President Patil felicitates Roshni logo contest winner (With image)
June 5th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday felicitated Robin Singh, a class 9 student of a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Jammu and Kashmir who won a contest for ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Rashtrapati Bhavan’s green initiative to get new logo
May 27th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Rashtrapati Bhavan's sustainability initiative, Roshni Prachodaya Society (Roshni), will get a new logo Wednesday with President Pratibha Patil picking the winner from 3,276 entries ... Read more...
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16 million Chinese women married to gay men
February 3rd, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 3 (IANS) Sixteen million women in China are married to homosexual men, an expert claimed.Due to traditional family values in China, about 90 percent of homosexual men ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Inadequate, say health activists of new anti-tobacco warnings
June 1st, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) They say a picture is worth a thousands words. But if the opinion of health activists - and many youngsters - is anything to go ... Read more...
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Chinese women developing breast cancer at younger ages
March 28th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, March 28 (ANI): A new epidemiology study has revealed that while the prevalence of breast cancer among women in Asia is lower than it is worldwide, those who are hit ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Governments agree to strengthen tobacco-control efforts
November 21st, 2010 - 4:02 am ICT by BNO News
PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY (BNO NEWS) -- In a major blow to the tobacco industry, delegates from more than 170 countries on Saturday unanimously adopted a number of decisions to strengthen tobacco-control ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
PETA ‘might face lawsuit over naked models ad’
October 25th, 2010 - 11:49 am ICT by ANI
London, Oct 25 (ANI): PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - is in a row with UK film-maker Victor Schonfeld who has alleged that the organization used his film ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Look at India’s EVM awareness campaign, says Pakistani daily
October 21st, 2010 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 21 (IANS) The introduction of electronic voting machines (EVMs) is a right step as "transparency has never been a high point in Pakistan's electoral history", said a leading daily, citing ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Abu Dhabi launches thalassemia awareness drive
May 18th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, May 18 (IANS/WAM) Abu Dhabi will organise various interactive programmes in order to create awareness about how to tackle thallasemia, a genetic disorder which causes abnormal blood synthesis in human ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
India, US ink pacts on traditional knowledge, IPR, investment promotion
November 24th, 2009 - 8:34 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): India and United States inked two significant inter-governmental agreements at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday.The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the U.S. Patent and ... Read more...
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India, US sign pacts on investment promotion, sharing traditional knowledge
November 24th, 2009 - 2:33 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 24 (IANS) India and the US have signed two inter-governmental agreements on traditional knowledge, intellectual property and investment promotion during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first state visit to the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
People over 55 ‘less aware on cancer’ than younger adults
September 21st, 2009 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 21 (ANI): People who are above 55 years of age are less aware of how to reduce their risk of cancer than younger adults, revealed a survey in UK. The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
AMU professor nominated for 1.5 mn dollars Zayed Future Energy Prize
August 4th, 2008 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Abu Dhabi, Aug 4 (ANI): Professor Hamid Ali of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been nominated for the first Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP).Hamid Ali of Petroleum Studies Department at ... Read more...
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Glenn McGrath’s wife dies after a battle with breast cancer
June 22nd, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, June 22 (IANS) Australian fast bowling great Glenn McGrath's wife Jane passed away Sunday after a battle with breast cancer. Glenn - who recently spent weeks in India playing ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Accuracy of Al Gores documentary about global warming questioned
April 15th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 15 (ANI): Scientists have questioned the accuracy of Al Gores 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, by saying that it contains weaknesses and exaggerations.An Inconvenient Truth is about Al Gores ... Read more...
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EU to tackle Internet child pornography
February 29th, 2008 - 8:42 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Brussels, Feb 29 (RIA Novosti) European Union's (EU) executive body, the European Commission, has unveiled a new 'Safer Internet' programme to tackle online child pornography. The EU will spend some 55 ... Read more...
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