LOS ANGELES: A lone dolphin that has been stranded in Southern California’s Bolsa Chica wetlands may be hiding out from bullies, wildlife experts on said Monday, NBC Los Angeles reported. Rescue officials witnessed a confrontation between the animal and other dolphins believed to be a member of its pod as they tried to usher the [...]
Jaipur: The prestigious Mayo College Ajmer on Wednesday told the Rajasthan High Court that it will not grant admission to 25 per cent students from the weaker sections as made mandatory under the Right To Education Act, saying it is not applicable to it. Appearing for Mayo College administration in the High Court senior advocate [...]
Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai: The launch of the Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) is a major step forward for India but it must increase its capacity and launch many more satellites to be considered a serious player in making military satellites, says an official of a US-based space consultancy firm. “Risat-1 represents another step forward for India. [...]
Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi: Poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was often derided as “elitist” by a section of ultra-Left intellectuals during his time, is bridging the class divide in a new way — thanks to eight dancers of the Astad Deboo Dance Company who began their lives as street children in the capital’s alleys. The Nobel [...]
PARIS: A cheap, simple device widely used to monitor blood oxygen can help save newborn babies with congenital heart defects, a study in The Lancet determined. Congenital heart flaws account for between three and 7.5 per cent of all infant deaths, but surgery greatly improves the chances of survival, especially if the problem is detected [...]
The March 30 Rajya Sabha poll was countermanded after Rs.2.15 crore in cash was seized from the vehicle of a relative of an independent candidate Nityanand Shukla Ranchi: Today’s (May 3) poll for two Rajya Sabha seats from Jharkhand is casting its shadow on the stability of the Arjun Munda-led government. The two ruling coalition [...]
Dr Divya T Sudershan I have been reading a lot of scary reports about the oral contraceptive pill. My doctor has prescribed them to me. Should I take them ? How safe are they? I think every doctor has been shouting from the rooftops about NOT taking medicines without medical advice, about not sharing prescriptions [...]
This September, Osmania University is all set to open a hostel facility that promises to provide various amenities for its foreign students Sukriti Sen feedback@postnoon.com The Education management of Osmania University (OU) has taken a step forward to provide the foreign students with hostel facilities. The University initially planned to set up this hostel in [...]
City-based contractors are showing no remorse while violating existing building construction rules framed by the National Building Code and Model Municipal Law in Hyderabad. Apart from deviations from approved plans and violation of construction rules prescribed by National Building Code-2005 developers these days have no qualms about conducting construction work at night. According to the [...]
Panaji: In a bid to make Goa an all-season tourist destination, the state government is readying to woo tourists to its waterfalls and lush forests in the monsoon season. Usually, the sea gets rough during the rainy season and visitors are advised to stay away from beaches following which there is a drop in the number of travellers [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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