Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) Scoring the first win for Indian-Americans in the US mid-term elections, South Carolina’s Republican Governor Nikki Haley handily beat Democratic state Senator Vincent Sheheen to win a second term. Born Nimrata ‘Nikki’ Randhawa, the 42-year-old daughter of Sikh immigrants from India became the first minority and first female governor of the state […]
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) The Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Centre will honour nine Indian American Malayalees for their outstanding achievements in their field of specialization or for their service to the society. The awardees were selected unanimously by a four-member committee headed by Kerala Centre Board Member and Trustee Dr. Thomas Abraham. The awardees […]
New York, Nov 5 (IANS) The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has grown exponentially since May and has already killed over 5,000 people could prove to be much widespread and deadlier that what is currently believed, an analysis shows. The outbreak’s fatality rate is over 70 percent – rather than 50 percent as previously […]
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) President Barack faced the prospect of a tightening gridlock in his final two years in office with Republicans just one seat away from snatching a Senate majority to gain full control of US Congress. The conservative opposition, which already leads the House of Representatives, needed to gain six seats from 36 seats […]
By Karishma Saurabh Kalita New Delhi “Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble,” said the three witches in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The day of the dead, better known as Halloween, will be celebrated all across the world Friday and Indian restaurants, cafes and nightclubs are in full swing to get their “spook” […]
Dhaka, Nov 2 (IANS) Electricity supply resumed in Bangladesh, nearly 10 hours after the breakdown of the national grid. Masum-Al-Beruni, managing director of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh, said power supplies were restored in parts of Dhaka and all other divisional cities, including Chittagong, Saturday night, Xinhua reported. Al-Beruni expressed hope that there will not be […]
Washington, Nov 2 (IANS) Debunking a prevalent theory of Alzheimer’s development, researchers have now found that it is not the amyloid-beta (A-beta) protein fragments but the tau tangle proteins which are the real culprits behind the disease. Plaque made of beta-amyloid protein fragments and tangles formed from tau proteins are familiar hallmarks of disease in the […]
London, Nov 2 (IANS) A team of scientists has discovered unusual rocks deep inside the Earth’s crust that could slow down earthquakes. Using computer models to create underground 3D images of the Chile earthquake (magnitude 8.8 on Richter scale) in 2010, researchers from the University of Liverpool found a mass of rocks, deep in the active […]
New York, Nov 2 (IANS) Planting trees and creating green space in cities is good for attracting insect species but it may not be enough to ensure bio-diversity, said a study. The team found insect abundance was lacking in two common, urban trees in Iowa in the US, suggesting insect movement may be limited by barriers, […]
Dhaka, Nov 2 (IANS) Mir Quasem Ali, a top leader of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced to death Sunday for crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War. The International Crimes Tribunal-2, chaired by Justice Obaidul Hassan, passed the sentence, nearly six months after a case against him was wrapped up, bdnews24.com reported.