“I shall give my best to help the forest department conserve and save the tigers in this state’s forests and reserves”, It was earlier stated by the Legend of Indian Cinema, Amitabh Bachchan. To the same context, the makers of ‘Mission Tiger’ declares the only motive behind ‘Mission Tiger’, is ‘Save Tiger’. Director Dipu Karunakaran said, “Mission […]
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance today announced that customers at Parramatta Station can now pick up Australia Post parcels from specially designed lockers at the station. The second phase of ‘Click and Collect’ follows the start of a trial of customers picking up groceries ordered from Woolworths online from Bondi Junction Station earlier […]
Opportunity for West Indies and Sri Lanka to earn valuable points Top-ranked Australia and second-ranked India will have to complete comprehensive wins in their upcoming away Test series against Sri Lanka and the West Indies respectively so as not to lose crucial points in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings. The West Indies will […]
An aide for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took responsibility for copying portions of First Lady Michelle Obama’s 2008 address for Melania Trump’s convention speech on Monday. A statement distributed on Wednesday by the campaign featured an apology from Meredith McIver and an offer of resignation. The statement attributed to McIver said the Republican presidential […]
Britain will maintain close economic relations with Germany despite its intention to exit the European Union (EU), Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday during her visit to Germany. “Of course, our relations will change, but economic relations will remain close,” Xinhua quoted May as saying. Political developments in Turkey, the refugee issue […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared state of emergency for three months following a failed coup attempt on July 15. “In the national security council meeting, we decided to propose the government to declare state of emergency according to article 120 of the constitution. The cabinet has decided to declare state of emergency […]
The issue of Dalit unrest in Gujarat rocked Parliament on Wednesday as opposition members accused the government of being anti-Dalit. Both houses saw protests from opposition parties, even as the Modi government made statements in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha stressing that the Gujarat government took appropriate action to tackle the situation. While […]
The English Premier League, English Football League and Football Association on Wednesday introduced new behaviour rules for players and coaches in the league and asked match officials to take stronger position towards them in case of “intolerable behaviour”. Starting this season, red cards will be issued to players who confront match officials and use offensive, […]
Venezuela and Colombia have announced that the border between the two South American countries will remain closed over the next few weeks after having been briefly opened over the last weekend. The Colombian government on Tuesday said some 130,000 Venezuelans crossed the border last weekend when Venezuela allowed its citizens to walk across the Simon […]
Reading fiction might be good for your mental health but exploring inner lives of characters like Jane Eyre or Anna Karenina can form ideas about others’ emotions, motives and ideas, suggested a study. According to the study published in journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, a psychologist-novelist shows that reading or watching narratives may encourage empathy. […]