Mexico City, April 25 (IANS/EFE) Seven people were killed in two separate shootouts between Mexican marines and gunmen in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, authorities said. Marines on patrol Tuesday afternoon near the town of San Fernando were attacked by armed assailants travelling in several vehicles, the state government said in a statement issued Thursday. […]
London, April 24 (IANS) In a major boost to science and technology research in developing countries, including India, the British government has launched a five-year, $630 million fund to support science and innovation partnerships with researchers that will focus on economic development. The Newton Fund, first announced in December 2013, will consist of money transferred […]
London, April 24 (IANS) Does size of your penis worry you a lot? Stop thinking and get on with the act as a study reveals that women are more loyal to men with ‘smaller’ penises. A team of researchers from the US and Kenya found that there was a strange link between the size of […]
Washington, April 24 (IANS) In a shocking revelation, a study has found that 4.8 million people above the age 60 go hungry in the US due to financial strains. “In 2011, 8.35 percent of Americans over age 60 faced the threat of hunger – that translates to 4.8 million people,” said Craig Gundersen, a professor […]
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf requested the special court that is trying him for high treason Thursday to order the government to provide him with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) report. The three-judge bench comprising Justice Faisal Arab, Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar and Justice Yawar Ali Khan heard the case Thursday, […]
Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have detained an Indian national from Benapole, a border town with India, for possessing contraband gold. The border guards, after receiving a tip-off, caught Putul Rani, 35, from Ghiba border area, Motiur Rahman, commander of Jessore 26 BGB Battalion, said Rani hails from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas […]
Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has revoked the licences of eight Haj agencies and withheld the licences of 43 others for alleged irregularities. Action has been taken against 208 agencies after a probe committee formed by the country’s ministry of religious affairs found that they were responsible for irregularities, Chowdhury Md. Babul Hassan, secretary […]
Rome, April 24 (IANS) Italy opened a new phase Thursday by replacing its special envoy Staffan de Mistura, handling the case of its two marines held in India, and sending its ambassador back to New Delhi to help steer the case towards arbitration. Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone were arrested for killing two Indian fishermen off […]
New York, April 24 (IANS) Although a human partner is a better motivator during exercise, a software-generated cyber partner can also be effective in making you work a little extra, research reveals. “We know that people tend to show more effort during exercise when there are other partners involved because their performance hinges on how the […]
Beijing, April 23 (IANS) China will focus on the development of a new operating system (OS) based on Linux to cope with the shutdown of Windows XP, an official said Wednesday. Zhang Feng, chief engineer of China’s ministry of industry and information technology, said “the ministry will beef up support for the development of such […]