US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that he has been working toward a “true partnership” with Pakistan since taking office a year ago. The top American envoy made the remarks as he reopened the US-Pakistan strategic dialogue at the State Department with Sartaj Aziz, the adviser to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on […]
Breast cancer survivors, if they practise yoga for as little as three months, may significantly reduce fatigue and inflammation, shows research. “Modest yoga practise over a period of several months could have substantial benefits for breast cancer survivors,” claimed Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, professor of psychiatry and psychology at Ohio State University in the US. “The results […]
Riding on powerful knocks from skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja, India put on a competitive 278 for five in 50 overs in the fourth ODI against New Zealand at the Seddon Park here Tuesday. Opting to bat first, Dhoni remained unbeaten on 79 off 73 balls while Ravindra Jadeja scored 62 not out […]
The BJP said Tuesday Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi knows “defeat stares at his face” as he shied away from a debate with its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. “Rahul recognises certain defeat stares at his face,” Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said, referring to Rahul Gandhi’s TV interview on Monday. “He had […]
Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah is upset that moral policing of art has become “politically motivated” nowadays in comparison to the time when authors like Saadat Hasan Manto produced their most famous works. Naseer captivated a packed house at the third Kolkata Literary Meet here Monday evening with a reading of the India-born Manto, who migrated […]
ndiPakistan opened the US-Pakistan strategic dialogue resumed after a gap of three years with a complaint that its “legitimate concerns” are not conveyed to India with the same intensity as New Delhi’s to Islamabad. Meeting US Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department Monday, Pakistan Prime Minister’s advisor on National Security and Foreign […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets declined 82.26 points Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked key policy interest rates by 0.25 percent to tame inflation. Good buying was observed in auto and metal sectors, while selling pressure was seen in banking index (bankex) and IT sectors. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which intends to contest all the 80 seats from Uttar Pradesh – and 350 overall – in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, has set up an election war room here, a party official said. The state secretariat, as it is called, will double up as AAP’s office and the strategy […]
The secret behind humans having four limbs is hidden in their belly! If we believe researchers at University of Vienna and the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, the paired appendages in backboned animals (with jaws) have modified dramatically in the course of evolution – into fins, legs, arms, flippers and wings – […]
A police officer was killed and five constables were injured when militants ambushed a patrolling party in Assam’s Sonitpur district Tuesday, police said. Police said militants belonging to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) anti-talk faction attacked the police team in Batasipur area. Additional Superintendent of Police of Sonitpur district Guljar Hussain was killed […]