E. Maitra Inky the Octopus escaped the National Aquarium at the Coastal city of Napier, New Zealand. This clever octopus has successfully escaped through a gap in its tank to its freedom and re-entered the ocean. It fell in the into Hawke’s Bay through the drain pipes. Aquarium staff Mr Yarrell mentioned, Inky might have…
Eshan Maitra Doesn’t this make you wish you were in Venezuela right now? Amazingly true that Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has included Friday as well as their one of public of 3-day weekend for till June. But this was taken for an urgent measure. Venezuela is at an emergency situation for shortage of electricity. Though…
Nusrat Jahan We all know that a hiking session is great for a spiritual and mental cleanse, but it turns out that it’s great for the brain too! Though we do not notice it, a lot of the people living in urban areas are often consumed by negative and obsessive thoughts that cause them to…
Syed Nasir Ershad Last week I said that the point of art is to refute whatever it is we have made up our minds about. Leo Tolstoy, the famous novelist with a tendency to radicalize, wrote a cautionary fable about a meretricious society woman who had an adulterous affair with a worthless cavalry officer and…
Taiara Farhana Tareq Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi , the current Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo addresses a very serious issue which we tend to ignore. Work place gender politics still exist and this is just one of the aspects of it. In a recent interview, one of the most influential business women in the…
Sheersho Zaman The world of entrepreneurship is no longer exclusive to the young up-and-coming and the industry veterans. Recently, a large number of people over the age of 50 have started to set up their own businesses, once they have realized their own potential to make it a success. These first-time entrepreneurs over the age…
Myisha Nawar Due to sexual harassment, misogyny and bullying that plague these fields, careers in astronomy and physics are incredibly hard for women. In October 2015, astronomer Geoff Marcy of the University of California Berkeley was found to have violated policies on sexual harassment with allegations of unwanted massages, groping and kissing. In January this…
Myisha Nawar Mornings are rough, especially if you are not the type of person who jumps out of bed ready to take on the day. While a good cup of coffee or tea is a great start to the morning, there is more to the picture: 1. Get a healthy amount of quality sleep. Half…
MEZIK POTETU I thought crazy Harry Potter theories were enough for my daily dose of shock but it turns out that most of the movies I have watched are not as humdrum as I thought they were. I am pretty sure that you are about to experience that “whaaat? REALLY?” moment, so keep on reading!…
Marilyn Thipthorpe How far can the media be blamed or held responsible for the rise of candidates, dictators and terrorists. Their roles in the past ages have increased to a point where people are dependant on them for facts… and fiction! But why has no one retaliated and stung back and why has no one…