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Book review: Terrorism is funny business in ‘Vanity Bagh’
Once upon a time, there was a place called Mangobagh, which was divided into a Hindu neighbourhood called Mehendi and Vanity Bagh, a Muslim area. In Vanity Bagh, there lived five young men who spent most of their days doing nothing. Their names were Imran, Jinnah, Navaz Sharif, Zia, Zulfikar #Anees Salim #BookReview #Vanity Bagh
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Study: Brain detects grammar errors even when you are unaware
Washington: Scientists have found hard evidence that people detect and process grammatical errors with no awareness of doing so. Neuroscientists from the University of Oregon in US recorded brain activity of the participants using electroencephalography, from which researchers focused on a signal known as the Event-Related Potential (ERP). This non-invasive technique allows #errors #grammar #Neuroscience #Study #TheySaidIt #USA #Washington
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Study claims breastfeeding reduces risk of high blood pressure for mothers later
Melbourne: Beastfeeding reduces the risk of mothers developing high blood pressure later in life, a new Australian study has claimed. Women who breastfeed were nine per cent less likely to develop high blood pressure than women who have never given birth, claims the latest research by University of Western Sydney (UWS). Also, mothers #Breastfeeding #NewsTracker #Women
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America’s newest Public Enemy No1: The humble pressure cooker
When I went to the United States for the first time, long before 9/11, I wondered if immigration officials would harass me, a single young man from a turbulent part of the world. I didn't have to worry. Customs officials and their formidable sniffing dogs were much more interested in #Boston Marathon Bombings #Inpraiseof #Pressure Cooker Bomb #Pressure cookers
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Islamic scholar Ashgar Ali Engineer passes away
Mumbai: Renowned Islamic scholar, progressive thinker, author and Dawoodi Bohra reformist leader Asghar Ali Engineer passed away on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, family members said. He was 74. Engineer, a widower, is survived his son Irfaan and daughter Seema Indorewala. He was ailing for several months and breathed his last #Ashgar Ali Engineer #Islam #NewsTracker
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Why Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy
While the rest of the world was busy putting up sugary Facebook status updates and poring over 'Mother's Day discount' offers on everything from massages to cutlery, Angelina Jolie wrote a blog for New York Times. And no, she was not talking about her six children. Instead, she chose to talk about #Angelina Jolie #Breast cancer #Cancer #Health #mastectomy #Ovarian cancer #preventive mastectomy #ThingsWeLike
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Cervical cancer kills 73,000 Indian women every year, the most in the world
The number of deaths due to cervical cancer in India is way more than any other country in the world. According to a report on New York Times India Ink, India tops the list of 50 countries with high incidences of cervical cancer with as many as 73,000 deaths #cervical cancer #Health #India #NewsTracker #Women
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Why not eat more insects to fight hunger, says UN
Rome: The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday hailed the likes of grasshoppers, ants and other members of the insect world as an underutilized food #Insects #United Nations #WeirdNews #World
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The Captainship: How middle class India rose to rule India Inc
Sanjeev Aggarwal (Helion/ Daksh ), Subroto Bagchi (Mindtree), Girish Batra (NetAmbit), Sanjeev Bhikchandani (Info Edge), Anish Dhawan (ChrysCapital), Ashish Gupta (Helion Ventures / Junglee), Zia Mody (AZB), Satya Narayanan (Career Launcher) and Vijay Shekhar Sharma (One97). What's common to these nine individuals? "Over the years, these kids from middle-class homes become the #India #India Inc #MIddle Class #OnOurMind #The Captainship — First Gen Entrepreneurs.
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Lessons from those splendid but empty European forests
A few days back, I was walking the fascinating old forests of Boubinsky Prales in southern Czech Republic. A few patches of virgin wilderness, primarily beech forests with more than 200-year-old spruce and fir trees dotting the higher slopes, still survive in the Sumava mountains as the second oldest natural #ConnectTheDots #Tigers #Wildlife
