Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) An elderly terminally ill cancer patient jumped to death from the seventh floor of a private hospital in the satellite township of Salt Lake on Saturday, the hospital said. “Dhruba Prasad…
Paris, Feb 18 (IANS) The French far-right presidential candidate has called on authorities to prohibit demonstrations against police brutality that were scheduled to take place on Saturday. National Front leader Marine Le Pen released an…
Riyadh, Feb 18 (IANS) Saudi Arabia, for the first time, appointed two women to head the Kingdom’s stock exchange and a leading newspaper in a move that underscores the current leadership’s goal to gradually empower…
By Raina Paul Over the eight years to 2016, as India’s population surged, the use of contraceptives declined almost 35 per cent, even as abortions and use of emergency pills — both with health hazards…
Bengaluru, Feb 18 (IANS) Daring feats by roaring fighters and stunning aerobatics by jet trainers and helicopters delighted people at the air show that has waned over time, with lesser participation in the 11th Aero…
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) The transformation of the nearly 250-year old Barrackpore Trunk (BT) Road — one of India’s oldest metalled roads — from an ancient neighbourhood to a modern one has been documented in…
New York, Feb 18 (IANS) The worlds first transgender doll is being unveiled at the New York toy fair this weekend, modelled on the US teenager and LGBTQ campaigner Jazz Jennings. Sixteen-year-old Jennings was propelled…
Bhilwara (Rajasthan), Feb 17 (IANS) Two mentally-challenged brothers have been living tied in chains for almost three decades now in a village of Rajasthan, as their family cannot afford their treatment. The victims, Ganesh, 52,…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Their search for justice began almost simultaneously over 11 years ago – when one mother lost her son and his family in a Delhi bombing while…
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Going out to vote for the February 21 civic elections promises to be a rewarding culinary experience for Mumbaikars. In a unique initiative, over 7,000 restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars will…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Late Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul had named some sitting as well as former Supreme Court judges and senior Congress politicians in a 60-page suicide letter he left behind…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17 (IANS) In the larger interest of the state, the Kerala Excise Department should not run anti-liquor campaigns when they are also engaged in selling liquor, a bishop said on Friday. Addressing reporters…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Despite the claim of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that printing of new money was done efficiently after the November note ban and things were “normalised” in a few weeks,…
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) Feelings of despair brought on by social exclusion can cause people to seek meaning in miraculous stories, which may not necessarily be true. Such conspiratorial thinking leads to a dangerous…
Wellington, Feb 17 (IANS) Zealandia — a lost continent submerged in the southwest Pacific — is a step closer to being recognised, the authors of a new scientific paper have claimed. A paper published in…
Edinburgh, Feb 17 (IANS) New light is being shed on a mysterious network of tunnels and caves carved out of rock underneath Scotland’s capital Edinburgh, the media reported on Friday. Scientists from the universities of…
Sydney, Feb 17 (IANS) A team of Australian scientists are using a world-first approach combining three-dimensional (3D) printing and virtual reality (VR) to bring a dinosaur “back to life”. Palaeontologists at a site in New…
Canberra, Feb 17 (IANS) Australia will introduce a brand new ten dollar currency note in September featuring tactile “raised dots” to help the visually-impaired. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced the decision on Friday,…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Families of victims and those injured in the 2005 serial blasts in Delhi voiced deep disappointment after a trial court on Thursday let off all three accused in the terror…
Gurugram, Feb 16 (IANS) Gurugram-based NGO Frishtey will provide free legal aid to the family of a 10-year-old girl who was gang-raped and murdered by three men. The victim was lured and abducted from a…