Yearly Archives: 2015
Self-respect and pride more important than Indo-Pak cricket: Javed Miandad
September 7, 2015
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain and Coach Javed Miandad has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board to stop running after the BCCI to resume bilateral ties.
Miandad said the inflammatory statements given by Indian leaders and ministers were most unfortunate and would not help Indo-Pak cricket relations.
For Congress, BJP’s Taunt: OROP Means One Rahul One Priyanka
September 7, 2015
NEW DELHI – All 15 Congress lawmakers staged a walkout at Haryana Assembly today after hearing their purported take on OROP from the ruling BJP. According to Haryana's health minister Anil Vij, OROP - which stands for One Rank One Pension for Congress means "One Rahul, One Priyanka."
Pak nuclear stockpiling reminiscent of Cold War-era Soviet Union: US think tank report
September 7, 2015
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Islamabad's nuclear ambitions could see it go the way of the Soviet Union in the closing stages of the Cold War, or so suggests a report published recently by a couple of US think tanks: the Stimson Center and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
8 Foods That Make You Unproductive at Work
September 7, 2015
Food fuels your brain as well as your body, so what's on your plate can affect your productivity at work.
If you have a desk job, I'm sure by now you've heard the mantra, "sitting is the new smoking."
If RBI is from Mars, the finance ministry is from Venus
September 7, 2015
Addressing a press conference last week, the chief economic adviser (CEA) in the finance ministry, Arvind Subramanian, cautioned that India is risking deflation. “Price-wise, the Indian economy appears to be in or close to deflation territory and far away from inflation territory,” he said.
Back after 38 years: Pele set to visit India as special ambassador at Subroto...
September 7, 2015
New Delhi: It's time for the 'sleeping giant' to wake up from its slumber as the King of football Pele will grace India in October, adding to the festive mood in the country that hosted him 38 years ago.
UN agencies ‘broke and failing’ in face of ever-growing refugee crisis
September 7, 2015
The UN’s humanitarian agencies are on the verge of bankruptcy and unable to meet the basic needs of millions of people because of the size of the refugee crisis in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, senior figures within the UN have told the Guardian.
Sarah Palin Auditions For Trump Cabinet, Urges Country To ‘Speak American’
September 6, 2015
WASHINGTON – In what could be a bid for a post in a future Donald Trump administration, Sarah Palin emerged out of the weeds on Sunday and urged the country to "speak American."
Australian cricketer Watson announces Test retirement
September 6, 2015
Shane Watson has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect, Cricket Australia announced on Sunday (September 6).
Watson said a spate of injuries - the latest being a calf strain that ruled him out of the remainder of the One-Day International series in England – forced him to call time from the longest format.
Incredible! Indian-origin girl achieves highest possible score on Mensa test, beats Einstein, Hawking
September 6, 2015
London: A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in the UK has achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, more than physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Lydia Sebastian from Essex has joined the one per cent of all entrants to attain the highest mark in the Cattell III B paper supervised by Mensa, the society for people with high IQs.
