Toxic metal mercury, which is not allowed to be used in cosmetics in India, is found in 44 per cent of the fairness creams in India, a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found. It also found chromium and nickel in around fifty per cent of the lipstick samples it tested. The CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Lab …

The purpose of this list is to help Indian Parents in choosing names for newborn baby. Most important task is giving a name to the baby that would be parents usually do. because the name is for life. The name will be with the baby through the rest of their life. Remember! a Name isn’t just for a Birth Day …

The purpose of this list is to help Indian Parents in choosing names for newborn baby. Most important task is giving a name to the baby that would be parents usually do. because the name is for life. The name will be with the baby through the rest of their life. Remember! a Name isn’t just for a Birth Day …

Communal harmony has been a natural way of life with Indian musicians throughout the ages. Uniting people and finding the underlying binding thread between them was a part of their innate thought process The world of Indian classical music has been an age-old treasure house of unpolitised unity and pluralism. As stated by vocalist late Ustad Amir Khan, “one may …

Like most martial arts, can trace its origin to Bodhidharma. He is known as “Daruma” in Japan and as often as not, this Indian Buddhist monk is cited as the prime source for all martial arts styles or at the very least, for any style which traces its roots back to the fabled Shaolin Temple. However, the question of his …

Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu (31 October 1895 – 14 November 1967) was an Indian cricketer who served as India’s first Test captain. A solid batsman, Nayudu was known for his ability as a hard hitter of the ball. He was the first cricketer to be honoured with the Padma Bhushan. Nayudu originally spoke Telugu, but he grew up in Nagpur and …

India played its first ODI in 1974, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. Ajit Wadekar has played only 2 ODI matches. Ajit Wadekar, born on 1st April 1941, in Mumbai, of India, was a dauntleess left-hand batsman. He had featured in the Indian team as well as in the domestic first-class cricket for the Mumbai cricket squad. It was the …

Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj (Lala Amarnath: 11 September 1911 – 5 August 2000) was an Indian Test cricketer. He was the first cricketer to score a Test century for the Indian cricket team, which he achieved on debut. He was also independent India’s first Test captain, leading the team on a tour of Australia in 1947-1948. Amarnath was born in Kapurthala, …

In 2008, Lalit Modi was instrumental in launching the Indian Premier League (IPL), a league based around Twenty20 cricket, where each team is limited to batting for a maximum of 20 overs. he also engineered the Indian Premier League’s move to South Africa in 2009 after the dates of the tournament clashed with the Indian general election and the Union …

RG Nadkarni, popularly known as ‘Bapu’ Nadkarni, had a bowling analysis of 29-26-3-0 on day 3 of the first test between India and England at Madras in January 1964 and bowled 21 maidens in a row. Nadkarni’s final figures were an amazing 32-27-5-0. There are a few websites which claim that he actually bowled 23 successive maidens, however the records …