Asian News International A seminar on “Disaster Management and Fire Safety” organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Fire and Emergency Department Joint Director in which D Rasheed while addressing a seminar said new measures had to be in place in addition to the already existing ones such as water sprinklers recommended under the National Building Laws.”
‘Tesco’ the British retailer announced that its joint venture with Tata Group’s Trent Ltd. By this Tesco Plc became the first foreign supermarket chain to invest in India.
“Following the previous announcement and receipt of requisite approvals, Tesco has completed the establishment of a 50:50 joint venture with Trent Ltd, part of the Tata Group. The joint venture company, Trent Hypermarket Ltd (THL), operates the Star Bazaar retail business in India,” Tesco said in a filing late Tuesday.
Political uncertainty atlast ended after four years with the creation of Telangana and attention is now turning towards rebuilding brand Hyderabad.
K Taraka Rama Rao, State Information Technology Minister is set to clear several IT companies’ expansion plans, which had been put on ice all these years.
The companies which geared up for expanding their operations in and around Hyderabad are tech major such as Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Cognizant, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
A case of abduction turned out to be a brutal assault of a ‘missing’ 11-year-old boy who was found lying in the middle of some bushes with severe injuries he sustained at the hands of his schoolmate for allegedly refusing sexual advances.
Police revealed that the victim was a student of a madrassa in Malakpet, attacked by his fellow student and left to die. The accused, who is a 13-year-old student of the same madrassa, had claimed on Wednesday that the victim had been kidnapped by four people who whisked him away in a vehicle.
Madhya Pradesh home minister Babulal Gaur, a day after said that only God can stop perverted people from committing rape, the BJP old hand triggered more controversy by defending his party’s ideological opponent, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, and his chief minister son Akhilesh Yadav, by saying that no rapist ever says he is going to rape, therefore rapes can’t be stopped. He also infuriated many women activists with his comment that charges of rape are sometimes right and sometimes wrong.
More than 700 MBBS seats will be cancelled in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states if the medical colleges fail to improve their infrastructure facilities as indicated by the Medical Council of India.
The MCI see the sights of all the colleges and inspected the premises before finally upgrading the seats in the existing medical colleges.
Those under scanner are Gandhi Medical College, medical colleges in Nellore, Nizamabad, and Tirupati, Andhra Medical College and also SV Medical College.
24-year-old IT professional’s murder in Pune, allegedly by members of a Hindu extremist group, over the reported deprecating depiction of Maratha king Shivaji and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray on some social media sites and subsequent acts of defacement pose a threat not only to India’s social cohesion but also to the ability of the new government at the Centre to get on with its promised task of creating prosperity for all.
A new study has revealed that chimps at the Kyoto University Primate Research Institute consistently outperform humans in simple contests drawn from game theory.
British model Katie Price says she doesn’t wear make-up now since she’s too busy taking care of her children and sticks to using Vaseline to keep her lips moisturised.
The 36-year-old, who is now pregnant with her fifth child and has sons Harvey, 12, Junior, eight, and daughter Princess, six, from previous relationships, as well as nine-month-old baby Jett with her husband Kieran Hayler, lacks the time to apply cosmetics because she’s busy with the children.
If you are a parent and have to deal with kids who give you the jitters, this App is designed for you.
The App delivers research-based strategies to help decrease stress during emotionally charged interactions with their children. The system, called ParentGuardian, detects stress and presents interventions in real-time.
Developed by computer scientists at Microsoft Research and University of California, San Diego, the system combines a mobile application and sensor to detect stress in parents.
Global food prices fell by 3.2 per cent in May, the second consecutive month of fall, on account of a sharp decline in costs of dairy, cereals and vegetable oils, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
The FAO’s price index, which measures monthly price changes for a basket of grains, oilseeds, dairy, meat and sugar, averaged 207.8 points last month as compared with 214.6 points in May 2013, falling nearly 3.2 per cent.
General Motors India today launched a limited edition of its entry level compact car Chevrolet Spark priced up to Rs 3.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
The new edition, having additional features such as outside rear-view mirrors with integrated turn signals, will be priced between Rs 3.44 and 3.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi), the company said in a statement.
GM India has been targeting first-time buyers and young nuclear families with its Chevrolet Spark car. The car is powered by a 1-litre petrol engine.
Now you may know why you usually have a disturbed sleep at night – go figure out if your wife has higher marital satisfaction!
Couples are more likely to sleep in sync when the wife is more satisfied with their marriage, a fascinating research reveals.
“Most of what is known about sleep comes from studying it at the individual level. However, for most adults, sleep is a shared behaviour between bed partners,” said Heather Gunn, a post-doctoral scholar at University of Pittsburgh.
A red lipstick beauty look ensures you stand out from the crowd but what is more interesting that women are wearing this look at the workplace to help in getting a promotion, new research says.
Nearly half of British women wear red lipstick to work to impress their boss, according to the survey.
The research, done by Escentual.com – a premier beauty destination – found that 40 percent of women regularly arrive at the office sporting an alluring scarlet shade of lipstick in an attempt to attract the attention of their male bosses, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Singer Demi Lovato has transformed her look once again by dying her hair in a combination of lavender and grey ombre.
The 21-year-old has added to her long list of rainbow-hued hairdos by transforming her tresses into an a unique combination, reports contactmusic.com.
Perhaps taking cues from Kelly Osbourne, the chameleon-like star surprised fans by coming up with a shade she hasn’t tried before.
Sharing a series of snapshots of the look on Twitter, Lovato teased her new hair colour to her followers ahead of her appearance on NBC’s ‘Seth Meyers’ show.
A Superintendent of Police (SP) has been killed in an encounter with the militants in Assam’s Hamren District.
According to reports, the senior police officer was leading a raid, involving three police parties, against the KPLP militants late on Thursday.
No other casualties have been reported so far. Further details are awaited. (ANI)
Ambassador Kathleen Stephens has arrived at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi to begin her tenure as the United States Charge d’Affaires ad interim to India.
A U.S Embassy press release said that Charge d’Affaires Stephens will lead the U.S. mission’s work in continuing to advance the U.S.-India strategic partnership, and looks forward to working closely with the new Indian government.
A 23-year-old devotee from Mumbai drowned in Godavari river here after he entered the waters for a holy dip, police said Friday.
The incident took place on Wednesday night when Bhavik Ashok Jain, a resident of Mazgaon in Mumbai could not judge the water level and was swept away in the heavy current, they said.
Jain was fished out yesterday from the Talkuteshwar temple area by fire personnel.
The river was flooded as the irrigation department had released water from Gangapur dam as per routine-rotation, police added.PTI
A new study has revealed that sleep after learning strengthens connections between brain cells and enhances memory.
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have shown for the first time that sleep after learning encourages the growth of dendritic spines, the tiny protrusions from brain cells that connect to other brain cells and facilitate the passage of information across synapses, the junctions at which brain cells meet.
Moreover, the activity of brain cells during deep sleep, or slow-wave sleep, after learning is critical for such growth.
Inducing positive emotions or creating the perception of “swapping” a limb or bodily area affected by chronic pain in a virtual environment can be a powerful therapeutic tool, a research suggests.
Virtual reality can be an effective adjunct for both chronic and acute pain conditions.
Violence erupted in the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on Friday, when a task force of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee ( SGPC) clashed with Sikh radical groups.
The clash took place after various groups staged protests over Simranjit Singh Mann, the head of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann Group), attempting to give a speech from the rostrum of the Akal Takht in the complex.
Television reports said that at least twelve people were injured in the clash. Media persons were also assaulted during the skirmish, the reports further said.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova battled back from a set down to defeat Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to make it to the French Open final for the third straight year.
The Russian ace won the three0set match for a 19th time in a row on clay, dating back reportedly to a loss against Justine Henin at Roland Garros in 2010.
According to Sport24, Sharapova will face Simona Halep, who became the first Romanian woman to reach the Grand Slam final in 34 years after defeating Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in the French Open semifinals, on Saturday for the final battle.
Egypt has introduced new laws against sexual harassment in an effort to bring down the escalating menace.
In an order issued by outgoing interim President Adly Mansour, the punishment for sexual harassment now is up to five years in jail, the BBC reported.
Longer sentences can also be issued for offenders who hold a position of power over their victims such being armed with a weapon or a senior person at work.
Offenders who repeat the act would face double terms.
Beside the jail term, the offenders would also be fined up to 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($714).
The economic growth rate will improve to 6.2 percent in current fiscal and can go up to 8 percent in the next three years on back of favourable domestic and global environment, tax consultancy firm Ernst & Young (E&Y) said.
“A combination of structural correction, confidence in new government and favourable global conditions could propel economic growth to beyond 8 percent in three years,” it said.
The economic growth rate remained below 5 percent for the second year in a row recording 4.7 percent in 2013-14.
Canadian police has charged two Americans and one British businessman of Indian origin with trying to bribe Indian officials to secure a $100 million contract with Air India for a biometric security system.
British national Shailesh Govindia, and Americans Robert Barra, former chief executive officer of Cryptometrics Canada Inc, and Dario Berini, the company’s former chief operating officer were charged Wednesday after an international investigation, according to Ottawa Citizen.