India the home to world’s largest human capital pool
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that economic vision for the country should be about compassion as he stresses the call for inclusive growth. “The image of India has changed and you have played a big role in that,” he said while addressing the CII AGM. Gandhi showed appreciation for the business community [...]
Tips to Help You Save Money for Valentine’s Day
Saint Valentine’s Day, commonly known as Valentine’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them. It is the second most celebrated around the world second to New Year’s Day. The [...]
Sandy unearthed 90-Year-Old Shipwreck on Fire Island
When Superstorm Sandy pummeled Fire Island, a popular vacation spot a couple hours’ drive from New York City, as much as 80 percent of the island’s homes were flooded, prompting Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone to declare it “devastated.” But in addition to this recent ruin, the hurricane also unearthed wreckage from a different era. [...]
Bags of cocaine instead of sweets, Halloween shock in UK
Trick-or-treating—going from house to house in search of candy and other goodies—has been a popular Halloween tradition in the UK and in any other countries for an estimated 100 years. But the origins of this community-based ritual, which costumed children typically savor while their cavity-conscious parents grudgingly tag along, remain hazy. Possible forerunners to modern-day [...]
Source of water on Moon, Scientists discovered
The relentless stream water of charged particles from the Sun is said as the source of water discovered by the Scientist on Moon which commonly known as the solar wind. The ice inside permanently shadowed polar craters on the moon, sometimes cold traps, could contain hydrogen atoms ultimately derived from the solar wind, findings released [...]
Famous 125 meteorites in the world fall for sale
A New York City auction will offer 125 meteorites for sale, including a large chunk of the moon and a 179-pound iron cosmic rock that evokes Edvard Munch’s iconic painting “The Scream.” The sale, one of the largest of its kind reported by Micron Associates, is being held by the Dallas-based Heritage Auctions on Oct. [...]
Hong Kong’s service industry business receipts rise in Q-2
Hong Kong’s business receipts in value terms of most major service industries showed increases in Q-2 of Y 2012 when compared with Q-2 of Y 2011, the city’s Census & Statistics Department said Monday. According to the figure released, business receipts of the tourism, convention and exhibition services domain maintained double-digit year-on-year growth, or 13.9%, [...]
Australians Drop Their Pants to Protest Lack of Toilets
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Australian beachgoers fed up with a lack of public toilet facilities on their local beaches came up with a very literal way to show their displeasure: by bringing their own toilets to the beach. On Sunday morning the dozen protesters, each dressed in top hats and suits, carried their toilets [...]
Micron Associates reflekterer frisk bank tyveri programvare, tre kontinenter sørge
En ny bølge av automatisert hacking av online bankkonti kan har stjålet 78 millioner dollar i fjor fra kunder i Europa, Latin-Amerika og USA, i henhold til forskere som kikket ned i datamaskiner av hacking gjenger. Gruppene brukt siste forbedringer til to familier av eksisterende skadelig programvare, kjent som Zeus og SpyEye, som lodged på [...]
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