Plight of America’s migrant day workers

New York, February 20:Half past seven on Tuesday morning and on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Queens, New York, around 20 Sikh men stamp the cold out of their feet.Brickworkers, builders and unskilled labourers all wait at the...

20 Feb, 2006

Health capsules

Quit smoking If you want to quit smoking, making a sudden bid could help more than planned attempts, say scientists. It has traditionally been thought that the best way to beat the habit is for smokers to go through several stages — thinking about...

Travel Abroad 30 Jan, 2006

Acting school

LONDON: The star of Spider-Man, James Franco, says he learned acting when he was working at McDonalds. Franco had dropped out of acting classes at the prestigious University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), but soon realised he could practice while...

Travel Abroad 23 Jan, 2006

Goodness tucked under the peel

It’s the season of organges and the city is painted orange. What you may not not is that this round fruit is packed with goodness.Oranges are one of the best-known citrus fruits, and have been prized for more than 4,000 years. The first oranges...

Travel Abroad 02 Jan, 2006

Remembering Dr Rose

Kathmandu:It is sad to learn that Dr Leo E Rose, Professor Emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley, has passed away. He was a true friend of Nepal. Dr Rose wrote The Role of Nepal and Tibet in Sino-Indian Relations as his PhD dissertation at...

Travel Abroad 15 Nov, 2005

Cream of world’s science varsities

London: Here’s The Times Higher Education Supplement’s peer ranking of the world’s top universities in physical and life sciences (The THES, founded in 1971, is the UK’s most authoritative source of information about higher education). The...

Travel Abroad 01 Nov, 2005

US no to cultural multilaterism

With the rest of the world poised to adopt a new UN treaty on cultural diversity, indications are that the US is once again going to say no to multilateralism.The 191-member UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is scheduled to...

20 Oct, 2005

Pant elected NBA president

Kathmandu, September 19:Radhesh Pant, managing director of Bank of Kathmandu Ltd (BoK), has been unanimously as the president of Nepal Bankers’ Association (NBA) for the next term. A special general meeting of NBA, held on Sunday, elected Pant to the...

19 Sep, 2005

Artist to ‘re-create’ Buddhas destroyed by Taliban

Kabul, August 9:When the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan destroyed two 1,600-year-old Buddha statues lining Bamiyan Valley’s soaring cliffs, the world shook with shock at the demise of such huge archaeological treasures. Now, artist Hiro...

Women 09 Aug, 2005

Mammoth bones in Silicon Valley

SAN JOSE: A scientist from University of California, Berkeley confirmed Wednesday that a cluster of fossilised bones found in Silicon Valley are likely those of a mammoth that roamed the area between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago. Local officials...

Travel Abroad 15 Jul, 2005

Me-No-Pause

RITA RUBIN BETHESDA, Md:Considering that every woman confronts menopause if she lives long enough, surprisingly little is known about it. Clearly, women’s menopause experiences vary widely, but it’s not clear why. Some sail through with nary a hot...

Travel Abroad 09 May, 2005

Stress adds weight

USA Today Bruising experiences in middle age — the cruel boss, ill parents, divorce — cause women to gain weight, and it’s not just because they eat more or exercise less, according to a study. “Under stress, people conserve more fat, and we...

Travel Abroad 09 May, 2005