New York, June 15 (IANS) Both lack or excess of sleep can lead to health risks like hypertension, obesity, diabetes and depression among children and teenagers, warns a research team led by an Indian-origin scientist….
By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, June 15 (IANS) Yoga can be the antidote to violence. With that message, Rolston Nelson, the acting Chief Justice of the Caribbean Court of Justice, has urged the Trinidad Ministry of…
New York, June 15 (IANS) Researchers including one of Indian-origin have provided a fresh insight into how human learning can foster smarter artificial intelligence (AI). Recent breakthroughs in creating artificial systems that outplay humans in…
New York, June 15 (IANS) Type 2 diabetes may lead to significant changes in the brain’s grey matter volume in teenagers, says a study involving an Indian-origin researcher. Grey matter is the brain region involved…
Men with chest pain – heart attack New York, June 14 (IANS) Long-term exposure to household air pollution from fuels, such as kerosene or diesel, is likely to increase the risk of heart attack and…
New York, June 13 (IANS) Indian-origin Anvitha Vijay is only nine years old but she has already developed a handful of apps for AppleÂ’s iPhone and iPad. Recognising her potential, the US-based technology giant has…
By Mahendra Ved Accra (Ghana), June 13 (IANS) Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, on a three-nation African tour, has expressed his grief over the Orlando mass shooting that left 50 people dead and has emphasised on…
New York, June 13 (IANS) The fitter you are in your midlife, the lesser the chance of you suffering a stroke in old age, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher, which reinforces the…
By Mahendra Ved New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday embarks on a three-nation tour of Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire and Namibia that is part of India’s outreach to Africa to consolidate ties…
New York, June 12 (IANS) An uncommon calm is scheduled to embrace the frenetic “Crossroads of the World”, the city’s Times Square, on June 20, this year’s Summer Solstice Day here, when thousands of people…
London, June 11 (IANS) An Indian restaurant in Britain whose owner was jailed for six years after being convicted for the death of a customer with a nut allergy has apologised to the dead man’s…
Kabul/Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Afghanistan and India on Saturday continued their efforts to secure the release of an abducted Indian woman aid worker but her whereabouts remain unknown. Judith D’Souza, 40, working with Aga Khan…
London, June 11 (IANS) Social networking site Facebook can effectively be used to raise awareness about the symptoms of inflammatory back pain (IBP) and play a key role in early diagnosis of the chronic affliction,…
Kabul/Kolkata/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) An Indian woman, working with an international aid agency in Afghanistan, has been abducted from the volatile Kabul, her family and officials said on Friday. Armed suspected Islamists seized Judith…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Efforts by some people violently forcing Indian aid workers to leave Afghanistan won’t succeed because people in the war-torn country have always wanted amicable ties with India, said a member of…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The family of an Indian development worker abducted in Afghanistan on Friday urged New Delhi and Kabul to act fast so as to rescue Judith D’Souza. Armed suspected Islamists seized D’Souza,…
Kabul/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Suspected militants have abducted an Indian female aid worker from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, Indian and Afghan officials said on Friday. The kidnapped woman is Judith D’Souza, 40, working as a…
Kabul/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Suspected militants have abducted an Indian female aid worker from the volatile Afghanistan capital of Kabul, Indian and Afghan officials said on Friday. The woman was identified as Judith D’Souza,…
Kabul/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Suspected militants have abducted an Indian female aid worker from the volatile Afghanistan capital of Kabul, Indian and Afghan officials said on Friday. The woman was identified as Judith D’Souza,…
Buenos Aires, June 9 (IANS) An Indian poetry festival is being organized in association with the prestigious Inter American University (UIA) in Buenos Aires on June 11 along with the Buenos Aires Poetry Festival. In…