ISIs seizes Syrian border town near Iraq

Damascus, July 1 (IANS) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now calling itself Islamic State, Tuesday captured an eastern Syrian town bordering Iraq after days of intense clashes with rival jihadist groups. The ISIS, an Al Qaeda splinter group, Tuesday captured the Bukamal town in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour after “intense” battles […]

Non-physician work force can help control cardiac diseases

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A new healthcare model that empowers the non-physician work force to diagnose individuals at a high risk of cardio-vascular diseases has considerable potential, a study has found. “Models of care that empower the non-physician health care workers to work alongside physicians and support them to diagnose and manage high-risk individuals appears […]

Indian-American doctors focus on giving back to India

San Antonio (Texas) One of the largest ethnic organisations in the US representing about 100,000 Indian doctors settled here is focusing on enhancing collaboration among physicians of Indian Origin across the world and India. The India focus of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) was highlighted as the mantle of leadership passed […]

Uproar in India over spying on BJP

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) There was uproar in India Tuesday over reports that the US allegedly allowed its National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on the BJP, with both ruling and opposition party leaders urging the government to take up the issue with Washington. “Edward Snowden’s revelation on spying on BJP needs to be authenticated. […]

Tender years blighted in Gujarat’s cotton fields

By Prantick Majumder, Jhadol (Rajasthan) Craving a mobile phone but unable to afford it, a boy, not even in his teens, dropped out of school in his Rajasthan village to join friends working at a cotton plantation in neighbouring Gujarat. What followed was a harrowing two months that not only shows how child labour is flourishing […]

‘Bombing near building but Indian nurses safe in Iraq’

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) There has been bombing and firing in the vicinity of the building in Iraq’s Tikrit town which houses 46 Indian nurses and they had taken refuge in basement, the government said Tuesday and expressed hope that they will be evacuated safely. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said here that it […]

Maharashtra gets 6th tiger sanctuary at Bor

Mumbai/New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Spelling cheer for tiger lovers, the union environment and forests ministry Tuesday notified the Bor Sanctuary, New Bor Sanctuary and the New Bor Extended Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra as a critical tiger reserve, the sixth tiger sanctuary in the state. The announcement was made by Minister of State for Environment, Forests […]

Train passengers robbed in Bihar

Patna, July 1 (IANS) Armed men Tuesday evening looted cash and valuables at gunpoint and assaulted dozens of passengers of the Jan Shatabdi Express in Bihar’s Gaya district, police said. About two dozen men barged into two air-conditioned coaches of the train at Koderma in Jharkhand. When the train arrived near Paharpur railway station in Gaya, […]

BJP among parties spied upon by US, says report; Uproar in India

New Delhi/Washington, July 1 (IANS) India Tuesday strongly reacted to revelations that the BJP was among the foreign political parties which the US’ National Security Agency (NSA) was authorised to spy upon, terming it totally unacceptable and “extremely disconcerting” even as both the ruling and opposition parties demanded the matter be taken up with Washington. Answering […]