Remembering APJ Abdul Kalam: Perfect 'Crisis Manager'

TRIBUTE: As scientist and as president, Kalam asked the questions that pointed us in the right direction. My (Madhavan Nair) association with A.P.J. Abdul Kalam began in 1967 when I joined the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station, Thiruvananthapuram. Through the years, he had been my guide and mentor. I learned about the technology behind rockets and project management from him. 

We worked together for nearly 20 years — first at Thumba and later on the satellite launch vehicle (SLV-3) project. I owe all my achievements to this great personality.

A Shocking Video Reveals How Pregnant Women Are Forcefully Vaccinated In An Open Field In Ranchi

Recently, a shocking video shows the brutality of health officials in Jharkhand state how the open vaccination were given to pregnant women. In Pundag village of Ranchi district, the absence of an Anganwadi Centre in the village means that pregnant women are forced to undergo check-ups and are vaccinated in an open field. “We aren’t comfortable undergoing check-ups in the open. We have to put up curtains to make ourselves comfortable or travel too far,” says a woman who delivered a baby recently.

Gurdaspur Terror Attack: Revival Of Khalistan Or ISI Plot?

By Likha Veer in Delhi

On a clear day, the dome of Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur is visible from the rooftop of Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahab in Pakistan. It would be, naturally, tempting for Pakistan to eye Gurdaspur as a soft target.

Geographically, Gurdaspur is vulnerable to infiltration. On paper, anybody willing to enter the town from Pakistan would just have to navigate the Ravi and cross into adjoining Dinanagar, the third largest municipality of Gurdaspur and erstwhile summer capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. This is the route terrorists currently holed up inside a police station in Dinanagar seem to have taken.

The Art & Science Behind Eating A Meal On A Banana Leaf

It's a familiar sight at south Indian weddings or at weddings involving a South Indian bride or groom--the uncertainty of the guests encountering a meal served on a banana leaf for the first time. How to eat, where to start, how to fold--many questions arise when you sit before a glorious banana leaf meal for the first time.

Comedy group Put Chutney has come up with a video guide to solving this problem.

At the end of the meal, to indicate if you've liked the food, fold your banana leaf towards you, and vice versa.

Why The 'Falling Price' Of Gold May Cause 'Optimism'?

By M H Ahssan - Editor in Chief

WEEKEND ANALYSIS: The love affair with gold as a financial instrument can be traced back for centuries. Gold prices have tumbled to a five-year low. As a tradeable commodity, the price of gold is largely linked to supply and demand. While supply remains fairly fixed, demand is shaped by the state of the global economy and investor perceptions of gold’s value as an asset – this is in turn shaped by the strength of the US dollar.

The intrinsic value of gold has long made this precious metal a useful resource in the absence of legal or reliable money. The ease at which gold may substitute for currency means that during turbulent economic times gold is a valuable asset to hold.

Unfortunate Yakub Memon's Justice Or Vengeance? 'Born' On July 30 And 'Being Hanged' On Same Day!

By Newscop

This is very unfortunate that a person will be hanged on his birthday. India's worst terror-suspect criminal who funded the terror conspiracy which claimed several lives earlier...yes, he is Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon lodged in Nagpur jail and after trail he is being hanged on July 30, 2015.

Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon was once named as the best chartered accountant by the Memon community, who has been sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, was once named as the best chartered accountant by the Memon community.

The brother of Ibrahim alias Tiger Memon, the chief conspirator of the 13 blasts which hit the country’s commercial capital, Yakub Memon, 53, is lodged in the Nagpur Central Jail and will be the first and only accused in the case to go the gallows.

Wanted: 'Pregnant Decoys' To Save The 'Girl Child' Project

SPECIAL REPORT: Ignoring societal pressures, a few brave women are helping activists nab doctors who assist in sex selection. Will their numbers increase?

Dr Sarawati Munde took less than five minutes to conduct a sonography and determine the sex of the foetus, recalls Prerana Bhilare of their meeting five years ago. When the doctor wrote “16” on the case papers, Bhilare asked her about her child’s sex. “Can’t you read the paper? It is good news. It is a boy,” came the reply.

“Where 'Being Human' Is A Mere T-Shirt Print”: From The Heart Of The Daughter Of A 'Hit-And-Run' Victim

I am the daughter of a hit-and-run victim. My father was on a motorbike on a highway in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh when someone hit his bike from the wrong side of the road. He was a marketing professional and was on his way to meet a client. When my father was hit, he fell off the bike in a way that the bike ended up on top of him, causing a deep gash on his leg. As my father lay injured on the road, whoever had hit him fled the scene immediately.

He was found unconscious on the road by some students of a nearby college who had the humanity to call the last dialled number on his phone.