By Vikas Datta Is the greater contributor to human understanding the one who makes a discovery or one who discerns there is something to be discovered? It may seem the first one but discoveries seldom…
By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) With his Art of Living Foundation (AoL) yet to pay the major chunk of “environment compensation” for its cultural fest on the Yamuna floodplains, spiritual guru Sri…
Beijing, May 6 (IANS) The Palace Museum in Beijing has confirmed the discovery of relics from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) that were buried underground in the heart for over 600 years. The museum, also known…
Beijing, May 6 (IANS) A robot is being designed to compete with grade 12 students during the college entrance examination in 2017 and get a score qualifying it to enter first-class universities in China. The…
Dinhata (West Bengal), May 5 (IANS) Doddering and frail but nevertheless beaming with pride, 103-year-old former enclave dweller Mohammed Ajgar Ali led three generations of his family in casting their maiden votes in the sixth…
By Rupesh Dutta Anpum (Arunachal Pradesh), May 5 (IANS) Washed out bridges, absence of roads and uncertainty of reaching destinations deep in the forest, do not come in the way of ASHA workers in their…
London, May 5 (IANS) Thousands of Holocaust survivors are spending the final years of their lives in financial hardship while waiting for governments to compensate them for property stolen during the Nazi era, a media…
By Meghna Mittal New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) If you wish to watch a movie at an odd hour, grab a bite or even shop at a mall, the rules at least won’t come in…
Dinhata (West Bengal), May 5 (IANS) Doddering and frail but nevertheless beaming with pride, 103-year-old former enclave dweller Mohammed Ajgar Ali cast his maiden vote in the sixth and final phase of the West Bengal…
Patna, May 4 (IANS) Ziradei, independent India’s first president Rajendra Prasad’s native village, in Siwan district has became the first village in Bihar with all literate voters, a senior official said on Wednesday. Siwan district…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Nearly 20 percent of analysed alcohol samples from across the country were found to be either adulterated or misbranded in 2014-15, with a much higher incidence in states like Himachal…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately declare drought as a “national emergency” in view of the rising numbers of children in…
Copenhagen, May 3 (IANS) An art group in Copenhagen decided to hold an exhibit dedicated to historys martyrs. But alongside the likes of Joan of Arc and Socrates, visitors will also find the Paris and…
By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The government’s “inability” to implement the Food Security Act among the ‘Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups’ in India has resulted in a drop in their population, National Commission…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 3 (IANS) A division bench of the Kerala High Court took the lead in saving the life of a nine-month-old girl suffering from a liver ailment. The bench, comprising Justice C.K. Abdul Rahim…
By Quaid Najmi Nashik (Maharashtra), May 3 (IANS) Maharashtra’s well-known businessman-politician Pankaj Parakh called ‘The Man With The Golden Shirt’ by his friends – has earned a place in the Guinness World Records (GWR). The…
A map of climate change. Credit: Nature Climate Change London, May 3 (IANS) Climate change can result in a significant deterioration of living conditions for people in North Africa and the Middle East and sooner…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Asgar Ali is 103 but will vote for the first time on May 5 in the final phase of the West Bengal assembly elections when the erstwhile enclaves in the state’s…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Over 75 percent of 11,652 child rehabilitation centres across 21 states of India are non-functional, the labour minister informed parliament on Monday. “As per information received from various National Child…
Kochi, May 2 (IANS) The body of Chikku Robert, a 25-year-old Kerala nurse who was murdered in Oman last month, arrived here on Monday morning. It was first taken to a state-run hospital for completing…