Music icons Crosby and Nash latest allies to anti-Wall Street movement WASHINGTON: Musicians David Crosby and Graham Nash, icons of the 1960s folk-rock era, serenaded anti-corporate protesters on Tuesday at the Occupy Wall Street camp in New York. Hundreds of the protesters, many of whom were not even born when the pair, along with Stephen [...]
Italian PM says he will resign after economic reforms ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, bowing to a parliamentary revolt and intense market pressure, said he would resign once crucial reforms aimed at calming eurozone turmoil are adopted this month. Markets in Asia rallied and Italian borrowing costs fell, on hopes that the eurozone debt [...]
It’s a pleasantly chilly winter morning and all one wants to do is lie back in bed and laze around. But there are things to do and just as you drag yourself out of bed you feel a sharp pain in the joints. Don’t be alarmed. Body pains and joint aches are a common occurrence [...]
Scientists also confirm previous research showing possible link between cannabis dependence and schizophrenia. In the first worldwide study of its kind, scientists from Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) found evidence that heavy methamphetamine users might have a higher risk of developing schizophrenia. This finding was based on a large study comparing the [...]
Cell-phone sniffing dogs drafted by NYC prison They can smell you now. Dogs trained to find cell phones by following the scent of lithium batteries will soon be prowling the grounds at Rikers Island, according to The New York Post. The prison hopes the $6,000 canines will curb the use of illicit mobile devices, which [...]
Launched with the motto “Don’t Drink and Drive, Unless It’s ArKay” the revolutionary whiskey drink contains 0% alcohol, but its creators promise a taste identical to the real thing. It’s “designed to allow individuals with medical conditions or with religious beliefs that prohibit alcohol consumption, to drink.” No more having to say no to a [...]
Alekhya Punjala, an exponent in Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam, is one of the finest dancers this country has produced. In conversation with her and her family, we realise that the doting mother of two, extends the same passion to her family as well. Her graceful charm bowled him over. So smitten was Dr Vinay Kumar with [...]
Although pigs aren’t exactly known for their speed and stamina, the people of Mikame, in Japan’s Ehime Prefecture seem to think they’re the perfect animals to ride. Ehime Prefecture has been known as Japan’s pork production capital for a long time, and 25 years ago someone thought it would be a great idea to celebrate [...]
Strong clean indoor air laws associated with large increases in voluntary smoke-free policies in the home needed Second-hand smoke exposure among non-smokers has declined over time as clean indoor air laws have been adopted. However, there has been concern that such laws might encourage smokers to smoke more in their homes or other private venues. [...]
“Little do people realise that it is their lifestyle habits that give rise to problems like diabetes. But the ailment is quite preventable if one adopts a healthy lifestyle, has a balanced diet, cuts down on the carbs and indulges in regular exercise, five times a week,” says Dr Raman Boddula, consultant endocrinologist at KIMS [...]
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Andhra Pradesh tops in revenge murders over illicit affairs according to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics. The motive for 445 murders, reported in the State last year, was revenge on cheating partners or their paramours. This amounts to 16 per cent of the murder cases registered here. While the motive for 317 murder cases [...]
Don’t blame the weather for your gloominess. Good rainfall last week and the forecast of further rains due to an active South-West monsoon prompts farmers to sow crops in 50,000 hectares more than last year in Andhra Pradesh. The acreage is expected to increase 25-30 per cent over the normal area of 81.12 lakh hectares, [...]
The man who took a ‘stand’ at Taksim Square
A man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening as night was falling and took [...]
As a conscious citizen watching the unfolding of the soap from Bihar, I am constrained to do some hard talk because all these worthies are playing with my life and my children’s. You may well ask how. Because what is happening is not an internal matter of a party or a Front but dividing the nation on communal lines more acutely than they did in the past. And communal venom has no anti-venom. It is deadly.
Corporal punishment in AP schools
The Public Interest Litigation filed in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) High Court on Saturday challenging the inaction of the State government in preventing ‘corporal punishment’ to children in schools calls for attention. Mohammed Shahbaz Ahmed Khan, a City resident, moved the PIL contending that as per the United Nations’ convention, the State was required to [...]
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