A city in northern China on Sunday sounded an alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague was reported, according to official media in Beijing. Bayannur, Inner Mongolia Autonomous......
IMAGE: The World Culture Festival in progress in Berlin in 2011. Photograph: Sankrant Sanu There will remain those who will remain in opposition to this massive endeavour for world peace with an......
The veshti controversy in Tamil Nadu is not about the dress -- but a dress-code, which seems permissible in private homes and offices, but not in private clubs that are open only to well-heeled,......
Dr R Prasad Gupta, who took over recently as the 216th president of the Medical Society of New Jersey, has pledged to work to preserve the integrity of the patientphysician relationship and......
Shayak Sarkar, who has served as the treasurer of the Phillips Brooks House, the centre for service and activism at Harvard and managed an annual budget of over $1 million and also served as a......
Delhi, which has gained infamy as one of the world’s most polluted cities, has for some years now witnessed a sustained campaign from various quarters seeking a ban on firecrackers. While the......
Biren Somaiya, 38, senior advisor, JP Morgan Chase, regularly hops into High Street Phoenix in Mumbai's Lower Parel from his nearby home at King's Circle to pick up "goodies". Somaiya never has......
The United States' top advisory panel has warned that the US is fast losing its edge in science and needs urgent, extensive efforts to strengthen its scientific competitiveness, says a New York......
The number of diabetic patients in the country, which was 31.7 million 2000, is expected to shoot up to 79.4 million by the year 2030, according to the World Health Organisation.India is followed......