New York, Feb 19 (IANS) Far from ofering an escape, the negative social interactions that the disadvantaged youth experience in the neighbourhood may get reproduced and even amplified in the social media, new research suggests….
Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Delhi Police chief B.S. Bassi on Friday said that “it doesn’t matter” to him if he was not being considered for the…
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) A widespread and permanent loss of forests in Madagascar that occurred 1,000 years ago was due not to climate change or any natural disaster, but to human settlers who set…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Indian scientists have designed a paper sensor that has the potential to track health adversities associated with alcoholism, which they say is a step forward in the realm of low-priced point-of-care…
By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, Feb 19 (IANS) Around a million farmers are involved in the National Dairy Development Board’s activities, earning a profit of Rs. 15-20 per litre by selling milk to its various federations,…
Kochi, Feb 19 (IANS) Venturing into the modern agri-farming, state owned INKEL Limited has introduced a yellow seedless hybrid of watermelons for the first time in the Kerala market. The unique variety of the thirst…
(151225) — BEIJING, Dec. 25, 2015 (Xinhua) — A cyclist takes photos of the smog-shrouded Palace Museum turret in Beijing, Dec. 25, 2015. An orange alarm has been issued to alert smog and air pollution…
New Delhi: Former Delhi University (DU) professor SAR Geelani being taken away by police on charges of sedition for allegedly organising an event at the Press Club of India (PCI) to mark the death anniversary…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Amid the pro-Afzal guru slogan controversy, Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das called on West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Monday and later asserted the varsity will maintain its tradition of…
Beijing, Feb 19 (IANS) The largest desert reservoir in Asia, Hongyashan, in China’s Gansu province, will expand its storage by 49 percent to ease desertification in region, authorities said on Friday. The storage capacity of…
Rohtak: Security beefup in Rohtak in the wake off Jats demonstration on Feb 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, Feb 19 (IANS) Authorities in Haryana called in the army in a few districts, including Rohtak, on…
Warangal: People participate in Medaram Sammakka Saralamma Jatara in Warangal on Feb 18, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Warangal (Telangana), Feb 19 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of devotees paid obeisance to tribal deities in Medaram of Telanagana’s…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 19 (IANS) After the heady, colourful heights of Carnival revelry, a popular Christian festival earlier this month, tourism authorities in Goa are gearing up for yet another round of popular…
Beijing, Feb 19 (IANS) New fathers please take note! Men who are stressed can put their children at an increased risk of diabetes, an interesting study has found. According to experts, stress hormones can cause…
Patna, Feb 19 (IANS) Nearly half a dozen trains were forcibly stopped in Bihar on Friday by hundreds of students, mostly activists of student bodies of left parties and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), demanding…
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) A day after Google’s Indian-American chief executive Sundar Pichai supported arch rival Apple to fight a court order to help the FBI break into the iPhone 5c used by California…
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) Motion-controlled video games that require players to use their own bodies to control the movements of the video game’s avatar may help boost skills when players compete in the real…
Buenos Aires, Feb 19 (IANS) An Argentine electronic technician and jeweller combines electronics, art and environmental protection together by transforming discarded technological hardware into wearable art, the media reported on Friday. Hernan Bressan company Electron…
Beijing, Feb 19 (IANS) A new human H7N9 avian flu case has been reported in China’s Shandong province, the first case in the region since autumn of 2015, a spokesman with the provincial health and…
Jats stage a demonstration to demand reservation (Photo: IANS) Rohtak (Haryana), Feb 19 (IANS) At least one person was killed and 10 injured in police firing on Jat protestors in Haryana’s Rohtak town on Friday…