Located at D N Road, Fort in South Bombay, the ‘Navsari Building’ was once where the offices of Tata Sons were. It has been bought over from the Tatas in 1928 by the Kotak family, post which, it was named after Tata’s native place – Navsari. The Navsari Building houses one of the oldest lifts […]
On 26th November, 2020, the Prime Minister Office (PMO) confirmed that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, would be visiting the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune’s Hadapsar area today, on 28th November, 2020. Scheduled to arrive around 1:00 pm and leave around 2:30 pm (as per the tentative schedule), PM Modi is likely to […]
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The deal between Tata Group and one of India’s largest e-grocers, Bigbasket, is in the last lap, as reported by CNBC-TV18 media sources. The Tata Group is set to acquire a majority stake in the e-grocer and the deal could be closed by the end of the month. BigBasket is among the largest e-grocers in […]
On 13th November, 2020, Mumbai-born and settled in the USA, Benaz Colabewala, successfully defended her dissertation to earn a Ph. D in Physics from the University of California, Merced (UCM). Her thesis, titled ‘Optical Properties Of Hybrid Perovskite Thin Films And Quantum Dots For Solar Device Applications’, is the culmination of six years of her […]
There is no supernatural or external being who arbitrarily administers or controls karmic rewards or punishments. We unconsciously produce their seeds ourselves and when the favourable hour arrives, these germinate and yield their own fruit. It is not that some mysterious, super-physical angel, ‘deva’, or God intervenes personally and manipulates karma, akin to a puppet performer […]
Have you ever asked yourself the big question – ‘How do I want to be remembered’? A seemingly deep and conclusive introspection, it would be a quite difficult putting the answer into words. It’s a meaty question for sure, the kind that leaves you in profound philosophical thoughts for hours. This self-query will reveal a […]
Thou hast built the earthly house of clay for man’s soul. When at death man is taken to his rest, the body that was of earth, returns to earth and the soul soars to the heavenly heights. To immortality will he go, when he departs this life, when his robe of clay is rent in […]
Despite the thrilling rush we get when we speed, adhering to traffic rules is important. Sometimes, are in an unknown locality one is unknown to the speed limits and could miss the signs. Speed Camera Radar is an invaluable tool to know your limits and also where the Speed Cameras are located. The App detects […]
“All great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” – John Kenneth Galbraith Politics today is a dirty word. Almost six and a half centuries ago Plato philosophized, “Mankind […]
Giving Thanks During The Pandemic Dear Readers, A couple of days ago, the 26th of November, marked the famous ‘Thanksgiving Day’, celebrated the world over, especially in countries across Europe, the USA, Canada, and many more. Though ‘Thanksgiving’ is originally meant to celebrate the harvest and other blessings of the year gone by, it is […]