Новости за 17.06.2015

With Lewis Carroll’s fairy tale Alice In Wonderland turning 150, we go down the rabbit hole of Alice’s lasting influence today.

It was happy start for wannabe gardener Soumita Banerjee when she decided to beautify her home with some exotic plants.

Finding the perfect fragrance can be a tough nut to crack! Choose a perfume from family of six fragrance groups - fresh, floral, oriental, woods, fougère and chypre, that blends with your personality, says an expert.

Can your zodiac sign predict your future as a leader of nations?

Does the scorching sun make your house warmer? Use blackout window dressings, and close windows and window coverings in the morning before the day heats up to keep your house cool in summer, says an expert.

If a person is constructing a building with a valid building permit, he need not obtain a separate mining permit for removing earth from the land, the high court has ruled.

A judge released Chilean football star Arturo Vidal from custody and revoked his driver's license after the Juventus midfielder was arrested for crashing his Ferrari while driving drunk.

Militants blew up a primary school for boys early this morning in Pakistan's volatile Bajaur Agency bordering Afghanistan.

A man in the UAE could be fined over $68,000 for swearing at his colleague on WhatsApp under a new law governing internet users after the country's top court overturned a verdict of a lesser fine for the offence.

In a move to step up action against offences involving wildlife, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has written to various agencies including CBI, paramilitary forces, customs and state police units, asking them to report all such crimes to it.

Pope Francis said today that those who "close the door" to refugees seeking a safe haven in Europe should ask God's forgiveness, as tensions rose in the EU over the migrant crisis.

Warriors win NBA finals, beat Cleveland 105-97

Ecuador has made a fresh request to Britain to allow whistle blower Julian Assange to step out of the embassy for an hour every day to exercise and soak in some sun.

Warriors win NBA finals, beat Cleveland 105-97

The Rotary Club and the Inner Wheel Club, Varanasi, Greater recently celebrated their founders day together.. A huge cake was cut to mark 12 years of the clubs.

Human activity is leading to the rapid draining of about one third of the planet's largest underground water reserves and it is unclear how much fluid remains in them, two new studies have found.

Many youngsters in the city are taking to writing

Even as the citizens are up in arms against irregular water supply, there are demands to constitute a separate body to manage drinking water in the city.

Indifferent to political as well as religious row over Yoga, particularly in view of the UN declared International Day of Yoga on June 21, a number of natives, from both Hindu and Muslim communities, of this land of Shiva, the supreme lord of Yoga, have been practicing yoga for years for their physical and mental fitness and will also be a part of the mega event on June 21. They firmly believe that yoga is the finest way to transform body and mind.

Apart from focusing on developing waterway for heavy cargo vessel navigation in the Ganga under Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP), the Indian Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is also exploring commercial viability of passenger cruise operations keeping domestic tourists and pilgrims in mind.

Platforms and steps of ghats on city's riverfront have developed cracks owing to the use of JCBs in removing silt from steps