Month: November 2012
Movie Review:Son of Sardaar
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt, Juhi Chawla Direction: Ashwni Dhir Genre: Comedy Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes STORY: A strapping sardaar travels home (Punjab) from UK, to claim ancestral property; only to be […]
Probe finds United Nations failed to protect civilians in Sri Lanka’s civil war
LONDON (TIP): A leaked draft of a highly critical internal United Nations report says the global body failed in its mandate to protect civilians in the last months of Sri Lanka‘s bloody civil war, the […]
Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan,Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma Direction: Yash Chopra Genre: Romance Duration: 3 hours STORY: Through a personal diary account a carefree media professional discovers that a Indian Army man who fascinates her has […]
Vidya Balan to tie the Knot on December 18?
Rumours of Vidya Balan getting married to Siddharth Roy Kapur have resurfaced. We hear Vid and Sid will tie the knot around December 18. It has also been said that Vidya’s close friend, fashion designer […]
Mars Rover Curiosity Set to hit the road again
LOS ANGELES (TIP): After playing in the sand, the Curiosity rover is poised to trek across the Martian landscape in search of a rock to drill into, scientists reported on November 15. The six-wheel rover […]
A paper-thin material to stop bullets
WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers have designed a new paperthin bulletproof super material which can selfassemble into alternating glassy and rubbery layers. The nanomaterial could translate into safety beyond vests. These advancements could accelerate progress on protective […]
‘Early humans ate grass like a cow’
LONDON (TIP): Early humans who roamed the African savanna three-and-a-half million years ago had a diet more like a cow than a great ape – comprising of grass and sedges, a new Oxford study has […]
Gene that gives us edge over apes decoded
LONDON (TIP): Researchers have discovered a new gene which they say helps explain how humans evolved from chimpanzees . The gene, called miR-941 , is carried only by humans and it appeared after humans evolved […]
Belarus seeks more investments from India
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich has invited Indian industry to invest in his country. Addressing a joint business meeting here on Wednesday, the visiting dignitary said there were several sectors, including […]
Stanford B-school to start course in India
MUMBAI (TIP): Stanford Graduate School of Business is looking to kindle the innovative mindset of students by launching new courses for entrepreneurs across the world, with support from Silicon Valley experts. The institute will soon […]
Movie Review: Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
Cast: Kunal Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Rajesh Sharma, Vinod Nagpal, Dolly Ahluwalia Direction: Sameer Sharma Genre: Comedy Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes STORY: On-the-run from the London mafia, Omi returns to his ancestral village – a […]
CIA director David Petraeus quits over extramarital affair
WASHINGTON (TIP): David Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned on November 9 as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital […]
As i see it : Obama Win: Some Indicators
President Obama win in 2008 was a truly historic occasion as the election of a non-white to the presidency represented the far reaching social change that had occurred relatively undetected in the American society over […]
Republicans Reconsider Immigration Laws Rethinking in GOP Camp after Hispanic Voters ensured Obama’s Win
WASHINGTON (TIP): House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans in Congress said Thursday, November 8 that they want to consider broad changes to immigration laws next year, after an election in which Hispanic voters turned […]
Barack Obama gets a Second Term: its Implications
The pre-election polls suggested that the 2012 US Presidential Election is a cliff hanger, too close to call. In fact, on percentages it was so, but a look at the final electoral college votes tally […]
Hard work ahead for re-elected Obama
On November 5, 2008, Barack Obama, an African-American, made history when he was elected the 44th president of the United States. The world’s oldest democracy had finally broken the race ceiling and a ‘man of […]
Mobile jammers installed at Golden Temple
AMRITSAR (TIP): Two mobile jammers have been installed on Golden Temple’s first floor to curb cell phone usage in the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine. SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar told TOI on Friday that […]
SC stays all 2G proceedings in Delhi HC
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday stayed all proceedings before the Delhi High Court relating to 20 petitions by 2G spectrum scam accused, including former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and […]