Ten Beautiful Brutalist Buildings 2016

Impressive concrete structures from around the world are collected in a new book, This Brutal World. Jonathan Glancey chooses his favourites. Basel College of Art and Design Basel, Switzerland, 1961 by Baur, Baur, Bräuning, Dürig Brutalism has become something of a catch-all term for highly expressive concrete architecture dating from the mid-1950s. Quite how brutal this Swiss art and design college is, is open to question....

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Ramadan Mubarak: Everything You Need to Know About This Holy Month

According to Islamic tradition, Ramzan is the holiest month of the entire year, “a month of blessing” and brings with it a fresh wave of festive cheer. It lasts for 28 to 30 days depending on the sighting of the moon. The day starts at the crack of dawn by eating a meal referred to as ‘Suhoor’ or ‘Sehri’ before the Fajr prayer, and rounds off by breaking the fast after sunset, followed by an elaborate ‘Iftar’ meal...

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World Environment Day 2016: 5 of Your Favourite Foods Predicted to Go Extinct

World Environment Day (WED) is one of the greatest annual events celebrated across the globe on 5th June. The objective of the event is to raise awareness about the leading issue of the sustainability of our environment. It was initiated in 1973 by the United Nations General Assembly and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to address colossal issues like global warming, deforestation and food shortages among many...

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Haryana On Guard As Jats Begin Fresh Agitation Today

Anticipating a repeat of February's violent protests by Jats in Haryana, the police and administration have prepped strong. CHANDIGARH:  The Jat community in Haryana will begin a second round of agitation starting today to press on their demand of an increased quota in government jobs and educational institutes. Anticipating a repeat of February's violent protests which claimed at least 30 lives and injured hundreds, the...

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Muhammad Ali, a gold-medal winning Kerala athlete? Sports Minister Jayarajan thinks so

It was a phone call Kerala’s new Sports Minister, E P Jayarajan should have avoided at any cost; unfortunately he didn’t. The result: World’s boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, who died at an Arizona hospital, on Friday night, became an eminent sports star from Kerala. Not only that, Ali even won a gold medal for the state in his heydays and thus elevated the state’s fame internationally. All this happened on Saturday when...

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'Bombs Everywhere': Mathura Cult's Children Were Trained In Arms

NDTV spoke to three children who recounted the horror of Mathura clashes A cult at the centre of deadly clashes in Mathura that was running a parallel judicial system and had its own constitution, jails and several "battalions" of soldiers, also gave arms training to children, a senior police officer has said."Children as young as eight years old were being given training in arms," senior police officer DC Mishra told AFP news agency.Some...

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Jat quota stir: Haryana on high alert, paramilitary services deployed in sensitive areas

Chandigarh: With a section of Jat community leaders giving a call to re-start protests for reservation from Sunday, the Haryana government and the state police are bracing themselves to deal with the situation. Paramilitary forces and Haryana Police have been deployed in sensitive areas of Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Jind, Panipat and Kaithal districts to ensure that the agitation does not get out of control and turns violent. In Sonipat...

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Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia and Riaan Bring the Baby Home

Riteish, Genelia and Vaishali Deshmukh photographed outside their Mumbai residence. HIGHLIGHTS Genelia D'Souza gave birth to the couple's second son on June 1 Genelia and Riteish are parents to Riaan, who turns two in November They were flooded with congratulatory messages on Twitter Actor couple Riteish Deshmukha and Genelia D'Souza along with their elder son Riaan brought their family's newest member home on June...

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Live | Kollam temple fire: 106 dead; PM Modi reaches site

The Prime Minister has announced ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each to next of kin of those killed in the incident. over 350 reportedly injured. The explosion was caused when the storehouse of the fireworks materials caught fire. At least 102 persons were killed and over 350 injured after a fire broke out at the Paravur Puttingal Devi temple around 3:30 a.m on Sunday. The fireworks ceremony was held as part of the annual festival...

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