New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Amid all the rush to find a balanced diet that can keep one healthy, prevent from early ageing and kiss lifestyle-induced diseases a goodbye, modern calorie-counters in India have discovered…
Seoul, Feb 17 (IANS) A team of South Korean researchers has developed, for the first time, a new type of multi-layered photoelectrode that boosts the ability to split water through sunlight to produce hydrogen. The…
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) With the use of synthetic opioid “designer drugs” on the rise, scientists have developed a vaccine to curb addiction and even prevent fatal overdoses. In preclinical tests, the vaccine was…
London, Feb 17 (IANS) If you feel your girlfriend often manipulates her way to win the situation, partly blame evolution for such behaviour and seek proper guidance. According to a recent study, young women with…
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) An Indian-origin chemist from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has developed new high-performing materials for cells that harness sunlight to split carbon dioxide and water into useable fuels…
Toronto, Feb 17 (IANS) Prematurely born babies who get bullied by their peers are at an increased risk of developing mental health problems as adults including depression and anxiety, warns a study. Children born at…
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) A common ancestor of apes and humans evolved in Africa — not Eurasia — two million years earlier than previously thought, new fossil analysis of the species Chororapithecus abyssinicus has…
Beijing, Feb 17 (IANS) The number of plastic bags consumed in China’s stores and supermarkets decreased by one-third in 2015 from that in 2007, a year before the government imposed restrictions on the use of…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Jadavpur University was on the boil on Wednesday as posters appeared on the campus expressing solidarity with students “seeking independence” for Kashmir and demanding ‘freedom’ for Manipur and Nagaland. The posters,…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Tobacco products were cheaper than essential food items in India, says a new study. “The current excise and Value Added Tax (VAT) rates are insufficient to increase the prices of…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Establishing connectivity through the country’s northeast will help India bolster trade with the southeast Asian markets, experts here said on Wednesday. There was a wrong hegemonic discourse that the northeast…
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Under fire for his attempt to play down Monday’s attack on journalists in the Patiala House Court, Minister of…
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday said that the on-road tests of vehicles manufactured by German automobile major Volkswagen have revealed that they exceed emission norms by over nine times. According to…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sarcastically said that “everybody is secure” in India and Delhi and “citizens are to be blamed for the crime” while expressing disappointment on the…
By Priyanka New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, has never made anti-national remarks and in fact opposes all forms of extremism, fellow students and his Phd teacher-guide say….
Warangal (Telangana), Feb 17 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of people have reached Medaram in Warangal district for Sammakka Sarakka jatara, India’s largest tribal fair, which began on Wednesday. Devotees, both tribal and non-tribal, from different…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Britain-based global defence major BAE Systems on Wednesday said it has selected the Mahindra group as its partner for the proposed assembly, integration and testing unit for the ultra-lightweight howitzers….
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on the pleas of Congress treasurer Motilal Vora and Young India Ltd, seeking quashing of trial court’s…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, was on Wednesday sent to judicial custody till March 2. Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen gave the ruling after Delhi Police said it…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) A day after anti-national slogans echoed in a rally at Jadavpur University, vice chancellor Suranjan Das on Wednesday claimed certain “fringe elements” had indulged in such sloganeering. He said such slogans…