New York, March 4 (IANS) In an advance towards an effective treatment against the deadly Ebola virus disease, researchers have found that an antiviral compound that blocks the virus’s ability to replicate can fully protect…
Buenos Aires, March 4 (IANS) An Argentine engineer has used recycled items to create a robot that can find and eat trash, the media reported on Friday. The robot, Nano, has been built with discarded…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) A 50-year-old Pakistani man committed suicide after he bet a month’s salary on a cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh which his country lost. Muhammad Shafiq, a junior clerk in the…
London, March 4 (IANS) A change in lifestyle that includes a reduced intake of fat, together with an increased intake of fibre from fruit, vegetables and grains can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease,…
New York, March 4 (IANS) More and more experts are using streaming online media such as YouTube to learn new surgical techniques, researchers including an Indian-origin scientist report. A survey involving members from the American…
London, March 4 (IANS) Despite having much smaller brains than mammals, some birds like parrots and crows have mental skills that match with those of our ape cousins, new research has found. Among other things,…
Brasilia, March 4 (IANS) Brazilian scientists have detected traces of the Zika virus in the common mosquito Culex which means it can potentially transmit the disease, the media reported on Friday. Tests were conducted on…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) Ami Bera, the only Indian origin member of the US House of Representatives announced his support for two progressive Indian-American women running for office in Vermont and Washington states. Bera is…
Tokyo, March 4 (IANS) Japan is set to introduce digital textbooks in classrooms in four years’ time, the media reported on Friday. An education ministry panel has decided on a basic policy for introducing tablet…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) Signals to Earth from China’s new BeiDou Navigation Satellite have been successfully received and decoded, the media reported on Friday. Now, the satellite is entering a load test stage, the People’s…
New York, March 4 (IANS) Researchers have found that a protein involved in the breakdown of glucose – a process known as glycolysis — plays an important role in coordinating cellular processes crucial to cancer…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) A Pakistani daily on Friday criticised India’s Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for his comment on the Pakistan-India match and said that letting political views “tarnish the sport to such…
Manila, March 4 (IANS) A Filipino man has transformed himself into a carbon copy of “Superman” after a series of 26 painful cosmetic surgeries, the media reported on Friday. “The most painful surgical procedure was…
New York, March 4 (IANS) US technology giant Apple has launched customer support on micro-blogging website Twitter to answer your queries about its wide range of products. Although Apple has Twitter accounts for specific products…
Wellington, March 4 (IANS) US space agency NASA is planning to set a record for the longest ever flight for a scientific balloon to be launched in New Zealand next month. NASA’s Balloon Programme team…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan body that monitors religious freedom abroad, has expressed disappointment at the denial of visas for what it said was a long…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) China will raise its defence budget by seven to eight percent in 2016, compared with last year’s 10.1 percent, an official said on Friday. The announcement was made by Fu Ying,…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) Chinese book “Order: Fangyuan Story” has won the title of the world’s most beautiful book at an annual event held in Germany recently, the media reported on Friday. The “world’s most…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) The US is militarising the South China Sea, a spokesperson for China’s national legislature said on Friday. Fu Ying, spokesperson for this year’s annual session of the National People’s Congress, said…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) A project has been launched to add colour to the dusty walls of Pakistan’s Peshawar city, a media report said on Friday. The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) and the culture…