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Had Sinha whose birthday falls on 18th July not made it as the 31st Cabinet Secretary of India he would have retired on July 31. But now he would go on to adorn the cabinet Secretary’s official bungalow - No 32, Prithviraj Road till June 13, 2017 and maybe more if he gets an extension for four years like his predecessors.

Frequent smartphone users are more likely to have an enlarged median nerve and have their hand function and pinch strength impaired, says a new study.

Avinash Chaugule finally passed Class 10 Board Examination at the age of 50. But not before 28 failed attempts over as many years! His friends used to tease me and ask -- what is the need? but he was confident that he would definitely pass (the exams) one day. He did!

Even though most people may not be aware. excessive use of social media is causing problems in their relationships and sex life. Social media is the new "marriage minefield". Many young couples paying the price for overindulgence in social media with subdued sex life.

Compared to people with systolic blood pressure below 120 mmHg without treatment, hypertensive individuals on three or more blood pressure medications have a 2.5 times higher stroke risk.

Maharashtra Government Houses are amongst the costliest Raj Bhawan’s in India as far as the maintenance cost is concerned. It requires an expense of Rs.4.6 crore per year to provide for the food, petrol, air travel and maintenance of the sprawling lawns.Governor too has his helipad, swimming pool, gymnasium, badminton and tennis court, private club, beach, and a thick mile-long exclusive forest. All this has to be maintained, staffed and illuminated. Who pays for it? Who have given the right to a handful of non-elected representatives to waste what millions of tax-paying citizens painstakingly earned?

Even though most Indians – do not even have one home to live in- State Governors are eligible to maintain – multiple homes – separate for summer, winter and holidays. It involves a cost of Rs 12.5 - Rs.25 crore to maintain the British era Raj Bhavans. Isn’t this sheer wastage of to the scarce national resources --besides blocking prime land. Many rooms in such buildings remain unoccupied as the occupants may hardly sleep in more than one room at a time? Whose money are we squandering? Why? How is this waste helping the nation or its people?

Number of incidents of suicide attacks by women and girls first five months of 2015 is more than 2014

Surprisingly given a choice almost 56 per cent of those who currently work with a female boss might like to work under a male boss while 71 per cent of those working currently working under a male boss don't feel the need for a switch.

The researchers studied corals along 1,000km of coastline in the southern PAG, a region where the world’s warmest coral reef habitats are separated from the wider Indian Ocean by the narrow Strait of Hormuz. With rising ocean temperatures anticipated to cause a loss of most warm water reefs within the next 100 years, it has been discussed whether heat tolerant corals adapted to hot environments, such as PAG, could be used to replenish reefs damaged by global warming elsewhere.

Patil, a merchant navy sailor had married Seema in 1994 and a daughter was born to them in 1997, but Patil started questioning her paternity at least eight years later in 2004. That too, when his wife Meera filed a cruelty suit and an application claiming maintenance for herself and her daughter.

Robert Vadra's land deals and other irregularities will now be probed by an inquiry commission, headed by a retired apex court judge. The probe announcement came just days after the Congress hardened its stand on the land acquisition bill tabled by the Narendra Modi government in parliament