Puberty affects a girl’s cognitive ability, says study

You look yourself in the mirror and notice you are taller than you were a few weeks ago. Fuller and bigger breasts, hair in places you have never had before, the onset of periods, acne – you just wonder what I am turning into? Well, welcome to puberty girls! Puberty is that time of your

Five star #hotels in #India to be governed by #green guidelines and save environment #globalannal #environment #recycle #Tourism

Minister of Environment Jayanthi Natrajan tabled the guidelines in Lok Sabha. The guidelines will address the issue of wastage of water and food in these hotels through recycling and distributing food among the poor. Offering half portions to clients also feature in the guidelines to limit food wastage. Source: Firstpost

Management Insights: Failure should be used in corporations to fuel innovation

With the increasing competition in Business, innovation has become the key driving force, world over. However, in order to continue to innovate successful products, one needs to tide over failures and stop thinking of it as something to be detested. Baba Shiv, Sanwa Bank, Limited, Professor of Marketing believes in the concept and promotes it

Congress leaders defends Planning Commission’s poverty line indices, Opposition parties revolt

The much poor-ridiculing poverty figure debate is back once again. The common man must be reminded of how serious the government is for its suffering, when the two Congress leaders have claimed that they can buy a proper meal at unimaginable costs and that too in two urban cities. First Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar had

Der Spiegel report alleges US of spying on key EU offices

German magazine Der Spiegel has alleged US of spying on core EU premises in New York and Washington in one of its report, citing a secret 2010 document. The head of European Parliament has demanded “full clarification” from the US over the report alleging America bugging key EU premises. Martin Schulz said that if the

Latest findings indicate Russian meteor shockwave went around the globe twice

The February’s meteor shockwave that took place in Russia (Chelyabinsk) resulting in an injury to 1000 people is found to have circled around the world twice on the day of its occurrence. The study was conducted by International Monitoring System (IMS) network that is operated by Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO). Source:  BBC

Singapore haze elevates to worst levels till now, Indonesia sends planes to Sumatra

Air pollution in Singapore has reached record heights on the third consecutive day. Indonesia sends off planes and helicopters on Friday to extinguish the intense fires that are responsible for hazardous levels of smoky haze in three countries. The fire in peat swamp forests on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island sent a huge smog cloud across the

Man behind NSA spy program leaks revealed by The Guardian

The London based Guardian newspaper alleges that a 29-year-old American working as a contractor for the National Security Agency is acting as its source of leaks on the U.S. government’s surveillance programs. The newspaper said that it is revealing Edward Snowden’s identity only after he himself requested it. Snowden has reportedly said  “I have no

Paris Jackson shifted to UCLA Medical Center, Michael Jackson also died in the same hospital

Paris Jackson was transferred to UCLA Medical Center on Saturday night putting an ending of the 5150 psychiatric hold over since her suicide attempt. This facility happens to be the same where Michael Jackson, her father, was pronounced dead four years back this month due to a Propofol overdose. Most of us would be aware

US spy agency files for probe into NSA leaks, Justice department to give approval

A U.S. intelligence agency has filed its request to conduct a criminal probe into the leak of highly classified information about the extremely secret surveillance programs to be run by the National Security Agency. The said information came to be known after the intelligence chief’s spokesman told about it. The nation’s spy chief confirmed the