wajid Wild bearded capuchin monkeys are more skilled than anyone in cracking nuts, shows a new study by Indian-American psychologist Madhur Mangalam.
The monkeys are known to use stone “hammers” to crack nuts.
The monkeys are quite careful about the amount of force delivered to those nuts.
They adjust the force applied with each strike based on the condition of the nutshell, making it less likely that they will end up smashing the tasty kernel inside.
Two-wheeler major Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India opened the new fiscal with a nine percent sales growth, the company said on Friday.
It closed last month selling 340,791 units — up from 313,894 units sold in April 2014, the company said in a statement.
The company said it logged growth last month at a time when the overall two-wheeler industry is expected to log a four percent decline in growth.
According to Honda Motorcycle & Scooter, the industry is expected to close last month with a total sales of 1,448,646 units — down from 1,506,343 units sold in April 2014.
Actress Priyanka Chopra has loved shooting for a song for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Bajirao Mastani” in which she shares the screen space with Deepika Padukone.
“Finally done…The bliss of finishing a momentous task is so relieving. #BajiraoMastani. Back to #AyeshaMehra for #DDD tomorrow. Kashi bids gn,” Priyanka tweeted.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is hosting a dinner for party MPs and office-bearers on May 6, informed sources said.
They said that Gandhi usually hosts a dinner for MPs both during the budget session of parliament and the winter session.
The sources said that the occasion is likely to see informal interaction among party leaders on a host of issues including the land bill which is pending in the Rajya Sabha.
Congress leaders appear enthused over the way party president Rahul Gandhi has led the attack on the Narendra Modi government since the start of second half of budget session.
Silent for nearly two days after a teenaged girl was killed after being thrown out of a bus owned by him, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday finally admitted that the bus service was run by his company.
According to reports, the victim’s family was refusing to cremate her body till action was taken in the matter.
It was around 11:46 in the morning, sitting by the large glass window of a café; I realized the things around are shaking. Soon another strong jolt confirmed that we are hit by a very disastrous earthquake of 2015. As our attention shifted to the TV screen the breaking news was about the Earthquake only. “Nepal- the epicenter was badly shaken and destroyed by this natural disaster.
IANS) Actress Shruti Hassan has signed up to endorse consumer durable brand Lloyd in India. She believes in its “innovative and technologically advanced products”.
The 29-year-old will endorse air conditioners, LED TVs, washing machines, refrigerators and small home appliances for Lloyd in India through promotion, advertising and marketing.
cIANS) India’s national airline is downsizing its booking operations to bring down operating expenses and has closed down 23 such offices across India, parliament was told on Monday.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma informed the Lok Sabha that Air India has closed down 23 booking offices across India, leaving 54 operational. It is also planning to reduce foreign booking offices as well.
(IANS) Two days after an earthquake jolted Bihar, another temblor, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, rocked the state on Monday. Damage to property was reported from various places, but there was no report of any casualty, an official here said.
With the earthquake again rocking Bihar on Monday at 6.05 p.m., it has created further panic among the people and strengthened rumours in the social media about a temblor striking again.
S(IANS) Kings XI Punjab skipper George Bailey won the toss and chose to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 match at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium here on Monday.
Kings XI brought two changes in playing 11 with Manan Vohra and Rishi Dhawan replacing Virender Sehwag and Karanveer Singh.
Sunrisers made two changes, with Ashish Reddy and Moises Henriques coming in for K.L. Rahul and Dale Steyn.
The teams:
(IANS) An American working for a Christian mission in Andhra Pradesh and a student were missing in earthquake-hit Nepal.
Tony B. Suckla and J. Janardhan, a 10th standard student of A.Y. School in Kambotlapalem in West Godavari district had gone to Nepal on April 13, school officials said.
Suckla (45), a resident of Texas, had last contacted the school management on April 21 and informed that the next day they will be leaving for an expedition to Mount Everest. All efforts by the school authorities to contact them after Saturday’s quake failed.
(IANS) A fresh tremor of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale was reported a little after 6 p.m. along the border with Nepal in West Bengal on Monday.
With the jolt at 6.06 p.m., the count of aftershocks climbed to 56 in Nepal and the border areas with India and China.
Saturday’s earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, and its aftershocks in Nepal have left over 3,700 people dead and over 6,300 injured.
At least 38 Indian cities lie in high-risk seismic zones and nearly 60 percent of the subcontinental landmass is vulnerable to earthquakes. Barring rare exceptions, such as the Delhi Metro, India’s hastily-built cities are open to great damage from earthquakes.
The earthquake that devastated Nepal on saturday and jolted northern India, damaging buildings as far apart as Agra and Siliguri, was expected by geologists, who have warned of more Himalayan earthquakes caused by the growing pressures of the sub-continent grinding into the Asian mainland.
We are pleased to inform that In Shaa Allah Jamat-e-Ahle Hadees, A.C Guard is organising
30 days short term summer Islamic classes from: 1st of May 2015 onward sat: Maulana Azad High School, A.C Guard From: 10:00am to 1:00pm
Courses offered:
1. Yassarnal Quran (Basics of Quran reading)
2. Quran Nazera (Proper recitation of Quran)
3. Hifz (memorisation) of quranic verses with translation
4. 40 ahadees
5. Basic everyday duas
6. Seerat
7.Correct procedure of ablution, salah and azaan etc
The NA-246 elections have certainly garnered immense attention and hype owing to the massive publicity given to this issue by the media. There are three mainstream parties contesting these elections, only two are subject to the strict scrutiny of the media. What follows amidst this election campaign for these two is nothing short of a matter of life and death. The election, that will merely alter one national assembly seat, much less bring about any massive shift in the said assembly, is projected as a war between the two political parties.
SDPI protest Town Hall Bangalore against murder of two DALITS in Chamrajnagar district karnataka sdpi state president Abdul Majeed DSS DALIT sagharsh sametistate president and others organization and partys leaders join protest.
A 14-year old girl, who was allegedly gang raped by five men of her village, set herself ablaze in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura District on Tuesday.
The teen was allegedly gang raped on Sunday in Kosi Kalan. The family of the victim tried to hush up the matter, but the victim set herself on fire inside her home.
“The girl has been admitted to the hospital with burns. According to her father, five men of the village gang raped her,” said Lakshmi Singh, Deputy Inspector General of Police
“She was screaming for help,” said one eyewitness.
The picture was quite clear. Even the in-laws of 24-year-old Aarti Kataria wanted a proper gap between their grandchildren. But the urge of Aarti’s husband for a male child, following a girl child 12 months before, is what triggered the entire problem.
In the latest attack on Hindu houses of worship in the US, a temple has been vandalised in Texas “horrifying” both Hindus and non-Hindus, who have offered to help the temple clean the damage, media reported.
In the attack at the North Texas Hindu Mandir in Lake Highlands suburb of Dallas, vandals painted symbols of devil worship on the temple’s door, media reports said on Saturday.
The attackers left behind on a shed at the temple the mark of Mara Salvatrucha, an international gang originating among immigrants from the predominantly Catholic nation of El Salvador and active in the US.
American TV star Kim Richards’ recent erratic behavior at the Beverly Hills Hotel reportedly didn’t had anything to do with her show ‘ The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’.
The sources have confirmed that the American Bravo show didn’t trigger the 50-year-old TV personality’s addiction and the star won’t be allowed to be a part of the show until and unless she resolves her legal issues, Us Magazine reported.
Another source claimed that Richards had billion chances to renew herself and get over with her addiction as her family including sister Kyle Richards supported her. (ANI)
Based in Mauritius, Indian focused business enterprise Helion Venture Partners has raised 300 million dollars for startups in India.
According to TechCrunch, Helion is the latest company to raise money for investments in India.
With its new fund, Helion is targeting early to mid stage tech startups in India.
According to Helion co-founder Sanjeev Aggarwal, the fund is expected to last for three to four years.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said in a surprising revelation that the amount of time he spends in the office is about 50-60 hours per week which is close to normal for other employees.
According to ABC News, Zuckerberg’s comment came in an unannounced question-and-answer session on Tuesday night on his Facebook page.
He said that he has remained focused his entire life if one counts the time he has spent on his mission.
Zuckerberg said that he has spent most of his time thinking how to connect people and serve the community better.
The sophisticated carbon-fibre drones, available in shops for 2,500 pounds, are reportedly being used by the British Special Air Service (SAS) increasingly as a surveillance tool to pinpoint the location of Islamic State (IS) commanders and suicide bombers.
According to The Daily Star, these drones are capable of spying on terrorists inside rooms and monitor their activities around towns and villages. They can silently hover above targets for up to half an hour and are impossible to detect by eye.
At least two people, including a seven-year-old child, have died and 15 others have been injured after a fire gutted three residential buildings in outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri area on Sunday morning.
Ten fire tenders were sent to the location to douse the fire. The operation to put the blaze out took about two hours.
The incident was reported around 4.30 a.m. from the Babu Park area near the Mangolpuri Police station. The cause of fire is yet to be ascertained. Preliminary probes suggest it may have been caused by a short circuit in a store room of one of the house.
(IANS) A day after Delhi’s Trilokpuri area witnessed a skirmish over parking issue, the area remained tense on Sunday and police personnel were deployed to keep things under control.
According to the police, the clash had broken out among residents of block 26 and 27 of Trilokpuri — which is divided into 36 blocks. However, adequate police presence ensured the skirmish did not get out of hand.