Miscellaneous

New Delhi, Aug 10: World's most popular free email providers Gmail and Yahoo have made telephone number mandatory for creation of new email addresses in a bid to check spam. Any person wishing to create a new email id needs to provide a telephone number which Gmail and Yahoo use for verification. Google India spokesperson claimed giving phone number was optional but repeated attempts to create a

Washington, Aug 4: One of the world's largest Hindu temples, built completely of Italian marble at an estimated cost of USD 18 million will be inaugurated next week in New Jersey, which has one of the biggest population of Indian Americans in the US. The temple constructed by Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), is 134 feet long and 87 feet wide, comprises of 108 pillars

New Delhi, Jul 20: Left with little hope of leading a normal life after having acid flung at her, Rupa, a girl in her 20s, is now gearing up set up her own boutique thanks to an initiative by Chaanv- a rehabilitation centre that began operations here last year. Located in Laxmi Nagar, the centre is a first of its kind in the country that offers shelter to acid attack survivors undergoing treatment

Jul 18: A mysterious crater has appeared at the "end of the world" in Siberia, leaving a pit 80m wide and so deep it has not yet been measured. Researchers are being dispatched to investigate the hole, which has confounded scientists with its dramatic appearance. Some have speculated it could have been made by a meteorite striking earth, an underground explosion, or is a sinkhole caused by

New York, Jul 25: An image of filmmaker Steven Spielberg sitting besides a Triceratops dinosaur that was posted on Facebook as a joke has left many users furious as they thought he has actually hunted a dinosaur! The image, posted by Facebook user Jay Branscomb as a joke, shows the director on the set of 1993-hit ''Jurassic Park'' with a mechanical dinosaur. The caption reads: "Disgraceful photo

Melbourne, Jul 11: Dispelling the common misconception that street food available in India is 'unhealthy and unhygienic', a well known Australian culinary historian has said that she found street foods safer than restaurants catering to tourists. Charmaine O'Brien, the author of the recently released 'The Penguin Food Guide to India', was talking during a discussion on 'Its not Curry - Eating

Chennai, Jul 10: Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday (July 9) that India has earned around 40 million euros launching 15 foreign satellites from 2011 till date. Singh is also the Minister of Earth Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space. While replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Jitendra Singh said that the Indian Space Research Organisation

New Delhi, July 9: The crowning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's closest confidant Amit Shah as the new BJP President capped a phenomenal and rapid rise for the party's key election strategist who crafted an unprecedented victory in Uttar Pradesh. In the process, the controversial yet politically suave Shah, 50, scripted history by becoming the youngest president of the party in which veterans

Jul 6: Apple"s iPhone 6 is rumored to be hitting the market sometime toward the fourth quarter of this year. With its upcoming iPhone model, Apple will once again try to beat its customers" expectations and at the same time add new customers by bringing a larger iPhone to market. While Apple has chosen not to disclose anything about the iPhone 6, there are a lot of rumors and reports surrounding

Beijing, Jul 6: Chinese online stores are cheekily trying to cash in on Uruguay striker Luis Suarez's notorious bite of an opponent at the World Cup by selling bottle openers with his image. Liverpool forward Suarez was given a four month ban from football for sinking his teeth into Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during their final group match in Brazil last month. He was also suspended for nine