Act when you feel like: SRK
Mumbai – Everyone can feel lazy once in a while. For superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Saturday was the day! The actor, who has been in the industry for over two decades, feels that an actor should act only he feels like, an excuse he hoped his “Happy New Year” director Farah Khan would... read more »
Former Kashmir exam board chairman arrested
Srinagar – Mushtaq Ahmad Peer, the former chairman of Jammu and Kashmir’s Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE), was Saturday arrested in the multi-million 2012 test paper leak racket, police said. “Yes, we have arrested Mustaq Ahmad Peer, former chairman of BOPEE,... read more »
Syrian minister survives assassination attempt
Damascus – Syria’s National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haidar has survived an assassination attempt, a media report said Saturday. Haidar’s convoy was attacked on the Misyaf-Qadmous road in central Syria. The minister escaped unscathed while his driver died in the ambush, reports... read more »
U.S. spied on Netherlands from 1946 to 1968: Snowden documents
The United States spied on the Netherlands from 1946 to 1968, the Dutch NRC newspaper quoted Snowden documents as showing on Saturday. It was not clear who was bugged, when it was or with what intentions. Whether the spying stopped after 1968 was unclear either, according to documents of the U.S.... read more »
Fear of pain worse than pain itself
Washington – When faced with inevitable pain, most people choose to “get it out of the way” as soon as possible, a new study suggests. In the study, which was conducted from the... read more »
How playing video games make people think and feel alike
Washington – A new study suggests that playing computer games makes brains feel and think alike. People adopt each other’s poses and gestures, much like infectious yawning. What is... read more »
Fun at work helps retain employees but may hurt productivity
Washington – A new study has suggested that within the hospitality industry, manager support for fun is instrumental in reducing employee turnover, particularly for younger employees,... read more »
How flu evolves to escape immunity
Washington – Researchers have discovered a new way to improve future flu vaccines after finding that seasonal flu is able to escape immunity from vaccines with as little as a single... read more »
Thinking too much about food could make us eat more
Washington – A new analysis of 50 studies has found that thinking before eating may actually undermine people’s dieting goals. Jessie De Witt Huberts of Utrecht University says that we are... read more »
