New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The central government wants states to organise activities in schools and universities to sensitize students about road safety. Road Transport and Highways Minister S. Sathyanarayana said this in the Lok Sabha. He said his ministry had suggested to state governments that debates and painting competitions [...]

Beijing, April 22 (IANS) A powerful earthquake that rocked China scared the giant pandas and they are now being provided psychological therapy. In the 7.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwest China’s Sichuan province, giant pandas have become special “victims”, reported Xinhua. Although no deaths or injuries of pandas were reported so [...]

Gurgaon, April 22 (IANS) Over 500 senior company executives Monday walked to their offices in Gurgaon in an initiative aimed at making the city free of congestion and pedestrian-friendly. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and Regional Council for Haryana had organised the “CEOs Walk to Work” [...]

Agartala, April 22 (IANS) Tripura will incorporate issues like crime against women and domestic violence in the school curriculum to sensitise students towards such evils, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Monday. “Students’ mind must be understandable at the beginning… about the cruelty against women, domestic violence and other social [...]

London, April 22 (IANS) Scientists have found specific genes associated with a rare liver disease that could provide a valuable tool for therapy, says a study. The large-scale genetic study defines the relationship between primary sclerosing cholangitis and other autoimmune diseases. Researchers have newly associated nine genetic regions with a [...]

Shimla: With a motive to revive the dying art form of Kangra miniature paintings, Himachal Pradesh University is slated to start a two-year post graduate degree of masters of fine arts in miniature paintings from next academic year. The announcement was made by HPU’s Visual Art Department Chairperson Him Chatterjee. [...]

Shimla: Green activists have long protested the hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh that have been gobbling up forests and drying up water channels. Now a report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) too backs the claims of the greens. Compensatory afforestation was highly deficient, as 58 percent of the [...]

Shimla: To promote fish farming the Himachal government has drawn up plans modernizing and constructing new inland fish landing centers over various sub-mountainous regions of the state. “ A provision of Rs 1.89 Cr has been made to modernize and constructi Inland-Fish Landing Centers in the vicinity of reservoirs, spokesman [...]

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Monday in Delhi with the weather office holding out the prospect of rain. The minimum temperature was two notches below average at 20.9 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 33 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature Sunday [...]

Beijing, April 22 (IANS) The bird flu has claimed 20 lives while causing 102 cases of the avian influenza –H7N9 — in China, with six fresh cases being reported from coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu Sunday, Xinhua reported. The National Health and Family Planning Commission said in its daily [...]