[h=3]Mother Teresa's successor Sister Nirmala dies[/h]Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of her Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas, died on Tuesday aged 80. After taking over the charity following Mother Teresa's death in 1997, Nirmala expanded the organisation's reach to 134 countries by opening centres in nations such as Afghanistan, Israel and Thailand. "She had big shoes to fill, expectations were huge, but with simplicity, unstinting love and faith she proved herself," said Sunil Lucas, a communications director for the Archdiocese of Calcutta.
Newer medicines produce newer strains in the germs!
Newer techniques produce smarter thieves in the world! :spy:
[h=3]PM Modi to launch digital locker facility on July 1 | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis[/h]Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 1 will launch digital locker facility that will help citizens to digitally store their important documents like PAN card, passport, mark sheets and degree certificates. "Digital Locker will provide secure access to Government issued documents. It uses authenticity services provided by Aadhaar," an official release said on Monday. It is aimed at eliminating the use of physical documents and enables sharing of verified electronic documents across government agencies.
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[h=3]China opens Nathu La as 2nd route for Kailash pilgrims[/h]The new route is in addition to the existing Lipulekh Pass, the only route that was badly damaged in the floods in Uttarakhand in 2013. China on Monday opened the second land crossing in Tibet via Nathu La to allow the first batch of Indian pilgrims undertaking the arduous Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra, in the latest confidence-building measure between the two neighbours. The opening of the second route through the Himalayan pass of Nathu La in Sikkim, 4,000 metres above sea level, was officially announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China last month and will allow more Indians to undertake the pilgrimage.
May be most people fall into one of those fifty shades of grey-
being neither completely white (good) nor completely black (wicked)!
[h=3]New 'Fifty Shades of Grey' book sells 1.1 million copies in four days[/h]E.L. James' new book "Grey," the latest novel in the erotic "Fifty Shades of Grey" series, has sold more than 1.1 million copies in trade, paperback, ebook and audio editions in just four days, its publisher said on Monday. To meet demand for the novel that retells the first book through the eyes of its billionaire protagonist Christian Grey, Vintage Books is printing a million more copies. "This is an astonishing number of books to sell over a weekend and speaks to the engagement and passion readers have for the 'Fifty Shades' books," said publisher Anne Messitte, of the imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
They know the importance of remaining in good shape!
[h=3]Bollywood goes ga-ga over Yoga[/h]While most of the people are busy trying to get their asanas - postures - right, Bollywood celebrities like Hema Malini, Juhi Chawla, Shilpa Shetty and Kirron Kher are celebrating the “historical” International Yoga Day on Sunday.A few stars, including
How can anyone be not impressed by this cutie's sweet performance??? :clap2:
Standing on that soft bed itself need a lot of practice. :thumb:
Add to it the delightful dancing and the balancing acts!!! WOW!!!
[h=3]Hundreds flood Andhra villages after farmer finds diamond worth Rs 17 lakh - Firstpost[/h]In an interview with CNN-IBN, Ponnaiah, who was out looking for diamonds in Kurnool and found one, said, "Me and my brother had been searching for diamond. After news of an agriculture labourer stumbled upon a diamond worth Rs 17 lakh in Jonnagiri village of Tuggali, hundreds of locals and people from nearby districts have flooded these villages to try their luck, reports the New Indian Express.
[h=3]12 smart cities to come up in Tamil Nadu[/h]Uttar Pradesh will get to nominate maximum number of cities to be developed as smart cities, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.The government has assigned number of cities each State/Union Territory can nominate un
NOT acceptable unless the proof is furnished from Valmiki Ramayana with the sloka / stanza number.
What if it happened after Valmiki's period? Not acceptable means not acceptable!!!:nono:
[h=3]English Collector and Muslim Ruler saw Lord Rama! Blog by Santanam Swaminathan[/h]In the following four anecdotes, three different saints with the same name Ramdas appear: Samartha Ramadas, Bhadrachalam Ramadasa and Swami Ramdas of Anandashram. Shivaji, the greatest of the Hindu kings in the Moghul period, was a great devotee of Saint Samartha Ramadas and Saint Tukaram. Very often he attended the Bhajan sessions and discourses of saint Tukaram. Moghuls who were after Shivaji tried to attack him wherever it was possible.
Was "Necessity the mother of invention" here too??? :noidea:
[h=3]Teenagers Invent Condom That Changes Colour If It Detects STIs[/h]Safe sex just got even safer with the invention of a condom that changes colour when it detects sexually transmitted infections (STIs). A built-in indicator on the condom changes colour depending on what STI it detects, and it is the brainchild of Daanyaal Ali, 14, Chirag Shah, 14, and Muaz Nawaz, 13. Daanyaal, who studies at the Isaac Newton Academy in Ilford, East London, said: “We created the S.T.EYE as a new way for STI detection to help the future of the next generation.
So the "live in jeans" is the surest way of
going back to crawling stage! :baby:
Blood has to flow and the skin had to breathe
to be alive - in order to look pretty!!!! :moony:
[h=3]Australian woman collapses after blood supply cut off by skinny jeans | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis[/h]A 35-year-old woman in Australia whose skinny jeans cut off the blood supply to her calf muscles collapsed and was forced to crawl to seek help, prompting health experts to warn people not to wear it. "When she arrived, she had massive, really severe, swelling of both calves to the extent we were unable to take her jeans off without cutting them," according to Thomas Kimber, a consultant neurologist and co-author of the Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry journal article. The blood supply had been reduced to her leg muscles, causing them to swell and the adjacent nerves to compress, the AAP news agency reported today. Kimber said that the case was a "cautionary tale" and people wearing skinny jeans should avoid squatting for long periods or wear something loose or with elasticity.
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