(Siasat News)The teachers of historic Osmania University will now get training in Israel, in turn; they will train their students.
The delegation of Israel held a closed-door meeting at the Center for Iinternational Programmes with the Vice Chancellor of Osmania University, Prof. S. Satyanarayana and other like-minded professors. It was decided to impart training to the teachers of Osmania University in Israel under Teachers Exchange Programme.
A woman suffered serious burns and her three-year-old son was charred to death after she allegedly set herself ablaze near Namakkal, police said yesterday.
Police said when the woman’s husband, a lorry driver, returned home last night, he found smoke emanating and broke open the door. Both his wife and son had suffered serious burns and the baby died today, police said
The condition of the woman, undergoing treatment at the Namakkal government hospital, is serious, sources added.
B. Neelima, employee of Infosys jumped to death from the Infosys building at Nanakramguda in Raidurg. She was 27. Presently the girl was working with the company’s office at New Jersey in United States for over a year and flew to India 10 days ago on leave for four weeks. She jumped from the 7th floor of the building at around 10:30 pm and was rushed to hospital in severely injured state, but the doctors pronounced her dead.
Neelima hailed from Kothapalli of Vardhannapet in Warangal district. A case of suspicious death under section 174 of Criminal Procedure Code was registered.
The US Congress has passed additional sanctions seeking to further stifle Iran’s oil exports, just a day after US President Barack Obama announced new measures to pressure the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear program.
The House of Representatives Wednesday voted 421-6 for the new penalties, while the Senate passed them unanimously later. The legislation will land on Obama’s desk for his signature, reported Xinhua.
To create awareness among public regarding proposed ‘Quit Telangana Movement’ by Telangana Praja Front, TPF leaders on Wednesday released Quit Telangana Movement posters and banners at Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial, Gun Park. Besides Vice president and state coordinator Telangana Praja Front, general secretary N Krishna, Devendar and hundreds of Telangana supporter were present on the occasion.
Dargah Hazrat Zinda Shah and chilla Hazrat Mahboob-e-Subhani are located very near to Shah Inayatgunj police station, at Begum Bazar police transport quarters line near Gosha Mahal, an area populated by ardent Hindus. The dargah comes under ward no. 14. The gazette record of dargah Hazrat Zinda Shah is as follows: gaz. No. A 20, sr. no. 607, dated 17-5-1984, page 34 2006.
People with poor mental health may have a shorter lifespan, according to a large-scale population based study.
Researchers from University College London (UCL) and University of Edinburgh analysed data from over 68,000 adults aged 35 years and over who took part in the Health Survey for England from 1994 to 2004.
Participants in the study had been evaluated for mental health problems using a recognised scale ranging from no symptoms to severe symptoms of depression and anxiety, reported the British Medical Journal.
Dead body found in drainage
(Siasat News): S R Nagar police has recovered a dead body from a drainage at Padma Nagar in Borabanda. Police said that the deceased might have died two days back.
According to police, the dead body of A Venkatesh, 45, a resident of Borabanda, a goldsmith by profession was found. He was an alcoholic.
Police is of the opinion that he was seen near a wine shop two days back and after consuming liquor in excess, he had gone towards the drain and might have fallen into it.
In a rare appearance after the Congress’ assembly poll loss in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi visited the state on Wednesday. Mr Gandhi visited a Dalit locality in Allahabad during his visited and interacted with the residents. The locals complained to him about the poor condition of the roads and the lack of facilities in the area.
Mr Gandhi, while campaigning for the polls earlier this year, had visited several Dalit villages and localities in the state.
The Congress General Secretary criticised the health care facilities in Uttar Pradesh.
The prohibitive cost of placing a single new drug on the shelves, amounting to $1 billion, is prompting scientists to look at existing drugs to treat different infections, and an Indian-origin cancer specialist has taken an initiative towards this.
The technique could cut drug development costs and make new medicine available to patients faster, according to researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), Washington.
Normal life was affected in Kerala Thursday as the state observed a shutdown on a call given by the opposition CPI-M to protest the arrest of its leader in a murder case.
State-owned as well as private buses were off the road. But two-wheelers and private cars were seen plying in some places.
Most of the offices and shops though remained shut while two units of the central paramilitary forces took over the vantage points in Kannur.
The arrested leader, P. Jayarajan is the CPI-M’s Kannur district secretary and a former legislator.
Concussions and even lesser head impacts may accelerate the brain`s natural ageing process, a new study has claimed.
Researchers from the University of Michigan found that brain injuries can cause signalling pathways in the brain to break down more quickly than they would in someone who has never suffered a concussion.
The study looked at college students with and without a history of concussion and found changes in gait, balance and in the brain`s electrical activity, specifically attention and impulse control.
A scriptwriter’s vision is different from a director’s or a producer’s and writers often struggle to retain the essence of their works, says filmmaker Kiran Rao, adding she too had to fight to protect her “Dhobi Ghat” script.
Director Imtiaz Ali has made commercially successful films like “Jab We Met” and “Rockstar”, but says he isn’t satisfied with his body of work.
“I am never satisfied. There is nothing that I have ever done that gives me any satisfaction beyond the couple of days after the film has released,” Ali said at the ongoing 12th Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival here.
“Although people would say a lot of things are satisfactory as far as my films are concerned, there are many points of dissatisfaction that I have from my films,” he added.
Here is Olympics for the rest of us! According to a new research any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment.
Researchers from Mayo Clinic found that aerobic exercise can sharpen the brain and also boost the mood.
“We know that 30 minutes of aerobic activity of any kind five times per week is associated with a reduced risk of cognitive decline. So it is important to stay active often and as early as you can,” Rodolfo Savica, a Mayo Clinic neurologist said in a statement.
Studies of how rats and ants rescue other members of their species do not prove that animals other than humans have empathy, according to a team led by Oxford University scientists.
Empathy – recognising and sharing feelings experienced by another individual – is a key human trait and to understand its evolution numerous studies have looked for evidence of it in non-human animals.
The ability to rescue another individual in distress, a typical empathic response of humans, appears in several other animals.
With rainfall improving significantly since the second half of July, Andhra Pradesh officials are hopeful that a drought-like situation would not prevail in the state this year and are expecting a good Kharif crop.
The state had witnessed deficit rainfall in June with only 83.5 mm of rains being recorded against a normal rainfall of 108.4 mm for the month, a deviation of -23 per cent.
However, the state received 202.9 mm rainfall in July against a normal rainfall of 188.0 mm.
In a press statement of Consulate General of Iran Hyderabad it has been told that Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran) has issued harsh statement against the Muslim genocide in Myanmar (Burma).
The ministry has appealed international fraternity besides Burmese government to intervene into the matter immediately. Appeal was also made to OIC in this connection. In the statement it was hoped that government of Burma will implement effective measures to curb tyrannous violence against Muslims.
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Toxic car exhaust fumes in small amounts could cure heart disease, scientists experimenting on pig hearts have claimed.
British scientists are monitoring the impact of tiny quantities of toxic chemicals found in car exhaust fumes to cure heart disease in pig hearts, the `Daily Mail` reported.
Chemists at University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) are using toxic chemicals carbon monoxide and nitric oxide to widen blood vessels and prevent blood clots.
Effectively utilizing the available factors of production — land, labor, and capital — is the key development challenge facing any economy. The more successfully these resources are mobilized, the higher the sustainable rate of growth. However, regulatory and institutional design can have profound implications on a country’s prospects in this regard. In the words of Jarmo T. Kotilaine, chief economist of the National Commercial Bank (NCB), “Institutional and policy design are critical for employment and growth alike.
Microsoft has announced that it has completed the product development and testing of Windows 8 and is releasing its next generation of operating system to computer makers.
“The Windows 8 team is proud to share with you that a short while ago we started releasing Windows 8 to PC OEM and manufacturing partners,” said Microsoft’s Windows engineering team on their blog.
“This means our next milestone will be the availability of exciting new models of PCs loaded with Windows 8 and on-line availability of Windows 8 on October 26, 2012.”
Director Imtiaz Ali has made commercially successful films like “Jab We Met” and “Rockstar”, but says he isn’t satisfied with his body of work.
“I am never satisfied. There is nothing that I have ever done that gives me any satisfaction beyond the couple of days after the film has released,” Ali said at the ongoing 12th Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival here.
“Although people would say a lot of things are satisfactory as far as my films are concerned, there are many points of dissatisfaction that I have from my films,” he added.
A seven-year-old Saudi boy was buried alive after a truck laden with sand offloaded its shipment accidentally on him while he was playing near his house in the Gulf Kingdom at night, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The boy was playing with his 10-year-old brother just outside their house in the capital Riyadh when a large truck arrived and began offloading sand.
“The Pakistani driver did not notice them as it was dark…they were both buried under the sand,” Sabq Arabic language daily said.
The Tibetan and the Buddhist community are outraged at a California-based company for promoting a range of shoes with the Lord Buddha’s images.
Tibetans and Bhutanese Buddhists have written to the company, Icon Shoes, to express their disgust. They have flooded the company’s Facebook page with protest notes.
There was no immediate reaction from Icon Shoes. “Unfortunately, it is a basic Buddhist tradition to treat images of Buddhist deities with reverence. Having the images on shoes is disrespect to the Buddhists,” wrote Bhuchung Tsering form International Campaign for Tibet.
Several places in Rajasthan barring Bikaner and Jodhpur divisions received light to moderate rainfall.
Sawaimadhopur recorded 23 mm of rainfall while Uniara, Karauli, Govindgarh and Bayana recorded 19, 17, 14 and 12 mm rainfall respectively since yesterday, Met officials said on Thursday.
Other places also recorded rainfall between 1 mm and 10 mm.
–PTI