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405th installation anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Agra, Sep 19(ANI): People of all religions and communities gathered to celebrate the 405th anniversary of the installation of the Sikh holy scriptures, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, at Gurudwara Maithan in Agra.
This was a significant landmark for the Sikhs, as the 275-year-old handwritten [...]
Prachanda warns of decisive revolt again in Nepal
Kathmandu, Sep 19 (ANI): Maoist chairman Prachanda has threatened to launch a decisive revolt in Nepal if the Maoist-floated resolution motion on civilian supremacy were not debated in the Parliament.
Addressing a mass meeting here on Friday, Prachanda said such a revolt would sweep away all the relics of feudalism and establish people’s rule.
He said his [...]
Now, a simpler way to calculate body’s ‘Maximum Weight Limit’
Washington, Sep 19 (ANI): Is calculating Body Mass Index (BMI) too complicated for you? Well, a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, has now developed a new easy method for people to calculating their healthy weight, and that too without any need for charts or online calculators.
George Fernandez, a professor of applied statistics [...]
India will have a single anti terror network soon: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram said here on Friday that, his ministry has initiated a project to bring all the over 16,000 police stations in the country under a single network to counter terror challenges.
Inaugurating a conference on small entrepreneurship Chidambaram said, [...]
Farmers grew rice in China’s Yangtze Basin 4,000 years ago
Washington, September 18 (ANI): New findings in the form of carbonized rice have indicated that farming in the Yangtze Basin in China existed as early as 4,000 years ago.
According to a report in Epoch Times, excavation in the Xiezi Area of [...]
Community Radio Station to start at Raipur
New Delhi, Sept 18 (ANI): The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station (CRS) [...]
Brit men having moob jobs on the rise
London, Sep 18 (ANI): It has emerged that more and more Brit men are having cosmetic surgery to get rid of their “moobs”.
According to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), there has been a 44 per cent year-on-year rise in the number of men [...]
Now, a computer that reproduces 3D view of Mars in minutes
London, September 18 (ANI): A computer system is under development that can automatically combine images of the Martian surface, captured by landers or rovers, in order to reproduce a three-dimensional view of the red planet in minutes.
The resulting model [...]
Negative public opinion about foreign countries an early warning signal for terrorism
Washington, September 18 (ANI): People’s negative views toward the leadership and policies of other countries may be an indication that a terrorist act may be carried out, say researchers.
Alan Krueger, [...]
Weight loss can prevent kidney disease progression in obese patients
Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): Shedding extra pounds can preserve kidney function in obese people with kidney disease, according to a new study led by Indian origin scientist from Cleveland Clinic.
Weight loss can improve a number of health problems, like it can improve control of diabetes, lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and reduce the effects [...]
Ambika Soni reaffirms commitment to Public Service Broadcasting Trust
New Delhi, Sept 15 (ANI): The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has renewed its commitment of financial support to the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT), a Delhi-based NGO.
Under the plan scheme component for production of documentaries through NGOs, the Films Division would grant funds to the PSBT, which has been short-listed for production of [...]
Jesse Jackson offered spiritual solace to Chelsea during Lewinsky scandal
New York, September 15 (ANI): Reverend Jesse Jackson offered spiritual solace to Bill Clinton’s daughter Chelsea during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, a new book claims.
Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch has made the allegation in his upcoming tome ‘The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With the President’.
Branch claims that Jackson, who is said to have fathered a [...]
Size, not foreplay, is what fulfils women’s sexual fantasies
Melbourne, September 15 (ANI): When it comes to female orgasms, it is the size of the penis, and not the duration of foreplay, that increases the likelihood of fulfilling women’s sexual fantasies, suggests a new study.
Lead researcher Stuart Brody, from the University of the West of Scotland, focused on the number of factors that contributed [...]
Textiles Ministry, FICCI to organise workshop on protective and fire retardant textiles
New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): Ministry of Textiles and FICCI are jointly organising a workshop on ‘Strengthening-Government-Industry-Consumer Partnership in Protective Textiles’ on Tuesday.
Over 100 delegates from various sectors like Defence, Police, Security, Regulators, State Government, Hotels, Multiplexes and industry are attending the workshop.
The protective textiles are a growing industry in India, which is [...]
Iraq troops’ posttraumatic stress disorder rate as high as 35pct
Washington, September 15 (ANI): A high volume of military personnel serving in Iraq are expected to seek treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because the rate among armed forces may be as high as 35 per cent, according a research article.
Published in Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and [...]
Rawalpindi cops enjoy watching women being eve-teased
Islamabad, Sep 14 (ANI): A number of women shoppers in Pakistan have come out with complaints that eve teasing is on the rise in markets and bazaars, and that the police enjoy watching it happening.
With Eid just around the corner, the markets and bazaars are crowded with shoppers, but there are hardly any policemen to [...]
Four dogs on show slog under hot sun, die
Chennai, Sep 14 (ANI): Four dogs died after being made to run under the hot sun during a canine show in Chennai.
Around 650 dogs of 55 breeds participated in the show put up by the Madras Canine Club.
Though the dog show was a hit with the dog lovers and other excited audience, the show [...]
Posh says fashion industry finally taking her seriously
London, Sep 14 (ANI): Former Spice Girls member Victoria Beckham has revealed that the fashion industry is finally taking her seriously as a designer.
Posh, 35, presented her third collection at New York Fashion Week on September 13.
“I know I used to be in a pop group and I’m married to a footballer – a very [...]
Dame Vera Lynn becomes world’s oldest living artist to have No. 1 album
London, September 14 (ANI): Dame Vera Lynn has piped The Beatles and Bob Dylan in becoming the oldest living artist in the world to have a number one album.
The 92-year-old, whose career flourished during World War II when she was nicknamed “The Forces’ Sweetheart”, toppled artists including the Arctic Monkeys and the Kings of Leon [...]
Master gene that switches on disease-fighting cells identified
London, Sep 14 (ANI): British scientists have identified the master gene, called E4bp4, that causes blood stem cells to turn into disease-fighting ‘Natural Killer’ (NK) immune cells.
The discovery, by researchers at Imperial College London, UCL and the Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research, could one day help scientists boost the body’s production of [...]
