American doctors were shocked to find that an Indian computer science PhD student from Hyderabad who underwent brain surgery had an embryonic “evil twin” instead of a tumour in her head. The 26-year-old Yamini Karanam had jokingly called her “evil twin sister who’s been torturing me for 26 years”. According to NBC, Karanam, who was […]
A book analyses the drivers of change and the repercussions of present-day gender revolutions, a man in today’s Kolkata meets a man who claims to be a werewolf. Some light and some heavy dosage, the IANS bookshelf this weekend has reality meeting fantasy. Take a look. 1. Book: Half A Billion Rising; Author: Anirudha Dutta; […]
Werner Adam, the late foreign Editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine, used to tell me a story about his meeting in Moscow with India’s ambassador, T.N. Kaul. Kaul had barely started his conversation with Adam when his secretary tip toed in and handed Kaul a slip of paper. “Dobrynin on the line,” Kaul whispered to Adam. Kaul […]
India’s foreign exchange reserves touched a record high of $343.2 billion for the week ended April 17, the Reserve Bank of India’s data showed on Friday. The reserves have risen by $2.79 billion over the week and $33.79 billion during the past one year, the weekly data showed. The reserves include predominantly foreign currency assets, […]
An Andrews Labor Government supported trade mission to India promoting Victoria’s health, aged care, ICT, sport and environmental industries began today. More than 20 Victorian delegates will showcase their services sector expertise during the Victoria Week Trade Mission to India, which runs until Friday, encouraging business partnerships. India has the second fastest growing services sector […]
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Delhi Police have accused the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders of obstructing their effort to save farmer Gajendra Singh from committing suicide at an AAP rally and have refused to join the magisterial probe ordered by the Delhi government. Police, whom the AAP leadership accused of not doing anything […]
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to proceed with the grading of 41 deemed universities. It noted that the government was framing rules to put in place criteria for the grant of deemed university status and accreditations to the academic institutions that would […]
Guwahati, April 23 (IANS) The highly decomposed body of a maid was on Thursday recovered from the servants’ quarter of an army Colonel in Assam’s Jorhat district, police said. The body of Moonmoon Saikia was recovered from the servants’ quarter at the two-storeyed premises of Lt. Col. S. Sood, a doctor with the Indian Army, […]
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized 21 rare Indian star tortoise valued in excess of Rs.12 lakh from West Bengal while they were being smuggled into Bangladesh, an officer said on Thursday. The seizure was made on Wednesday night from Kalanchi border outpost in North 24-Parganas district. “Challenged by a […]
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Slamming Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao over the killing of five undertrials in a “staged police shootout”, city rights groups on Thursday demanded a judicial probe into the incident. City-based rights groups Bandi Mukti Committee (BMC), Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, Association for Protection of Democratic Rights and Association […]