By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, July 24 (IANS) There is no place for death, birth or recreation in centuries-old Ker Puja in Tripura. Steeped in intricate, time-honoured rituals, this mega tribal event is about well-being and…
Brasilia, July 24 (IANS) Three stations on a new express bus corridor connecting Rio de Janeiro’s international airport to the Olympic Park were closed after a shootout between police and drug gangs. Authorities said the…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Delhi Police on Sunday arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Okhla, Aamanatullah Khan, officials said. “We have arrested the legislator today (Sunday) morning as the complainant again informed the…
New York, July 24 (IANS) Nearly 11 per cent of patients examined at trauma centres following motor vehicle collisions (MVC) have had at least one facial fracture, a study has revealed. According to the findings,…
New York, July 24 (IANS) Physical strength begins to decline sooner in life than typically detected, often when people are still in their 50s, according to a study. It suggested that efforts to maintain basic…
New York, July 24 (IANS) A team of researchers have developed neuroprotective compounds that may help prevent the development of epilepsy in humans. Epilepsy is a disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain…
Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) Muqtar Ahmed, an Indian Arabic calligrapher, has won one of the top prizes at the Cairo International Festival for Arabic Calligraphy. The Bengaluru-based calligrapher’s work was selected for second prize from…
Patna, July 24 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday suspended its legislator Tunnaji Pandey after he was arrested for allegedly eve teasing a minor girl in a running train in Bihar’s Vaishali district. A state Bharatiya…
Tokyo, July 24 (IANS) People with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are prone to suffer from glaucoma at a rate about 10 times higher than non-OSAS sufferers, according to a study. While unraveling the details…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over the attacks on the members of Dalit community and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy on Sunday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.4 degree Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. “The sky will…
Patna, July 24 (IANS) A BJP legislator was arrested on Sunday allegedly for eve teasing a minor girl in Bihar’s Vaishali district, police said. The Government Railway Police have arrested Tunnaji Pandey, Bharatiya Janata Party…
By Vikas Datta English speakers have long had an advantage for there are few classics from other literary traditions which are not available in the language. Translations of Homer, Rumi, Cervantes, Goethe, Pushkin, Dumas, Tolstoy,…
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) The markets may have taken a breather in the past week following the gains made during the preceding sessions but analysts maintain that the near-term outlook for Indian equities depends on…
CAIRO, July 24, 2016 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on July 23, 2016 shows the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 at the international airport in Cairo, capital of Egypt. The solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 left…
Washington, July 24 (IANS) The US will send a total of 555 athletes to the Rio Olympic Games to compete in 244 medal events over 27 sports, officials said. There are 292 women on the…
Los Angeles, July 24 (IANS) Wildfire fuelled by high heat has so far spread across at least 11,000 acres in California’s Santa Clarita Valley area, fire officials said. A brush fire broke out along the…
Chandigarh, July 24 (IANS) Chandigarh and its neighbouring towns of Mohali and Panchkula faced a major water crisis on Sunday due to a snag in the water supply system. The snag occurred at the Kajauli…
Srinagar, July 24 (IANS) Authorities on Sunday lifted the ongoing curfew from four districts of the Kashmir Valley as the law and order situation showed marginal improvement. The districts were Ganderbal, Badgam, Bandipora and Baramulla,…
Los Angeles, July 24 (IANS) Late rocker Elvis Presley’s drug addiction almost caused him to choke to death, his stepbrother David E. Stanley has revealed. Elvis died in 1977 at 42. Decades later, it has…