From the latest fashion trends to the showstoppers, catch all the action from Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2010. ...
05:38 PM, Feb 13, 2011
New Delhi: Who says love doesn't cost a thing? An unassuming date can mercilessly burn a deep hole in your pocket and when it comes to this year's annual celebration of love - the Valentine's Week - it's a jaw-dropping Rs 12,000-crore ($2.6 billion) business! So says a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), under the aegis of Social Development Foundation. So right from...
02:38 PM, Feb 13, 2011
London: A research has dispelled the myth that beautiful blondes and handsome men are not very bright. Studies conducted by the London School of Economics (LSE) have found that they possess greater intelligence and have IQs 14 points above average. The children of these couples will tend to inherit both qualities of looks and brains, building a genetic link over successive generations between them, according to the journal Intelligence. "Physical...
04:15 PM, Jan 17, 2011
New York: News organizations had the most influence on the top Twitter topics in 2010 but some celebrities were not far behind, according to new research. Alok Choudhary, the chair of the electrical engineering and computer science department at Northwestern University in Illinois, and his team analyzed the biggest trends on Twitter last year. They found that the Gulf oil spill, the earthquake in Haiti and the Chilean mine rescue...
11:44 AM, Jan 09, 2011
London: It's research which is likely to make a number of men happy -- more than 96 per cent of women feel ashamed at least once a day, while for almost half, the feeling of guilt strikes up to four times a day. According to the study, women beat themselves up daily about their friendships, relationships, work and body shape. It found that almost half of respondents were kept awake...
03:26 PM, Dec 28, 2010
Washington: The way people treat their possessions looks like they are in love with them, says a new study. "Is it possible for consumers to be in love with their possessions?" ask authors John L.Lastovicka and Nancy J.Sirianni from Arizona State and Texas Christian universities, respectively. When it comes to cars, computers, bicycles and firearms, the answer seems to be a resounding yes, the Journal of Consumer Research reports. The...
01:13 PM, Dec 23, 2010
London: Move over, first appearances. It's actually how you talk which most influences how unknown people judge you, says a new study. Experts always thought visual clues took over when we categorised unknown people. Not any more. Now, a team at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena in Germany has found accents and language provide information about temperament, age, state of mind and ethnic background, the 'Daily Express' reported. In the...
11:02 AM, Dec 21, 2010
London: The English language is enjoying unprecedented growth and has nearly doubled in size over the last century. Researchers at Harvard University and Google found that the language was expanding by 8,500 words a year in the new millennium and now stands at 1,022,000 words. The rate of increase over the years is shown by the fact that the language has grown by more than 70 per cent since 1950,...
07:07 PM, Dec 17, 2010
NANTES, France: A long-lost fragment of manuscript by Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci has been uncovered in a public library in western France after lying forgotten in storage for nearly one and a half centuries. The text, written from right to left in Da Vinci's trademark mirror-writing, was among 5,000 documents donated to the city of Nantes in 1872 by wealthy collector Pierre-Antoine Labouchere, and then left to languish in...
04:06 PM, Dec 07, 2010
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05:51 PM, Dec 01, 2010
Washington: A gene that plays an indirect role in preventing some people from becoming alcoholics has been identified for the first time. It has already been established that people who become inebriated easily when they drink are less likely to become alcoholics in the long run. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina have zeroed in on the gene, called CYP2E1, which is indirectly responsible for the protective effect...
03:26 PM, Oct 20, 2010
Agartala: Rickshaw-puller Haripada Das is a happy man these days driving his own specially-designed rickshaw which is lighter and spacious and also covers his head enabling him to drive under scorching sun or in rain. The rickshaw, designed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, has proved a boon for Das, who till 2007 pulled a hired rickshaw paying Rs 25 as rent per day. He is one of 300...
11:50 AM, Oct 20, 2010
London: Pushy parents risk damaging their children's health if they link love to sporting success. They face a 'delicate balance' between supporting playing field ambitions and pushing their children too far. Rod Jaques, the national medical director of the English Institute of Sport, which works with elite athletes, said that in some cases a parent's love can appear 'conditional' on the child achieving sporting success. This can lead, he claimed,...
05:47 PM, Sep 29, 2010
Rome:About one in 17 women have faced sexual blackmail at work in Italy, but the coercion is largely unreported due to fear, embarrassment, or a lack of faith in authorities, a survey showed on Wednesday. Demands for sexual favours in return for gaining or retaining a job in Italy are experienced most frequently by female office workers, but also by women in a range of professions from doctors to archaeologists,...
06:06 PM, Sep 16, 2010
London: A firm handshake could be a sign of a longer life expectancy, according to British researchers. Scientists at the Medical Research Council found that elderly people who could still give a firm handshake and walk at a brisk pace were likely to outlive their slower peers. They found simple measures of physical capability like shaking hands, walking, getting up from a chair and balancing on one leg were related...
05:49 PM, Sep 16, 2010
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01:12 PM, Jul 28, 2010
At the opening of Diesel's first Indian store in Juhu, Mumbai, Renzo talks about his love for India and staying young. ...
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