Qayam Ali

So what do you do if your child hankers for noodles, now that Maggi and other brands are under a cloud? Experts say one should go for the generic varieties or make alternatives more interesting.

It’s difficult to stop children from eating their favourite noodles or fast food, so put in extra effort, suggests Aarchie Bhatnagar, dietician at BLK Super Speciality Hospital here.

“Mothers can buy plain raw noodles and cook, adding vegetables to make the dish healthy. Momos or burgers can be also made at home by replacing maida with rice floor,” says Bhatnagar.

At least two Indians were among the 27 people killed in the bombing at a Shia mosque in Kuwait City, the Indian embassy said.

Rizwan Hussain, 31, of Sultanpur and Ibne Abbas, 25, of Ambedkar Nagar were both from Uttar Pradesh, an embassy statement said.

A suicide bomber hit the mosque on Friday during noon prayers, killing 26 devotees and injuring 227 in an attack claimed by the Islamic State. The attacker also died.

The embassy has advised the Indian community in Kuwait to take precautions for its safety and security in the wake of the blast.

Terming the recently delivered order of the Madras High Court that directed the rapist to mediate with the victim as “illegal” and “unwarranted”, legal eagles pitched for delivering justice instead of referring it for “settlement”.

Expressing that such verdict will increase rape cases in the country, legal experts said the high court had no power to overwrite expressed provisions of law and “rape survivors needs justice instead of sympathy”.

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence continued her new trend of joking around with photographers during an outing at the Waverly Inn in New York City.

The 24-year-old star emerged from her car looking every inch the glamorous movie star except for the silly unibrow and goatee that was drawn on her face with a marker, reported People magazine.

Lawrence turned heads outside Nobu in NYC on Wednesday when she stuck a pair of chopsticks in her mouth while making her way down the sidewalk.

The small but influential Indian-American community provides an important bridge between India and the United States, American lawmakers have said. “We look forward to building the relationship between India and the United States and we thank the community here for the bridge that they help provide so that these two great democracies can work ever closer together for a common goal,” Congressman Ed Royce said.

Extending losses for the fifth consecutive day, the rupee shed 24 paise to trade at 63.88 against the US dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange due to continued demand for the American currency from importers.

Forex dealers said besides sustained demand for the dollar in view of the approaching month-end, weakness in the euro against the American currency overseas amid growing concerns of a Greece debt default and a possible euro zone exit weighed.

Furthermore, a lower opening in domestic equities kept up pressure on the rupee, they said.

Addressing audience at a book launch in Ahmedabad, BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday said that “Hindu religion has solutions for all problems in the world”.

“I am not saying this because I am born Hindu,” Mr Shah said while unveiling former President A P J Abdul Kalam’s book ‘Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji’ at the Gujarat University convention.

The Big Bang Theory actress Kaley Cuoco is reportedly worried about her marriage to Ryan Sweeting.

The 29-year-old actress, who married the Tennis player on December 31, 2013, is “secretly worried” about her relationship, reported OK! Magazine.

“Kaley is really paranoid… she doesn’t let him out of her sight. She always asks Ryan who he’s with and never knows what he’s doing. She’d flip if he didn’t answer his phone. And it drives him crazy,” said a source. “She is secretly worried she doesn’t know him that well.”

Director James Gunn has claimed Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will be more emotional than the first film.

In the sequel to the Marvel hit, the emphasises will be on some of the characters and the film will focus on fatherhood, reported Digital Spy.

“It’s both a bigger movie and a smaller movie because we focus more intensely on some of the characters. We get to learn a lot more about fathers in the second movie, and we focus a lot on that,” he said.

Gunn, 44, completed the first draft of the sequel earlier in June.

Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are all geared up to stir conversations in southwest London as they will take on their respective challengers in the opening round of Wimbledon, which starts on Monday.

While defending champion Novak Djokovic will face Germany’s Phillip Kohlschreiber on Centre Court, Williams plays Russia’s Margarita Gasparyan on Court One.

The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in Syria.

At least 23 militants, including foreigners, were killed today by Pakistani fighter jets in the country’s restive northwest tribal region near the Afghan border where a massive military operation is underway against the Taliban. The rebels were targeted in remote areas of Khyber and North Waziristan tribal districts

The army said in a statement that foreigners were among 23 terrorists killed in the air attacks and huge ammunition dump was blown up in the strikes in Khyber.

Expressing confidence, Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Sunday said that BJP will sweep the forthcoming elections in Bihar and will form a majority government.
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Expressing confidence, Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Sunday said that BJP will sweep the forthcoming elections in Bihar and will form a majority government.

India’s defence caved in under pressure as a rampaging Australia crushed them 6-2 in the last league fixture of the FIH World League Semifinals, here today.

India’s defence caved in under pressure as a rampaging Australia crushed them 6-2 in the last league fixture of the FIH World League Semifinals, here today.

Penalty corner shooter Chris Ciriello’s three conversions set World champions Australia on course for a runaway victory that duly placed them atop Group A standings with four straight wins, while India finished in second spot with seven points from four matches.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) logo designer Sunil Lal on Sunday served a legal notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for withdrawing the party logo.

“I wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 7th April asking them to quit using logo designed by me. In response to my letter, I received a letter from Sanjay Singh who assured me that he’ll look into it,” said Lal.

Lal stated that the party’s logo is still there on the website.

The Islamic State group has executed more than 3,000 people in Syria, including hundreds of civilians, in the year since it declared its self-described “caliphate,” a monitor said on Sunday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group monitoring Syria’s conflict, said it had documented 3,027 executions by IS since June 29, 2014. Among those executed are 1,787 civilians, including 74 children, said the Observatory.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Sunday launched the book ‘Transcendence’ written by former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Ahmedabad.

The book describes Kalam’s spiritual experiences with Pramaukh Swami Maharaj.

The function was attended by Governors of Gujarat and Karnataka, Ministers, top industrialists including Torrent Group’s Mehta and Arvind Group’s Sanjay Lalbhai among others.(ANI)

Organisers of the party at the water park in Taiwan have been detained after a cloud of coloured powder exploded in the air during a live event.

According to BBC, more than 500 people were injured in the incident, when a coloured powder apparently ignited after being discharged from the stage onto the audience.

No deaths have been reported with reports suggesting that most of the people suffering burns were in their 20s.

The video taken at the scene showed the flames erupting among the crowd at the event called ‘Color Play Asia’.

Qatar is to create work opportunities for about 20,000 Palestinians as Qatar agreed in January 2014 to grant work visas to 20,000 Palestinians, following 20 years in which Palestinians had been unable to apply for work in the prosperous Gulf state.

The country planning to host the first group of Palestinian workers after the holy month of Ramadan, the Palestinian ambassador to Qatar said Saturday. The embassy had asked Qatari officials to employ Palestinian refugees living in the Diaspora as well.

A 24-year-old Indian student, studying in USA, on Sunday died at Toronto in Canada due to fever, family members said.

Salman Abdul Rehiman was the son of C H Abdul Rehman, general secretary of Indian Union Muslim League, Mumbai committee.

Salman was studying in Buffalo city of United States and planning to return to India after completing his studies.

As he fell ill, he moved to one of his relative’s home in Toronto for treatment. He hailed from Payyoli town in Kerala, they said.

A new study has revealed that leaving children to go to work may have significant benefits on them later in life.
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A new study has revealed that leaving children to go to work may have significant benefits on them later in life.

Rail tracks in a stretch of 175 km will not be strewn with human excreta from October 2 with installation of bio-toilets on trains plying on two routes, marking completion of the first year of the launch of Swachh Bharat Campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Indian Railway has undertaken an initiative to make 367 km of tracks free from discharge of human waste from toilets on trains in the current fiscal. Of these, 175 km will become discharge-free on October 2.

An earthquake of moderate intensity of 5.6 on the Richter Scale rocked Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal besides Bhutan today leaving three injured and a lion sculpture of an ancient temple damaged.

India Meteorological Department officials said the quake shook Assam, including its capital Guwahati, Meghalaya, West Bengal and neighbouring Bhutan at 6:35 am.

The epicentre of the tremor was in Kokrajhar at a depth of 10 km on latitude 26.5 degree north and longitude 90.1 degree east, they said.

At least two armed suspected militants were today killed in a gun battle with security forces in Meghalaya’s North Garo Hills district.

Acting on intelligence inputs given by the armed men in the area, a special police team and troops from Assam’s 19 Dogra regiment raided the hideouts at Rari last night, district SP Ramesh Singh said.

At around 4:40 am today, the militants opened indiscriminate fire after spotting the security forces, with two killed militants killed in the retaliatory attack, he said.

Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Sunday said that he is not surprised over the clean chit given to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the audio tape controversy, adding that the BJP can give even Dawood Ibrahim the same.

“The BJP has always been giving a clean chit to their members. It can give a clean chit to Dawood Ibrahim as well,” the Congress leader told the media.