New York, March 13 (IANS) Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have identified 22 new genetic risk factors for stroke, from DNA samples of 520,000 individuals worldwide, thus tripling the number of gene regions known to…
Chennai, March 12 (IANS) A trekking expedition that ended up killing nine persons after a fire broke out on the Kurangani Hills in Tamil Nadu, is alleged to have been organised by the Chennai Trekking…
Kuala Lumpur, March 11 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said his grandmother and then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi told him she will be killed and that he told his father Rajiv Gandhi that he…
New York, March 11 (IANS) To get the accuracy of cuff devices and the convenience of mobile device apps, a team led by an Indian-origin researcher has created a new app and hardware to measure…
Kuala Lumpur, March 11 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi had “completely forgiven” their father Rajiv Gandhi’s killers. LTTE, a militant organisation from Sri Lanka, led…
Kuala Lumpur, March 11 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that internal bickering and generational fight within the Congress party and issues relating to corruption led to its defeat in the 2014 general…
Kuala Lumpur, March 10 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took everyone by surprise with his reply when he was asked how he would have rolled out demonetisation had he been in the government….
San Francisco, March 10 (IANS) Google has rolled out a feature in Maps that will turn any ride into a fun trip as users can now include a Mario Kart on the navigation interface while…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) India and France on Saturday agreed to work together in the Indian Ocean region, strengthen defence cooperation and add new momentum to the fight against terrorism as the two sides…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Maritime security and counter-terrorism will be high on the agenda among a number of other bilateral issues when French President Emmanuel Macron comes on a four-day visit to India starting…
Los Angeles, March 9 (IANS) The 16th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) here next month will have a memorial tribute screening of “Chandni”, one of the gems from the late Bollywood actress Sridevi’s…
Toronto, March 9 (IANS) If your partner is stressed, the chances are high that you may suffer stress too, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin, who have found that stress is contagious. The study, in…
San Francisco, March 9 (IANS) Twitter has appointed distinguished engineer Parag Agrawal, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B), as its Chief Technology Officer, according to an update at the microblogging site. He takes…
Singapore, March 8 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who is on a three-day foreign trip that will also take him to Malaysia, on Thursday said here that India was facing “very serious dangers of polarising…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The already strong ties between India and France are set to deepen further when French President Emmanuel Macron comes on a four-day visit to India starting on Friday during the…
By Arul Louis New York, March 7 (IANS) The man who shot Indian software engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla after shouting, “Get out of my country” has admitted in an US state court to the murder that…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Indian-American Saila Kariat, who has made her directing debut with “The Valley”, says the US — where a debate on immigrants has been raging — is going…
New York, March 6 (IANS) A new blood test may extend the window of accurate detection from weeks to months after the onset of Zika infection, giving clinicians a powerful new tool to screen for…
New York, March 4 (IANS) Listening to music while exercising can help you work out for a longer time than those who do not have music playing in their ears, a team of researchers, including…
Los Angeles, March 2 (IANS) A museum here is launching an exhibition “Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India” that reveals how the 17th Century Dutch painter was inspired by artists from a dramatically different culture…