Animal rights get celebrity endorsement
It was an expression of hope and light for animal rights. When Dimple Kapadia displayed for sale her candle collection last week in The Oberoi, New Delhi, in aid of People for Animals, it not only helped raise funds for the nonprofit, but also drew the community attention to the animal rights.

The women of Nellore rise again
It may have begun as any other day, but it marked a turning point in the lives of thousands of people. Reminiscent of the successful anti-arrack mass movement eight years ago, thousands of unemployed agricultural labourers, most of them women, gathered outside the Collectorate in Nellore, recently.

Now employers are checking your credit history
When you apply for a job, you expect the company to check your references, writes Washington Post. But do you also expect it to pull your credit report, asks the Post.

Check the `agreement to sell' before hounding the builder
In the event the block of apartments in which your proposed property was located could not be constructed due to non-availability of approvals from the GDA, the builder-developer would be liable to refund your money with interest.

In candlelight with the Saagar girl
This is one role that Dimple Kapadia probably never played in films. Mixing business with pleasure, she is currently happy enacting the role of an entrepreneur in real life, designing, making and marketing candles under her signature, The Faraway Tree.

The king of percussion instruments
The tabla is a percussion musical instrument and produces rhythm or taal, and has long captivated audiences with its euphonic spell. The tabla may be played solo or as an accompanying instrument. It comprises of two drum sets, tabla, which adds the treble component, and the dagga, which adds the bass component.

Welcome to the foreign education mart
Ever heard of glocal? That's thinking global and acting local. And IDP Education Australia, which is an independent international education organisation set up by Australia's universities as a not-for-profit company, is going glocal, according to its chief executive, Lindy Hyam.

Two Indian American companies in top 20 Forbes list
Two Indian American run companies are among the top 20 technology companies in the world listed by Forbes magazine.