India’s potential growth rate below 7%: RBI paper
Mumbai: What is the potential growth rate of the Indian economy? The question, the answer to which is key to policy decisions such as how far interest rates should be lowered, has always been an actively debated one. The latest estimate of the country’s potential growth rate comes from a working paper released by the Reserve […]
‘Billionaire PM’ has no assets abroad: ECP
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has no assets abroad, but continues to receive colossal amounts from his son, Hussain Nawaz, who is settled in the UK, reveal the statements of MNAs’ assets released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday. According to the statements of assets for 2015, released amidst the ongoing controversy […]
Never needed to scold a bureaucrat, PM Narendra Modi says
NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he never had a reason to be disappointed or lose his cool while dealing with the bureaucracy. “After my long experience in government, I can say with confidence that I have never scolded a civil servant or felt the need to raise my voice at them … […]
IPL 9: It’s Dhoni’s experience vs Kohli’s vigor
NEW DELHI: Smarting from two consecutive defeats, Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore take on MS Dhoni-led Rising Pune Supergiants on Thursday. IPL newbie Pune and RCB – the team with arguably the best batting line-up in the league – are on equal footing as both have lost two consecutive matches after winning their opener. Both […]
Indian-American scientist creates T-cells to treat pancreatic cancer
NEW YORK: An Indian-American scientist has engineered T-cells – a type of immune cells – to break the pancreatic cancer’s physical and immunological walls using immunotherapy. Dr Sunil Hingorani, member of the clinical research and public health sciences divisions at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and colleagues created T-cells with a high affinity to a […]
Posture correction tips to avoid lower back pain
The trickiest part about lower back pain is that you cannot always pinpoint its cause with utmost accuracy. The problem could be in the bone, disc, muscles or nerves. Can we blame our anatomy? Well not much, but yes we can blame the evolution. Did you know our spine was not designed for vertical use, […]
Indian celebrities mourn demise of Prince
A singer, songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Prince recorded more than 30 albums. His best known hits include “Let’s go crazy” and “When doves cry”. While some reminisced the hit songs that the singer had delivered, some expressed their sense of losing another great musician after the late ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson (MJ) died in […]
Tashan-E-Ishq: Yuvi will donate his blood to Kunj if Twinkle agrees to divorce him?
High level drama is taking place in Tashan-E-Ishq as Kunj (Sidhant Gupta) is ill and has been admitted to the hospital. The last episode showed that Kunj was very sick and suffers from anemia, and the doctor had said that he needed to be given blood as soon as possible. Just when Twinkle (Jasmin Bhasin) and Leela (Vaishnavi […]
Bipasha Basu is having pre-wedding JITTERS few days ahead of her wedding with Karan Singh Grover!
Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover’s upcoming wedding is just round the corner and with so much buzz around the wedding and so many things still left to do, the actress is going through something that most of us in her place would feel. Precisely eight days ahead of the mega wedding of this season, the […]
Swara Bhaskar’s Nil Battey Sannata declared tax-free in Delhi!
Swara Bhaskar‘s Nil Battey Sannata trailer indeed touched every individuals heart and today the film has released in the theaters and it has been receiving a heartwarming response from the audience. The viewers are simply going gaga over Swara’s effortless performance and this actress has indeed proved us that she is one the best actress we […]
Flooding Tragedy Strikes Two Local Indian Families
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: The latest round of flooding in the city from the storm over this past weekend had some tragic consequences for two area Indo-American families as both lost key adults in drowning accidents which occurred roughly around the same time and in the same part of the city. The accidents that […]
2016 Gala: Daya Goes Over the Rainbow
By Anand Ramaswamy HOUSTON: Consider yourself at home, consider yourself part of the family… Thus began the program celebrating Daya Houston’s 20th Anniversary of empowering South Asian women, their children and families to break the cycle of domestic and sexual violence and reclaim their lives. Beautifully sung by HSPVA’s Sara Trogdon, and accompanied on the […]
Chaitri Navaratri Celebrations at Gauri Siddhivinayak Temple of Houston
HOUSTON: The temple celebrated Chaitri Navaratri on Friday, April 15 which was attended by over 300 devotees. The navami pooja started around 2:00 pm, which was followed by havan, garba, and aarti. Mahaprasad was served after aarti. Pandit Pradip Pandya wants to thank all devotees for their support and for attending the pooja. The temple […]
The Art of Meditation Shows the Colors of Your World
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Seated cross-legged on quilted sheets folded into squares on the hard tile floor, the two young women were draped in simple white cotton sarees, with their heads covered and a twice-folded cotton handkerchief in one hand held close to their mouths in the manner of that strict Jains use to communicate. […]
History of Yoga- Screening of Movie Followed by Lecture
By Noopur Sapatnekar HOUSTON: SEWA international hosted screening of the documentary-History of Yoga at Keshav Smriti on April 16, and Woodlands Hindu Temple on April 17. The movie followed by a lecture was presented by Ramji Om (researcher and script writer for the documentary) and Deepika Kothari (Debut documentary producer). Ramji OM is MSc in […]
HMM Celebrates Maharashtrian Padwa
By Shilpa Nagle HOUSTON: Houston Maharashtra Mandal organized yet another great program on the occasion of Gudi Padawa, Hindu new year. Almost 250 people attended the event. This event started with traditional way by performing Gudi pooja, by two elderly couples from community. The importance of Gudi Padawa and introduction of program was nicely narrated […]
C@deFest 2.2 a Success
By Pijush Paul HOUSTON: On April 2, IIT Alumni of Greater Houston (IITAGH) and the Houston Community College (HCC) hosted the second C@deFest 2.2 at HCC Alief Campus for the greater Houston high school students and HCC college students. This six hour event was intended to provide hands on experiences on developing a website and […]
