Ahmedabad launches heat action plan
byAhmedabad, April 16 (IANS) Ahmedabad Tuesday launched the first-of-its-kind heat action plan to create a comprehensive early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme…
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New scale developed to assess dementia in tribal populations
byShimla: Finding the internationally used scale for assessment of dementia difficult to apply in elderly tribal populations, doctors of Tanda medical college, Kangra have developed a…
Himachal Pradesh University students jostle for exam forms
byShimla: To a fast approaching deadline for filling examination forms for a masters course at the state funded university, non availability and shortage of…
Healthcare at Nahan government hospital in dire straits
byNahan (Himachal Pradesh): Conditions never seem to improve in government hospitals in Himachal Pradesh. Standards of public healthcare in these institutions is only and…
Hot Tuesday in Delhi, light rains likely Wednesday
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Delhi sweated it out Tuesday as the maximum temperature crossed the 40-degree mark for the first time in April….
India, Germany plan joint vocational university
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) India and Germany are planning to set up a jointly funded, central vocational university that will provide employment-oriented training…
Frog weddings in northeast India to appease rain god
byAgartala/Guwahati, April 16 (IANS) In a ritual to appease the rain god, villagers in Tripura and Assam married off frogs hoping that it would…
Haryana officials to count canine genitals!
byChandigarh, April 16 (IANS) It may not entirely be in the line of duty, but some officials in Haryana could soon be counting the…
Western diet linked to lower chances of ideal ageing
byParis, April 16 (IANS) Following a Western style diet based on fried, sweet, processed and high-fat food products can reduce a person’s chances of…
Dry weather affects rubber plants in northeast India
byAgartala, April 16 (IANS) Immature rubber plants of two-four years are drying up in India’s northeastern region owing to prolonged dry weather, leaving the…