Why do millions of Indians, sometimes entire villages, brave the crowds to attend the Kumbh Mela? India Ink interviewed some of the estimated 100 million pilgrims who traveled to this year’s Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, a 55-day pilgrimage during which Hindus take a holy dip in the Ganges River to wash away their sins.Kalyan Anand, 46, a sadhu from Chitrakoot town of Madhya Pradesh was...
Pirate Bay reports anti-piracy group to Finnish police for alleged copyright infringement
Label: TechnologyGive the Pirate Bay this much — they certainly have a refined sense of irony. TorrentFreak reports that the Pirate Bay has asked the Economic Crime division of Finland’s police department to investigate an anti-piracy organization for allegedly copying several of the Pirate Bay’s design aspects for its own website. According to TorrentFreak, the Pirate Bay is upset that the Copyright Information...
Feb
17
Downton Abbey's Season 3 Finale: Shocking, Says PEOPLE's TV Critic
Label: Lifestyle Downton Abbey By Tom Gliatto 02/17/2013 at 10:00 PM EST Downton Abbey season 3 cast Carnival Film & Television/PBS Downton Abbey's third season finale on PBS's Masterpiece was, to say the least, a spoiler's paradise. The episode, which saw the Granthams and...
Study: Better TV might improve kids' behavior
Label: HealthSEATTLE (AP) — Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study found.The results were modest and faded over time, but may hold promise for finding ways to help young children avoid aggressive, violent behavior, the study authors and other doctors said."It's not just about turning off the television....
Japan stocks rally, yen resumes fall after G20
Label: BusinessTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese shares jumped closer to a four-year high as the yen slumped on Monday after Tokyo dodged direct criticism from G20 peers on the aggressive reflation plans that have weakened the currency. The G20 opted not to single out Tokyo, but committed members to refrain from competitive devaluations and said monetary policy would be directed only at price stability and...
India Ink: Modern in Mumbai
Label: WorldCecilia Morelli Parikh is still a woman on a mission. Nearly two years ago, with Julie Leymarie and Aurélie de Limelette, she opened Le Mill, a multibrand fashion and home store, in a converted warehouse in a gritty section of Mumbai, India, which brought a contemporary Western aesthetic to an affluent Indian shopper. Last November, Morelli Parikh and her co-founders (Leymarie is a former L’Oréal...
Intel Israel more than doubles exports, mulls new investment
Label: TechnologyTEL AVIV (Reuters) – Intel‘s Israeli subsidiary more than doubled its exports in 2012 to $ 4.6 billion and is seeking to bring manufacturing of the company’s next generation of chips to Israel.Intel’s exports, which rose 109 percent from $ 2.2 billion in 2011, were boosted by the start of production of chips using 22 nanometer technology at its Kiryat Gat plant in southern Israel, which is now operating...
Feb
16
Beyoncé's Life Is But a Dream: The Best Moments
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch By Aaron Parsley 02/16/2013 at 11:05 PM EST I am ... still singing!Beyoncé's HBO documentary, Life Is But a Dream, aired Saturday night and it was a 90-minute whirlwind of music, dance and emotion. And though the singer, 31, has been everywhere recently (the Inauguration, the Super Bowl halftime show,...
UN warns risk of hepatitis E in S. Sudan grows
Label: HealthGENEVA (AP) — The United Nations says an outbreak of hepatitis E has killed 111 refugees in camps in South Sudan since July, and has become endemic in the region.U.N. refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards says the influx of people to the camps from neighboring Sudan is believed to be one of the factors in the rapid spread of the contagious, life-threatening inflammatory viral disease of the liver.Edwards...
After decent rally, perhaps time for a pause
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks could struggle to extend their seven-week winning streak as the quarterly earnings period draws to a close and the market bumps into strong technical resistance. Many analysts say the market could spend the next few weeks consolidating gains that have lifted the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 <.spx> by 6.6 percent since the start of the year. ...
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