100-Word Insight

By Hemanta Pande: British writer Hilary Mantel has won this year's “Booker literary prize” for her historic novel, 'Bring Up The Bodies'. Mantel is the first woman and the first British author to win the prestigious literary prize twice.…

TNI Bureau: Marit Kramski, a scientist from University of Melbourne, claimed that Cows’ milk can be potentially developed into affordable creams that can help to protect humans against HIV. On her research, Kramski observed that when…

TNI Bureau: Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk died on October 15 at the age of 89. His irregular rule was marked by shifting alliances, decades of strife and the near-destruction of his country as per reports. The monarch breathed his…

TNI Bureau: The Bhubaneswar ‘Auto Rickshaw Mahasangha’ has called a 12-hour strike on Tuesday to protest against the diesel price rise and restrictions on the domestic subsidised LPG cylinder. More than 17,000 auto rickshaws will stay…

TNI Bureau: On a delightful gesture, Australian Prime Minister Julian Gillard has announced that Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred with the membership of the Order of Australia. Established on 14 February 1975 by…

TNI Bureau: The number of dengue cases in Ganjam district has jumped to 368 after detection of the six cases of medical students in the MKCG Medical College and Hospital campus in Ganjam district. All of them have tested positive for…

TNI Bureau: In a war words between Anti-graft activist Arvind Kejriwal and Law Minister Salman Khurshid set to intensify more as Kejriwal has produced more proof against Khurshid. Kejriwal claimed that the photos of the camp shown by…

TNI Bureau: In an ambitious plan, India is charting a grand scheme targeting its rural outback to reach telecom and broadband services to each of its 626,000 villages by 2013. Telecom and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal has…

TNI Bureau: The anti-Congress mood in the country is clearly visible, as the Congress Party lost the Tehri Lok Sabha seat to the BJP, while President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee won the Jangipur Lok Sabha seat by a narrow…

TNI Bureau: The battle between anti-graft crusader Arvind Kejriwal and Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, as Kejriwal vowed to continue his agitation till the latter resigns over the alleged "illegal transfer of funds" to his wife Louise's…