New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) In line with a recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Bihar Government on Wednesday paid Rs 3 lakh to the family of an alleged CPI (Maoist) leader,…
Beijing, June 8 (IANS) Chinese children are much taller and stronger than they were four decades ago, with the height gap standing at 8 cm, a government survey showed on Wednesday. The National Health and…
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Forty under-privileged children aged seven and above spent an educative afternoon – with laughter mixed with learning at a multi-cuisine eatery here on Wednesday during which it emerged that most of…
By Shreya Mittal & Sukanya Bhattacharyya As many as 18.3 million Indians live in conditions listed as “modern slavery” in 2016, equivalent to the population of Netherlands, a rise of 4.1 million since 2014, according…
Dharamsala, June 8 (IANS) Along with Khajjiar, called mini-Switzerland, Dalhousie Public School has also become an landmark for visitors to the hill station in Himachal Pradesh, thanks to its 108-feet national flag, touted as the…
Gurgaon, June 7 (IANS) Beating all odds, a 14-year-old daughter of a security guard in Gurgaon has excelled in Class 10 CBSE exams by scoring a 9.8 CGPA. True to her name, Apeksha Singh has…
Tel Aviv, June 7 (IANS) Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday said they have unearthed “rare” silver coins that a Jewish farmer stashed outside his home west of Jerusalem some 2,140 years ago. The Israel Antiquities Authority…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, June 7 (IANS) The 30-day-long holy month of Ramadan began here Tuesday as Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir started their longest daily fasting period in three decades. The devout Muslims keeping…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, June 7 (IANS) Smriti Banik had a dream: to succeed in the Madhyamik (secondary) examination. She nurtured this wish for two decades — even as she got married, raised a family…
By Nishtha Bharti Five states with no more than 32 per cent of Indias population of senior citizens (above 60) cornered 71 per cent of the Rs 34 crore that the Centre provided for maintenance…
By Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) As the sun went down behind the majestic dome of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, the lights came on, illuminating the whole mosque in its glory. The colourful…
New York, June 6 (IANS) Perceptual downgrading of attractive persons who can turn out to be potential threats may help in sustaining relationships from temptation and keep couples from cheating on one another, finds a…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, June 6 (IANS) Right from when they got married in 2008, this couple, both in the Maharashtra Police, dreamt of together ascending Mt. Everest, the tallest peak in the world, and…
By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, June 6 (IANS) This Jharkhand girl cycled 24 kilometres every day to and from her school. And today, Neelu Kumari has made her village in Latehar district proud by clearing the…
London, June 6 (IANS) An “extremely rare” Roman bronze wing was found during an excavation in England’s Gloucester city, the media reported on Monday. The object, which is 14 cm long, was found during an…
By Chinmaya Dehury Bhubaneswar, June 6 (IANS) It’s an identity crisis of sorts for thousands of villagers along Odisha’s border who are affected by the continuing territorial dispute between the state and its neighbours. The…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Over 200 handicapped people, including students, participated in a plantation drive here on Sunday. The drive was organised on the occasion of World Environment Day, as part of the Clean…
Tokyo, June 5 (IANS) A 96-year-old Japanese man has entered the Guinness World Records after becoming the oldest person in the world to receive a university degree, officials said on Sunday. Shigemi Hirata, who lives…
Washington, June 5 (IANS) Mental illnesses and mood disorders are more common in urban areas partly due to reduced access to nature, say researchers. “There’s an enormous amount of disease largely tied to our…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) In the first prosecution under the amended Juvenile Justice Act, a minor accused in the Mercedes hit-and-run case in which a 33-year-old Delhi business consultant was killed in April this…