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Drinking, drug use largely down among U.S. teens in 2016

LOS ANGELES, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The use of alcohol, marijuana, prescription medications and illicit substances declined among U.S. teens again in 2016, continuing a long-term trend, according to a study release

/ 13th December 2016
Focused global strategy needed to end child slavery by 2025 - Jeffrey Sachs

"It's a disgrace of our civilisation that we not only allow this vulnerability, but it is happening to hundreds of millions of people in a world of such wealth." NEW DELHI, December 13 (Thomson Reute

/ 13th December 2016
Trucks carrying goods to Imphal attacked, 2 drivers injured

Imphal December 13 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded two drivers carrying goods to the state capital along NH 37 on Monday night. It is one of the two highways where an economic blockade

/ 13th December 2016
Bodos warn of rail-road blockades, hunger strikes

New Delhi, December 13 (IANS) Members of the Bodo community from Assam on Tuesday warned the central government of road and rail blockades and hunger strikes for indefinite period if the tribal community's dema

/ 13th December 2016
Expert Views - Consumer inflation in November eases to 3.63 percent

MUMBAI, December 13 (Reuters) - India's annual consumer price inflation eased to a weaker-than-expected 3.63 percent in November, its lowest level in two years, helped by a sharp cooling in food prices, governm

/ 13th December 2016
Jio brings AR-powered 'Pokemon GO' to India

Mumbai, December 13 (IANS) Ending the wait for millions of gaming lovers in India, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Jio) has brought the famous augmented reality (AR) game "Pokemon GO" to the country with Niantic

/ 13th December 2016
Friend of South Korea's Park chooses to appear to "get fair trial"

SEOUL, December 13 (Reuters) - A friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the centre of a scandal that led to Park's impeachment in parliament will attend the preliminary hearing in her corruption tria

/ 13th December 2016
Trump to announce Exxon chief Tillerson as secretary of state

WASHINGTON, December 13 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump will announce Exxon-Mobil Corp's Rex Tillerson as his choice for secretary of state on Tuesday, a senior transition official said, confident that

/ 13th December 2016
Syrian army takes over Aleppo areas quit by rebels: military source

ALEPPO, Syria, December 13 (Reuters) - The Syrian army and its allies have taken full control over all the Aleppo districts abandoned by rebels during their retreat in the city, a Syrian military source said on

/ 13th December 2016
Fight against malaria hampered by flatlining funds: WHO

LONDON, December 13 (Reuters) - Funding shortfalls and fragile health systems are undermining progress against malaria and could jeopardize efforts to reach globally agreed targets on the way to eventual elimin

/ 13th December 2016
Modi behaving like 'king', only knows how to speak: Rahul

Dadri (Uttar Pradesh), December 13 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the chaotic conditions post-demonetisation would not end within 50 days and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi s

/ 13th December 2016
Fasting can kill cancer cells of common childhood leukemia

New York, December 13 (IANS) Researchers have found that intermittent fasting inhibits the development and progression of the most common type of childhood leukemia. This strategy was not effective

/ 13th December 2016
Assam banks alerted about currency exchange by militants

Guwahati, December 13 (IANS) With the possibility of militant outfits in Assam trying to convert their old currency into new post demonetisation, police urged banks to keep strict track of transactions. &nbs

/ 13th December 2016
Jaitley slams Congress, reminds about corruption in UPA regime

New Delhi, December 13 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday slammed the Congress for calling demonetisation the "biggest scam", and ridiculed it for not taking any steps against corruption in i

/ 13th December 2016
Long queues at banks, ATMs after long weekend

New Delhi, December 13 (IANS) Long queues outside banks in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) were a common sight on Tuesday as they opened after a gap of three days. The banks had been cl

/ 13th December 2016
Chidambaram calls demonetisation 'biggest scam', seeks probe

Nagpur, December 13 (IANS) Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Tuesday demonetisation was "the biggest scam of the year" and demanded an investigation into how some people were managing to get bundle

/ 13th December 2016
Toned body can't substitute for good performance: Actress Swara Bhaskar

New Delhi, December 13 (IANS) Far removed from the conventional Bollywood screen scorchers who have washboard abs and ooze oomph, talented actress Swara Bhaskar makes no bones about saying that getting toned ar

/ 13th December 2016
India's landmark forest rights law hobbled by conflicting policies – report

MUMBAI, December 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A landmark Indian forest rights law passed 10 years ago with the aim of protecting indigenous people has been crippled by conflicting legislation, and a lack o

/ 13th December 2016
Russia's Putin says Western sanctions an obstacle to talks with Japan – media

TOKYO, December 13 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Western sanctions imposed after Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea are an obstacle to talks on a peace treaty with Japan, the Yomiur

/ 13th December 2016
Philippines' Duterte says he suffers from back pains, migraine

MANILA, December 13 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte suffers from back pains and migraine headaches, he has said in comments about his health, but a spokesman was quick to dismiss the ailments a

/ 13th December 2016