Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) A 36-year old Egyptian woman, weighing around 500 kg, who arrived in Mumbai on Saturday for a weight reduction programme, will be treated free of cost, a senior doctor said here…
By Lavanya Garg How much control do Indian women have over different aspects of their lives? Not much, according to the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), conducted by the University of Maryland and the National…
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Data from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) shows the number of cosmetic surgeries conducted last year fell to 40 per cent — a near-decade low in the UK…
Islamabad, Feb 13 (IANS) The Islamabad High Court on Monday imposed a ban on Valentine’s Day celebrations across Pakistan. The order came during the hearing of a petition arguing that the day was not part…
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) At least 188,000 people were evacuated from several northern California counties after authorities warned an emergency spillway in the countrys tallest dam was in danger of failing and unleashing uncontrolled flood…
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) While quoting civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois, the US Department of Education sent out a tweet misspelling his name and then sent out an apology that misspelled the word “apologies”….
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (IANS) Officials have ordered over 162,000 residents near the Oroville dam in Northern California to evacuate the area, after an emergency spillway severely eroded, the media reported. According to the Butte…
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (IANS) Disney parks in Florida and California would get more expensive, as prices on single-day tickets, annual passes and parkings were all going up, the media reported. Single-day tickets to the…
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) A United Airlines pilot was removed from a San Francisco-bound flight after she gave a long, bizarre speech about US President Donald Trump and her divorce, the media reported. The pilot…
New York, Feb 12 (IANS) Roses, cards and gifts are too clich?d gifts for Valentine’s Day, so people should now discuss boundaries regarding social media with their significant other, says a researcher The study conducted…
Maramon (Kerala), Feb 12 (IANS) The bar on women’s entry to the night sessions of the Syrian Mar Thoma Church’s famed Maramon convention that began here on Sunday will stay due to security reasons, its…
Athens, Feb 12 (IANS) Nearly 72,000 residents in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki were evacuated on Sunday morning ahead of a massive operation to defuse a WW II bomb, authorities said. The 250-kg bomb,…
Ottawa, Feb 12 (IANS) Merely wearing a police uniform may change the way you perceive others and evoke a bias in you towards those considered to be of low social status, a new study has…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid his tributes to Swami Dayanand Saraswati on his birth anniversary and acknowledged his impact on social reform. “Tributes to Swami Dayanand Saraswati. His…
Wellington, Feb 12 (IANS) More than 200 whales stranded on a remote beach in New Zealand have refloated themselves and have returned to the sea, the media reported on Sunday. Volunteers are using two boats…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Yale University will rename one of its residential colleges, replacing the name of an alumnus remembered as an advocate of slavery with that of an alumna who was a pioneering mathematician…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Hundreds of undocumented immigrants from a dozen Latin American countries have been arrested in at least six US states this week, following President Donald Trump’s executive order to broaden the scope…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, whose Nobel Prize citation was stolen among other things, said on Saturday that he was deeply pained by the “unfortunate incident” and added that the…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Scores of commuters in the National Capital Region (NCR) faced huge problems on Saturday as most app-based taxi drivers have been on strike since Friday over financial issues with their…
London, Feb 11 (IANS) School children in England will be offered lessons in cyber security in a bid to find the experts of the future to defend the UK from attacks, the media reported on…