How rogue elements of DNA endanger our health
A new study has found evidence that health becomes endangered when ageing cells lose control of rogue elements of DNA called transposons. Research has shown that a low-calorie diet, a key intervention already known to increase lifespan, dramatically delays the onset of increased transposon activity. Click here for more…
Anusha Dandekar meets beau Karan Kundra’s folks – is a wedding announcement on the cards?
Karan Kundra, the famous actor of television shows like Kitani Mohabbat Hai, Bayttaab Dil Ki Tamanna Hai, Kitani Mohabbat Hai Season 2, Teri Meri Love Stories, MTV Fanaah, Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum is making news for his relationship with stylish VJ Anusha Dandekar. He has also hosted many shows on TV. Recently, his Gang won Roadies X4 […]
Adi to confess his CRIME in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein
The jolting track of acid attack has been keeping audience hooked to the track of Star Plus’ Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. The Balaji Telefilm’s offering has brought in a very important issue of girls facing danger from guys who feel insulted after being rejected in love. Viewers have already seen the police suspecting Adi (Abhishek Verma) […]
Raaz Reboot Movie Review
STORY: Happily married couple – Rihaan (Gaurav) and Shaina (Kriti) move into a heritage hotel like property in Romania and call it their home. Trouble beckons as the wife starts feeling the existence of an evil entity in their haunted house. REVIEW: Her deadpan banker hubby refuses to believe her, while her ex beau Aditya (Emraan Hashmi) […]
Pink review: Amitabh Bachchan is still the only boss around
Two cars are moving in two different directions. Each has three passengers – the first one has girls and the second is being driven by boys. Parallel cutting suggests a connection. One of the boys is bleeding and the girls look tense. A dark and sinister night has engulfed the Delhi-NCR region and everyone’s waiting […]
New Zealand may deport 150 Indian students
Vishav Bharti At least 150 Indian students face deportation in New Zealand for allegedly submitting fake financial documents to the Immigration authorities. They were handed over the deportation orders last week. According to the Migrant Workers Association of Aotearoa, these students had applied for admission in private colleges through travel agents. “They paid full fee […]
Indian firms’ foreign investment fell 84% in August at $399 million
Mumbai: Indian firms’ overseas direct investment fell 84% to $399.06 million in August, data from Reserve Bank of India showed. Indian companies had made an investment of $2.47 billion in the markets abroad during the same period last year. Compared to July this year, direct investments in August were down by 82.6%. The investments were in […]
India and Pakistan: A tale of two economies
Ankit Mital Karachi is a brown city. It’s not just the arid landscape that dominates it. In part it is the male version of the ubiquitous national dress—salwar-kameez—worn in pastel shades. Mostly, it is the colour of the public and commercial architecture, betraying signs of an economic boom that was aborted by the early 1990s, […]
US to stay neutral as Pakistan, India prepare for UN showdown
ANWAR IQBAL WASHINGTON: As Pakistan prepares to highlight the current situation in India-held Kashmir at the UN General Assembly and India plans to counter it by raising the Baloch issue, the United States has made it clear that it will not back either side. “What we have said — nothing is changed about our view […]
Micro schools: Going beyond textbooks
Shweta Sharan Last month, Mumbai-based homeschooler Malvika Joshi made headlines for getting a scholarship for the prestigious BSc programme at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) without having appeared in either the 10th or 12th board exams. Joshi had won two silver medals and one bronze medal in the Programming Olympiads, though, and this caught the […]
Foreign law firms will not be allowed to litigate in India
Mahua Venkatesh Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, which is keen to allow entry of foreign law firms into the country to boost ease of doing business, will start off by allowing these companies to operate in foreign law and arbitration for cross border businesses and joint ventures (JVs). In the initial phase, these law firms […]
Record Turnout at IACCGH’s 17th Annual Gala
Click here for Photo Collage By Manu Shah HOUSTON: A record turnout of 750 of Houston’s business elites marked the 17th Annual IACCGH Gala held at the Hilton Americas on September 9. Consul General Dr. Anupam Ray and elected officials joined businessmen, entrepreneurs and professionals including for the first time, a 30 member […]
27th Janamashtami Celebrations by HGH
HOUSTON: Festivals are great unifiers and the spectacular 27th Janamastami celebration at the George Brown Convention center on September 10, was no exception. With around 65 organizations supporting this event, the Hindus of Greater Houston lived up to its mission of bringing Hindus together to celebrate festivals collectively. Many senior members of the community were […]
Goodbye to Lord Ganpati 2016
By Runmee Barbara HOUSTON: On the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, a big ritual ceremony is performed every year by devotees of the Indian community in Houston. This year also enthusiastic religious followers assembled to celebrate and bid adieu to Lord Ganesha at Shiv Shakti Temple in Hilcroft. Devotees from in an around […]
Indian Voices Speak Out Fervently on Presidential Race
By Jawahar Malhotra STAFFORD: It was a valiant first effort to get a nascent organization off the ground and get the South Asian Fourth Estate noticed in the nation’s fourth largest city. The organizers had been planning for weeks and burning up the social media to pull the event together, headlining it as a “US […]
Grandeur of Ganeshotsav Celebration by Houston Marathi Mandal (HMM)!
By Ameya Wakde HOUSTON: “Bappa Morya” – a heartfelt call to Lord Ganesh ran in the air. It was that time of the year when houses of most of the Indian families came alive to the sound of festive preparation. Kids and elders indulged themselves in preparation of a clay idol adorned creatively with colors […]
The Power of a Strong Presentation
By Varsha Vasu & Piya Malhan HOUSTON: Screech! Flinching at the sound of the microphone, we all turned towards the podium to find a man, whose intentionally clumsy gait, and bright blue sweatshirt stood out in the crowd of black-suits and formal dresses at the YLDP Class of 2016 – 2017’s orientation on August 27. […]
Foundation for India Studies Receives Support from Baylor University’s Institute of Oral History
HOUSTON: Foundation for India Studies (FIS) has received the support of Baylor University’s Institute of Oral History. “Baylor University’s institutional support will certainly provide us with the much needed impetus and academic guidance in recording the oral histories of people affected by the 1947 partition of India” said FIS Founder-Chairman, Kr ishna Vavilala. FIS recently completed 55 oral histories of the first-generation Indo- Americans living in the […]
The Extraordinary Life and Times of Mahatma Gandhi – Part 16
The story thus far…During the latter part of 1920 Gandhi advocated a triple boycott. He wanted an absolute boycott of the Government and all government institutions, including schools, colleges, and courts. If the people were free of these they could easily have their own schools, colleges, and courts, and the power of the British would […]
Karat 22 Raffle Nets Indian Training for Grads
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: “The raffle sale was on all year long, from January,” explained Aku Patel, the founder and owner of Karat 22 Jewelers on Hillcroft, adding “They always sold tickets at every Chamber event.” Of course, Patel was referring to the Indo American Chamber of Commerce of which he is a Board Director. […]
