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  • Assam celebrates Magh Bihu with traditional fervour
    Guwahati, January 14 (IANS) Assam on Saturday celebrated Magh Bihu with traditional fervour along with the burning of a religious bonfire (meiji).   Although the 'Magh' month starts from January 15 (
    / 14th January 2017
  • Why India's richest state cannot hire enough teachers
    IANS | IndiaSpend.org By Aparna Kalra   A government school that needs 59 teachers being run by two temporary appointees: This is not a story from a poor, rural backwater but from the National Cap
    / 14th January 2017
  • Khandu inducts three ministers into his cabinet
    Itanagar, January 14 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday inducted three new ministers, Alo Libang, Bamang Felix and Mahesh Chai, into his cabinet.   While Alo Libang repre
    / 14th January 2017
  • Eating red chilli may help you live longer
    New York, January 14 (IANS) Wish to live longer? Eating hot red chilli peppers with cholesterol lowering properties may help, researchers say.   The findings showed that consumption of hot red chilli
    / 14th January 2017
  • Japan and Australia agree to strengthen defence ties
    SYDNEY, January 14 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Saturday where the pair agreed to deepen defence ties through joint military traini
    / 14th January 2017
  • Exercise, proper diet may reduce effects of malaria
    New York, January 14 (IANS) Regular exercise and a healthy diet of fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as right amount of protein, can help reduce the damage to the heart and skeletal muscles brought on by mala
    / 14th January 2017
  • Deepika leaves for worldwide release of her Hollywood film
    Mumbai, January 14 (IANS) Indian actress Deepika Padukone and Hollywood star Vin Diesel recently attended the grand premiere of their forthcoming Hollywood action film "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage" here. Now
    / 14th January 2017
  • IndiGo to transport bodies of northeastern residents for free
    Agartala, January 14 (IANS) Budget airliner IndiGo in association with Delhi Police has launched a scheme to carry bodies of underprivileged residents of northeast India, who die in the national capital, to the
    / 14th January 2017
  • Fruits are a natural source for enhancing beauty -- inner and outer
    IANS With a host of vitamins anti-oxidant properties, as also some essential minerals in their natural form, fruits are a natural source for enhancing beauty -- inner and outer. Here is a dossier:  
    / 14th January 2017
  • Onset of schizophrenia may increase risk of diabetes
    London, January 14 (IANS) People who suffer with early schizophrenia may also be at risk of developing diabetes, even before being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs and a poor lifestyle -- poor diet and sedentary
    / 14th January 2017
  • Beijing sets 2017 air pollution goal at more than double WHO's acceptable standard
    BEIJING, January 14 (Reuters) - Beijing's air quality target for 2017 is more than double the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the mayor announced on Saturday in the wake of weeks
    / 14th January 2017
  • Rajnath seeks report on Manipur ambush
    Imphal, January 14 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh has sought a report on Thursday's ambush on National Highway 37 in Manipur in which one person was killed and three injured, officials said on Saturday.
    / 14th January 2017
  • Coming Trump world order: Western intelligence at sixes and sevens
    IANS By Saeed Naqvi   Pardon my naiveté, but I cannot for the life of me comprehend why the entire US establishment, with the intelligence community in the vanguard, is in convulsions about the a
    / 14th January 2017
  • Trump times: Bull and the bully pulpit
    (Washington Diary)   Washington, January 14 (IANS) They dumped a load of bull on him and he bulldozed them with some from a bully pulpit that would be truly his own in six days.   It was R
    / 14th January 2017
  • Khadi calendar imbroglio: Tushar Gandhi attacks Modi
    Mumbai, January 14 (IANS) The great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Tushar A. Gandhi, on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) diary-calend
    / 14th January 2017
  • Priyanka Chopra recovering after mishap on 'Quantico' set
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Priyanka Chopra is resting at home after a "minor incident" on the set of her ABC show "Quantico," the network said Friday.   Celebrity news website TMZ, citing unname
    / 14th January 2017
  • RBI employees urge governor to protect autonomy
    MUMBAI, January 14 (Reuters) - The employee union of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has urged the bank's governor to protect central bank autonomy and not allow the government to interfere in processes, after
    / 14th January 2017
  • Federer relishing 'family' reunion at Melbourne Park
    MELBOURNE, January 14 (Reuters) - The 'extended family' of tennis, the thrust of competition and that winning feeling. Roger Federer missed them all during his six months away from the circuit and is relishing
    / 14th January 2017
  • Kerber an inspiration for WTA's frustrated bridesmaids
    MELBOURNE, January 14 (Reuters) - Angelique Kerber's sudden emergence as a grand slam champion is an inspiration to the other players who are regulars in the top 10 but have yet to bag one of the major prizes,
    / 14th January 2017
  • RBI's own figures indicate return of 15 lakh crore of banned notes
    New Delhi, January 14 (IANS) Despite the Reserve Bank of India dismissing reports that suggested 97 per cent of the demonetised currency had returned to the bank's coffers by December 30, its own weekly figures
    / 14th January 2017
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