New York, Dec 20 (IANS) Consumers find it difficult to distinguish between online editorial content and paid advertising, a study has found. According to the study by professors of University of Georgia Grady College of…
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday directed the additional chief secretary (home) to probe an alleged assault on a senior journalist in the central jail in Patiala. Badal…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI) The juvenile convict in the December 16 gangrape was today released and sent to an NGO at an undisclosed destination with police no longer guarding him, amid continued protest by…
London, Dec 20 (IANS) In a first, a research team has succeeded in producing 3D images showing oxygen and carbon dioxide transport in the lungs, thus providing hope for better treatment of respiratory diseases. “We…
Port-of-Spain, Dec 20 (IANS) Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner will have to wait until January 22 to learn whether the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago will hear his appeal against extradition to the United…
Jaipur, Dec 20 (IANS) On the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill currently stalled in the Rajya Sabha, the government said on Sunday it will “find another way” to bring benefits of…
Agartala, Dec 20 (IANS) A 60-year-old tribal woman in Tripura was beaten mercilessly and left unconscious by some people who accused her of having an illicit love affair, the police said on Sunday. The woman…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Sunday wrote to the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) requesting it not to go ahead with the release of the teen convict in the…
New York, Dec 20 (IANS) A simple saliva test done on a man after he has watched a porn video can predict whether he wants to become a father or not, reveals a recent research….
New York, Dec 20 (IANS) Climate change over the last 150 years may estimate future global temperatures, a NASA study has found. According to a new NASA study published in the journal Nature Climate Change,…
Colombo, Dec 20 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has said it has launched a probe into a bid to bribe members of the national cricket team to under-perform in a recent Test match against the…
New York, Dec 20 (IANS) Compassion shapes our behaviour towards a person wronged and a wrongdoer and may lead us to help the wronged than to punish the wrongdoer, researchers have found. According to researchers…
New York, Dec 20 (IANS) An Indian-origin researcher from North Carolina State University has developed a novel technique for using chains of magnetic nanoparticles to manipulate elastic polymers in 3D which could be used to…
Kochi, Dec 20 (IANS) In an effort to promote use of recycled or discarded materials, a hotel group has put to good use dry leaves, old newspapers and bottles to get Christmas decorations made and…
Mombasa, Dec 20 (IANS) Kenyan security officers on Sunday removed suspected explosives from an Air France flight after it made an emergency landing in Mombasa over a bomb scare. The airliner, heading for Paris from…
Tokyo, Dec 20 (IANS) Japanese police on Sunday announced that the international network of activist and hacktivist entities, Anonymous, has attacked at least 97 websites in Japan since September. The National Police Agency said cyber…
New York, Dec 20 (IANS) Daily magnesium intake may be beneficial in preventing pancreatic cancer, researchers from Indiana University (IU) have found. Previous studies have found that magnesium is inversely associated with the risk of…
London, Dec 20 (IANS) Nepal’s second-largest city Pokhara is built on massive debris deposits which are associated with three strong medieval earthquakes, new research has revealed. According to researchers, the city, around 200 km west…
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) An Indian-American surgeon is hoping to raise $25 million to train 1.5 million first responders – the first rescuers to arrive at an accident scene – in five years to prevent…
Beijing, Dec 20 (IANS) Chinese scientists have successfully developed a super capacitor with better energy capacity using nitrogen and graphene-like carbon. “We are able to make carbon a much better super capacitor,” Xinhua quoted Huang…