Hepatitis awareness programme launched for Mumbai slums
July 28th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Marking World Hepatitis Day, National Liver Foundation Saturday launched an awareness and medical care programme on hepatitis-B in the city's slums.The voluntary organisation's pilot project named ... Read more...
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Mysore to host international summit on space research
July 13th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 13 (IANS) About 3,000 scientists and students from 75 countries, including India, will deliberate on the benefits of space for humankind at a summit in Mysore, 150 ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Ramesh to review India-aided projects in Sri Lanka
July 12th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) India's Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh will Thursday meet Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo to review the progress of various developmental projects supported ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Sparrow decline indicates serious environmental change: Experts
May 9th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) House sparrows are an indicator of the environmental health of an area, and their disappearance could be linked to a rise in infectious diseases and ... Read more...
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Only democracy can resolve Tibetan issue: Sangay
January 12th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Sonipat (Haryana), Jan 12 (IANS) China needs democracy for Tibet to gain "genuine autonomy", Tibetan Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay said Thursday.Delivering a public lecture at the Jindal School of International ... Read more...
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Youth need to focus on Gandhi’s values: Pitroda
November 14th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Terming Mahatma Gandhi as the greatest social innovator of the 20th century, National Innovation Council chairman Sam Pitroda Monday said it was unfortunate that Gandhi ... Read more...
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Commonwealth unable to address human rights issues: Ex-judge
October 28th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Oct 28 (IANS) The Commonwealth is facing several serious human rights issues and as an institution is unable to address it adequately, said a retired Australian judge.Michael Kirby delivered ... Read more...
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“Terror groups in Pak gotten more activated, gaining public support”: Musharraf
November 27th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Lagos, Nov 27 (ANI): With mujahedeen groups gaining more "public support and sympathy" in Pakistan, extremism is on the rise in parts of the country, former president Pervez Musharraf has admitted."Extremism ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Stephen Hawking couldn’t read until he was 8!
October 21st, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 21 (ANI): Britain's most renowned scientist Stephen Hawking has revealed that he could not read until he was eight years old.He also said that he was academically idle until he ... Read more...
Posted in World |
World will have to search minerals on other planets: Kalam
October 1st, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Oct 1 (IANS) With the world's hunger for its minerals and metals threatening to exhaust these resources, scientists should launch a hunt for these materials on other planets, according ... Read more...
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Kalam to be honoured by Canadian university
September 23rd, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Sep 23 (IANS) A top Canadian university will confer an honorary doctorate degree on former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam next week.The University of Waterloo, in the city of ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama arrives in Japan to give lectures
June 18th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, June 18 (DPA) Tibetan exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Japan Friday to attend religious events and give lectures.
The Dalai Lama is to deliver a Buddhist sermon at Zenkoji ... Read more...
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Belfast Film Festival to ’spotlight’ Shyam Benegal
March 12th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Mar 12 (ANI): Cannes nominated India's film director-screenwriter-producer Shyam Benegal will be in the "spotlight" at prestigious Belfast Film Festival, being held from April 15-30.Besides screening of Benegal's films ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Daily pill may help treat blood cancer patients
July 26th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 26 (ANI): Blood cancer, which has traditionally given sufferers a survival time of just a few years, may soon be curable with the aid of a daily pill.Cancer specialists ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Men on the road to extinction’
May 21st, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 21 (ANI): Men are on the road to extinction, a leading researcher has said.Professor Jennifer Graves, a leading researcher in human sex chromosomes, claims the male Y chromosome was dying ... Read more...
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US will disintegrate into six blocs by 2010: Russian academic
March 31st, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Mar.31 (ANI): A Russian academic has predicted that the United States will disintegrate into six blocs by the summer of 2010, and warned that world leaders attending the second G-20 Summit ... Read more...
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Shutdowns ‘undemocratic’, says Amartya Sen
February 24th, 2009 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Terming shutdowns as "undemocratic", Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen Monday appealed to political parties, especially the opposition, in West Bengal to ensure that the strikes called by them ... Read more...
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Bill to set up biotech regulatory authority soon
July 9th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) A bill to set up a National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA) is likely to be introduced soon in parliament, eminent agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said Wednesday. "The draft ... Read more...
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Kalams Canada tour from today
April 17th, 2008 - 9:59 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 17 (ANI): Former President Abdul Kalam will undertake a three-day private visit to Canada from today. Kalam is visiting Canada to present the Global India Award, which has ... Read more...
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Kalam to visit Canada from April 17
April 15th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): Former President Abdul Kalam will undertake a three-day private visit to Canada from April 17.Kalam is visiting Canada to present the Global India Award, which ... Read more...
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