Chennai, March 7 (IANS) Bollywood actresses Deepika Padukone will attend the audio launch of superstar Rajnikanth’s Tamil period-drama “Kochadaiiyaan” here Sunday. Deepika essays the role of princess Vadhana in the film, which is directed by Rajnikanth’s daughter Soundarya Rajnikanth Ashwin. “(I’m) very happy (that) Deepika Padukone, our princess Vadhana, will be in Chennai for the audio […]
Jammu, March 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir chief electoral officer (CEO) Umang Narula Friday asked political parties to abide by the model code of conduct during the five-phase Lok Sabha elections in the state. At a meeting of political parties convened here, Narula requested their representatives to cooperate with officials and adhere to the Election Commission […]
London, March 7 (IANS) Many patients who need heart transplant to survive lose the battle midway as the waiting period for a donor heart often gets prolonged. But those who remain physically active have greater chances of surviving the period, a study said. Anxiety-ridden, depressive and passive patients, on the other hand, run the risk of […]
London, March 7 (IANS) The fact is that women fall for men who are taller. Now, they have an extra reason to go for them as researchers have discovered a significant correlation in the DNA between tall people and intelligence. “We tested whether DNA-based genetic similarities among people related to their similarities in height and intelligence. […]
London, March 7 (IANS) Those red meat balls and ready-to-eat nuggets that you pick up from the supermarket may actually put you at an increased gut cancer risk, scientists warned. In humans, they found the link between red and processed meat intake and cancer to be relatively small in magnitude but consistent. “Therefore, it may still […]
Washington, March 7 (IANS) An Indian-American owned engineering firm is developing a unique carbon fibre hoop design zero pressure tyre for the US military that could keep military vehicles running faster and longer after an attack. Akron, Ohio based American Engineering Group (AEG) has received a $1 million Phase II project grant from the US defence […]
Chennai, March 7 (IANS) Leading microphones and headphones brand Sennheiser will popularise actor-singer Farhan Akhtar’s social campaign MARD (Men Against Rape and Discrimination). It will redesign Farhan’s Sennheiser-SKM 2000 microphone to embody his cause with the ‘MARD moustache’ design. Akhtar conceived MARD after an incident in August 2012 where a Mumbai lawyer was sexually assaulted and […]
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) China will build its first internet museum to chronicle the development of the net in the increasingly wired country, China’s internet network watchdog said Friday. The museum will show the history and fruits of China’s Internet development, with some of the exhibition open to the public in early April, Xinhua reported citing […]
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday inaugurated the Annual Innovation Exhibition featuring innovative technologies at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, an official statement said. Since 2010, the exhibition is being organised every year at the sports ground of the president estate by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF). The exhibition features 41 innovative technologies, including seven […]
New York, March 7 (IANS) The anxiety-relief effects of marijuana are well known but scientists have found for the first time, how the controlled use of the drug may help people in distress. Sachin Patel, a professor of psychiatry and molecular physiology at Tennessee-based Vanderbilt University identified cannabinoid receptors in the brain through which marijuana exerts […]