An Indian man was stabbed to death by an Ethiopian housemaid in the Saudi Arabian city of Dammam. Hussain Sayeed from the south Indian city of Hyderabad was stabbed by the housemaid Monday in their employer’s house at Corniche in the city, where both of them were employed, the Arab News reported Wednesday. Hussain was […]
Ali bin Sumaikh Al Marri, chairman of Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee, has said that given the large number of Indians who live in Qatar, one cannot say the mortality rate among Indian expatriates in the country during the past two years is alarming. Al Marri said a “vested interest lobby” was behind a sustained […]
Vikram Singh, a leading Indian-American security expert at the Pentagon, is joining a Washington think tank to oversee its work on national security around the globe, while continuing his focus on Asia. As deputy assistant secretary of defence for South and Southeast Asia, Singh is currently the highest-ranking Indian-American at the Pentagon. He will be […]
Wonder what makes your skin itchy or turn red after you apply your favourite personal care product like cream and sunscreen? An expert says chemicals like paraben and phthalates present in the products are capable of damaging skin. Sumesh Sood, chief operating officer of personal care brand Organic Harvest Company, warns against a list of […]
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Friday laid the foundation stone for a super speciality wing and an emergency block at the Safdarjung Hospital here as part of its redevelopment project. One of Delhi’s oldest and among the first hospitals, it is visited by hundreds of patients every day. The infrastructure upgradation of the hospital is […]
A new vaccine has been included under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) in the past three years, parliament was informed Friday. “Based on the recommendation of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), one new vaccine – haemohilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine as Pentavalent vaccine combination (DPT+Hib+Hepatitis B) has been included under UIP […]
Over 400 students in Chinese province of Zhejiang have been infected with norovirus, a common cause of viral gastroenteritis, authorities said Wednesday. The students belonging to several schools in Haining City and Haiyan County, including Kindergartens and middle schools, are receiving treatment in local hospitals, Xinhua quoted the municipal government of Jiaxing City, which administers […]
West Bengal Friday observed ‘Language Martyrs Day’ and paid homage to those who had laid down their lives for the cause of Bengali language in Dhaka in 1952. The day is now celebrated as International Mother Language Day the world over. The day began with ‘prabhat pheri’ (morning choir) as employees of the Bangladesh Deputy […]
Enthusiasts can now explore 360 degree online imagery of 30 Indian heritage sites, including the Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar and Red Fort, which were released by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Google. The launch was the result of Google and ASI’s joint initiative to make 100 of India’s most important heritage sites more […]
Shyam Yadav, a 17-year-old from Mumbai, walked away with the “Sunehri Taqdeer Ki Topi” as the winner of reality show “Dance India Dance Season 4” Saturday. As the winner, he also won the key to a brand new car, a Maruti Celerio. He has also signed a three-year contract with Zee TV, which airs the […]