Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday introduced a resolution in the assembly calling for a referendum to carve out a Tamil Eelam state in Sri Lanka.
Pushing the resolution in the house, the chief minister said Tamils living in Sri Lanka as well as Tamils of Sri Lankan origin living in other countries should take part in the referendum.
Eating a breakfast rich in protein significantly improves appetite control and reduces unhealthy snacking on high-fat or high-sugar foods in the evening, according to an expert.
This could help improve the diets of more than 25 million overweight or obese young adults in the US.
Heather Leidy, an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, is the first to examine the impact of breakfast consumption on daily appetite and evening snacking in young people who habitually skip breakfast.
Researchers have engineered ovaries that showed sustained release of the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone.
The proof-of-concept study suggests the possibility of engineering artificial ovaries in the lab to provide a more natural option for hormone replacement therapy for women.
“A bioartificial ovary has the potential to secrete hormones in a natural way based on the body`s needs, rather than the patient taking a specific dose of drugs each day,” Emmanuel C. Opara, Ph.D., professor of regenerative medicine Wake Forest Baptist and senior researcher, said.
Five years since the busting of a thriving racket in human kidneys in Gurgaon, where unsuspecting poor people would have their kidneys removed without their consent, a “huge disparity” between demand and supply of organs for transplant continues to promote a black market in kidneys, says doctors.
Medical professionals say it is the lack of availability of organs that leads to people resorting to illegal means in order to save the lives of their near and dear ones.
For a state that saw 34 small and big communal riots in the last one year, Hindus and Muslims came together in this Uttar Pradesh capital Wednesday to celebrate Holi.
The octagenarian Mohd Ahmad Khan, residing in Lucknow’s old city, is a glaring example of how religion holds no bar for celebrating the happiness and traditions of others.
Khan not only partakes in the Holi festivities as the head of the Aminabad Holi Mahotsava Sangh but also lights up the traditional Holika or holy fire in Aminabad, a busy thoroughfare in the capital.
Researchers are digging deeper into whether infants` ability to learn new words is shaped by the particular language being acquired.
A new Northwestern University study cites a promising new research agenda aimed at bringing researchers closer to discovering the impact of different languages on early language and cognitive development.
For decades, researchers have asked why infants learn new nouns more rapidly and more easily than new verbs.
Many researchers have asserted that the early advantage for learning nouns over verbs is a universal feature of human language.
Elderly people who are isolated and do not see friends or family regularly are at an increased risk of mortality, a new study has warned.
British researchers found that social isolation could dramatically increase the risk of mortality in both men and women, even after underlying health problems are taken into account.
Researchers studied lifestyles of 6,500 people aged 52 and over, who were followed over a seven-year period up until March last year.
Tragedy struck Holi celebrations in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday with the death of three people in three separate incidents, police said.
A youth drowned in a well in IDL area in Kukatpally here. Police said he had gone to the well to take a bath after celebrating Holi.
A six-year-old boy drowned in a water tank near Koyalagudem in Choutuppal mandal of Nalgonda district. He too was taking bath after playing Holi.
A youth, playing Holi, was killed after a truck knocked him down in Adigoppala in Durgi mandal of Guntur district.
Describing as bundle of lies, the black paper issued by TDP on the power crisis, YSR Congress has said it was Chandrababu Naidu who was responsible for the power sector fiasco and now he was trying to shift the blame on YS Rajasekhar Reddy, whose policies were pro-poor.
The Left parties on Wednesday called off the four-day long indefinite hunger strike launched to protest against the hike in power tariff.
The decision was taken after the leaders of seven Left Parties including the CPI and CPI (M) State Secretaries K Narayana and BV Raghuvulu were taken into custody by the police and shifted to Gandhi Hospital. They went on indefinite hunger strike demanding withdrawal of hike in power tariff and Fuel Surcharge Adjustment. The leaders broke their fast following the assurance from the State Government that hike in power tariff would be considered.
Actress Angelina Jolie was spotted wearing a gold band on her ring finger during a recent trip to a rescue camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The 37-year-old, who is engaged to Brad Pitt and raises six kids with him, replaced her giant platinum engagement
sparkler with the band, sparking rumours that she has tied the knot with Pitt, reported Us magazine.
The “Maleficent” actress and special envoy of the United Nations’ refugee agency was in Africa with British Foreign
Secretary William Hague to raise awareness of war zone rape in the Congo and Rwanda.
Tension prevailed when Congress workers and some Pro-Tamil groups clashed here today after the latter allegedly damaged the party flagposts and posters, police said.
About 50 activists of the Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam and Nam Tamizhar Iyakkam broke Congress flagposts and damaged
festoons and posters put up near the venue of a meeting convened by TNCC chief B S Gnanadesikan for partymen from
Tiruchirapalli, Perambaur and Karur Lok Sabha constituencies.
The Congressmen retaliated and chased the groups with sticks for about a km.There was heated exchange and scuffle
Delivering the key note address at the 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energy here today, former advisor to the Prime Minister P S Deodhar advocated a proper mix of conventional as well as non-conventional energy.
There was ample opportunity to generate solar energy from small roof top projects to avoid high losses in grid
processing as well transmission, he said.
He said that the current policy of subsidising large solar projects must be replaced by encouraging small solar
projects at lower costs.
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The use of contraceptive pills cause some 2,500 accidents and 20 deaths every year in France.
This is the finding of the National Agency for the Safety of Drugs and Health Products (ANSM), reports Xinhua.
ANSM’s undated study estimated that the contraceptive pills are tied to blood clots, and 1,751 accidents as well as 14 of 20 deaths were caused by the third and fourth generation pills.
The other six deaths were blamed on first and second eneration pills.
The Bombay High Court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to demolish all illegal structures or extensions that have come up on the premises of the suburban Vikhroli magistrate’s court.
The direction was passed by a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A V Mohta on March 25 while
hearing a public interest litigation filed by one Shivshankar Joshi Jatashankar on the poor condition of the magistrate’s court building in Vikhroli.
A report submitted by the Committee of Registrar General of the high court, secretary of the state Public Works
Two minor siblings were recovered by police today, hours after they went missing from their locality in Rainawari area of the city.
Four-year-old Mutayab Naqash and his sister Maroofa Akhter (two) went missing yesterday from home at Naid Boni,
Rainawari,” a police spokesman said.
He said an auto-rickshaw driver noticed the missing kids with a woman in suspicious circumstances at Wazirbagh in
uptown city and alerted police.
Police took the kids from the woman, who is reported to be mentally unstable, and handed them over to their parents, the spokesman said.
About 24 TDP MLAs continued their indefinite hunger-strike for the second day here today demanding immediate withdrawal of Andhra Pradesh government’s proposal to enhance power tariff and also take urgent steps to mitigate the grave electricity crisis.
The TDP legislators launched the indefinite hunger-strike last night after the budget session of Assembly
was adjourned sine die at the end of a 11-hour-long debate on the power crisis.
The CPI and the CPM, which were separately agitating over the same issue, extended support to the TDP and said they
Researchers have found a way to transform the carbon dioxide (CO2) trapped in the atmosphere into useful industrial products.
The discovery may soon lead to the development of biofuels made directly from the CO2 in the air – responsible for global warming.
The United States has worked with India throughout the process on the US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), Obama Administration’s point man on South Asia has said.
We worked very closely with India throughout the process and we indeed welcomed some of the changes that India
made,” the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, told the BBC Sinhalese service in an interview.
So we were quite satisfied with the cooperation that we had with India, and I think going forward it will be very
Five persons, including two cameramen of local Tamil TV channels, were today injured when a person hurled country bombs at an accused in the murder of a dalit outfit founder near a local court, police said.
One Natarajan, who allegedly hurled the bombs, was arrested with the help of a telephone lineman who managed to
catch hold of him, police said.
The lineman also suffered splinter injuries.
One of the two Italian marines facing murder charges in India has appealed to politicians back home to show a united front on their behalf, calling for a resolution to the “tragedy”.
Massimiliano Latorre made the appeal in an email to a journalist made public.
Right now, it doesn’t help us to know who to blame, because it doesn’t lead us anywhere, and political parties
bouncing responsibility off each other is even less useful,” Latorre wrote to Mediaset reporter Toni Capuozzo.
According to Syed Nazimuddin retd. lecturer, chairman Aman Educational and Welfare Association, Tolichowki, applications are invited for admission into A.P Residential junior Colleges for the year 2013-2014. Students appeared for SSC March 2013 are eligible.
The Minority Junior Colleges at Guntur, Kurnool, Nizamabad, Hyderabad (Boys) have Urdu and English media. The Medium of instructions is “Urdu” at Vayalpadu (Girls). The Groups offered at Minority junior colleges are MPC, BiPC and CEC. coaching will also be given for EAMCET and CPT.
The meeting of Board of Directors of Minority Finance Corporation was held on Tuesday. Principal secretary Minority Welfare Rani Kumudini presided over the meeting as chairperson. Joint Secretary Minority Welfare Parveen Baig, Managing Director Minority Finance Corporation and Commissioner Minority Welfare M A Waheed, deputy Secretary finance and other officials attended the meeting.
Shaikh Azmath who was suffering from liver disease underwent liver transplant on February 28, at Global Hospital , Lakdi ka pul, Hyderabad. The surgery was successful and he was discharged from the hospital on Friday. On the appeal made by Siasat daily and State Organising Secretary Bodhan, Mr. M Amarnath Babu many philanthropists extended financial help for the surgery.
Suspicious death of woman creates panic
(Siasat News): A woman who died in suspicious circumstances in Kushaiguda sent shock waves in the locality. Ghousia Begum 28, had cone to Hyderabad from Gulbarga and after two weeks she suspiciously died.
She was the wife of one Mohd. Javed of Nagarjuna colony, Kushaiguda. Both hail from Gulbarga and Javed had migrated to Hyderabad in search of a job and has been living in Kushaiguda. However, in between, Javed used to visit Gulbarga.