AIDS killed 1,100 Chinese in May
byBeijing, June 9 (IANS) Infectious diseases killed 1,526 people in China in May. AIDS was responsible for 72 percent of the total, causing 1,098…
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Karunya Lottery sets aside Rs.36.50 crore for dialysis machines
byThiruvananthapuram, June 9 (IANS) “Karunya Lottery”, the brainchild of state Finance Minister K.M. Mani, has set aside Rs.36.50 crore for new dialysis machines. The…
Sheesha smoking hooks more Pakistani students
byIslamabad, June 9 (IANS) One-fifth of college and university students in Pakistan — aged from 20 to 25 years — are addicted to smoking…
Climate change impacting food supply in Ghana
byAccra, June 9 (IANS) Nearly 700,000 people in Ghana are staring at hunger as climate change has started taking a toll on food security…
Trash is not ugly: Recycling scrap to make it look chic
byNew Delhi: How would it look if the worn out motherboard of a computer becomes your coaster or the headlight of a bike turns…
Uiversities offering new, modified courses for evolving job market
byNew Delhi: Social sciences, business management and animation are some of the many new courses that have been introduced or modified by Indian universities…
No action to store Yamuna water in monsoon
byAgra, June 9 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government is yet to act on an Allahabad High Court order to clear dry ponds of encroachments…
Hot Sunday morning in Delhi
byNew Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The capital woke to a hot Sunday morning, with the minimum temperature settling at 30.2 degrees Celsius, two notches…
Monsoon brings cheer to Mumbai
byMumbai, June 9 (IANS) The southwest monsoon finally hit Mumbai Sunday, a day earlier than its usual date of approaching here, bringing welcome rains…
Measles toll in Pakistan’s Punjab rises to 146
byIslamabad, June 8 (IANS) Two more people died of measles Saturday in Pakistan’s Punjab province, raising the number of deaths in the region to…