United Nations: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Indian sociologist Saraswathi Menon to a panel that will review peacebuilding activities. Saraswathi Menon, a former lecturer in sociology at Madras University in India, currently serving as the Director of UNDP’s Evaluation Office. She served as UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Mongolia, UNDP Deputy Resident…
Cartoon courtesy of The Times of India Group. Copyright: Bennett, Coleman and Co Ltd. All rights reserved. Cartoonist R.K. Laxman 94, creator of the iconic ‘The Common Man’ and made millions smile every morning by capturing their moods in the space of one column, died in a Dinanath…
OK this can be old news for some, but Hollywood megastar Julia Roberts, her husband and three children regularly attend Hindu ceremonies and her faith has definately changed her and her family’s life for the better. Read on:- Julia changed her faith after starring in the hit movie “Eat Pray Love” in India. At the…
Sylvester Stallone – venerable older megastar and allegedly worth £265m, is turning to appearing in TV advertising to add a few more pennies to his coffers. Well in his current marriage, he has a wife and three beautiful daughters to look after. Soon he is due to be the new face of British Bread Maker,…
History will be made tomorrow when the lady Reverend Bishop Libby Lane is installed as the first woman Bishop. This follows years of campaigning for women to have a stronger foothold in The Church of England. However a few days later, what is described by respected journalist Janet Street-Porter as a “hideous charade” ,…
Nigel Farage has clashed with his health spokesperson Louise Bours as she has said she would listen to cancer experts’ advice on the good points for plain packaging of cigarettes and tobacco, due to be introduced in England and Wales after a parliamentary vote this week. Farage responded to this by saying it is “counter…
US President Barack Obama will leave Andrews Air Force Base on Saturday evening for his highly anticipated three-day landmark trip to India on an invitation by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Obama will be accompanied by a sizable delegation that will include several top officials, as well as First Lady Michelle Obama, when he arrives…
A metamorphosis of the marketing industry is underway as we spend more time on our mobiles, tablets and laptops. According to Tom Goodwin in The Guardian Media: “We are not on top of digital marketing although we sit here and we think we’ve “got” digital. We’ve been talking about it forever and we’ve introduced new processes, expressions, and…