A natural pest-control plan from US-based Virginia Tech that halted the papaya mealybug – that created havoc in southern India causing mold and stunted growth of several crops – has saved up to $309 million in the first year itself. For a relatively modest cost of $200,000 during the first year of the intervention, financial […]
Lakhs of Shiv Sainiks are expected to assemble in Mumbai Thursday evening to take a pledge: “We shall grab power”. The day marks the 88th birth anniversary of the Sena’s founder-patriarch late Bal Thackeray. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will administer the pledge at a massive rally planned at the Somaiya Grounds in eastern Mumbai […]
Believe it! Humans can smell whether the food on the dining table or in a restaurant is low or high on fat. New research reveals humans can use the sense of smell to detect dietary fat in food. However, it remains unclear which sensory systems contribute to this ability. “That we have the ability to […]
collA distinguished Indian-American scholar and teacher, Rakesh Khurana, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School (HBS), has been named dean of Harvard College, a prestigious Ivy League institution. Khurana, who earned his PhD through a joint programme between HBS and Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1998, is also […]
Both the Srinagar-Jammu highway and the Baramulla-Banihal rail service in Jammu and Kashmir remained shut for the second day Thursday, authorities said. No flights to Srinagar could be operated Wednesday as well due to poor visibility amid continuing snowfall. Traffic police officials said heavy snowfall in Banihal and Patnitop areas of the over 300-km long […]
The West Bengal Commission for Women Thursday ordered a probe into the gang rape of a tribal woman allegedly at the behest of a kangaroo court. Taking suo motu cognizance of the horrific incident ghat has raised the heckles across the state, it demanded harshest punishment for the perpetrators. The 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped […]
The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to explain why extra allowances are being paid to MPs. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the central government to appraise it whether the MPs are getting double their travelling expenses while travelling on the railways. It asked […]
Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, a 69-year-old India-born professor at Stanford University, has won the prestigious Marconi Prize 2014 for his pioneering work on developing wireless technology to transmit and receive data at high speeds. “Paulraj’s contributions to wireless technology and the resulting benefit to humankind are indisputable. Every WiFi (wireless fidelity) router and 4G phone uses […]
The Indian Coast Guard Wednesday launched an awareness campaign to sensitise the fishing community in West Bengal and Odisha to integrate them into the coastal security mechanism. Aiming to use the community as additional “eyes and ears” for vigil across the coast line, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan flagged off a coastal security awareness and […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas Wednesday apologised for his comments on nurses while over 100 people staged a protest outside the party office in the national capital. He also earned the ire of the the National Commission for Women (NCW), which also asked for an apology. Vishwas tendered an apology, saying it was […]