WORLD'S UGLIEST DOG TITLE

Chinese crested's short snout,beady eyes and white whiskers earned it the title of world's ugliest dog at the annual contest in Northern California o Friday.Competing for fame,$1000 and a year's worth of dog cookies, 8 year old Mugly won the honour by beating out 28 other ugly dogs.
Source: Times of India dated 24th , June 2012

VALUE OF TIME

To realize the value of one year ask a student who has failed in the exam.

To realize the value of month ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of one week ask the editor of a weekly.

To realize the value of one day ask a daily labourer.

To realize the value of one hour ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minute ask the person who missed the train.

To realize the value of one second ask the person who has survived the accident.

To realize the value of one milli second ask the person who has won the silver medal in Olympics.

KEEPING TRADITION ALIVE

A man dressed up as he devil jumps over babies lying on a mattress in the street during the "Baby Jumping Festival" in a Spanish village.Baby jumping (EL Colacho) is a traditional Spanish practice dating back to 1620,that takes place every yea to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi.
Source:Times of India dated 12/6/2012

WAKE UP FROM COMA

A seven year old girl,who had been fighting for life with a brain haemorrhage,has awaken from a week- long coma,after her mother sang an Adele song to her.Charlotte Neve,from Trawden, Lancashire, had suffered the haemorrhage in her sleep that almost killed her. Following two operations she was left in a coma, with doctors telling her mother Leila,to bid her daughter goodbye.But when Leila went into the room,Adele's " Rolling in the deep" came on the radio. Leila began singing it to her and Charlotte began to smile. Within two days,she had started speaking,could focus on colours and manage to get up from her bed.
Source: Times of India dated 20th June,2012