Students relieved after SC verdict
byNew Delhi, May 13 (IANS) It was a sigh of relief for thousands of students as the Supreme Court Monday cleared the decks for…
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SFI – ABVP clash has many injured at Himachal Pradesh University
byShimla: Violence erupted today at Himachal Pradesh University after students affiliated to Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarti Parishad (ABVP) and Students Federation of India (SFI) clashed…
IGNOU offers course on rural development
byNew Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is offering a masters programme on rural development from the 2013 session,…
Virbhadra declines honorary doctorate
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has turned down an offer from the Himachal Pradesh University here for conferring an honorary doctorate degree on…
India must develop own climate model: US expert
byNew Delhi: India is amongst the countries most vulnerable to climate change and must develop its own model to study changes at the regional…
Scientists propose hilsa sanctuaries to save prized fish
byKolkata, May 13 (IANS) To prevent the rapid decline in numbers of hilsa in Indian waters, West Bengal scientists have proposed creating sanctuaries to…
SC clears decks for admissions to medical colleges
byNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today cleared the decks for admissions to under-graduate and post-graduate medical and dental courses for 2013 in state government…
Social support helps ease pain in breast cancer patients
byLos Angeles, May 13 (IANS) New research conducted by an assisted care centre based in the US shows that breast cancer patients who have…
Workplace stress heightens diabetes risk
byTel Aviv, May 13 (IANS) Scientists in Israel have linked development of diabetes to stress at the workplace, made worse by low social support….
Male nurses in high demand in China
byBeijing, May 13 (IANS) China is witnessing a big demand for male nurses who presently represent less than one percent of the total nursing…