Wipro Sacks Two Techies over Lawsuit in Britain
Bengaluru, Oct 7 (IANS) Wipro Ltd has sacked an Indian male and a female employee working at its development centre in Britain over a lawsuit filed by the latter, the global software major said on…
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Three AIIMS for Maharashtra, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh Approved
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of three new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in as many states. The new AIIMS would be set up…
Three Share 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Stockholm, Oct 7 (IANS) Three scientists will share the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. The prize was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz…
Navjot Sidhu admitted to hospital after vein clot
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Former cricket and BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was on Tuesday admitted to a hospital here after suffering from acute deep vein thrombosis, a deep clot in the blood vessel….
India Tops Asia in Sending Scientists and Engineers to US: Report
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) Among Asian countries, India continues to be the top country of birth for scientists and engineers who have made the US their destination for key research and development, latest data has revealed….
Nikki Haley’s South Carolina Declared Disaster Hit
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) As South Carolina Tuesday began a slow recovery from what its Indian-American governor Nikki Haley called a “1,000-year level of rain” President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration ordering federal aid…
Risk of Cyber Attack on Global Nuclear Facilities Growing
London, Oct 6 (IANS) With the increasing reliance on digital systems and use of commercial “off-the-shelf” software, global civil nuclear facilities are facing growing risk of a serious cyber attack, a report released on Monday…
Indian-American Couple Gifts $100 mn to New York Engineering School
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) An Indian-American couple has announced a $100 million gift to the New York University School of Engineering in what is believed to be the largest philanthropic gift by a member of…
FDA Approves Immunotherapy Drug to Fight Lung Cancer
The corporate logo of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is shown in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 4, 2009. U.S. health officials unveiled plans to fight avoidable injuries from medication errors or misuse, a…
Three Share Nobel Prize for Medicine
William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu were announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday. Credit Jonathan Nackstrand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Stockholm, Oct 5 (IANS) Irish-born William…
Setting Up of German Companies in India to be Fast Tracked
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India and Germany on Monday inked 18 MoUs, including on setting up a fast-track system for German companies in India and on security cooperation, following talks here between Prime Minister…
10,000 Amritsar Students Dance in World Record Bid
Amritsar, Oct 3 (IANS) Over 10,000 students in this Sikh holy city on Saturday staked their claim in the Guinness World Records with the largest dance performance in one place. Organisers said the students at…
Bulk of Black Money Within India: Jaitley
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that bulk of black money was still within the country and called for a change in the attitude of people so that plastic currency…
Global Poverty Rate to Fall Below 10 Percent: World Bank
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) The number of people living in extreme poverty around the world is likely to fall to below 10 percent of the global population in 2015, according to a forecast released by…
This Powder Will Stop Bleeding After Gunshot
Marking a potentially huge advancement in trauma care, researchers have for the first time created self-propelled particles in the form of a powder that can stop severe bleeding in such cases as post-partum haemorrhage or…
PAN to be Must for Transacting Cash Beyond Set Limit: Jaitley
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The government will soon make it mandatory to furnish the tax department-allotted Permanent Account Number (PAN) details for cash transactions beyond a certain threshold, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on…
Know Why Sex Loses Its Steam In Couples
London, Oct 4 (IANS): If you are married and find that the interest in sex is on the decline, don’t be surprised. According to a new study, frequent arguments and domestic fights — and not…
Indrani Conscious, Improving: Hospital
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) Indrani Mukerjea, one of the three prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case who was admitted to a hospital here in an unconscious state on Friday, has regained consciousness and…
Apollo Hospital’s Bed Strength Set to Cross 10000
Apollo Hospitals will open four more hospitals in four to five months, taking its total bed strength to over 10,000, Apollo Hospitals chairman C. Prathap Reddy said on Saturday. The hospitals at Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam, Mumbai…
Indrani Lapses Into ‘Deep Sleep’, Next 48 Hours Critical: Hospital
Mumbai, Oct 3 Indrani Mukerjea – one of the three prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case – who was admitted to a hospital here in an unconscious state on Friday, has lapsed into…