The Canadian government is asking Canadians not to use the Neem Active Toothpaste with Calcium manufactured by an Indian company Calcutta Chemical Co Ltd. Canadian health officials say tests on the Neem Active Toothpaste with Calcium have revealed unacceptable levels of diethylene glycol as well as high levels of harmful bacteria in the product. Diethylene […]
Delhi-based real estate developer DLF has won the contract to develop the prestigious Bidadi Knowledge City project for IT companies coming up near Bangalore, according to the Mint. A small town on the Bangalore-Mysore highway, Bidadi is the Karnataka’s government’s response to the infrastructure woes bedevilling India’s IT hub Bangalore. Bidadi Knowledge City is expected to attract […]
Arch-enemies India and Pakistan, two of the poorest and probably dumbest nations in the world, were the top arms buyers in the world in 2006, according to the a new report released Monday by the U.S. Congressional Research Service. That apostle of peace Gandhi – whose 138th birthday Indians celebrate tomorrow – would be turning […]
Thiru Kumar of NY Dosas popularly known as the Dosa Man of New York City has won this year’s prestigious Vendy Award edging out his competition in the form of Tacos, Falafel, Jerk Chicken etc on Saturday. Vendy Awards are given out annually for the best food from a street cart vendor in New York. When […]
1. Blacks account for 13% of the U.S. population but about 50% of the two million prisoners. Writing in Sunday’s New York Times, Harvard professor Orlando Patterson attributes this “virtual gulag of racial incarceration” to unfair law enforcement, draconian mandatory sentencing, retreat from rehabilitation, far higher crimes committed by blacks and the catastrophic state of […]
Much as we love Jamie Foxx, it was the Israeli actor Ashraf Barhom who commanded our attention in Peter Berg’s new action flick The Kingdom. As the Saudi colonel Faris Al Ghazi responsible for guarding a bunch of FBI Special Agents investigating a horrific attack in Saudi Arabia in which many American lives were lost including an […]