Posted by: MI on: November 29, 2011
The war began thus: In May, 1995 the US Patent Office granted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center a patent [#5,401,504] for “Use of Turmeric in Wound Healing.” Well, well, well. Some discovery, that. Indians grow up with a constant awareness of turmeric. It permeates their life. It is an easy and generous plant [...]
Posted by: MI on: November 29, 2011
Different approaches to God-realization in Hinduism Types of Yoga “Hinduism has taken into consideration the fact that people are of different tastes, temperaments, predilections, and bent of mind, and therefore has accepted the need for different paths for different individuals to suit their requirements. Thus four different paths have been laid down: Jnana Yoga, Bhakti [...]
Posted by: MI on: November 29, 2011
As many states including UP and Tamil Nadu raise the red flag against Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, its speculated that nearly half of 53 cities may bang door on global chains. Going by the 2011 data on Census of India website, 25 out of 46 cities with around 10 lakh population, are [...]
Posted by: MI on: November 28, 2011
The sudden decision of India and China to drop the meeting of their special representatives only a day before it was scheduled in Beijing has brought a cold war on Buddhism out in the open. China decided to drop the meeting as New Delhi reportedly turned down its demand to keep the Dalai Lama away [...]
Posted by: MI on: November 27, 2011
The ministry of new and renewable energy has given in-principle approval to develop 48 cities as solar cities, parliament was informed Friday.The criteria for selecting the cities is that they should have a population of between 50,000 and 50 lakh, New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said in a written reply in the Lok [...]
Posted by: MI on: November 27, 2011
It wasn’t until after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that much of the world recognized the threat of Lashkar-i-Taiba. But in France, a renowned judge had been warning about the Pakistan-based militant group’s international ambitions for years. Much of the American intelligence community before November 2008 viewed Lashkar as a regional threat focused exclusively on [...]
Posted by: MI on: November 27, 2011
Three years after Ajmal Amir Kasab and his accomplices convulsed the country’s financial capital, the survivors of 26/11terror attacks are still waiting for the day when the convicted Pakistani gunman will be hanged. “Why is Kasab not hanged yet? What are we waiting for, another 26/11 type horrific attack? Kasab and his accomplices went on [...]
Posted by: MI on: November 26, 2011
Japan and Turkey form an alliance to attack the US. Poland becomes America’s closest ally. Mexico makes a bid for global supremacy, and a third world war takes place in space. Sounds strange? It could all happen. . . In 1492, Columbus sailed west. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. These two events bracketed the [...]
Posted by: MI on: November 26, 2011
A rescue they will never forget: Baby elephant and its mother pulled from mud lagoon by conservation workers This is the dramatic moment that an elephant and its baby were rescued after they got stuck in a mud lagoon. Conservation workers, who normally have a policy of leaving nature to fend for itself as much [...]
