Doctors Perform Heart Surgery on 29-Week Foetus
Kochi, Dec 11 (IANS) For the first time in Kerala, a team of doctors here performed surgery on a 29-week foetus to relieve narrowing of the exit of the unborn baby’s heart chamber. The heart…
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Jack Daniel’s Launches Whiskey to Celebrate Sinatra Centennial
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Jack Daniel’s Distillery has announced the launch of Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Century in India, the brand’s latest collaboration with the Sinatra family to celebrate the centennial of legendary singer Frank…
Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires Shaheen-III Missile
Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Pakistan on Friday conducted a successful test launch of medium-range Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile, a statement from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional…
Muskan Devta, Disabled Indian Girl Wins New Zealand Award
Wellington, Dec 11 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl, born prematurely in India and having a condition called hemiplegia, has won a prestigious award constituted to honour outstanding achievements of New Zealanders with disabilities, a media report…
Banks Given New Powers to Deal with Bad Loans: Raghuram Rajan
Kolkata, Dec 11 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India has passed on powers to state-run banks to deal with the major issue of their non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans, and is now in the…
What Triggers Desire in Women to Pop ‘Female Viagra’
New York, Dec 11 (IANS) In trying to understand how “female Viagra” will affect the brain of women users, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that when brain metabolism dipped in monkeys during…
No New Diesel Vehicles Would Be Registered in Delhi: NGT
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) No new diesel vehicles would be registered in the national capital, the National Green Tribunal said on Friday. It also questioned the Delhi government’s odd-even formula for vehicles to check…
12 Osmania Varsity Students Nabbed for Holding ‘Beef Festival’
Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Twelve students of Osmania University were arrested on Friday for allegedly holding a “beef festival” in violation of court orders, police said. Police took into custody those students who had consumed…
Kamal Haasan Donates Rs.15 Lakh for Chennai Flood Relief
(Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 11 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan has extended his support to the rain-affected victims of Tamil Nadu by donating Rs.15 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund. “The cheque of Rs.15…
Selective Tweets Can Wake up Health Policymakers
New York, Dec 11 (IANS) Effective, selective tweets can advance research from lab to health policymakers, say scientists, adding that with over 300 million monthly users, Twitter’s success has piqued the interests of many researchers…
India Urgently Needs to Restructure Its Health Sector: Study
London, Dec 11 (IANS) India’s health system needs an urgent course correction across several key challenges, if the country is to achieve the government’s vision of assuring health for all, says a paper in The…
Bihar Ex-MP Shahabuddin Gets Life Imprisonment
Patna, Dec 11 (IANS) Former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin and three others were sentenced to a life imprisonment by a Bihar court on Friday for giving an acid bath to two brothers and murdering them 11…
US Returns Ancient Cultural Artifacts to China
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) The US on Thursday returned 22 Chinese artifacts and a dinosaur fossil to China, highlighting the two world powers’ cooperation to counter illicit trafficking of archeological objects. “Their return to China…
TN Floods Declared ‘Calamity of Severe Nature’: Jayalalithaa
Chennai: An aerial view of flood affected Chennai on Dec 7, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 10 (IANS) The floods that hit four districts in Tamil Nadu, claiming 347 lives and causing widespread damage, have…
26/11 Mumbai Attacks: Headley to Turn Approver, Pardoned
Mumbai, Dec 10 (IANS) A court here accepted on Thursday the request of Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Coleman Headley, currently imprisoned in the US, to turn approver and depose in the 26/11 case in return…
Headley Bargains for Pardon in 26/11 Terror Case
Mumbai, Dec 10 (IANS) Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Coleman Headley, currently imprisoned in the US, informed a court here late on Thursday night that he was prepared to turn an approver and depose in the…
Ledmac to Offer Incubation Services to T-Hub
Hyderabad, December 10 (IANS) London-based education services company Ledmac Ltd has entered into an MoU with T-Hub to offer the best of international incubation services to start-ups. The MoU was signed by Ledmac CEO Sarfraz…
Bihar to Use Facebook to Help Class 10 Students
Patna: Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary addresses a press conference in Patna on Dec 10, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Dec 10 (IANS) Bihar will use social network Facebook to help students appearing for the Class 10…
Jamaat-E-Islami’s National Conclave Begins in Hyderabad on Friday
Hyderabad, Dec 10 (IANS) The national conclave of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), beginning here on Friday, will discuss measures to strengthen its cadre and activities to play its role in the reconstruction of the society and…
Improved Governance to Make India World’s Highest Growth Nation: IBM
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) India, with improved governance and strong social and physical infrastructure, can become the world’s highest growth nation in the 21st century, says a new IBM study. “India is witnessing a…