Mangaluru, Oct 13: Milagres College, Mangaluru in collaboration with Center for Health and Development [ CHD-India] and District Disaster Management Authority, Government of Karnataka observed a Regional Symposium on Global Climate Change and Human Health to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13th October, 2016. Dr. Edmond Fernandes, Member – Health Task Force, District...
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Kasaragod, Oct 13: In the light of the murder of a party activist allegedly by the CPI(M) functionaries at Pinarayi in Kannur on Wednesday, the BJP has accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of sheltering those involved in political killings. Instead of ensuring safety and security to life of common man, the Chief Minister was found to be shielding those indulging in killing of rival political...
London, Oct 12: In a bizarre incident in the UK, a chicken was taken into police custody after it was spotted crossing the road in the middle of rush hour. Police in East Marketgait, Dundee, were called to an incident in which the feathery bird was spotted wandering across the tarmac in the middle of rush hour. It was seen in the morning on Friday and officers arrived after drivers reported the...
London, Oct 10: Researchers have used 3D technology to reconstruct a house in Pompeii to show what life may have been like for the people of the ancient Roman city about 2,000 years ago. By combining traditional archaeology with 3D technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden managed to reconstruct the house to its original state before the volcano eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. In...
Although Syria's tragedy is too painful to be associated with humor, the suffering that both Moscow and Washington are inflicting on the Syrian people reminds us of a kind of a 'black comedy' joke. It goes like this: A barber was very keen on his son inheriting his 'salon', but the young man wasn't remotely interested in such a career. One day the barber decided to force his son to join him, and...
New Delhi, Oct 8: His more than two decades long career is a stuff of legends and handing out tips on chasing success, Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar today said one should be smart enough to hide weaknesses against rival bowlers. "You can't expose weaknesses. Once I got hit in the rib-cage. The bowler kept staring at me and I kept staring at him. It had become difficult to breath but I did...
Ballari, Oct 5: A case of a youth assaulting a boy and a girl of different communities sitting together in the Ballari mini zoo that occurred on Monday, came to light on Tuesday. The girl, in a complaint lodged in Cowl Bazaar police station here, has charged Vikar Ahmed with assaulting her and her friend as the latter belonged to a different community. Cowl Bazaar police have registered a case.
Stockholm, Oct 4: British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics for studies of unusual states of matter such as in superconductors, the award-giving body said on Tuesday. "Thanks to their pioneering work, the hunt is now on for new and exotic phases of matter," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in a statement awarding...
Bidar, Oct 4: A fter the recent heavy rains washed away his soya and red gram crops completely, a farmer reportedly committed suicide at Yadlapur village in Bidar taluk on Monday. The farmer, who has been identified as Bandeppa Koli (36), was devastated at the loss and reportedly committed suicide by hanging from a tree in his field. His wife Lakshmibai told the police that Bandeppa was worried...
London, Oct 3: An Indian-origin man in the UK, believed to hold the record for the world's longest marriage, has died. Karam Chand, 110, died of natural causes in hospital last week – just six weeks short of celebrating his 111th birthday. Chand and his wife Kartari, 103, became celebrities last year following their 90th wedding anniversary. The couple never argued, according to their family. They...