Los Angeles, Jan 2 (PTI) In the first study of its kind, scientists have identified 13 inherited traits related to sleep, wake and activity cycles that are associated with severe bipolar disorder. Researchers also were…
Pathankot (Punjab), Jan 2 (IANS) Security forces killed two terrorists following an attack on the Indian Air Force (IAF) Station in Pathankot district in north Punjab early on Saturday. The gunfire started at around 3.30…
Chicago, Jan 2 (AFP) The Illinois National Guard was ordered into action and hundreds of people urged to flee rising floodwaters, as the death toll from days of heavy rain in the US Midwest mounted….
New Delhi: Policemen stop an even numbered car driver and explains him about Delhi governments’ even-odd traffic formula in New Delhi, on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Sandeep Datta/IANS) New Delhi, Jan 1 (PTI) As many…
Tirupati, Jan 1 (PTI) Over 80,000 devotees from different parts of the country thronged the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara on new year day today. The hundi (offering box) collection was about rupees three…
Hyderabad, Jan 1 (PTI) Five persons were electrocuted to death and three others injured while erecting hoardings of Mahesh and Pawan Kalyan in two separate places of Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district, police said today….
New Delhi, Jan 1 (PTI) Pollution live meters were installed at six locations in Delhi for monitoring real-time air quality as the Delhi government’s ambitious odd-even scheme to combat spiraling air pollution in the national…
New Delhi: Policemen stop an even numbered car driver and explains him about Delhi governments’ even-odd traffic formula in New Delhi, on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Sandeep Datta/IANS) New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Hundreds of…
London, Jan 1 (IANS) Rami Ranger, an Indian-origin person who began his life as a refugee in Delhi during Partition but is now one of the richest men in Britain, has been honoured with the…
Beijing, Jan 1 (IANS) A 51-metre-high castle, poised to set the record as the world’s highest and largest snow sculpture, opened to visitors on Friday in China’s Heilongjiang province. Combining both Gothic and Baroque styles,…
Amritsar, Jan 1 (IANS) In a move likely to aggravate the religious crisis in the Sikh community, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday dismissed four of the ‘Panj Piaras'(five chosen ones of the…
New York, Jan 1 (IANS) In a tribute to famed theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, scientists have developed a novel way to test one of the basic principles underlying Einstein’s theory of General Relativity. The team…
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) In experimental models of lung cancer, researchers have found that a combination of two drugs plus radiation can help treat resistant lung cancers which are susceptible to therapy. Although the most…
New York, Jan 1 (IANS) The high amount of dietary sugar in the typical Western diet may increase the risk of breast cancer and its spread to the lungs, warns a new study. “We found…
New York, Jan 1 (IANS) A gene-editing technique has shown promise in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common and severe form of muscular dystrophy among boys which is characterised by progressive muscle degeneration…
Guwahati, Jan 1 (IANS) As researchers across the globe zoom in on the trillions of micro-organisms thriving inside the human gut to understand their role in health, a group of Indian scientists has, in a…
Abu Dhabi, Jan 1 (IANS) The humble saffron has come to rescue people who are at the risk of developing liver cancer. A biomolecule found in the golden spice is good for your liver, find…
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur on Friday inked a deal with Japan’s Nikken Sekkei Research Institute (NSRI) to plan, design and implement smart technologies to develop sustainable habitats for India’s smart…
New Delhi: Volunteers stand on Delhi roads with placards on the Day-1 of implementation of the state government’s odd even formula in the national capital on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, Jan…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 1 (IANS) A neutral treatment of all content on the internet is an essential pre-requisite for fostering permission-less innovation which is one of the guiding principles of the internet, an IT expert said…