Author: IANS

Porto Alegre (Brazil), Sep 22 (IANS) Encouraging physical activity and improving diet in children is crucial to cut deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD), a new study suggests. “Atherosclerosis – clogged arteries – starts in childhood and is more likely with a sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy diet,” said study lead author[Read More…]

Houston (Texas), Sep 22 (IANS) As the large Indian American community in Houston and across America prepare to greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ‘Howdy Modi’ event on Sunday, thousands of separatist Sikhs and Pakistanis have converged here to hold a protest against Modi. Over 50,000 Indian Americans have[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Domestic fuel prices have increased significantly over the past one week after the recent drone attacks on Saudi-oil major Aramco and petrol prices across major cities by around Rs 1.60 per litre. In the national capital, petrol prices have risen Rs 1.65 since the attacks[Read More…]

Chennai, Sep 22 (IANS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K.Sivan’s statement on Saturday that Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 mission was 98 per cent success has invited scorn many former senior officials of the space aggency. “In one week (success) percentage has increased by three per cent. By the unitary[Read More…]

Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) India have elected to bat first at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium here on Sunday in the third and final T20I against South Africa. India lead the three-match series 1-0 following their victory in Mohali on Wednesday while the first match in Dharamsala was washed out without[Read More…]

Shimla, Sep 22 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday rolled out an online portal for granting permissions under Section 118 of the HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972. Speaking at the launch function in Mandi town, Thakur said the online portal would go a long[Read More…]

Houston (Texas), Sep 22 (IANS) A delegation of Sikhs met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday and thanked him for going ahead with the Kartarpur corridor, saying they were proud of him and fully backed him. In his second engagement of the day after arriving in Houston, Modi met[Read More…]

Lucknow, Sep 22 (IANS) After losing six legislators to the Congress in Rajasthan, the Bahujan Samaj Party is now likely to lose three members of the UP Legislative Council to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. According to sources, three BSP MLCs have held meetings with state BJP leaders and are[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) No power would be able to save Pakistan from getting divided into pieces, if human rights violations against Balochs and Pashtuns continued, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday. “You can see they’re getting discouraged. Pakistan PM comes to PoK and says ‘countrymen don’t go[Read More…]

New York, Sep 22 (IANS) As part of his ‘Mission Kashmir’ to draw global attention on the issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the Kashmir Study Group to highlight the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which he said “poses a grave threat to regional peace and security”. Khan[Read More…]

Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Sep 22 (IANS) Rahul Aware on Sunday won bronze in the 61kg freestyle division of the World Wrestling Championships. This is India’s fifth medal at the wrestling Worlds with Aware joining bronze medallists Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Ravi Kumar Dahiya while Deepak Punia won silver earlier in[Read More…]

Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) Celebrating the spirit of camaraderie, thousands of global software major Wipro’s techies, their families, friends, alumni, customers, partners and suppliers ran for fun in 110 cities across 34 countries, said the IT behemoth on Sunday. “The Spirit of Wipro run with a’#FurtherTogether’ as the theme for[Read More…]

Sepang (Malaysia), Sep 22 (IANS) Sundays final race of round 6 at the Sepang International Circuit (Malaysia) once again brought cheer for IDEMITSU Honda Racing India – the solo Indian racing team battling for points at the Asia Road Racing Championship 2019 (ARRC). Despite his back and hand injury from[Read More…]

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By Anand Singh New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Eyeing a comeback in the Haryana Assembly polls, the Congress is all geared up to highlight the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government’s “betrayal” of the people, as unemployment rate is at an all time high in the state at 28 per cent. The[Read More…]

Chandigarh, Sep 22 (IANS) The Congress has issued 10-point criterion for the ticket-seekers for the Haryana Assembly elections to be held on October 21. According to the norms, they must wear khadi, be tee-totallers, follow the ‘Gandhian way of life’, believe in secular values or must not discriminate on the[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The district-level judiciary is facing space crunch as only 17,817 courtrooms are available against a sanctioned strength of 22,750 judges, marking a shortage of around 5,000 courtrooms and 9,000 residential units. According to a Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy report, only 13,790 residential units are[Read More…]

By Amit Kapoor New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) In this highly competitive and fast-growing world, every individual wants to achieve new heights. Each country wants to tread on the path of holistic growth in all spheres be it economic, social, or political to surpass the other countries. This struggle of[Read More…]

New York, Sep 22 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in New York onboard the special aircraft of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman with “mission Kashmir” in focus. Imran Khan, who was in Riyadh to meet the Saudi authorities before leaving for the US, was stopped by the[Read More…]

Ahmedabad, Sep 22 (IANS) To spread Mahatma Gandhi’s message, the Gujarat Congress has decided to organise a march to Sabarmati from two places — one from Porbandar, his place of birth, and the other from Dandi, famous for the ‘salt satyagrah’. The march will start on September 27 and culminate[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS) Director Swati Bhise has said making the historical film “The Warrior Queen of Jhansi” was a challenging exercise. “The Warrior Queen of Jhansi” traces the life of Rani Laxmibai, and her journey of becoming an icon for women all across the world. The director’s daughter, Devika[Read More…]

New York, Sep 22 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found a certain protein that is more prevalent in older people and which prevent fractured bones from healing. According to the study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight, the research team confirmed that older people have more[Read More…]

By Sanjeev Kumar Singh Chauhan Shahjahanpur, Sep 22 (IANS) Call it the power of the ubiquitousness of technology. The rape and blackmail of the Shahjahanpur Law student in which former Union minister and senior BJP leader Chinmayanand is under arrest, is turning out to be a unique case of ‘reverse[Read More…]

Srinagar, Sep 22 (IANS) A new political outfit is born in Kashmir which is nationalist in it’s approach. The news of the formation of Jammu and Kashmir Political Movement (Independent) was broken in a press conference in Srinagar on September 9 by people who do not belong to the established[Read More…]