Nepal clinches 139th position in environment index

KATHMANDU: Nepal has been ranked 139th in the Environmental Performance Index 2014, which assessed 178 countries across the world.

The EPI assesses nine parameters,...

True Review: Jai Ho - A Popular Perspective

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Superstar days are back again thanks to Salman Khan.  After Amitabh, if there is a real superstar, it is in fact Salman Khan. And after Dharmendra, if ...

Theatre Of The Administration Of The Agitators

There’s a sort of sinister tone to the times we are living in and experiencing as each day unfolds and takes us closer to an impending political circus which has comm...

New Charity Watchdog Appointed for New York State

James Sheehan, who served for four years as New York’s first Medicaid inspector general, will on Friday be named the new chief of the Charities Bureau, an agency of t...

True Review: American Hustle

David O Russell has done a brilliant job in capturing the human tendency of indulging in greed in his latest film “American Hustle”.  Irrelevant of the cha...

Can alcohol cause cancer?

Alcohol, may not be far behind tobacco in terms of public health impact if a recent publication by The Lancetand a WHO report are to be believed. There a...

Vedanta ‘charity’ for Cong, BJP

New Delhi : Even as the Congress and the BJP cry foul over foreign funds received by the Aam Aadmi Party-led by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, the two political arch...

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor James Avery dies at 68

James Avery best known for playing Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which launched the acting career of Will Smith, has died at the age of 68
James Avery, th...

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor James Avery dies at 68

ames Avery best known for playing Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which launched the acting career of Will Smith, has died at the age of 68
James Avery, the...