If a single gene is not functioning properly, insulin is not released into the bloodstream to regulate blood sugar levels – leading to type 2 diabetes, claims a scientist of Indian origin. A research team led by Bellur S. Prabhakar, professor and head of microbiology and immunology at University of Illinois at Chicago College of […]
Only light motor vehicles would be allowed to move on the Jammu-Srinagar highway Sunday because a portion of it caved in, traffic authorities said. A portion of the road in Chenani area of Jammu region caved in Saturday. The damaged area has been restored for light vehicular traffic, a senior traffic official told IANS. He […]
Forget McDonald’s or your neighbourhood fast food joint. For best French fries, plan a trip for a drive-thru on the largest planet in our solar system! Sounds fancy but for future space travellers, scientists have answered where in the solar system can they find the best French fries – on Jupiter. Scientists reached a European […]
China has investigated as many as 36,907 officials suspected of corruption from January to November in 2013, a report said Sunday. The officials were allegedly involved in 27,236 cases, 21,848 of these being major and important, reported Xinhua citing a statement from the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. Major and important cases accounted for 80.2 percent of […]
Thailand’s anti-government protestors Sunday morning began a warm-up rally to mobilise more people to join a mass campaign planned for Jan 13 to paralyse the capital. Led by Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary-general of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee, protestors started around 10 a.m. a march of about eight km in downtown Bangkok, Xinhua reported. Similar warm-up […]
A gun battle between security forces and Taliban in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province left 15 militants including a key commander dead Sunday, a local official said. “A group of armed Taliban rebels raided a police checkpoint in Jangul area of Abband district late Saturday night triggering a fierce gun battle which lasted until Sunday morning during […]
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to continue its construction ban in 17 green belts of the town, an official said Sunday. “The cabinet last evening (Saturday) decided to continue with the ban on construction in the 17 green belts falling within the Shimla Municipal Corporation limits,” a government spokesperson told IANS. He said the […]
After Secretary of State John Kerry and Ambassador Nancy Powell, it was the turn of a celebrated school choir from the US to express regret at the ugly turn of events that led to the humiliation of an Indian diplomat, an incident that caused a major downturn in Indo-US ties at the end of last […]
The Border Security Force (BSF) will be entrusted the task of guarding the India-Myanmar border later this year, the paramilitary forces’s chief said Saturday. “From this year itself, we will start guarding the 1,624-km-long India-Myanmar border thar passes through the states of Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh,” BSF Director General Subhash Joshi told media […]
Polling stations in Bangladesh opened Sunday morning for the parliament elections boycotted by the main opposition party which enforced non-stop countrywide strike and blockade. Voting will continue from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at about 18,000 polling stations set in schools and other public buildings, Xinhua reported. More than 43.9 million voters are expected to […]