Don’t yap on mobile more than 4 minutes a day: Study

Tower Radiation Can Prove Deadly Too. Until now it was believed that using a mobile phone for more than 30 minutes daily (over 8 to 10 years) would put the user at an increased risk of cancer. However, a group of experts from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has interpreted the international Interphone study […]

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An Arab youth inscribes mementos in Gujarati for tourists

Gujaratis are teaching the language of business to the world and how! An Arab youth, Ahmad Samr, in Dubai has learnt the Gujarati script, especially to inscribe mementos in Gujarati for the large number of tourists who visit his city every season. Samr, 24, a sand miniature artist perpetuating a 60-year-old sand art tradition, makes […]

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Students going abroad now check roommates’ sexuality

Trend Spurred By The Rise In Unwanted Advances Students going overseas have now assumed a ‘better-safe-than-sorry’ approach. They now openly inquire about the sexual orientation of the room partner before fixing to share accommodations. This new consciousness to check the sexual orientation prior to fixing roommates is on the rise as the number of students […]

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Med negligence: NRI doc seeks hike in record compensation

Dr Kunal Saha Won The Highest Compensation Ever In India: Rs 1.77 Cr Dr Kunal Saha — an Ohio NRI — who had been awarded Rs 1.77 crore compensation for medical negligence that resulted in the death of his wife, on Wednesday filed a review petition to have the amount enhanced. In his petition filed […]

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Diwali turns home makers into home traders

Manisha Patel’s small kitchen has turned into a small-scale factory making mouth-licking mathiyas, chaulafali and kachoris. She is working overtime to meet the rising demand as the countdown for Diwali festival has begun. And Patel is not alone. Diwali pre-festival fervour has pushed many industrious Amdabadi women to turn into home traders from home makers […]

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