What is Dementia? “Dementia is a syndrome in which there is deterioration in memory, thinking, behavior and the ability to perform everyday activities” – World Health Organization Dementia is not a specific disease. Instead, the term dementia refers to a group of symptoms that cause loss of brain function. People suffering from dementia may suffer […]
Category: Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous category covering the Miscellaneous topics around the world.
Most Powerful Militaries in the World
The U.S. is the global leader when it comes to military might. It has an astronomical defense budget of $612 billion. In recent times a number of factors such as spending cuts and sequestration have contributed to bringing down its defense expenditure. However, this figure is still more than the combined amount spent by the […]
Violence against Women – Worldwide Statistics
Global data for 2013 provided by UN Women shows that 35% of the women across the world have experienced some sort of violence – physical or sexual – from either their partners or people who were not their partners. However, in some countries the percentage of women who have experienced sexual or physical violence from […]
Israelis and Palestinians in the grip of fresh wave of tension
Israelis and Palestinians are in the grip of fresh wave of tension. In fact, weeks of renewed violence, which included stabbings of Israeli civilians and clashes between Palestinian and Israeli forces, climaxed when a group of Palestinians in the West Bank set afire a compound that housed Joseph’s Tomb – a religious site which is […]
How is the ISIS funded?
The jihadist militant group called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also sometimes referred to as the Islamic State (IS), has emerged as the biggest terrorist threat faced by the world in recent times. In April 2015, the BBC called it the World’s Richest Terror Army. The net worth of this militant organization […]
World Mental Health Day
The World Mental Health Day is celebrated every year on 10 October. The main aim of commemorating this day is to create and increase awareness pertaining to issues related to mental health around the world. Through this day, the World Health Organization (WHO) attempts to rally efforts that would support the cause of mental health. […]
Cities with the Shortest Working Hours
There are so many things about Sweden that people love – the massage, IKEA, and meatballs to name a few. The next major innovation from this Nordic country could be workdays that last six hours each. In some companies of Sweden the normal workweek, which comprises 40 hours, has been brought down to 30 hours. […]
The emerging threat of the ISIS
The ISIS is one of the most dangerous militant organizations that the world has seen till now. The atrocities of the militant group and its barbarity have forced the U.S. and its allies to launch air strikes on ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. However, a year has passed and it is still not certain […]
Water Found on Mars – The Implications
The recent announcement that water has been found on Mars has generated a significant amount of interest among people of various classes – both scientists who have been following the developments on these planets with lot of interest and common people. As per information, it is liquid water that is flowing on the planet’s surface, […]
Nepal on the Boil over Newly Promulgated Constitution
Nepal’s plain region bordering India’s Bihar and Uttar Pradesh is still on the boil; protests over newly promulgated Constitution have not been called off. In fact, tension is looming large across the Himalayan nation as hundreds of Nepal-bound trucks are halting at the border; raw food material and vegetable prices have shot up, while fuel […]