Haryana and Silly Diktats of its Self-proclaimed Judges
byChandigarh: In Haryana’s hinterland, not just lawmakers and law-enforcing agencies deal with law. Diktats, many of them strange ones, keep coming from all quarters. The…
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Save horses, urges Miley Cyrus
byLos Angeles: Actress-singer Miley Cyrus has organised a rally to save horses. She has taken to micro-blogging site Twitter for the cause. Cyrus voiced her…
Caste-Away: A brave initiative against casteist ways in society
byOn 19th March, 2013, a poetry night was organized by the Caste-Away, a part of AIESEC, world’s largest youth-run non-profit organization in Hauz Khas…
Activists discuss ways to save water
byAgra (IANS) Social activists and environmentalists gathered here Friday to deliberate on the ways to save dwindling sources of freshwater on the occasion of World…
1,800 children die daily from unsafe water: Unicef
byUnited Nations: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that almost 90 percent of death of children from diarrhoeal diseases are directly linked to…
Mamata on mission to save fair-price medicine shops
byKolkata (IANS) “If you don’t cooperate with patients, we won’t tolerate that. We will cancel your licence,” the stern warning from West Bengal Chief Minister…
Controversial UPSC notification put on hold
byNew Delhi (IANS) The government Friday put on hold a controversial notification making proficiency in English a requirement for aspirants of the Indian Administrative Service…
Indian-Norwegian group to study sleep disorders among Indians
byMumbai (IANS) Alarmed by the high prevalence of sleep disorders among the Indian population and the lack of specific data on this, an Indian-Norwegian group…
‘Timely detection can curb high number of kidney diseases’
byNew Delhi (IANS) Timely detection in the form of routine urine, blood and blood pressure tests can prevent the rising chronic kidney cases in India,…
Rise in number of jobless professionals in Kerala
byThiruvananthapuram(IANS) The number of unemployed professionals in Kerala continued to rise reaching 1.69 lakh by September 2012, up from 1.63 lakh for the year ended…