Month: July 2014

New trailer of the third sequel of ‘Atlas Shrugged’, based on Ayn Rand’s popular book has revealed the image of John Galt.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the new trailer of ‘ Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?’ features a shadowy figure revealing himself as the mysterious John Galt.

This movie, stars Laura Regan and Rob Morrow as protagonists Dagny Taggart and Hank Rearden, and Kristoffer Polaha plays Galt, the man who might have orchestrated a bizarre “strike” against government officials who demonize success and pass restrictive regulations on businesses.

ESA trainers and caving specialists, recently, set the scene for space-like astronaut training which is to be held underground in Sardinia, Italy for a session, later this summer.

Clambering down to base-camp hundreds of metres below the surface using safety tethers is similar to conducting a spacewalk, and this year the procedures have been updated to include astronaut terminology.

In space an object can quickly float away and be lost forever, but in caving, dropped equipment can be lost forever in crevices or holes.

Television personality Jo Wood has come to the rescue of founder member of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger from his critics, who have accused him of moving on from the death of L’Wren Scott by sleeping with three young women.

The ex-wife of Jagger’s band-mate, Ronnie Wood, defended the Rolling Stone and said that this is the only life Mick knows after all these years.

The 59-year-old asked whether people expected Jagger to sit in the rocking chair, and stated that he is the epitome of rock and roll and will always have a wild streak.

Former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shahid Siddiqui condemned Baba Ramdev’s close aid Ved Pratap Vaidik for meeting 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

Demanding Vaidik’s apology, Siddqui said that he should not have met Saeed.

Rural development lender Nabard welcomed Budget proposals for farm sector terming them “very positive and timely” that will help rural economy.

“It is a very positive Budget which addresses the needs like those of smaller landholdings, and getting capital investment into agriculture,” National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) chairman HK Bhanwala said.

Calling the stalemate here a “good Test match” for his team, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today singled out Stuart Binny as one who could fill in the seaming all-rounder’s slot in the near future.

Binny struck a match-saving 78 on his debut as India overcame some anxious moments to manage a draw in the first cricket Test against England.

Tata group’s flagship Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is developing much smarter cars that will offer a completely personalised driving experience and help prevent accidents by reducing driver distraction.

Using the latest machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques, JLR’s proposed car will offer a comprehensive array of services to the driver, owing to a new learning algorithm that recognises who the driver is and learns their preferences and driving style.

Focus hard and you will be able to control Google Glass with your thoughts alone. Yes, your power of thoughts can give the computer eyewear commands to do certain things, like taking a picture and even posting it to Facebook.

Developed by London-based start-up “This Place”, the open source “MindRDR” app combines wearable tech with another headset with sensor.

It analyses the user`s brainwaves and gauge the user`s level of focus.

Concentrate hard until a horizontal white line starts to rise on Google Glass “screen”.

Radio taxis equipped with GPS/GPRS facility begin service in Varanasi town of Uttar Pradesh Monday, an official said.

The new facility, which will enable the user to track the movement of the cab, will be inaugurated by Transport Minister Durga Prasad Yadav.

In the first phase, the fleet will have 10 cabs and in case the service provider gets a good response, the number of taxis will be increased, the official said.

Former Union Minister and Congress leader Rajiv Shukla on Sunday, expressed his shock over the Union minister of state for tourism and culture, Shripad Naik’s statement on putting a rein on pub culture which exists in parts of the country.

“I am shocked by the statement of Shripad Naik. If there will be nothing for attracting tourists to Goa then why would anybody come there. If the tourism minister has such thinking then how will tourism of our country expand?,” Shukla said.

Realty firm Parsvnath Developers will consider raising foreign funds in two commercial projects in the national capital that have now become FDI compliant after the government eased rules in the Budget.

At an investment of about Rs 600 crore, the company is developing a commercial project on KG Marg near Connaught Place and a shopping mall at Rohini here.

The company would also explore listing of about 12 Delhi Metro malls through Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) as tax sops offered in the Budget for this instrument have paved the way for its launch in the Indian market.

Union Minister for Railway D V Sadananda Gowda today held a surprise inspection of Bangalore City Railway Station to check its cleanliness.

Gowda also boarded a train to Mysore thereafter and was received by supporters at the Byadarahalli Railway station, which is 20km away from Mysore.

Rising prices of rice in the open market prompted households to reduce consumption and rely on ration shops to buy it at controlled rate, shows a government survey.

According to the NSSO survey, Indian families consumed less rice in 2011-12 but their purchases of the commodity under Public Distribution System (PDS) doubled in villages and rose by 66 percent in cities.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday, claimed that the recent budget presented by the government, had every ingredient to pull the economy out of rut and sought some time from the opposition to rectify the situation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accompanied by Minister of state for finance and commerce Nirmala Sitharaman and National security Advisor Ajit Doval arrived today in Berlin’s Tegel Military Airport.

He was received by the Indian Ambassador to Germany and senior German officials.

Modi will leave for Brazil on Monday to attend the five-nation summit of BRICS nations on July 14 and 15, which is expected to finalize the setting up of a development bank and seek reforms of the United Nations and international financial organizations.

Riding on the strategy of focusing on first time buyers and rural markets, country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has increased its market share in passenger vehicle segment in the first quarter of the current fiscal to 42 percent.

In the April-June period, the company sold 2,41,812 units of passenger cars and utility vehicles out of an industry total of 5,73,038 units, garnering 42.19 percent market share, according to latest SIAM data.

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Despite of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to politicians that they should stop doing “psychological analysis” of the reasons behind rape incidents, chairperson of the Karnataka Legislature Committee of Women and Child Development, Shakuntala Shetty, has stoked a controversy by proposing to impose ban on mobile phones in schools and colleges to curb incidents like rape.

The Congress MLA even blamed the devices for an unprecedented rise in the number of rape incidents and molestation cases.

Kim Kardashian says she was “joking” when she advised that pregnant women should hide their bodies in “a big blanket”.

She caused a stir earlier this week by claiming pregnant women should “never leave the house” and hide their bodies in a “huge blanket”.

But Kim has now taken to Twitter to defend her comments, insisting that she was being “sarcastic” with her tongue-in-cheek maternity recommendations, reports mirror.co.in.

She wrote: “I guess you can’t be sarcastic when doing interviews! I was asked about tips on pregnancy style…..

The mournful cries of millions of Brazilians were drowned out in the high-decibel musical gala during the FIFA World Cup’s closing ceremony, which was graced by crowd pullers such as Shakira, guitar king Carlos Santana and also had a dash of samba here today.

FIFA lined up six events that followed a series of lavish opening acts before the grand finale between Argentina and Germany at the iconic Maracana.

The events attempted to combine the cultural distinction of host nation Brazil with a nod to every country involved in the sporting extravaganza.

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The US Geological Survey has recorded seven small earthquakes shaking central Oklahoma in a span of just about 14 hours.

They ranged from magnitude 2.6 to 2.9 and were centered in the Guthrie, Jones and Langston areas, 15 miles to 30 miles (24 to 48 kilometres) northeast of Oklahoma City.

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A new study has revealed that baboons groom each other early in the morning so that they would be favored through the rest of the day.

A new study from Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen and Zoological Society of London shows grooming between individuals in a group of baboons was not practiced without ulterior motives.

To be groomed has hygienic benefits and was stress relieving for the individual, while grooming another individual could provide access to infants, mating opportunities and high quality food by means of tolerance at a patch.

The Election Commission on Sunday cautioned the media on the issue of ‘paid news’ by asking it to show “greater responsibility” with suitable disclaimers, particularly during election time.

“The minimum that is expected of ethical journalism is that the reader is cautioned by suitable disclaimers while such articles are published so that the unwary reader can make suitable allowance in his mind while forming his judgement.

This matter assumes greater significance in the election period when the media needs to show greater responsibility,” the EC said in its order.