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Ahead of the International Anti-Corruption Day, observed annually on December 9, a report released on Thursday showed that 40 percent of the respondents have never attended an anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC) training done by their organisation. The report, released by EY India, said that the cost of corruption has risen significantly over the last few years, with increased penalties, financial …

फिल्म ‘वेन्नीरादई’ से अपना करियर शुरू किया   उन्होंने तमिल के अलावा तेलुगु, कन्नड़, अंग्रेजी और हिन्दी फिल्मों में भी काम किया है उन्होंने धर्मेंद्र सहित कई अभिनेताओं के साथ काम किया कन्नड भाषा में उनकी पहली फिल्म ‘चिन्नाडा गोम्बे’ है जयललिता को तमिलनाडु के लोग बहुत महत्तव देते हैं इसलिए उन्हें अम्मा के नाम से जाना जाता है जयललिता …

He was an unlikely movie hero, with an average height and build, a rough-hewn appearance instead of good looks, a voice low and gravelly than pleasant, and a languid, laid-back air that however couldn’t conceal an unmistakable toughness. These attributes would instead make Charles Bronson star of some of the most popular Hollywood and European action movies, spanning the war, …

India’s film industry, said to be the largest globally with some 1,000 movies produced each year, earns around $2 billion from legitimate sources such as screening at theatres, home videos and TV rights. But with $2.7 billion, piracy earns 35 per cent more, and a way out has proved elusive. Red Chillies Entertainment, a production house promoted by actor Shah …

Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to lug your suitcase with you when travelling? If only your suitcase could just follow you, like your pet Labrador, while you were negotiating your way through a crowded airport terminal or a railway station? Well what’s technology for if not to turn fantasies into reality. A suitcase manufacturer called Cowarobot has …

Today marks the end of one of China’s most controversial practices. Consider that statement for a moment. June 30 is the end of the 10-day Yulin Dog Meat Festival. Despite staunch international criticism, the Chinese government allows the bizarre and cruel event to occur. With so much information distributed about the event, it can be difficult to get at the underlying issues. …

Hopefully train journeys will be more pleasant with stinking toilets becoming a thing of the past. Vinod Anthony Thomas, a student of Manipal University, has won the second prize for designing a waterless and odourless toilet for the Indian Railways. In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Clean India initiative, the railways held a public competition for waterless and odourless …

“Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born,” said Alan Kay, a US-based computer science pioneer credited with designing the Dynabook – the basis for all modern-day tablets and laptops – in the early 1970s. Try remembering the time when you held your first mobile phone. Did you realise what the device was going to offer you in …

The day when you can look tidy even without washing your clothes does not seem too distant as researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed a technology to make textiles clean themselves within less than six minutes when put them under a light bulb or out in the sun. The researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed …

Thousands of followers of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar had their lessons in art of living amid thundering showers at Yamuna flood plains here on 12th March, 2016. Musical groups and dance troupes from countries like Ghana, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and the Netherlands performed before a huge gathering on a windy evening. The entertainment was mixed with religious teachings …