New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Hundreds of students and faculty members of various universities gathered here on Tuesday and took out a march from Ambedkar Bhawan to Jantar Mantar to condemn the “institutional killing” of…
London, Feb 23 (IANS) Most people are able to keep their hands and eyes free for other tasks by following spatial audio guidance while navigating through streets, according to a Finnish study. Using sound for…
Agartala, Feb 23 (IANS) A multi-layered security blanket has been thrown over tribal dominated and interior areas of Tripura for the elections on Wednesday in 528 of the 587 village committees under the Tripura Tribal…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) A new study provides useful insight into the behaviour of stem cell-derived heart muscle cells which have interested researchers for many years as a potential replacement for damaged cardiac tissue…
Bangkok, Feb 23 (IANS) The military junta-led Thai government has turned down a dialogue offer by exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to put an end to the decade-long political crisis in the country, the…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that India is following a bold and proactive foreign policy and has reached out to the world both on land and sea. My government…
By Aparajita Gupta Title: Storm the Norm; Editor: Anisha Motwani; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 283; Price: Rs.500 Branding is the biggest buzzword for any product to thrive, or even survive. But how does one create a…
Nay Pyi Taw, Feb 23 (IANS) Myanmar authorities have banned visit to ancient pagodas in Bagan, Ministry of Culture said on Tuesday. Visitors will not be allowed in the vicinity of Bagan’s ancient pagodas and…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 23 (IANS) Every inch of space of the famed Attukal Bhagavathi temple was on Tuesday taken over by women devotees who have come to take part in the Attukal Pongala festival and have…
By Amitava Mukherjee A dangerous situation may arise in the country if Mamata Banerjee’s demand for granting citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants living in India for more than five years is conceded. The West Bengal chief…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Around 200 houses in a Kolkata slum will be lit up from Tuesday courtesy a portable rooftop gadget that uses solar power to generate light. The brainchild of S.P. Gon Chaudhuri,…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) MasterCard may soon introduce a face recognition system that pays bills after user clicks a selfie and blinks in 14 other countries, apart from the US where it is currently…
Mumbai: Actress Sonakshi Sinha during the Zee Cine Awards 2016 in Mumbai on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha will be the face of a TV campaign…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The central government is committed to the development of rural areas and progress of farmers, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday, addressing the joint sitting of the two houses of…
By Debdoot Das Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Indian midfielder Bikash Jairu, who has been in rich form over the past few months, says the Indian Super League (ISL) experience is now helping him succeed at…
Beijing, Feb 23 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Stephen Chows fantasy romantic comedy film The Mermaid has become the biggest film released so far in China within just two weeks of its opening at theatres. At the end…
Beijing, Feb 23 (IANS) The head of an ancient Buddhist sculpture stolen in 1996 from Youju Temple in China’s Hebei province is set to return to the country, the media reported on Tuesday. The sculpture,…
London, Feb 23 (IANS) When Cecil the Lion was killed last year by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe, it caused a global outcry. Now, researchers from universities of Southern Denmark and Oxford have calculated…
Melbourne, Feb 23 (IANS) Shanghai SIPG coach Sven-Goran Eriksson on Tuesday said his team will need to play their best football in order to beat reigning Australian champions Melbourne Victory in their opening AFC Champions…
Suva, Feb 23 (IANS) The toll in severe tropical cyclone Winston has risen to 28 in Fiji, the media reported on Tuesday. Besides, at least 21 people were suffering serious injuries, Xinhua quoted Akapusi Tuifagalele,…