#Nasa has sent a spacecraft chasing after an unexplored asteroid, in the hope that it might one day keep us from being destroyed. The OSIRIS-REx robotic hunter has blasted off to the asteroid Bennu. When […]
Smoking is associated with thicker heart walls and reduction in the heart’s pumping ability — two factors linked to increased risk of heart failure, a new study warns. That smoking is bad for heart has […]
One week of Panchakarma programme — an Ayurvedic-based well being programme that features a vegetarian diet, meditation, yoga and massages — can lead to measurable decreases in a set of blood-based metabolites associated with inflammation, […]
Tumour hardness and hypoxia — lack of oxygen at the tumour’s core — trigger a biological switch that causes cancer stem cells to develop, a recent study has found. This biological switch is critical to […]
Women find men who wear full beards more suitable for long-term relationships, suggests new research. Women tend to find beardedness attractive when judging long-term relationships, perhaps as a signal of formidability among males and the […]
HANOI (TIP): Two Vietnamese youth have been hospitalized in the country’s capital Hanoi after they sustained injuries while having sex. The reason they sustained those injures: they used a plastic bag for protection instead of […]
ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN (TIP): A family physician who operates a medical marijuana clinic in Oakland County. Michigan, has been jailed on charges that he made Internet (Facebook) threats to kill Oakland County prosecutor Jessica Cooper, […]
Navin Shankar Subramaniam Xavier duped around 100 investors MIRAMAR, FL(TIP): The former Chief Executive Officer of Essex Holdings, Inc., Navin Shankar Subramaniam Xavier, a/k/a ‘Navin Xavier,’ a/k/a ‘Dr. Navin Xavier’, 44, of Miramar, Florida, was charged with […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-American physician-author Abraham Verghese, whose work has emphasized empathy in medicine, has been selected for the prestigious 2015 National Humanities Medal, the White House has announced. US President Barack Obama would confer the […]
Yogi, mystic, and visionary Sadhguru is known around the world for the large-scale humanitarian, educational, and environmental projects carried out by the Isha Foundation, which he founded in 1992. He has been an honored guest […]
After battling with my Insurer Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield (Horizon) and service provider Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (Barnabas Health) for 8 months; on 08-02-16 I filed a complaint against both of them with […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The growing threat from Islamic State and its spread has made the BRICS to work. The member nations have decided to pool in efforts to counter terrorism and violent extremism sprouting from […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Reliance Jio has sought the industry watchdog’s intervention over the three main telecom operators — Airtel, Vodafone and Idea — refusing to allow porting of their subscribers to its own network, in […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Apparel giant Raymonds to cut about 10,000 jobs in its manufacturing centres in the next three years, replacing them with robots and technology, said Sanjay Behl, CEO, Raymonds. Speaking at an event at […]
COIMBATORE (TIP): Moody’s Investors Service has placed under review for downgrade Reliance Communications’ (RCOM) Ba3 corporate family rating and senior secured rating following the announcement of its plan to merge its wireless business with Aircel […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With regulation on pollution from automobiles getting stringent world over, carmakers finally moving towards electrics, but not in a hurry. Companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Volvo plan to start off with […]
For 69th consecutive day and after violence has claimed over 80 lives in the Valley, life remained paralyzed. In view of the continuing protest in Srinagar, the authorities made heavy deployment of the security forces in […]
September 15, 2001: Balbir Singh Sodhi, a 49-year-old Sikh man in Mesa, Arizona, is shot and killed outside his gas station. The shooter, Frank Silva Roque, sought revenge for the 9/11 attacks and mistook Sodhi […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Mayor’s Office for International Affairs has opened the application process for the 2016-2017 NYC Junior Ambassadors program. NYC Junior Ambassadors is a NYC initiative focused on empowering 7th graders in […]
Napping for more than an hour during the day could be linked to 45 per cent increased risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study has warned. Researchers at the University of Tokyo used data […]
Indian American Nasik-born Ramesh Raskar, 46, has bagged the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize worth $500,000 for his groundbreaking inventions to create solutions to improve lives globally. Risker is founder of the Camera Culture research group at the MIT […]
Two Indo-American scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#MIT) have been conferred with prestigious awards for their path-breaking inventions. Nasik-born Ramesh Raskar, an imaging scientist and inventor at MIT, has been awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT […]
WASHINGTON: On the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, US President Barack Obama paid tribute to the victims of 9/11 at the Pentagon in Washington. He called on Americans to protect the ideals that made their […]
Although the US is an expensive destination, it is the top choice for Indian parents who would consider university abroad for their wards, according to a report. HSBC’s ‘The Value of Education Foundations for the […]
A dance drama on Krishna leela was presented by the East-West School of Dance in traditional Kathak style, bringing Vrindavan to the Blue Sky Center auditorium of Ananda Ashram, a yoga retreat and spiritual educational […]
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