London, May 29: Canadian chef Joshna Maharaj works with hospitals and institutions to help them serve better food to patients in Canada. In particular, Joshna rethinks and redesigns all elements of the food chain, from farm to fork, in favour of healthy, fresh, nutritious meals. Joshna, who was born inRead More →
By Radhika Bhirani Dubai: With a melange of cinematic rides inspired by Hindi movies like “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara” and “Don”, thrilling attractions and live Broadway-style shows, Bollywood Parks Dubai, a first-of-its-kind theme park showcasing the true blue Bollywood experience laced with drama, action, music and dance, is poised toRead More →
Geneva, May 26: Muslim school students in the Swiss canton of Basel cannot refuse to shake hands with their female teachers on religious grounds, otherwise their parents will face fines, local authorities have ruled. “The public interest with respect to equality between men and women and the integration of foreignersRead More →
New Delhi, May 20: India has asked China to stop all work in parts of Jammu and Kashmir occupied by Pakistan, the external affairs ministry said on Friday. “Pakistan–occupied Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said at his weekly media briefingRead More →
Cairo, May 20: A translation mistake of EgyptAir’s press release about finding wreckage of the missing flight MS804 has caused misunderstanding, a source from EgyptAir said. The EgyptAir source said the Arabic version of a press statement on the “possibility of finding parts of the missing airplane” was mistakenly translatedRead More →
It’s estimated that in 2050 the world population will reach nine billion. The question is, will we be able to sufficiently feed everyone based on the world’s current methods of food production? Not without making considerable changes, says Dr Robyn Alders from the University of Sydney, who will be speakingRead More →
Kathmandu: After a two-year hiatus in the wake of deadly avalanches and last year’s earthquake, the world’s highest peak Mt Everest saw the first ascent on May11, as nine Nepali Sherpas made their way to the top of the mountain. Mt Everest did not see any climbing activity in 2014Read More →
Melbourne, April 29: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, named in what has been dubbed the Panama Papers – a massive leak of tax documents on offshore companies and accounts of the rich and the powerful – said that his name may have been “misused”. Responding to allegations that he had used his star powerRead More →
Washington & Melbourne, May 3: Director of ARC Humankind, Paulo Casaca, met US Congressman Trent Franks last month, and presented him the ARC Humankind policy brief, “The Pink Triangle Threat: Nuclear Terror Proliferation: An Assessment.” Congressman Trent Franks, Arizona Republican Congressman since 2002, has been especially active in theRead More →
Dhaka, April 25: Two people including a pro-LGBT editor of a magazine were hacked to death by unidentified assailants here on Monday, the media reported. A police official said at least five machete-wielding assailants forcibly entered the house of Zulhas Mannan who used to edit “Rupban” — Bangladesh’s first magazineRead More →