Sotheby’s has sold a Van Gogh painting for $66.3 million, the highest price paid for a work by the Dutch artist since 1998, Efe news agency reported. The first major auction of the spring season also saw one of Claude Monet’s water lilies sold for $54 million. Van Gogh’s “L’allée Des Alyscamps” was the top […]
New research has shown that a misunderstanding about the safety of breast screening mammograms is making women from Indian and Sri Lankan communities afraid of having lifesaving breast screens. Chief Cancer Officer and CEO of the Cancer Institute NSW, Professor David Currow explained that the small amount of radiation from screening mammograms is harmless and […]
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Monday regained his position as the world’s richest Indian with a net worth of $19.6 billion, pushing Sun Pharmaceuticals founder Dilip Shanghvi back to the second place after seven weeks. With a fall of $100.1 million in his net worth, Ambani slipped from his 39th position in the Forbes […]
Why target only India for rapes, they happen all over the world, says Danish designer-turned writer Inger Solberg, who has come out with her first book “Pushpa”, a vibrant account of her life in India, which she has made her home for the past 15 years. Solberg, who loves India and everything Indian, is against […]
A very fluffy Lesser Sooty Owl chick has recently joined the Bird Show team. At the moment it looks more like a ball of fluff than an owl, but soon the eight week old male will be fully fledged and ready to fly. The chick, ‘Griffin’ came to Taronga from Featherdale Wildlife Park and […]
Bhubaneswar, April 23 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said his government would distribute free medicines for all diseases, including cancer, at state-run health facilities soon. The state government would distribute quality essential medicines through its procurement agency Odisha State Medical Corporation. Taking a review meeting with district collectors through video conferencing, Patnaik […]
Bengaluru, April 21 (IANS) Software major Wipro Ltd. on Tuesday appointed its chairman Azim Premji’s 38-year-old son Rishad Premji to the board as a director from May 1. “Rishad will continue to run strategy and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in addition to new responsibilities of overseeing the technology office, investor and government relations and Wipro […]
Many associate bold cuts, colours and patterns with Indian fashion whereas Pakistani designs are said to ooze with smart detailing and craftsmanship. However, both the markets are unique and different in their own way, says Saad Ali, CEO of Pakistan Fashion Design Council, the only fashion council in the country that was conceived with the […]
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) Software major Infosys co-founder and IIT-Madras alumni Kris Gopalakrishnan on Saturday set up a Chair for computational brain research at his alma-mater named after his colleague NR Narayana Murthy, IIT-Madras said. This is the second Chair set up by Gopalakrishnan. In a statement issued here, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) said: […]
In what could be considered the resurrection of an erstwhile ‘Janata Parivar’ icon, schools in Uttar Pradesh have been directed to declare Friday a holiday on account of the birth anniversary of late prime minister Chandra Shekhar. A note from a principal of a school in Noida to parents on Thursday evening said that the […]