Bill Gates makes hush-hush visits to Andhra firms
byHyderabad, May 31 (IANS) Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates visited Biological E. Ltd, a leading vaccine manufacturer, and the International Crops Research Institute…
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Task force to formulate blueprint of national testing agency
byNew Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The human resource development ministry Friday announced setting up of a task force to formulate a blueprint of a…
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…
Pakistan Indus Water Commission team visits Valley
bySrinagar: A three-member team of the Pakistan Indus Water Commission concluded a two-day visit to the Kashmir Valley today. Sources in the state government…
LPG-operated gas geysers cause health problems: Study
byNew Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Liquefied Petroleum Gas-operated geysers in ill-ventilated rooms are not only causing brief loss of consciousness, but also resulting in…
Healthy lifestyle lowers risk of Alzheimer’s
byWashington, May 31 (IANS) Scientists have shown that healthy lifestyle choices like not smoking, exercising and healthy eating could lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease…
Indian professor, Oprah honoured at Harvard
byCambridge (Massachusetts), May 31 (IANS) Sir Partha Dasgupta, Indian-born professor of economics at the University of Cambridge, UK and talk show celebrity Oprah Winfrey…
80,000 Chinese orphans get free health insurance
byBeijing, May 31 (IANS) About 80,000 orphans were given free insurance contracts Friday to cover the costs of treating 12 critical illnesses, an official…
Monsoon could arrive in Kerala in four days: IMD
byThiruvananthapuram, May 31 (IANS) Kerala witnessed showers Friday. The first showers here at the end of May signal that it is time for the…
Making children stay in school big UPA achievement: Raju
byMiramar (Goa), May 31 (IANS) Making children go to school is one of the biggest achievements of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, union…