way to inculcate reading habit in kids. An article in ( enlists the importance of reading without any restriction. In our quest to introduce the right book...

A lighthearted story from a suburban neighborhood captured national attention when a young girl's toy Barbie Jeep received an official-looking parking violation for blocking a neighbor's driveway — apparently not all pla...

The 80-year-old man along with his 77-year-old wife can no longer live in their house. The cabin that they own is on the property of the federal government. As long as the government is shutdown they will have to live so...

The festival season starts from the month of October . Starting from Durga Puja to New Year’s Eve – there is a celebration almost every fifteen days. Festivals have become synonymous with food . Research has proved that...

Part 2: The Publishing Journey By Sonali Dev* Let’s talk about your publishing journey, once you had this first book written, how did you go about trying to publish it? My agent and I sent it to a lot of publishers. It w...

Tylenol the most used and abused drug in every household will soon have red labels on each of its bottle. Red labels will be a warning alerts that over-consumption of the drug causes liver damage. In the case of Advil, A...

A man in Sweden was caught ( Shoppers in the store stared at him in disbelief when they saw him peeing on apples and oranges. Police was called and the man was arrested. Both the people and the police have said that they...

describes in detail how sugar should actually be treated like a drug. According to the head of Amsterdam's health service sugar is the worst form of addiction a person can have. Its addiction levels are comparable to tob...

An article in ( talks about the impact of having breakfast on weight loss. Numerous studies are out there which prove that having breakfast in the morning helps with weight loss. But, this particular article says that li...

Travelling can be fun and it can be testing too. The best things in this world are free and they are most certainly in abundance in nature's bounty that a traveler can experience to his heart's content. The most intrigui...

It was a historical moment for Indians living in America. Last Sunday Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was crowned the winner of the 2014 Miss America Pageant. This was the first time that an Indian descent girl has won the...

Wishing for a real life ? A website called ( is hugely popular these days –their mantra? You can say anything here, even the things you cannot tell your best friend because as it turns out Internet has made us “game face...

Munich Revenge tastes sweetest, till we realize that we are inevitably diabetic… As individuals, as groups, or as nations, the urge to respond with force to an act of evil is very real and natural. Let’s not be naïve, or...

A 72-year-old sadhu is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. Police go to his ashram for interrogation- baba makes the police wait for almost eight hours! Baba claims he is in meditation and the police listened....

Alcohol abuse is one of the major reasons why people land into emergency rooms. A recent survey by Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore stated that almost third of all ER visits are alcohol related. However, some drinks a...

Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan to protect the girls and women of the country. He said, "The festival of Raksha Banana is an occasion to strengthen the bonds...

Madonna –the woman always in controversy She is to be discussed in a Polish exorcist meeting as reported by ( A secretive 5-day meeting to held in Poland by priests who are trained in taming and defeating the demons will...

While speaking at wives of African leaders in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, Michelle Obama said living in the White House is confining, prison like. She was in a conversation with Laura Bush and was reflecting on how difficu...

Jihadists have beheaded Franciscan Father Francois Murad a catholic priest in Syria. The Vatican City has ( of the priest. The 49-year-old priest was mercilessly killed in Gassanieh, in northern Syria. It is being said t...

Our lives are becoming more public than we realize. Facebook, twitter, pinterest, have all made us more connected to people that we know and sometimes more than we want or need. We are sharing everything on Facebook –bir...

Is praise necessary for the kids ? Is there a right amount of praise ? Are we praising our kids for anything and everything these days ? Whether they swim well or not , whether they played soccer well or not or for that...

and carries pictures of Celebrity Chef Nigella Lawson attacked by her husband Charles Satchi in a London restaurant. The couple had gone to their favorite seafood restaurant and were seen sitting in an outside table. It...

The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows The individual responsible for one of the mos...

Tongue Stapling, another way to lose weight ( This method, called “tongue patch”, made by Dr. Chugay in Venezuela, makes it almost impossible to eat solid foods. Your tongue suffers greatly by having this patch in. You l...

To my friends who live outside of Turkey: I am writing to let you know what is going on in Istanbul for the last five days. I personally have to write this because at the time of my writing most of the media sources are...

states that soldiers-both jawans and officers should be allowed to take regular vacation and leaves. It keeps the men of the army away from extra marital affairs and other flirtatious activities. This study was conducted...

The Lake Effect is a 90 minute drama staged by three incredible actors. Pulitzer finalist Rajeev Joseph wrote a simple but a very strong drama. The tale of how an Indian origin family is trying to reason out and console...

Hopefully AAA 2 will have the same cast as the first one – however if the humor is as good as the first one the star cast might not matter. Or maybe it could be a ghazani look for Aamir and dabangg look for Salman -it su...

Born on March 13, 1980, Feroze Varun Gandhi is the only son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi. Varun was 100 days old when his father died, and 4 years old when his grandmother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandh...

Kim Fraser came from a ''good Roman Catholic household'', was a successful barrister and a single mother of two children. Now the central coast resident is Australia's first female guru. Called Shakti Durga (meaning divi...

As if adapting to health-care reform and curbing the “( weren’t challenge enough, hospitals are increasingly plagued by another problem: bedbugs. More than a third of pest-management companies treated bedbug infestations...

Video footage of a man being ignored as he begged for help following a road accident that killed his wife and child has led to accusations of "shameful" public apathy in India. Police said Kanhaiya Lal's appeals were ign...

After the Delhi gangrape incident, the television media in India hasn’t stopped portraying itself as the saviour of women; as the one entity that asked all those tough questions without which crimes against women would h...

A new study indicates that people who engage intext messaging tend to be more racist and shallow than their less technologically savvy counterparts. Researchers at the University of Winnipeg found that young people are s...

The eyes sometimes have it, beating out the tongue, nose and brain in the emotional and biochemical balloting that determines the taste and allure of food, a scientist said here today. Speaking at the 245th National Meet...

Do you have a friend who eats pizzas and pastas actually change “eats” to hogs and remains thin? You on the other hand is counting calories, tracking every single thing you put in your body on “my fitness Pal” app you go...

Not getting enough sleep doesn’t just make you tired. It also makes you fat, according to scientists. In a study, participants who slept for five hours each night gained two pounds in weight over a week because they snac...

Facebook reveals secrets you haven’t shared The increasing amount of personal information that can been gleaned by computer programs that track how people use Facebook has been revealed by an extensive academic study. Su...

Ashley Judd has yet to officially announce her political aspirations, but a source with intimate knowledge of the situation tells FOX411's Pop Tarts column the actress is preparing herself to challenge Senate Minority Le...

Dieters may want to forget episodes of falling off the wagon, but researchers say an attentive memory for what is eaten could help people eat less at their next meals. So sitting at a movie with a bucket of popcorn holdi...

Asia's most prominent Roman Catholic leader knows how to reach the masses: He sings on stage, preaches on TV, brings churchgoers to laughter and tears with his homilies. And he's on Facebook. But Philippine Cardinal Luis...

With a red embroidered veil draped over her dark hair, Punam Chowdhury held her breath last month as her fiancé said the words that would make them husband and wife. After she echoed them, they were married. Guests erupt...

Santa was out delivering presents to all the children. Santa looked at the sky, and he was very surprised. The sky was starting to get light; the sun was coming up! Santa was very worried because he still had to deliver...

The cost of college can range from $60,000 for a state university to four times as much at some private colleges. The total student debt in the U.S. now tops credit card debt. So a lot of people are asking: Is college re...

The hottest British export might be boy band mania, from the Beatles to One Direction. And Americans are fascinated with Kate Middleton and her royal baby bump, but the next big British invasion, hitting stores in the Un...

Older people blighted by pessimism and fear for the future are more likely to live longer, according to scientists. A study, into 40,000 adults across ten years, has found those with low expectations for a “satisfying fu...

WDSRA :The development of individuals through recreation. Dreams come in all shape and sizes –dreams are not limited. Whether you are an able-bodied person or someone who needs a little help – all of us dream –dream to l...

The rape and murder of three young sisters in Maharashtra has shocked the state. "The incident is extremely deplorable and painful. I appeal to the people to maintain calm and cooperate with the law-enforcers," Chief Min...

A meteor streaked through the skies above Russia's Urals region Friday morning, before exploding with a flash and boom that shattered glass in buildings and left hundreds of people hurt. The number of injured continues t...

Most of us have experienced it. You are introduced to someone, only to forget his or her name within seconds. You rack your brain trying to remember, but can't seem to even come up with the first letter. Then you get fru...

People May Eat More When Headlines Bear Bad News Study suggests stressing about tough times unleashes craving for calories Tough economic times can lead people to eat much more than they normally would, a recent study fi...

Workers who boast that they can multitask are actually the worst at doing several things at once and at focusing on single jobs, according to a new study. Serial multitaskers end juggling two activities at once not becau...

Relationships and Human Connection Humans are fundamentally social creatures. Strong relationships are central to happiness, health, and meaning. Multiple Relationships A fulfilling life typically involves multiple types...

Understanding Sleep: The Foundation of Health Sleep is not a luxury—it is a biological necessity as critical as food or water. Yet in modern society, many people chronically undervalue sleep, viewing it as time lost from...

Sleep is not a passive state of rest. It is an active biological process during which the brain consolidates memories, clears metabolic waste, repairs cellular damage, regulates hormones, and processes emotional experien...

The president is going to act," said Biden, giving some comments to the press before a meeting with victims of gun violence. "There are executives orders, there's executive action that can be taken. We haven't decided wh...

What makes a population happy? Income and economic security matter, but as researchers examining global wellbeing surveys have repeatedly found, they don't tell the whole story — and the data from Latin America proves th...

Piers Morgan Calls Pro-Gun Advocate 'Unbelievably Stupid,' 'Dangerous': 'You Shame Your Country' CNN's Piers Morgan has been on a rabid anti-gun rant since July's Aurora, Colorado, shootings that has gotten even more ven...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Understanding Scientists Unlock The Puzzle Of Why People Are Gay The topic "Scientists Unlock The Puzzle Of Why People Are Gay" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thought...

Pope Benedict XVI joined Twitter on December 12, 2012, sending his first tweet to the world's Catholics and to anyone else paying attention: "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you...

Fears that the end of the world is nigh have spread across the world with only days until the end of the Mayan calendar, with doomsday-mongers predicting a cataclysmic end to the history of Earth. Ahead of December 21, w...

Anju Gattani, fiction author, international freelance journalist and former news reporter, has been published world-wide for over 2 decades in leading Asian and US publications. Indian-born, Anju grew up in Hong Kong and...

In the weeks following the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado on July 20, 2012 — in which twelve people were killed and seventy injured during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises — survivors a...

Tim Cook's open letter apologizing for Apple Maps — published in September 2012 following the disastrous launch of iOS 6, which replaced Google Maps with Apple's own mapping application — became a minor classic of the co...

Understanding Three Rules For Weight Loss The topic "Three Rules For Weight Loss " addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple p...

Former President Bill Clinton addressed the recent unrest in the Muslim world over a U.S.-made film insulting the prophet Muhammad, saying that while the underlying message is offensive, "you can't react every time you'r...

Speaking here at a press conference on Saturday, the Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that he was aware that it was a crime to instigate the people for murder, but he was ready to commit the crime....

People can be fat yet fit, research suggests By Michelle Roberts People can be obese yet physically healthy and fit and at no greater risk of heart disease or cancer than normal weight people, say researchers. The key is...

Another terror suspect has been arrested in Bangalore. The Bangalore City Crime Branch picked up Dr Nayueem Siddique...

Understanding NRI Grooms No Longer In Style The topic "NRI Grooms No Longer In Style " addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multip...

The Most Dreaded Facebook Reunion The online world is easily divided into two categories: 1) people who love the idea of getting together with everyone from their past and 2) um...

Govt increases SMS limit to 20 with immediate effect After checking the use of SMSes to prevent spreading of rumours which had led to mass exodus of northeastern people from certain states, the government on Thursday inc...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Indian leaders appealed for calm on Friday as natives of northeastern India now living in southern cities left in droves for a third day over fears that violence in the northeastern state of Assam would spread south. Sta...

Amid increasing cases of violence and lack of security against their community, 60 Hindu families from Balochistan and Sindh have decided to migrate to India,...

Attacked With Acid If Females Are Found Wearing Jeans Posters put by an outfit in the Jharkhand capital have threatened acid attacks on girls and women who wear jeans or do not wear a dupatta. The police said it could be...

Sanjeev Nanda, convicted in the BMW hit-and-run case, today got a reprieve from the Supreme Court which refused to enhance the quantum of punishment of two years already undergone by him and directed him to do community...

Maruti Seeking Vaastu Expert Advice Maruti Suzuki appears to have suddenly realized that the root cause of all its problems at its Manesar plant is Vaastu defects. How else can one understand the fact that Maruti Suzuki...

Grids supplying electricity to half of India's 1.2 billion people collapsed on Tuesday, trapping coal miners, stranding train travellers and plunging hospitals into darkness in the second major blackout in as many days....

On Monday, James Holmes, the lead suspect in the Colorado shooting that killed 12 people, made his first public appearance in court, where the presiding judge gave prosecutors a week to formally charge him. His hair dyed...

Dark Knight' showing halted in Bergen County because of unusual activity near emergency door About 100 moviegoers in Edgewater were evacuated from a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" tonight after a patron saw someone o...

Food, Nutrition, and Health: What Research Really Shows Food is far more than calories and taste—it's medicine. Every meal either contributes to disease or helps prevent it. Yet in modern consumer culture, we often eat m...

Aurora, Colo., shooting spree: A day of tears for victims and of twists in case Two days after a shooting rampage killed 12 people and wounded 58 in a movie theater, President Obama flew in to praise victims and survivor...

When Oprah Winfrey visited India in 2012 and aired an episode of Oprah's Next Chapter featuring Indian families and culture, the response from many Indians was not the warm reception her producers might have expected — i...

Food, Nutrition, and Health: What Research Really Shows Food is far more than calories and taste—it's medicine. Every meal either contributes to disease or helps prevent it. Yet in modern consumer culture, we often eat m...

Amar Jyoti Kalita, the main accused in the Guwahati molestation case which shocked the nation earlier this month, has surrendered before the police in Varanasi. He is presently in the custody of Uttar Pradesh police, TV...

Gunman kills 12 in Colorado movie theater A heavily armed gunman attacked an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater early Friday, tossing tear gas before opening fire on the terrified audience and killing 12 and wounding 38, au...

The aggregating Web site RottenTomatoes.com suspended user comments on movie reviews of "The Dark Knight Rises" after commenters reacted harshly to negative reviews of the film and made profane and threatening remarks ab...

That Fresh Look, Genetically Buffed A small company is trying to bring to market a genetically engineered apple that does not turn brown when sliced or bruised. But it has much of the rest of the apple industry seeing re...

Mitt Romney's tax returns had nothing to do with Sen. John McCain's decision to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008, according to the Arizona Republican, saying he chose the former Alaska governor because she...

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The diet industry has spent decades telling people what they cannot eat. The emerging science of sustainable weight management is telling a different story — one built around the psychological reality of restriction, the...

The Brain Through Life: Understanding Cognitive Aging The human brain is remarkable—capable of learning, memory, adaptation, and growth throughout life. Yet all brains change with age. Understanding these changes helps u...

FINS: Facebook to Launch Job Postings Board--Sources Facebook Inc. (FB) is planning to launch its own job board later this summer, said people familiar with the matter. The board will aggregate the job postings of third-...

On July 4, 2012, scientists at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, announced the discovery of a new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson — a discovery described by physicists as on...

No Country on earth is in the same league as the U.S. when it comes to the quantity of immigrants who have come here and the quality of their contributions. But lately, in our generally sour mood, Americans have been que...

When Lady Gaga launched Fame in 2012, it was not simply a celebrity fragrance release — it was a performance in the medium of commerce, which is to say it was entirely consistent with everything else she had done in the...

North Dakota's 2012 ballot measure to eliminate property taxes entirely—replacing them with unspecified alternative state revenues—was the most radical property tax proposal considered by any American state in recent mem...

A growing body of research has identified a perhaps unexpected correlation: people who exercise regularly tend to earn more money. The relationship is not simply explained by health — the mechanisms are more interesting...

Federal and state public health officials investigating an E. coli outbreak that had spread across six states in 2012 undertook the kind of epidemiological detective work that food safety investigations require: tracing...

The foraging movement—which has grown from a fringe interest of back-to-the-land enthusiasts into a mainstream culinary practice embraced by Michelin-starred restaurants and urban farmers market vendors alike—rests on a...

The conversation about inequality in America has increasingly centered on a distinction that was, until relatively recently, obscured by the broader category of "the rich": the difference between the merely affluent — do...

There is a particular kind of cognitive trap that researchers in judgment and decision-making have documented extensively: the feeling of clarity. The sense that you already know the answer, that the question is simple,...

Egypt to pick Islamist or military man as president CAIRO- Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brotherhood candidate or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united i...

Indra Nooyi, the PepsiCo CEO whose career trajectory from Chennai to one of the most powerful positions in global business became a touchstone story in discussions of Indian-American achievement, has spoken in various in...

Gina Rinehart, the Australian mining magnate who by 2012 had become the world's richest woman with a fortune estimated at over twenty billion dollars, represented an unusual figure in the global conversation about wealth...

The idea of taxing unhealthy foods as a public health measure — what economists and health advocates have called a "fat tax" — has moved from academic speculation into serious policy debate, with several countries experi...

Economic Policy and Development: India's Evolving Path India's economy has undergone dramatic transformation in recent decades. Understanding this transformation and ongoing debates is essential for informed citizenship....

Salman Rushdie, who has more personal experience with the consequences of censorship than almost any living writer — his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses prompted a fatwa calling for his death, forced him into hiding for ne...

When Aamir Khan's television show Satyamev Jayte launched in May 2012, one of its most discussed features was the decision to air the program without commercial breaks. For viewers accustomed to the rhythm of Indian tele...

A Washington Post investigation published in May 2012 described an incident from Mitt Romney's days at Cranbrook, the elite Michigan prep school he attended in the 1960s: Romney, then a senior, allegedly led a group of b...

The argument has a certain seductive logic: raise taxes on the wealthy, and they'll simply leave — taking their capital, their businesses, and their economic activity with them, leaving behind a smaller tax base and, ult...

Your Brain on Fiction AMID the squawks and pings of our digital devices, the old-fashioned virtues of reading novels can seem faded, even futile. But new support for the value of fiction is arriving from an unexpected qu...

Researchers working at the intersection of computational social science, political science, and data analytics have developed models that use social media activity, economic indicators, and historical event data to predi...

Extracts from turmeric spice, known for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, may help ward off heart attacks in people who have had recent bypass surgery, according to a study from Thailand. During bypass...

A quiet but growing trend emerged in the early 2010s: more Americans than at any previous point were formally renouncing their United States citizenship, and taxes were a central reason why. The numbers, while still smal...

The observation by Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen that Ann Romney "has never worked a day in her life" detonated a controversy that briefly dominated the 2012 presidential campaign and forced both campaigns to naviga...

Research published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition found that a moderate blood alcohol level—approximately 0.075, just below the legal driving limit in most American states—was associated with improved perform...

When it comes to disorders of the mind, our society has a tendency to seek out the safety of clear-cut categories. We want there to be a bright line separating normal from abnormal, health from sickness. Alas, the human...

The camera industry was confronting a genuinely disruptive question by 2012: had the smartphone camera become good enough that most people no longer needed or wanted a dedicated camera? The iPhone 4S, with its 8-megapixe...

It happened at a campaign event in Virginia: a young woman in the crowd began to sway, then slumped, and was caught by those standing nearby. Barack Obama paused his speech, asked the audience to give her room, and — onc...

A widely circulated essay by physician Ken Murray posed an observation that had been quietly noted within the medical community but rarely discussed publicly: doctors, when they themselves are dying, typically choose far...

The last time I renewed my driver's license, the clerk at the DMV asked if she should check me off as an organ donor. I said no. She looked at me and asked again. I said, "No. Just check the box that says, 'I am a heartl...

Once, when winters were cold and the world seemed large, creatures roamed the earth who were permissive on social issues and at ease with big government, yet remained ever faithful to the gods of business and finance. Th...

Volume 5 of the Friday cooking column arrives with a menu built around the principle that the best weeknight food often comes from the pantry rather than the produce aisle — dishes where the deep work has been done by so...

When an apple fell on Newton’s head , he did not just consume it to satisfy his hunger , au contraire he used it as an excuse to get into the depth of the process to learn more , there by discovering Gravity . It is basi...

The party was in full swing , everybody seemed to be enjoying the music , some swayed with their cocktails and others enjoyed delicious looking appetizers . Amidst all this I was busy , as usual , doing what I do best –...

Which Sleeping Position is the Best for You? You spend about 1/3 of your life sleeping- are you sleeping the right way that facilitates the best sleep possible? Are you waking up stiff with neck and shoulder pain every m...

Every day, we find someone falling from grace. Sometimes, it is a big debacle like ENRON, which shakes us up, and begs the question if we are on the right track with our strategies and techniques for getting ahead at the...

While browsing the web recently, I got interested in the World Giving Index reportpublished by the Charities Aid Foundation, which provided information on charitable giving patterns across the world through a survey cond...

It took me a while to figure it out, but I did – brown is beautiful! And I'm not talking brown chocolate icing on a brown chocolate cake, but the color of my skin. The realization didn't come easily. It took a move to a...