Cigarette smoking is injurious to health – everyone knows that. Well, till a few decades ago, people were unaware that smoking could cause lung and heart diseases and cigarette packs never had a warning on them, like they do now. In recent years, research has shown that smoking is dangerous and it has now been made compulsory for all cigarette …

While evaluating potential mates for a romantic relationship, women pay more heed to men’s negative qualities than positive ones, researchers found in a study. The study said even if a man has many positive qualities, one or two negative qualities are sufficient for a woman to avoid a romantic relationship with him. The study, published in the journal Personality and …

Acharya Shiv Muni Ji Maharaj — Acharya Samrat Dr. Shiv Muni Ji Maharaja being now heads and leads the Jain shraman sangh. Detachment, austerity, enlightenment and meditation are the four pillars of his pious life lived in equanimity. His mind is ever in quest of knowledge and engrossed in meditation. There are numerous responsibilities of the shraman sangh which he …

Born: November 7, 1888 Died: November 21, 1970 Achievements: He was the first Indian scholar who studied wholly in India received the Nobel Prize. Indian Tamil physicist born in the former Madras Province in India presently the state of Tamil Nadu, who carried out ground-breaking work in the field of light scattering, which earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for …

Born: 24 February 1955, San Francisco, California, United States Died: 5 October 2011, Palo Alto, California, United States Spouse: Laurene Powell (m. 1991–2011) Education: Reed College (1972–1974), MORE Children: Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Eve Jobs, Erin Siena Jobs, Reed Jobs Steven Paul Jobs is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc and former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios. In the late …

Madhubala (February 14, 1933 – February 23, 1969) is considered one of the most beautiful actresses to have graced the screens of Bollywood. Early Life Madhubala was born as Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi in Delhi as the 5th child into a poor, conservative Pashtun Muslim family of 11 children. A Muslim Holy Man is said to have predicted that the …

The House of Modiglia, importers of silks, was one of the famous business establishments in Seville, Spain. The two brothers Yaakov and Reuven del Modiglia had inherited it from their father, who received a special scroll from the king of Spain – praising him for his contribution to the development of overseas trade. Their widowed mother Donna Rachela del Modiglia …

Born: 30 October 1909, Mumbai Died: 24 January 1966, Mont Blanc Full name: Homi Jehangir Bhabha Awards: Padma Bhushan Homi Jahangir Bhabha (H. J. Bhabha) Cosmic rays are fast-moving, extremely small particles coming from outer space. When these particles enter the earth’s atmosphere, they collide with the atoms in the air and produce showers of electrons. In 1937, Homi Jahangir Bhabha, …

This festive season push those accessories and personalized mugs aside and go instead for ‘experience gifts’ that will undoubtedly remain a cherished memory for a long time to come. Experience gifts, as the name suggests, means gifting an experience instead of a product. So if you have a friend who is a wine connoisseur, you could gift her a wine-tasting …

Any festivity is synonymous with fun and frolic and so is Halloween. Halloween celebrators are in a mood to have a gala time, the memories of which last till next year’s blast. Ideas for Halloween fun are aplenty, capable of lighting up your day in a moment. However, spooky ideas are the best to try on the festival, in keeping …