Pratap Sarangi taking bath in his village pond on Sunday. BALASORE: For Pratap Sarangi, the Lok Sabha member from Balasore who was the surprise pick in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of ministers, luxury and opulence see-m to have little meaning. Mr Sarangi, who was recently in the limelight after […]
A turnaround in interest rates turned borrowers back on their heels last week, deflating a quick boom in refinance demand. Mortgage application volume fell 5.6% from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Applications were still 24% higher compared with the same week one year […]
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1— Workplace messaging app Slack to go public. Early this week, California-based workplace messaging startup Slack said it had filed a confidential registration for an IPO. The company claims […]
Lucknow maybe famously known as the ‘city of Nawabs’ but for food lovers, it is the ultimate hub to savour spice loaded kebabs, aromatic biryanis, and chat-pata chaats, among other lip-smacking delicacies. It is a food lover’s paradise. You can literally dedicate each day to trying a different category of food, and it wouldn’t be […]
Former Blue Heron Paper Mill serves as an ideal location for firefighters to practice their skills together REVIEW PHOTO: ANTHONY MACUK – LOFD’s Engine 214 crew arrives at the site of the former Blue Heron Paper Mill to assist with hose deployment during a simulation exercise last week. Lt. Dan […]
The Libor index is going away. For U.S. consumers, its demise is most likely to be felt in adjustable-rate mortgages. So-called ARMs—where the interest rate rises and falls with broader indexes—are often closely tied to Libor, or the London interbank offered rate. While ARMs are out of favor these days, […]
Everywhere you look, there’s bacon: piled six inches tall on a platter, kneaded into loaves of bread, studding donuts and pecan sandies. And, if that’s not your speed, you can always dig into the whole roasted hog, pork rinds, cracklin’, pork belly bao buns, and even chicken-fried bacon. This is […]
Imagination Technologies has started a formal sale process and has already engaged in preliminary talks with potential buyers. The British mobile graphics maker was pushed to the decision after Apple, which accounted for around 60% of Imagination’s revenue, revealed it will stop using PoverVR graphics and develop its own, sending […]
Silicon sleeves for the Bragi Dash, what founder Nikolaj Hviid calls an in-ear computer. (Image via Bragi) Back in 2013 a Danish designer named Nikolaj Hviid took his prototype of wireless earbuds to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. to get some feedback. He then spent most of his meeting listening to […]
HIGHLIGHTS Tinkle Monthly has been a fixture since its launch in 1980 It has launched its first fortnightly issue this July It also introduced a new character, a kid from Bengaluru called Wai Knot Tinkle Magazine has been a fixture in India since its launch in 1980. Along with Amar […]
