Smartphones, tablets and e-readers should have an automatic “bedtime mode” that stops them disrupting people’s sleep, a study revealed. Researchers from Evelina London Children’s Hospital sleep medicine department, King’s College London and the University of Surrey, measured short-wavelength blue light devices like tablets (iPad Air), e-readers (Kindle Paperwhite first generation) and smartphones (iPhone 5s) emit when displaying text or a …

Author: Bhanu Dhamija Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 384 Price: Rs.550 Was “familiarity” the only reason why India adopted a parliamentary system of governance? In his book “Why India Needs the Presidential System”, author Bhanu Dhamija, himself a publisher, seeks to answer this question, while extending some radical thoughts on how we should be governed. “The Indian system began to break …

Born: December 14, 1918, Bellur, Karnataka Died: August 20, 2014, Pune The full name of BKS Iyengar, one of the most renowned yoga gurus in the whole world, is Belur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar. Popularly known as Yogacharya BKS Iyengar, he is man who founded the Iyengar Yoga. The guru has been teaching people the art of yoga since the past …

A 63-year-old man arrived here to participate in the first India International Science Fair (IISF) on Monday, using a self-developed solar electric-powered car to cover 3,000 km from Bangalore to Delhi. It took Syed Sajjan Ahmed 30 days to cover the arduous journey, that included crossing the Vindhyas. Born in Kolar, 70 km from Bangalore, the Class 12 dropout, says …

Oh My God — Amazing Facts: The Universe is an amazing place and there’s a lot of things that we will never know. Here is a collection such facts to improve children’s knowledge base. 182-member Family 123 -year old Malan Devi died in her village, Wazidiwal, six kilometers from Phagwara in Rajasthan (North-western India). She is survived by a 182-member family, which comprises …

Eating meals prepared at home may reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, a recent study reveals. Eating fast food from restaurants is associated with lower diet quality and higher body weight in children and young adults and is also a major risk factor for heart disease, according to the researchers. “The trend for eating commercially prepared meals in restaurants …

Dances Of India Coloring Pages: Dance in India comprises the varied styles of dances in the country. As with other aspects of Indian culture, different forms of dances originated in different parts of India, developed according to the local traditions and also imbibed elements from other parts of the country. There are eight distinctive traditional dances as Indian classical dances – Bharatnatyam, Kathakali, …

Daughter of an Army officer, Nimrat was born on 13 March, 1982 in Pilani, Rajasthan, and like most army children travelled widely living in army cantonments in Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra and Kashmir. She had changed schools six or seven times by the age of 11. In fact, hers was the archetypal army child’s life when tragedy struck. On …

Maqbool Fida Husain (17 September 1915 – 9 June 2011) commonly known as M.F. Husain, was an Indian painter and Film Director. In 1967, He has received the National Film Award for Best Experimental Film for Through The Eyes of a Painter. In 2004, he directed Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities, which was screened in the Marché du Film section …

The Dara Shikoh Festival, Srinagar, encourages vibrant dialogue, energetic workshops and experiments in theatre, music, photography, poetry and environment to celebrate the heritage of the Valley A villa set in the middle of 40 acres of almond, apple and pear orchards, the front facing the Dal Lake and the back, the vast Himalayas, becomes the focus of literary and creative …