Chinese police seize $ 30 million worth of fake medicines
byBeijing: Fake medicines worth 190 million yuan (around $29.9 million) have been seized in a Chinese province, police said. The seizure was made in…
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US snowstorm – 13 dead, 1.7 million without power
byWashington: A freak October snowstorm that dropped more than two feet of snow in some places has left close to 1.7 million people in…
Himachal project set to get carbon credits
byNew Delhi : Ahead of its 17th Conference of Parties in Durban late-November, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has registered…
Curiosity key to a students preformace at school
byLondon: Curiosity may have killed the cat, but for students, it seems to be as important as intelligence in determining how well they perform…
Punjab among the worst drug abuse affected states in the country – Wasnik
byChandigarh: Punjab, Maharashtra and Manipur are among the worst drug abuse affected states in the country, Mukul Wasnik, union minister for social justice and…
$ 90 million fresh funding for eradicating polio: Bill Gates to fund $40 million
byPerth: Significant fresh funding has been announced to help eradicate polio, a disease that afflicts people in four countries — three of them in…
Scientists to study early melting of Amarnath ice lingam
byDehra Dun : Concerned at the melting of the ice Shiva lingam in the Amarnath cave, which is visited by lakhs of pilgrums annually…
Primary schools not child-friendly: Survey
byNew Delhi: Primary schools in India are not child-friendly, a survey said Friday, even as the right to education (RTE) is lauded for increasing…
Amritsar to be part of worldwide Green Pilgrim Cities movement
byWashington: The Sikh holy city of Amritsar in India will join the Green Pilgrim Cities Network aimed at greening pilgrimage to be launched in…
Gandhi’s Wings: Occupy Wall Street and the Redistribution of Anxiety
byIt’s my home — last night I dreamt that I grew wings I found a place where they could hear me when I sing…