Indian American wins awards in US varsity
byNew York, May 4 (IANS) An Indian American student at a US university has won the changing entrepreneurship and outstanding teaching awards at an…
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Canada announces funding for clean energy projects
byOttawa, May 4 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced 82 million Canadian dollars in funding for 55 new clean-energy projects, ranging from electric…
Low disaster survival awareness
byShimla: A moderate intensity earthquake that hit the northern regions on May 1 only exposed the lukewarm response towards disaster management here corroborating what…
Screen yourself from the sun, but beware of sunscreen myths
byNew Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Doctors have time and again harped on the importance of using a sunscreen to protect one’s skin. For many,…
Villagers kill wild bear in Odisha
byBhubaneswar, May 4 (IANS) Over a hundred villagers killed a wild bear that had injured a man and subsequently set the body ablaze in…
Clear day ahead in Delhi
byNew Delhi, May 4 (IANS) It was a hot Saturday morning in the capital with maximum temperature likely to reach 38 degrees Celsius, a…
US tightening visa rules for students
byWashington, May 4 (IANS) In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, the US will tighten oversight to help ensure that foreign students seeking…
Bird support group branded ‘foreign agent’ in Russia
byMoscow, May 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An ecological support group in Russia, running a protected site for cranes, has been branded as a “foreign agent”…
Russians asked not to visit China over bird flu
byMoscow, May 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia’s chief public health official Gennady Onishchenko has recommended the country’s nationals not to visit China where a new…
Pakistani prisoner in coma, on ventilator support: PGIMER
byChandigarh, May 3 (IANS) Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah, who was critically injured after being attacked by an Indian prisoner Friday in a Jammu jail, is…