Kolkata: The car that hit an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer supervising the Republic Day parade rehearsal in Kolkata, on Jan 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Kolkata Police has rejected a request…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Caring for others dips during adolescence but when young people feel supported by their social circles, their concern for others rebounds, suggests new research. Values of social responsibility decrease between…
Controversy over childhood vaccines may make it too easy to embrace what appear to be new vaccine benefits. London, Feb 2 (IANS) In a surprise revelation, researchers report that nearly 75 percent of the vaccine-related…
Beijing, Feb 2 (IANS) Chinese authorities have named an asteroid after scientist Tu Youyou who won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for her work with artemisinin, which is now widely used to…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Women who have more regular sleep schedules, including regular bedtimes across weekdays and weekends, have improved metabolic health, says a new study. Disrupting biological timing and high bedtime variability may…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) US tech giant Apple has launched a new app “Airmail”, a lightning fast mail client for Mac and the iPhone to help user manage emails without any hassle by making…
PHOTOGRAPHERS: BILL STAFFORD, JAMES BLAIR, REGAN GEESEMAN New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Senior citizens are likely to accept robots as dishwashers and entertainment providers but are wary of giving up too much control to the…
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) Former Bollywood actress and BJP Lok Sabha member Hema Malini, currently under fire over a land allotment, has now been accused of destroying mangroves on a plot allotted to her in…
Jammu: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti meets Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra at Raj Bhavan in Jammu on Feb 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Jammu, Feb 2 (IANS) With PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti setting conditions for…
Mumbai: Actor Dharmendra and Veteran radio announcer Amin Sayani during the 19th Hira Manek Awards in Mumbai on Jan. 30, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Veteran actor Dharmendra says he doesn’t want…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, while refusing to quash a notification that fixed upper age for admission to schools for entry level education at four years, exempted three kids…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) US researchers have found that a medication commonly used to treat high blood pressure and irregular heartbeat may have the potential to improve some social functions of individuals with autism….
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Nearly 274.6 million wearable electronic devices will be sold worldwide in 2016 — an increase of 18.4 percent from 232.0 million units in 2015 — generating a revenue of $28.7…
Sydney, Feb 2 (IANS) Recent threats made to Australian schools has been dismissed by police as hoax calls from overseas “designed to cause unnecessary disruption”, authorities said on Tuesday. New South Wales (NSW) police dismissed…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) People who are fit are more likely to survive their first heart attack, a new study reveals, adding that low fitness may pose a risk of death following a cardiac…
London, Feb 2 (IANS) British researchers have identified a piece of non-coding Ribonucleic acid (RNA) that stops cells turning cancerous, reveals a study. The human genome contains around three metres of DNA, of which only…
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has shared his look from “Kapoor and Sons” and he looks almost unrecognisable due to the extensive makeover that he underwent for it. Rishi took to Twitter…
Noida: Actor Shah Rukh Khan during a programme at a Noida shopping mall on Jan 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) He is one of the highest paid actors of Bollywood, but…
Coimbatore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the inauguration of the newly constructed building of ESIC medical college and hospital, in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on Feb 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Coimbatore, Feb 2 (IANS) Prime…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday directed a senior CBI official to appear before it after the probe agency failed to file a status report in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case…