If you’re in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, and find yourself in a tight spot, all you need to do is call Venjeti Venkataramana Reddy, the founder-trustee of Sanjeevani Charitable Trust. Be it blood supplies, medicine or performing the last rites of an abandoned body, he is there to help.  As per a report in The New …

Globalisation is the name of the game and when a festival like Diwali leaves India and travels all the way to New Zealand, you realise that it’s a small world after all.  One video that has become the rage on social media is that of a group of police officers dancing to Bollywood songs to celebrate the festival of lights. …

A woman from UAE travelled around the world in a record-breaking time, as per a TNN report. Dr. Khawla Al Romaithi set a new world record for the fastest time to travel all seven continents. She did in a mere 3 days 14 hours 46 minutes 48 seconds. In other words, less than 87 hours.   Khawla visited 208 countries and …

A woman with no name stands at the port of Beirut hit by the blast. Her arm is raised, the wind is blowing her hair away from the scarred face. There’s a broken clock at her feet showing 6:08. That was when the time two explosions hit Beirut on August 4 in the evening..  This sculpture is done by Lebanese …

New Zealand is on the verge of holding its Bird of the Year competition and there seems to be one contender who may end up winning, as per a TNN report.   The hihi, which is also called the stitch bird, might be the bird of the year after huge support from an unlikely source, a sex toy shop.  The bird …

Mumbai Police’s crime branch arrested a 25-year-old engineer along with his 32-year-old aide, on November 5, for drug peddling. 9 kg of imported marijuana worth Rs 1.62 crore was found on them, as per a TNN report. After getting a tip, an anti-narcotic cell team with inspector Anil Wadhawane in charge took into custody Yash G Kalani, a software engineer, …

Scrap is set to turn into art. As per a News18 Bangla report, Kolkata is all set to get India’s first ‘Tyre Park’. Confused? Don’t be. It is built by the West Bengal State Transport Department at the Esplanade Bus Depot. Discarded items are being used to make art.  “The idea behind the park is that waste can be converted …

Pakistan is considering a case of treason against an Opposition leader due to his controversial statements on the release of captured Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman to India, according to a top minister as per PTI.  PML-N leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on October 28 said “legs were shaking and forehead perspiring” at a meeting involving the top leaders, which …

Plastic has been a primary cause of pollution which is destroying our planet. Since people are ignorant of the harmful effects, they dump it anywhere and then the chemicals cause harm.   Most of the world agrees that plastic should be a thing of the past. That very idea is something a Scottish artist named Katrina Cobain believes in.  She had …

Italian towns and cheap houses have a unique relationship.  A small town in Sicily is offering abandoned houses at such a low price, that a cup of coffee is more expensive, as per a TNN report.   Over the last few years, many small towns in Italy have been facing depopulation. As a result, they have been offering homes at extremely …