Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Kollywood stars @ National Awards
Veteran filmmaker K Balachander was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2010.
Dhanush has received the National Award Best Actor award from President Pratibha Patil.
Kollywood who were honoured with National Awards at the function were Saranya Ponvannan (Best Actress - 'Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'), Vairamuthu (Best Lyricist - 'Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'), Vetrimaran (Best Screenplay and Direction - 'Aadukalam'), Thambi Ramaiah (Best Supporting Actor - 'Thenmerkku Paruvakaatru'), Kishore (Best Editing - 'Aadukalam'), Dinesh (Best Choreography - 'Aadukalam') and a special award for Jayapalan, who beautifully enacted the Pettaikaran role in 'Aadukalam'.
Friday, September 9, 2011
worldwide: almost 3000 people commit suicide daily.
World Suicide Prevention Day
China has one of the highest suicide rates in the world with a person trying to kill himself every two minutes, even as the country propels itself to emerge as one of the richest nations.
Two million Chinese attempt suicide every year constituting 3.6 per cent of the total deaths annually, according to an official study.
The survey ranked suicide as the fifth leading cause of death and a primary reason for death of people aged between 15 to 34 years in China, Xinhua reported.
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