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Does your Beverage have Carcinogens?

July 7, 2013

Give a thought before you buy beverages and gulp it down your throat. It is a known fact that beverages are bad for health. But did you know it is harmful and much more than you ever imagined it to be. A recent report said – ‘Pepsi products still have…

‘Bunga Bunga’ & ‘Ruby the Heart Stealer’

July 4, 2013

International Politics·Scandals

For once it did not happen in India. Berlo is guilty of paying for sex with a pretty-looking minor. Italy’s ex-Prime Minister got seven-years in jail and is barred from public office but free during appeals process. The verdict brings to a climax a two-year-old trial which sparked a media…

The tale of Bappu Mama

June 30, 2013

Religion & Faith·Travel

Every year alternatively in May and June on the day of ‘Jyaishta Shukla Prathipada’ (the next day of Vaishak Shukla Amvasya) as per the Hindu calendar, the Bapu Mama Utsav is celebrated in the Kamat household in Shiroda. Very few people must have heard about this saintly person, Bappu Mama…

Himalayan Tsunami

June 23, 2013

Cover Story·Natural Disaster

Uttarakand Chief Minister calls it a ‘Himalayan Tsunami’. 70,000 people are missing. Almost 60 villages have been swept away. 57,000 are stranded in Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi. 1500 pilgrims and locals have been rescued from Chamoli district. 1200 tourists have been evacuated from Rudraprayag. It is alleged Early Warning System…

Indian Industry Global Leaders

June 16, 2013

Business

In what’s being seen as the largest M&A deal in India’s automotive history, Apollo Tyres has announced it will acquire US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in an all cash transaction valued at $2.5 billion or around Rs 14,500 crore. The deal is larger than Tata Motor’s $2.3 billion Jaguar…