US to reduce chimpanzees’ use in research
byWashington: The US government has said it will substantially reduce the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research and send into retirement most of the 360…
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Bishop Cotton School Shimla students scale Mt Deo Tibba in Manali
byShimla: A team of four students of Bishop Cotton School have successfully scaled the 19688ft (6,001 m) Mt Deo Tibba (Mountain of Gods) –…
Woodland partners with UNICEF for a cause
byNew Delhi: Footwear and apparel brand Woodland has launched a special-edition t-shirt collection to raise funds for Unicef’s wash programme in the country. Unicef…
German embassy, NGO spreading awareness about female foeticide
byNew Delhi: The German embassy here has tied up with an NGO to create awareness about the importance of protecting the girl child in the…
84-Year-old woman wins largest-ever US lottery prize
byMiami: The winner of the largest lottery prize ever awarded to a single person in the US is a 84-year-old Florida woman, who showed…
Cabinet approves health insurance for rickshaw-pullers
byNew Delhi: Rickshaw-pullers, rag pickers, sanitation workers and taxi drivers are among a host of unorganised sector workers who have been brought under the ambit…
Political parties brought in ambit of Right To Information Act
byServing a body blow to the secrecy under which major political parties, especially in terms of funding, operate, full bench of the Information Commission…
Music, dance therapy helps disabled children dream big
byNew Delhi: Gulshan Kumar has come a long way from being the polio-stricken wheelchair-bound son of a washerman to performing in the House of…
IGNOU offers course on Gandhi
byNew Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is offering a masters programme on Gandhi and Peace Studies from the 2013 session, an official…
1,000 water plants for Rajasthan villages
byJaipur: To provide clean drinking water to villages in Rajasthan, the state government will set up over 1,000 RO (reverse osmosis) plants in rural…