Fewer grammar errors correlate to more promotions. Then guess what numerous grammar errors would correlate to? I’ve tutored students for many years and I’ve encountered a paradox. Schools which obsess over English grammar usually produce students who can’t write even a grammatically correct paragraph while schools which teach little or no grammar have students writing […]
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As much as it is important to keep your skin and hair free of colours this Holi, it is equally important to keep your nails colourfree too. Beauty professional Reha Mamgain says, “Most women get their manicure done right after Holi and it is absolutely impossible to get rid of the colours because they haven’t
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Several Hindi sitcoms on leading channels have a variety of bahus or to-be bahus that are are either already on their mission to impress the mother-in-law or are preparing for it. From whipping up the best cuisines to making the family happy, a lot is expected from these bahus. So what according to most Indian
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Title: Love is Always Right and Other Musings Author: Vinita Dawra Nangia Publisher: The Times Group Books Pages: 248 Price: Rs.299 Modern life, work, relationships and even recreation can throw up their own unique challenges, and while some might have their own roadmap to deal with them, many others might find them daunting. And some
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After a long legal battle, 141 MBBS final-year students of Chintpurni Medical College, Pathankot, will finally be adjusted in other state medical colleges from Monday. The private college had been debarred from admitting students from the 2012-13 batch after the Medical Council of India (MCI) had pointed out deficiencies in its functioning. The students have
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Syria`s armed forces on Saturday expanded their control north of the historic city of Palmyra, state television reported, capturing a nearby town from Islamic State group jihadists. Russian-backed Syrian troops seized the town of Al-Amiriyah on the northern outskirts of Palmyra “after fierce clashes” with ISIS fighters, state television said. An AFP journalist on the
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Filmmaker Karan Johar says actress Deepika Padukone and Sidharth Malhotra should do a film together as they will look good on screen. Karan launched Sidharth in his last directorial venture ‘Student of the Year’ and has worked with Deepika in his home production, ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’. The ‘My Name is Khan’ director had recently
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was all praise for India’s test captain Virat Kohli for his well mannered conduct and cricketing skills. King Khan was present at the commentators’ box during the thrilling India-Bangladesh T20 World Cup match on Wednesday at Bangaluu’s Chinnaswamy Stadium and spoke highly of the right-hander. Shah Rukh said, “On a
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At least three people were injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Bijbehara town of Anantnag district on Saturday. Local residents said two army men and a civilian were injured in the attack. Army spokesman NN Joshi said two soldiers had got wounded in the attack and they have been rushed
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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis clinched a facile opening win in the women’s doubles draw but Rohan Bopanna was knocked out of the men’s doubles event in the Miami Open tennis tournament. Top seeds Mirza and Hingis took merely an hour to outplay Lara Arruabarrena of Spain and Raluca
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Beating India in their own backyard is the ultimate challenge and the boys are up for the knockout battle against the hosts in the ICC World Twenty20 on Sunday, said Australian all-rounder Shane Watson. Australia knocked Pakistan out of the tournament yesterday, setting up a virtual quarter-final against India at the I S Bindra Stadium.
A Kerala nurse and her son were killed in a shell attack on their residence in Libya’s Sabratha city, officials said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday night when the shell landed in their apartment complex. Sunu and her 18 month old son were there, while her husband Vipin was outside. According to reports,
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With an important nuclear conference — the last Nuclear Security Summit — about to start in a week, this is usually the time when articles criticising aspects of non-Western nuclear programmes coincidentally begin to appear. India has been a favoured subject recently, inspiring thoughtful prose before the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, biennial meetings of the
Actress Ileana D’Cruz, who was last seen in the Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Happy Ending’, says her career isn’t over yet, as she is “coming back” with her next film ‘Rustom’, which stars Akshay Kumar. ‘Rustom’ is helmed by Tinu Suresh Desai and also features Arjan Bajwa and Esha Gupta. The film is scheduled for
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The first teaser of Sunny Leone’s upcoming film One Night Stand is finally out which the actress released it on Twitter and we see her take emotions and intimacy a notch higher. Going by the name of the film, we catch glimpses of their one night stand in the teaser, which doesn’t seem to conclude
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The political crisis in Uttarakhand took a new turn with the Congress dragging Ramdev into the picture accusing him of “hatching” a plot jointly with BJP leadership to topple the state government but the yoga guru refuted the charge. Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress President Kishore Upadhyay created a flutter in political circles here on Wednesday by
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You get a welcome reception in the West Indies. As they step off the plane, tourists to the Caribbean’s idyllic islands are hit by the warm air, swiftly followed by a beatific breeze. The warmth of the weather is matched by the warmth of the people. Nothing is too much trouble, and visitors are made
Russian government has approved ONGC Videsh Ltd’s deal to buy 15% in the country’s second biggest oil field of Vankor from Rosneft for $1.268 billion (nearly Rs 8648.57 crore) . OVL, the overseas arm of the state explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), had in September last year signed an agreement to buy 15%
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We were all shocked to hear about Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande ending it, because everyone thought a big-fat wedding on the cards. A close friend of the couple told a daily, that it was Ankita’s insecurity that lead the fall out. The source said that despite rumours, it wasn’t a selfie with Parineeti
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When John Abraham displayed his well-sculpted posterior on the poster of Karan Johar’s Dostana, one would not have known he is no dumb, cute ass. If Johar knew how to use that asset in short trunks in a film poster, Abraham knows better. Using Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Rocky’ image, he is quick to remind the industry
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Jewellery industry body AIBJSF on Friday decided to continue their strike for an indefinite period against imposition of 1% excise duty on non-silver jewellery and announced plans to hand over keys of their shops to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. All India Bullion, Jewellers, Swarankar Federation (AIBJSF), which had organised a big rally at Ramlila maidan
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi made an anti-Muslim remark about a BBC presenter who grilled her about violence-hit Rohingya Muslims. Telegraph reported: “No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim,” Suu Kyi was heard muttering after the interview with BBC Today presenter Mishal Husain, according to a
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A suicide bomber blew himself up in a soccer stadium south of the Iraqi capital on Friday, killing 29 people and wounding 60, security officials said, as the military announced new gains on the ground against the Islamic State group. The bombing took place during a match in the small stadium in the city of
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UN war crimes judges on Thursday found former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic guilty of genocide and sentenced him to 40 years in jail over the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II. The court said Karadzic, the most high-profile figure convicted over the wars that tore Yugoslavia apart in the 1990s, bore criminal
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Professional yoga instructors will have sessions with thousands of Americans who are expected to throng the sprawling White House lawns in Washington on Monday for Easter Egg celebrations, the final Easter for Obama administration. A “Yoga Garden” is one of the 10 different zones that has been created for the event for which some 35,000
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A national-level volleyball player was hacked to death while she was practising with friends at Notunpukur in the outskirts of the city on Friday. The victim, 14-year-old Sangita Aich, was a Class 9 student who had played volleyball twice at the national level and thrice at the state level. Police said the attacker, identified as
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As India cleared a seven-day visa for the Pakistani joint investigation team (JIT) arriving here on Sunday to probe the Pathankot attack, New Delhi is hoping the visit will help confirm the identity of the four Pakistani terrorists whose bodies were recovered from the encounter site. According to sources in the security establishment, there has
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join the BJP’s campaigning trail in Assam today with five election rallies in just few hours. The state will go to the polls in two phases on April 4 and 11 and the counting will be done on May 19. Making the issue of illegal immigrants in Assam as a
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At a time when Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh is reeling under the fourth consecutive crop loss and a sharp increase in cases of farmer suicide, 17 ministers and MLAs of state are on multi-foreign trip under the name of ‘study tour’. Interestingly, the said ‘nation tour’ includes sight seeing and shopping for these MLAs
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The wife of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday slammed senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for making “baseless allegations” after he levelled “nepotism” charges against her husband over a state agency’s order asking developers to open accounts in a private bank where she works. “Singh is using a woman’s shoulders for his political target. Doing
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