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Undernutrition makes children susceptible to TB: Experts

(March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day) New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) With malnutrition or undernutrition accounting for nearly one third of all childhood deaths in India, it is also a major risk factor

/ 23rd March 2017
Manipur ministry expanded with induction of 3 ministers

Imphal, March 23 (IANS) The BJP-led coalition ministry in Manipur was expanded on Thursday with induction of three ministers. Governor Najma Heptulla administered the oath of office and secrecy at

/ 23rd March 2017
Child victims of Mosul battle fill emergency hospital

BARTELLA, Iraq, March 23 (Reuters) - The 9-year-old Iraqi boy was playing football on a patch of wasteground during a lull in the battle for Mosul when a mortar round fired by Islamic State militants landed nea

/ 23rd March 2017
Smog-hit Beijing plans "green necklace" to block pollution

BEIJING, March 23 (Reuters) - Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei will plant trees, establish green belts and make use of rivers and wetlands to create a "green necklace" to protect China's smog-hit c

/ 23rd March 2017
London attack won't delay start of Brexit process - PM May's spokesman

LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) - Britain's plan to begin the formal process of leaving the European Union on March 29 will not be delayed by an attack on parliament which left four people dead, Prime Minister There

/ 23rd March 2017
Butland looking to regain lost ground at Stoke

March 23 (REUTERS) - Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland knows he has a fight on his hands to displace Lee Grant as the team's first choice keeper when he returns from injury. Butland sustained an a

/ 23rd March 2017
High stakes for Trump in vote on U.S. healthcare plan

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump may face his first major legislative hurdle on Thursday: a do-or-die vote in the House of Representatives on a plan that would roll back the signatur

/ 23rd March 2017
Soros-funded charities targeted by Trump-inspired crackdown in East Europe

BUDAPEST, March 23 (Reuters) - When his government lost a lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights last week over its detention and expulsion of two migrants from Bangladesh, Hungary's rightwing prime mini

/ 23rd March 2017
Thailand seeks new abbot for scandal-hit Buddhist temple

BANGKOK, March 23 (Reuters) - Thailand's government is trying to get a new abbot appointed to head the country's biggest Buddhist temple, whose former leader is wanted for money laundering, an official said on

/ 23rd March 2017
A taste of uniqueness for gastronomes in extreme northeast

(Foodie Trail-Basar/Arunachl Pradesh) By Milinda Ghosh IANS Basar (Arunachal Pradesh), March 23 (IANS) Starting with the locally-famous "achin pinam" (spiced rice) to smoked beef platters, or

/ 23rd March 2017
Draft TB control plan targets fewer cases, seeks 4 times more funding

By Shreya Shah IANS/IndiaSpend A radical draft National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Elimination of TB that proposes to bring down new infections by nearly 80 per cent over the next eight years says India mus

/ 23rd March 2017
Adobe, Microsoft working together on artificial intelligence

Las Vegas, March 23 (IANS) Adobe and Microsoft are jointly working on artificial intelligence (AI) to offer better products and provide customers more automated, intelligence-based experiences, a top Adobe offi

/ 23rd March 2017
Fierce clashes persist in Syria ahead of renewed peace talks

BEIRUT, March 23 (Reuters) - The Syrian army and rebels, including jihadist groups, fought in the capital Damascus and north of Hama on Thursday after the insurgents' biggest offensive for months, underscoring

/ 23rd March 2017
'I need to be safe' - Crossing into Canada from the U.S

HEMMINGFORD, Quebec, March 23 (Reuters) - A Sudanese man hopped out of a taxi just before daybreak, a duffle bag slung over his shoulder as he headed for the U.S. - Canadian border. Within seconds,

/ 23rd March 2017
India ashamed of sexuality, physicality: Actress Radhika Apte

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Actress Radhika Apte, who has often been under the scanner for her "bold" approach in her films, says anything remotely associated with human body can turn out to be a problem in Indi

/ 23rd March 2017
Philippine president says trusts China won't build on disputed shoal

MANILA, March 23 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he trusted China would not build anything on a disputed South China Sea shoal because he was given its "word of honour" and Bei

/ 23rd March 2017
Japan principal of scandal-hit school says he got donation from PM's wife

TOKYO, March 23 (Reuters) - The head of a Japanese nationalist school at the heart of a swirling political scandal said in sworn testimony in parliament on Thursday that he received a donation of 1 million yen

/ 23rd March 2017
Rise of superbug tuberculosis hampers global control efforts

London, March 23 (Reuters) - Rising rates of superbug tuberculosis (TB) are threatening to derail decades of progress against the contagious disease, experts said on Thursday, and new drugs powerful enough to t

/ 23rd March 2017
Northern Ireland braces for uncertain new era after McGuinness

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland, March 23 (Reuters) - As the tricolour-draped coffin of former IRA commander turned peacemaker Martin McGuinness was carried to his Londonderry home this week, people across Northe

/ 23rd March 2017
Trump fights for healthcare bill, makes headway with conservatives

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and House of Representatives leaders pushed on Wednesday for votes for their plan to overhaul Obamacare and said they were making progress in their e

/ 23rd March 2017