Preeti announced that she had resigned from her job and was planning to return to India An Indian-origin woman has decided to leave her high-paying job at Deloitte in Canada and return to India after six years, saying her ageing parents and her own health are behind the decision.Preeti Bisnik, who worked as a senior…
Scientists have built a 3D-printed robotic rattlesnake and used it to study how animals respond to the snake’s distinctive warning display. Researchers at El Paso Zoo tested the robot on 38 species, comparing reactions when the model was silent with responses when its rattle was activated. The study found that animals showed stronger fear responses…
Late ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas’ wife, Farida Pankaj Udhas, has leased out a 3,347 sq ft commercial property in Pune to ICICI Bank for nine years. According to property registration documents accessed by CRE Matrix, the deal involves a total rent of around Rs 2.89 crore over the lease period.The property is located on the…
In 2011, Jimmy Choo was sold to Labelux for £525.5 million, roughly $800 million at the time. At 27, Tamara Mellon was at a difficult point in her career. In 1995, she had lost her job at British Vogue, had gone through rehabilitation for drug use and was living in her parents’ basement. A few…
A look into Robert Downey Jr’s eccentric Windmill home worth USD 10.5 million. Image credit (Instagram) Robert Downey Jr. and his wife, Susan Downey, have quite an impressive real estate portfolio. The list of their real estate investments goes on and on; however, one of the most interesting additions is their very own Windmill cottage!…
SC hearing on Vande Mataram turns heated over ‘Naxalites’ remark NEW DELHI: A heated exchange broke out between senior advocate S Muralidhar and solicitor general Tushar Mehta in the Supreme Court on Tuesday after Mehta referred to “Naxalites” during arguments in a case concerning Vande Mataram.Muralidhar, appearing for Carnatic musician T M Krishna, immediately objected…
India survived a scare against Japan on Tuesday, edging the hosts by two runs in a rain-hit one-off T20 International that was reduced to five overs per side at the Sano International Cricket Stadium.Japan needed six runs from the last four balls while chasing India’s 32 for 4. But the match took another turn when…
Mary Jo Galusha now spends about 30 hours each week caring for her granddaughter (NPR photo) A 67-year-old retired schoolteacher from Idaho moved across the US to Delaware after her daughter decided to have a second child despite the high cost of childcare. Mary Jo Galusha retired from teaching and drove cross-country in her red…
Oak Ridge scientists spent eight weeks 3D-printing a nearly 2-ton steel mold measuring 6 feet tall (Image Credit: Baker Industries) A team at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has spent eight weeks 3D-printing a massive steel mold that stands 6 feet tall, measures 4 feet wide and weighs nearly 2…
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the State-Level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee constituted for the effective implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on tuesday chaired a meeting of the State-Level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee constituted for the effective implementation of the…