Washington: In an unusual move, US Justice Department secretly obtained two months’ of telephone records of journalists working for the Associated Press, an action termed by the global news wire as a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how it gathers the news. The Justice Department obtained secret records as part of a year-long investigation into [...]
A US abortion provider was found guilty of murdering three babies with scissors after they were born alive in his filthy Philadelphia clinic. NEW YORK: A US abortion provider was found guilty Monday of murdering three babies with scissors after they were born alive in his filthy Philadelphia clinic. Kermit Gosnell, 72, could face the [...]
Islamabad: Forty-nine polling stations in Pakistan achieved the impossible — the votes polled were more than the total number of voters. Data gathered by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) observers at polling stations have shown voter turnout greater than 100 percent, reported News International. Pakistan went to the hustings Saturday and unofficial election results [...]
London: British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%, reports the BBC. The Cambridge-based National Institute of Agricultural Botany has combined an ancient ancestor of wheat with a modern variety to produce a new strain. In early trials, the resulting crop seemed bigger and stronger than [...]
The prototype, to be outlined in Physical Review Letters, contained a 5cm-wide flat region impervious to heat flowing around it. London: Researchers have built and tested a form of invisibility cloak that can hide objects from heat, reports the BBC. Similar cloaking efforts are underway to make objects invisible to light and even sound waves, but [...]
Squeals ricocheted down the halls as the 28-year-old inspected a photo exhibit. Robert MacPherson WASHINGTON: Britain’s Prince Harry broke hearts in Washington’s corridors of power, showing more interest in landmines than in the excited fans who greeted him at the start of a week-long US visit. Squeals ricocheted down the halls of the Russell Senate [...]
London: Exposing skin to sunlight may help reduce blood pressure, cut the risk of heart attack, stroke and even prolong life, a new study has claimed. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh have shown that when our skin is exposed to the sun’s rays, a compound is released in our blood vessels that help in [...]
Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the body will be handed over to Pakistan. Chandigarh: Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, who went into a coma after being badly beaten up by a fellow inmate in a Jammu jail last week, died this morning at PGIMER hospital here. “The patient was brought in a brain dead condition and died [...]
The shock finding means that scores of patients with unrelenting lower back pain will no longer face major operations. London: Up to 40 per cent of cases of chronic back pain could be cured with a course of antibiotics. The discovery has been hailed as worthy of a Nobel prize by the medical fraternity. Surgeons [...]
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Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena Just a few days ago, when Mumbai Indians played the Sunrisers in Mumbai, I found myself standing on Marine Drive, outside ‘D’ road, along with my brother, waiting for our sons to amble out after the match (which to the pride of this city’s dwellers, MI won). It took several moments for the [...]
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