3 hours ago - Google on Monday commemorated the 110th birth anniversary of actor and stuntwoman Mary Ann Evans – better known by her stage name as Fearless Nadia. Remembered as the Stunt Queen of India, the Australian rose to fame in Bollywood for her daring action sequences in Hunterwali in 1935, which ...
Har Gobind Khorana (9 January 1922 – 9 November 2011) was an Indian American biochemist. He shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed how the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, ...Research work · Subsequent research · Awards and honours
Some family groups in Wales are opposed to a smacking ban amid fears it could criminalise parents. Parents and carers could be banned from smacking children under legislation proposed by the Welsh government. The administration plans to remove the defence of reasonable punishment from the offences of assault and battery, meaning that any adult looking after a child in Wales would not legally be able to hit him or her.
A year after we first saw it at CES 2017, the Motiv fitness tracking ring is back with a slew of new functions. The device can already measure many of the same metrics as, say, a Fitbit or Apple Watch with the goal of getting you on your feet and active for 150 minut
Canberra, Jan 9 (IANS) A new study on Tuesday claimed that the green sea turtles in Australia's Great Barrier Reef might become extinct due to warmer ocean temperatures. Conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US along with Australian scientists from the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, the study found that male green turtles were rapidly declining for around two decades, reports Xinhua news
An indefinite strike by workers of fireworks factories in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, which has been going on since 26 December, is set to intensify, as a fear of loss of livelihood grips the town
Madan Yadav, who is a milkman and a resident of Ranchi, made his neighbour approach the Lower Bazar police station and file an FIR against the two of them.
The benefits of Aadhaar, India’s biometrics-based unique national identity system-the world’s largest-are unclear and the impact of direct benefit transfers it will be used to deliver to the poor is not studied enough, a new study published by an arm of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has concluded.
The benefits of Aadhaar, India’s biometrics-based unique national identity system-the world’s largest-are unclear and the impact of direct benefit transfers it will be used to deliver to the poor is not studied enough, a new study published by an arm of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has concluded.
Australia’s female rugby sevens team are the reigning Olympics champions. Until now, they weren’t paid the same as their male counterparts. Rugby Australia, the sport’s governing body in the country, and the Rugby Union Players’ Association struck a de
The Trump administration’s decision to end special protections for about 200,0000 Salvadoran immigrants raises the possibility they will be forced to abandon their roots in the U.S. and return to a violent homeland they have not known for years, even decades. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen gave Salvadorans with temporary
Turkey has warned its citizens against travel to the United States, saying Turks face the risk of arbitrary arrest and should take precautions if they do decide to travel. The comments from the Turkish Foreign Ministry come after the U.S. Department of State this week made a similar warning to its citizens, saying Americans planning to visit Turkey should reconsider plans due to "terrorism and arbitrary detentions". Ties between Ankara and Washington, both NATO allies a
When it was announced that Cadbury would be releasing a limited number of white chocolate Creme Eggs, a mass exodus to corner shops around the country ensued as shoppers raced to find one of the special treats. Natasha Bream was shocked to find
Updated | President Donald Trump cancelled plans to travel to Britain to open a new American embassy, calling the decision to move the location of the U.S. embassy in the city a "bad deal."
Appalled by all the heartbreaking headlines from the border every morning, we often wonder if the India-Pak borders will ever be as peaceful as that between Canada and US. The answer is known to all, but wishful thinking never hurts… Apparently, we are not
‘Dreamers’, people brought to the US illegally as children, and supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, listen as lawmakers speak in Washington on Wednesday. Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to pro
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