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  • First Lady, 'second daughter', third act
    Arun Kumar IANS   Often called her "second daughter", she has been a shadow of Hillary Clinton for two decades. Now the Desi woman of mixed Indian-Pakistani heritage threatens to cast a long shadow
    / 28th August 2016
  • Heart failure among the aged may triple by 2060
    London, August 28 (IANS) Heart failure among people who are aged above 60 is set to triple by 2060, a new study has found.   "Heart failure is a common condition worldwide and increases with age. Var
    / 28th August 2016
  • Now an app to detect stroke
    London, August 28 (IANS) Atrial fibrillation -- a common type of abnormal heart rhythm which leads to a stroke -- can now be easily detected with your smartphone using a low-cost application, a recent research
    / 28th August 2016
  • Floods abating in Bihar, claim officials
    Patna, August 28 (IANS) The overall flood situation in Bihar on Sunday showed signs of improvement with river Ganga and its tributaries receding and relief operations continuing, officials said.   Th
    / 28th August 2016
  • Velankanni church ready to receive lakhs of devotees
    Chennai, August 28 (IANS) A total of around 800,000 devotees from all faiths are expected to pray at the basilica Our Lady of Health in the Tamil Nadu coastal town of Velankanni during a 11-day festival startin
    / 28th August 2016
  • Learn how much exercise you need to prevent death
    August 28 (IANS) Norwegian researchers have developed a novel activity tracker that uses heart rate data to customise the amount of exercise one needs to reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
    / 28th August 2016
  • World population set to reach nearly 10 bn by 2050
    New York, August 28 (IANS) By 2050, the world population is projected to reach 9.9 billion, increasing 33 per cent from an estimated 7.4 billion now, according to the Population Reference Bureau, a private, US
    / 28th August 2016
  • Suspected "terror" attack at Indonesian church; no serious casualties
    MEDAN, Indonesia, August 28 (Reuters) - Indonesian police were investigating a suspected terror attack by a knife-wielding assailant on a priest during the Sunday service at a church, and a bomb squad had been
    / 28th August 2016
  • Walking can cut cardiovascular death in early by half
    London, August 28 (IANS) Moderate physical activities such as walking and cycling are associated with a greater than 50 per cent reduction in cardiovascular death in people over the age of 65, says a study.
    / 28th August 2016
  • Human population altered 97% of world's species-rich areas
    Sydney, August 28 (IANS) Researchers have found that the presence of humans have seriously altered 97 per cent of world's most biologically species-rich areas such as tropical rainforests.   "The mos
    / 28th August 2016
  • Low socioeconomic status a factor for heart attack
    London, August 28 (IANS) Low socio-economic status can increase the chances of getting a second heart attack or stroke, according to new research.   The study, published in the journal European Socie
    / 28th August 2016
  • Pakistan killing our intellectuals and history: Baloch freedom activist
    New Delhi, August 28 (IANS) An "identity crisis" looms before the Baloch people as Pakistan is killing their intellectuals and strategically suppressing their history, says a Baloch freedom activist, adding tha
    / 28th August 2016
  • I still have more to achieve: Jacqueline Fernandez
    Mumbai, August 28 (IANS) Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez doesn't agree she has "arrived" in Bollywood. She says there is still long way to go for her to achieve something substantial in the Hindi film in
    / 28th August 2016
  • Feeling proud over Mother Teresa's canonisation: Modi
    New Delhi, August 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to Mother Teresa, saying every Indian must feel proud as she has officially been recognised as a saint.   Modi said th
    / 28th August 2016
  • 'China will get involved if India foments trouble in Balochistan'
    Beijing, August 28 (IANS) China will have "to get involved" if any Indian "plot" disrupts the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in restive Balochistan, an influential Chinese think tank has wa
    / 28th August 2016
  • Unity, compassion while dealing with Kashmir: Modi
    New Delhi, August 28 (IANS) Unity and compassion have been the key words while dealing with the unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.   Modi said these two words
    / 28th August 2016
  • Half of Germans against Merkel serving fourth term – poll
    BERLIN, August 28 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's domestic popularity has declined, a poll showed on Sunday, with 50 percent of Germans against her serving a fourth term in office after a federal
    / 28th August 2016
  • U.N. Syria envoy presses for speedy Aleppo aid delivery
    GENEVA, August 28 (Reuters) - The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria called for all warring sides to agree by Sunday to allow the first safe delivery of relief supplies to the divided city of Aleppo. &nb
    / 28th August 2016
  • As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China
    VIENTIANEm August 28 (Reuters) - The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than 7 million, rarely causes a ripple on the diplomatic circuit. And yet its sleepy capital will
    / 28th August 2016
  • Trump vows crackdown on immigrants who overstay visas if elected
    DES MOINES, Iowa, August 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered fresh details of how he would tackle illegal immigration on Saturday, saying he would crack down on those who
    / 28th August 2016
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