Sickly & Sweet, That바카라s Pure Sin
The overtly masculine image of amber liquid sloshing gently on rocks of ice as gentlemen hold their glasses and clouds of cigar smoke swirl around is changing rapidly, with whiskey brands tapping into a diverse customer base and experimenting with flavours as diverse as coffee and tea. Well, that바카라s for those who despise the muscle of whiskey and stick to sweeter fruity cocktails. Like Whiskey Sour바카라a sweet-n-sour concoction that mellows the flavour of hard liquor with a sweetener, a dash of lemon and sometimes egg white. It바카라s a bid to attract non-conventional whiskey drinkers; make millennials aware of the versatility of a robust Scotch. Flavours like ginger and lemon are safe bets for beginners바카라something light on the palate. Next step: Pure Sin, a creamy cocktail of Irish whiskey and crème liqueur, topped with vanilla ice-cream and frozen berries.
Pregnant Any Time
Basic biology tells us that it바카라s nine months from conception to childbirth. Even the cave-folks were aware of this. But in this age of large-scale fraud, human reproduction can be sped up to no less than four times a year, and in some cases even more...with forged reports. That바카라s what an internal audit of the Employees State Insurance Corporation바카라s (ESIC) regional office in Faridabad found. Dozens of woman employees of private sector companies linked to the ESIC took insurance and maternity benefits like paid leave for 26 weeks, 바카라showing바카라 themselves pregnant three-four times a year. Biology also tells us only rodents have this capacity of rapid-reproduction among mammals.
RIP Chunchu
The internet had not even gotten over grieving for Grumpy Cat바카라바카라the face that launched a million memes바카라바카라when another feline바카라s death broke our hearts. An obituary of a cat, Chunchu Nair, appeared in a newspaper바카라s classifieds and soon took over memes, tweets and posts. Thanks to her beguiling cuteness, Chunchu was mourned not only by her amma, achan, chechis and chettans, but also by netizens across India. But not everybody was impressed with the obituary. 바카라India is the only country where even cats have a caste,바카라 a tweet complained. A particularly anguished tweeter, Bhagwan Gaytonde, decried the 바카라heatless humans바카라 criticising the obituary and composed a requiem on Chunchu.
Monkey On Back
This is one of those stories that starts off badly and just ends up getting more and more awful. An impassioned monkey entered an Axis Bank branch in Delhi and made himself comfortable on an employee바카라s back. The terrified man hunched forward, put his hands over his head and lay motionless on his desk as the monkey pulled off an amorous act of inter-species what-the-f***, much to the amusement of bankers and clients milling around. Videos were shot and uploaded. The story ended without an M. Night Shyamalan-level twist. The monkey got bored and jumped away. One thought: Is this how the mysterious 바카라monkey man바카라 that terrorised Delhi in the 바카라90s originated?
Poll-Hardened Spender
It바카라s not the heartbreak of losing the poll deposit that rankles more than the agony of being rejected wholly by the electorate바카라as in the case of Ramesh Kumar Sharma, the country바카라s richest candidate in this election with assets of Rs 1,107 crore. This Independent got only 1,558 votes (0.14 per cent of total polled) in Pataliputra constituency of Bihar. The 63-year-old entrepreneur based in Mumbai is used to such defeats since the 2005 assembly elections in Bihar. The losses remain inconsequential for this die-hard who, in 2005, made a film, Vasundhara, with him as the hero. The film바카라s opening was set before the assembly polls in Patna, but the Model Code of Conduct got him. What! Vivek Oberoi is not a first? No, RKS beat him to it.
Smell The Coffee
Cricketers do what they must do바카라play cricket. Well, he also takes selfies, giggle a lot, and boogie woogie. That바카라s India바카라s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, so says Rohit Sharma, 바카라Hitman바카라, in a 90-second video about his colleagues바카라 quirks posted on the ICC바카라s Twitter handle. Pandya, too, is always on the phone, as is Chinaman Kuldeep . Batter Rohit바카라grumpiest in the morning바카라calls Shikhar the worst roommate, but won바카라t tell us why. Bhuvi enjoys romantic comedies; captain Virat is a gym zedi.
A Moonsite To Impose Order
It is a controversy that puzzles Muslims the world over바카라when to celebrate Eid. The festival depends on the sighting of the moon, and cloud cover or a whimsical cleric can determine if people are in for another day of fasting or a bout of feasting. So contentious can it be that even neighbours end up celebrating Eid on different days. To end the confusion, Pakistan has launched a moon-sighting and lunar calendar website, pakistanmoonsighting.pk, which predicts the dates of major Islamic festivals until 2020. What it couldn바카라t predict, however, was the ensuing controversy바카라many clerics insist that only a sighting by the naked eye is valid.
A Lashing Of Warm Air
Faster than the F16s his military could scramble for Indian MiGs, a message went out from Imran Khan바카라s Twitter handle after the Lok Sabha poll results were announced on May 23. 바카라I congratulate Prime Minister Modi바카라Look forward to working with him for peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia,바카라 Khan tweeted. Modi responded: 바카라Thank you PM @ImranKhanPTI바카라I have always given primacy to peace and development in our region.바카라 The exchange of pleasantries barely hid the mixed metaphors and non-sequiturs that ringed a campaign leaning heavily on relations with Pakistan.
India-Pakistan ties were already tottering since the terror strike in Uri in 2016. Relations nosedived further after a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber killed 40 CRPF troopers in Pulwama on February 14. Twelve days later, India conducted airstrikes on a Jaish camp in Pakistan바카라s Balakot, which bolstered Modi바카라s stron-man image. In April, Imran said that he saw a better chance of peace talks with India if the BJP won back power.
Meanwhile, Imran called Modi on May 26 and expressed his desire to work together for the people of the two countries. The gesture is seen as a sign of the easing of tension between the two neighbours, The Express Tribune commented. Modi and Khan are scheduled to meet at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, next month.
The moves are significant, given the fact that Modi hasn바카라t invited Imran to his swearing-in, unlike in 2014, when then Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif attended the ceremony in New Delhi. Leaders of SAARC countries were invited then. This time around, the invites have gone to leaders of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), comprising Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal. Pakistan downplayed India바카라s decision not to invite Imran, saying Modi바카라s 바카라internal politics바카라 does not permit him to invite his Pakistani counterpart.
But Pakistani tentativeness towards India has not been lost in the media reports on Modi바카라s re-election. The Dawn newspaper wrote in an editorial: 바카라The results are astounding, and depressingly show that religious hatred and sectarian politics can be exploited to lure voters. Notably, the months leading up to Mr Modi바카라s campaign were marked by anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan rants, with India going so far as to escalate tensions by conducting air strikes inside Pakistan in order to whip up nationalist sentiment.바카라
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