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Poor sanitation practices leads to unfav...

Poor sanitation practices leads to unfavorable pregnancy outcomes in India!

Indian ladies suffer majorly during pregnancy! Besides household chores and other responsibilities there are several other reasons which hamper the growth of a child in India during pregnancy. But, do you know, what are the main reasons for the adverse pregnancy outcomes in India? They are poor... read more »

FSSAI to review caffeine standards in be...

FSSAI to review caffeine standards in beverages

Food safety regulator FSSAI has decided to review caffeine standards in caffeinated and energy drinks and is looking for an agency to study the consumption pattern in the country. Caffeinated and energy drinks are non-alcoholic beverages containing caffeine, guarana, glucuronolactone, taurine,... read more »

Heart scan can predict premature death r...

Heart scan can predict premature death risk

A scan of calcium deposits inside the arteries can identify those at risk of dying over the next 15 years, a new study has found. A coronary artery calcification (CAC) scan is an X-ray test that looks for specks of calcium in the walls of the coronary arteries. These specks of calcium are called... read more »

Indian Institute of Science ranked 5th a...

Indian Institute of Science ranked 5th among best universities in BRICS nat...

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has been ranked fifth among the best universities in the BRICS countries by an international ranking body, making it thus the best performance by an Indian institute in the global ranking lists. The ‘QS University Rankings: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,... read more »

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SC refuses to pass order allowing Subrata Roy to go abroad

SC refuses to pass order allowing Subrata Roy to go abroad

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass any interim order for allowing Sahara chief Subrata Roy to go abroad before his group files a review petition seeking to modify the court’s earlier... read more »

Govt hikes tariff value on imported gold

Govt hikes tariff value on imported gold

New Delhi – Amid short supply of gold in domestic market during the festival season, the government on Wednesday hiked the import tariff value... read more »

Bharti Airtel Q2 net profit drops 29% to Rs. 512 crore

Bharti Airtel to acquire Warid's Congo-Brazzaville operations

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Wednesday reported a 29 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs. 512 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2013,... read more »

Gold prices dropped by Rs 420 to Rs 31,930 per ten gram

Gold prices dropped by Rs 420 to Rs 31,930 per ten gram

Gold prices dropped by Rs 420 to Rs 31,930 per ten gram in the national capital on Tuesday owing to slackened demand driven by weak global trend and investors... read more »

Tata Elxsi Q2 net zooms 10-fold

Tata Elxsi Q2 net zooms 10-fold

Bangalore – Leading IT product design firm Tata Elxsi posted a Rs.20 crore net profit for the second quarter (July-Sept) of this fiscal (2013-14),... read more »

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Manmohan Singh and family unhappy with Daljeet Singh Kohli’...

According to news reports, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s extended family has condemned stepbrother Daljeet Singh Kohli’s inclusion into Bharatiya Janata Party. Family members stated... read more »

2G kickback case: ED files charge sheet against Ra...

Former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 17 others were on Friday charged in a special court by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in... read more »

500 homes destroyed in fire at slum in South Delhi

New Delhi – A huge fire is being reported at a large slum in Vasant Kunj in South Delhi, which has nearly 500 huts. 28 fire engines have been sent to... read more »

Support to BJP only because of Mr. Modi : Maharashtra N...

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray may have chosen to support the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, but he admits to being... read more »

Narendra Modi to address five rallies in whirlwind tour...

New Delhi – Narendra Modi – who spent much of Thursday in a sea of saffron at Varanasi in what was billed as the biggest road show of these... read more »

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Australia’s northeast coast braces for strongest cyclone in...

Sydney: Residents and tourists on Friday were evacuating parts of Australia’s northeast coast, home to the Great Barrier Reef, as the strongest cyclone in three years was poised to hit land... read more »

Australian PM ‘confident’ over MH370 b...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday he was “confident” that the latest signals picked up by search vessels were from the black... read more »

6.1-magnitude earthquake shakes Nicaragua

A strong earthquake damaged dozens of houses in western Nicaragua on Thursday, and authorities said that at least 23 people were injured by falling ceilings,... read more »

Iran Sends Syria 30,000 Tons of Food Supplies

Iran delivered 30,000 tons of food supplies to Syria on Tuesday to help the government deal with shortages due to the civil war, state media said. As the... read more »

Police Seek Motive of School Stabbing Rampage

It was just before the start of class and the hallways were packed as usual with students at their lockers or chatting with friends. Nate Moore was walking to... read more »

Babri Masjid demolition case: Supreme Court issues notice to LK Advani, Joshi, 18 others

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and 19 others over a petition filed by Haji Mehboob in the Babri masjid case. Top BJP... read more »

Live AAP crisis: Party set for a split?

Talks between the embittered factions of the Aam Aadmi Party seemed to fall apart without any hope of salvation, Thursday night. Dissenting AAP leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav... read more »

Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew wanted India in leadership role in SE Asia

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who personally knew many Indian leaders, wanted India to take a leadership role in South East Asia. Lee, who died this week... read more »

Yemen: Saudi strikes rebels; Iran warns of ‘dangerous step’

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up raids against Huthi Shiite rebels on Friday in support of Yemen’s embattled president, who headed to an Arab summit to garner support as... read more »

New York fire, building collapse injure 12; gas blast blamed

An apartment building collapsed in a fiery burst of rubble on Thursday and flames spread to nearby buildings in what officials said appeared to be a gas-related explosion, injuring at least a dozen... read more »