(150619) — TOKYO, June 19, 2015 (Xinhua) — Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a press conference at its headquarters in Tokyo, capital of Japan, June 19, 2015. (Xinhua/Stringer) Tokyo, Jan 30 (IANS)…
File picture of the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant which was synchronised with the southern power grid marking a major milestone in power generation of the ambitious Indo-Russian nuclear collaboration at Tirunelveli…
New York, Jan 30 (IANS) Taking a cue from President Barack Obama’s stand on curbing gun violence in the US, social networking giant Facebook has banned private gun sales on its site and mobile photo…
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Saturday named senior IPS officer Dattatray Padsalgikar as Mumbai’s new Commissioner of Police. He will take over from incumbent Ahmad Javed, who has been named India’s next…
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) The University of Chicago has established a professorship for the study of Sanskrit with a $3.5 million gift from an Indian-American couple to help it advance the study of the Indian…
New York, Jan 30 (IANS) Researchers at Cornell University have blazed a new trail by creating a self-assembled, three-dimensional superconductor. It is the first time a superconductor, in this case niobium nitride (NbN), has self-assembled…
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) The White House has declined comment on the case of Jagtar Singh Hawara, the main accused in the August 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. “We cannot comment…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 (IANS) Popular Kerala journalist T.N. Gopakumar died of cardiac arrest early on Saturday at a private hospital here, Asianet News said. He was 58 years old. TNG, as he was popularly known,…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (File Photo: IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 (IANS) The Japanese city of Minami Uonuma (MU) has expressed its desire to support small and medium sized information technology (IT) companies from Kerala…
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) A drug used to treat high blood pressure has been found to reduce cell damage often linked to Alzheimer’s disease, reports a new study. The researchers explored the effect of the…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Have your comments on social media brought unwanted trouble to your steady relationship? Don’t be surprised, as this happens frequently! Social media has been playing the demon in shattering relationships….
The Indian government’s Department of Heavy Industry has announced an ambitious goal of deploying six-seven million electric vehicles (EVs) across the country by 2020. This will create a huge demand for lithium ion (li-ion) batteries…
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (PTI) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today called for a bandh of colleges in Telangana in protest against the “politics over dead bodies” done by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi at…
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Amid continuing protests by students of University of Hyderabad over the suicide of a Dalit research scholar, interim Vice Chancellor Vipin Srivastava has gone on leave. Barely a week after Vice…
Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) A violent, head-on collision between the Earth and a forming planet 4.5 billion years ago created the Moon, claim researchers from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), suggesting that this massive…
Toronto, Jan 28 (IANS) A study involving an ancient rodent’s brains has found that bigger does not necessarily mean better, at least when it comes to animals. Researchers at the University of Toronto reconstructed two…
New York, Jan 29 (IANS) In a first, a team of researchers has successfully replaced both Y chromosomes in mice by increasing expression of just two genes while preserving the male’s ability to produce offspring….
New York, Jan 29 (IANS) For practicing and developing a new skill, making slight changes during practice sessions may help to master the skill faster than practicing in the same manner, a new study has…
New York, Jan 29 (IANS) Passive smoking increases obesity in children and amplifies the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, researchers have found. The team headed by Catherine Davis, clinical health psychologist at Georgia-based Augusta…
New York, Jan 29 (IANS) Nearly 3.3 million children in the US aged three to 17 – more than one in every 20 kids – report dizziness or balance problems, a study has revealed. Researchers…