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Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa’s 113th birthday celebrated with a Google Doodle. Google has today dedicated a special doodle to mark the 113th birthday of 20th century’s renowned Kannada poet and author, Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa. He was also famously known as Kuvempu or K.V. Puttappa. Born on December 29, 1904 in Koppa Taluk of Mysore, Puttappa was also among the first Kannada writers to win the prestigious Jnanpith Award. Besides being a poet, he was also a novelist, playwright, critic and thinker. Google mentioned on its blog, “known more famously by his pen name Kuvempu, he is considered one of the greatest Kannada writers of his time. The Kannada language is spoken mainly in Kuvempu’s home state of Karnataka, and he strongly advocated for it to be the main medium of education.” The search giant has also featured Kuvempu’s poem ‘Poovu’ (The Flower). “Rhapsodizing on the beauty of the poet’s natural surroundings. Kuvempu loved his writing to reflect the simple wonder

1.   Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true. 21Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true. Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.  I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Never sto

Remembering Mirza Ghalib as he turns 220: ‘The world is the body, Delhi its soul’. Ghalib (the conqueror) was born as Asadullah Baig Khan on December 27, 1797 in Kala Mahal, Agra into a family descending from Aibak Turks who moved to Samarkand (modern-day Uzbekistan) after downfall of Seljuk kings. He came to Delhi when he was 13. Ghalib ki Haveli was the residence of the 19th century Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib and is now a heritage site located in the Gali Qasim Jan, Ballimaran, Old Delhi and reflects the period when the Mughal era was on the decline in India. While staying at this Haveli, Ghalib wrote his Urdu and Persian diwans. (NurPhoto via Getty Images). Sanjay Singh doesn’t know Urdu. But whenever his friends are in town, he makes sure they visit Mirza Ghalib’s haveli that stands down Gali Qasim Jaan in Chandni Chowk’s rundown neighbourhood of Ballimaran. This Sunday too, Singh, 28, a graphic-designing student, accompanied his friend Dolan to the mansion, walking

Google tests ‘more results’ mobile search interface and new search refinement buttons Google told us, 'We constantly experiment with new search formats and experiences to deliver the best experience for our users.' Google has confirmed it is testing a new mobile search interface and a new search refinement button. The new search interface shows fewer search results on the mobile search results page, with the option to click on a button labeled “more results.” In addition, Google is testing showing buttons to refine your search directly in the search results snippets. A Google spokesperson told us “We constantly experiment with new search formats and experiences to deliver the best experience for our users.” Dan Brackett shared screen shots with us on  Twitter , but many others are noticing these new tests. You can also see the refinements at the top of the screen shot above. Here is another screen shot of these refinements directly in what is called a  feature

Google has paid tribute to the late legendary Indian singer Mohammed Rafi through the Google doodle on 24 December which marks his 93rd birth anniversary. In a detailed post , Google outlines Rafi’s life right from when he was “a little boy named Pheeko” to Mohammed Rafi. The doodle was made by Sajid Shaikh, a Mumbai-based illustrator, depicting the image of Rafi recording music with wired headphones and a microphone with the music notes in his left hand. The doodle also includes a still from Rafi’s hit song ‘Chala Bhi Aa Aaja Rasiya’ from the drama ‘Man Ki Aankhen' (1970). This still shows Dharmendra and Waheeda as part of the sketch. It is also likely that the still could be from another of Rafi’s songs, ‘Aaj Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai’ from Loafer (1973) with Dharmendra and Mumtaz. The uncertainty is because of the similar poses used while shooting romantic songs in Bollywood in the 1970s and 1980s. Rafi was born in the pre-Partition era, in the Amritsar district of Punjab, Pa

What is  Blogger . Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It was developed by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at a subdomain of blogspot.com. A blog is a type of website which has posts (or entries) appearing in reverse chronological order. Blog posts typically appear with the most recent blog post (or entry, post) first, just like a diary or journal. A blog is typically updated frequently and regularly, although there are some who are considered “slow bloggers”. Blogs typically have an area for people to comment or respond to the blog post. Blogs may also have other areas of content and links to other websites. Blogs can have individual authors or be a collection of authors. Blogs have a history or an archive of previous blog posts. Why Is Blogging Is So Popular? There are several reasons why entrepreneurs have turned to blogging. Search engines love new co

Google Doodle celebrates December global festivities with adorable penguin-parrot illustrations. If you are not feeling festive yet,  Google ’s new doodle could probably do the needful. With an adorable slideshow doodle featuring two cute penguins and their parrot friends, the search engine has officially declared that they, like the many others across the world, are excited about December festivities and how! And when you try and get over just how heart-touching the ‘Tis the season’ illustrations are, it would also fascinate you to see that there’s actually a story unfolding within the three photos. Just like catching up with family, friends and relatives is the essence of the festive season, the doodle shows the penguins packing their bags and gifts as they get ready to go meet their parrot friends. The first picture shows a telephone call between the penguins in the colder regions and the parrot in the more vibrant, tropical area. Second slide shows the penguins pa

The Futility of Dreaming of the Padmavati-Khilji Dream Sequence. The opponents of  Padmavati  base their protests on rumours of a dream sequence between Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji despite Bhansali’s clarification that no such sequence exists in the film. A recent video by Sanjay Leela Bhansali carrying a clarification on  Padmavati , unlike his films, is calm and economical. In it, Bhansali says that the rumours of a dream sequence between queen Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji are incorrect and that no portrayal hurtful to the (Rajput) community’s sentiments exists in the film. The  Padmavati  controversy has assumed epic proportions, with death threats issued to actress Deepika Padukone and director Bhansali, with the release of the film postponed to January 2018. As the film-going public of India, including the protestors, are yet to see the film, those defending artistic expression are well within reason to dismiss the objections as baseless and motivated to foment furth

Google Celebrates Nobel Prize Winner's Birthday With A Doodle. Today Google is celebrating 135th birthday of Max Born with doodle. Without Max Born's development of the field of Quantum mechanics, today's modern world would perhaps not have been the same. Quantum mechanics is a part of physics which studies matter at the smallest form possible. Without quantum mechanics, advancements in medicine (including inventions like Medical Imaging Devices or MRIs), lasers and personal computing would have remained a dream. And this is where Max Born, who was a German physicist and mathematician, played a huge role in making these inventions a reality. His contributions were recognized when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954. Max Born was born on the 11th of December in 1882 in Breslau, which used to be a part of the German Empire, but is now a part of Poland. He studied at the University of Breslau and obtained his Ph.D at Gottingen University, where he went o

Homai Vyarawalla, India's First Woman Photojournalist. New Delhi: When Independent India’s first tricolour was hoisted back in 1947, when Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead to cause the new nation to lapse into grief, it was a young Homai Vyarawalla’s photographs that gave vision to those classic sights for the present generation to cherish. Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman photojournalist was born on this day, December 9, and Google has dedicated its doodle for the day to this maverick personality, who had pioneered a profession that was perhaps unthinkable for women in back in the day. It is her 104th birth anniversary today. She was born in a Parsi family in Gujarat and in 1913 started photography during the 1930s after getting a degree from the prestigious JJ School of Art in Mumbai. Vyarawalla started out as a young photographer with ‘The Illustrated Weekly of India’ in Mumbai during the Second World War era and some of her black and white photographs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public gathering in Bhabhar town of Banskantha district in Gujarat on Friday, and attacked the Congress party, saying when there were floods in the region, Congress MLAs were "relaxing" in Bengaluru while "BJP leaders were helping people". Modi also lashed out at Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, saying that Aiyar had told people from Pakistan to "remove Modi from the way". "Did you go to Pakistan to offer a supari on my head?" Modi was quoted as saying by India Today. He was launching the BJP's poll campaign for the second phase of Gujarat Assembly elections, which will go to polls on 14 December, five days after the first phase takes place on 9 December. Modi said that those who did not stand with Banaskantha in the bad times of flood can not be excepted to serve either the district or the state. He said people from the region had to travel a considerable distance to pray to "Ma

Jerusalem status: Saudis condemn Trump's announcement. In a statement, the Gulf kingdom said President Donald Trump's announcement was "unjustified and irresponsible". But Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu hailed it as "a historic day". President Trump's move reversed decades of US policy. The fate of Jerusalem is one of the thorniest issues between Israel and the Palestinians. Eight of the 15 nations who are currently members of the United Nations Security Council have called for the body to hold an urgent meeting on the US decision by the end of the week. What did Trump say? The US president said he had "judged this course of action to be in the best interests of the United States of America, and the pursuit of peace between Israel and the Palestinians". He said he was directing the US state department to begin preparations to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Despite warnings of regional unrest over any suc

Debit Card Charges To Be Rationalised To Promote Digital Payments: RBI Mumbai:  The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said it has decided to rationalise charges on debit card transactions based on category of merchants with a view to giving "further fillip" to digital payments. In its 'Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies', released along with the resolution of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), the RBI said that in recent times debit card transactions at 'Point of Sales' have shown significant growth. "With a view to giving further fillip to acceptance of debit card payments for purchase of goods and services across a wider network of merchants, it has been decided to rationalise the framework for Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) applicable on debit card transactions based on the category of merchants," it said. MDR is the rate charged to a merchant by a bank for providing debit and credit card services. An RBI draft report had made a cas

Bitcoin is a 'dangerous speculative bubble,' Yale expert says Bitcoin broke above the $12,000 mark Wednesday morning Asia-time, as the cryptocurrency continued its march higher. As of 11:33 a.m. SIN/HK, the digital token was selling for $12,198.57, according to industry site CoinDesk. The asset began 2017 at less than $1,000 per token, but it has been on an absolute tear in recent months: It crossed $5,000 in October and touched above $11,000 for the first time less than two months later, according to CoinDesk data. With Wednesday morning's spike, the cryptocurrency now has a total market value of about $203 billion — more than twice Goldman Sachs' market cap. All of the digital asset's explosive growth has come against a backdrop of steady criticism from many financial luminaries. For one, Stephen Roach, Yale University senior fellow and the former Asia chairman and chief economist at investment bank Morgan Stanley,  told CNBC on Tuesday  that he

Google updates its mobile Test My Site tool with more competitive analysis Google's site speed tool now compares your site to your competitors' and tells you how many visitors your site is losing because of your load time. Google  announced  on the Google Small Business blog that they’ve updated the  Test My Site  tool to add more than just your site’s mobile speed scores, which they launched a  year ago . Now the tool will show you how many visitors your site is losing because of your site speed and how you compare to your competitors. This tool will estimate not just how long it takes for your mobile site to load but also how many visitors you’re potentially losing during load time. It will also tell you how well you are doing versys your competitors by doing a benchmark of your speed on your mobile site compared to others in your industry. The tool will continue to give you action points on how to make your site faster by detailed specific optimization techn