Computational biology, or application of computers in biology, was progressing well in India due to its increasing resource of students in the IT field, an Indian American scientist said Monday.
Computational biology involves application of computational simulation techniques to the study of biological, behavioural, and social systems.
The Afghan Taliban has suspended mediation with the United States over the possible transfer of prisoners. The U.S. is seeking to release five senior Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for a U.S. soldier captured nearly five years ago.
Ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has been accused of leaking state secrets to Iran”s Revolutionary Guards. Egyptian prosecutors accused Morsi of leaking the secrets during the second hearing of his trial on espionage charges.
Oscar Pistorius was allegedly watching porn on his mobile phone the night his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot at his home. Documents leaked to the South African Times reveal that Pistorius”s mobile phone was retrieved from his home in Pretoria.
It also suggested that he was watching porn while Steenkamp was there on Valentine”s Day last year. According to news.com.au, the document also reveals that this evidence gives a picture in ”direct contrast to that of a loving couple spending their time together”.
Michelle Obama was recently spotted dinning with her girlfriends at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak, and Stone Crab. While the First Lady was there, other regulars were asked to go through metal detectors to get in, the Washington Post reported. Michelle, rumored to be wearing a gray dress during the dinner, was enjoying a ladies’ night out with longtime White House aides Anita Decker Breckenridge and Melissa Winter in a private room. (ANI)
Crying is the only way of communication for babies. All babies cry at times, which is normal as they express their emotions –anger, anxiety, frustration, boredom and discomfort–by crying. But, parents often do not search for the reason that is making their baby cry.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said that he is not superstitious about his refrigerator always being full.
The 32-year-old footie ace said that it was not a superstition, and was just something that he liked, FHM India magazine reported.
Ibrahimovic said that when he was growing up, they were so poor that there was never anything in the fridge.
He said that now he doesn’t have that problem and makes sure the fridge is always full, adding that he doesn’t like to see it empty. (ANI)
Expressing concern over the growing attacks on the media by political leaders and public figures, President of Editors Guild of India N. Ravi said political leaders should be open criticism to their functioning and flaws being exposed, and appealed that public figures should not to resort to vague and unsubstantiated charges of corrupt motives and abuses towards the media when refuting.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing communal and region-based politics.
Addressing a public gathering at Sonipat district in Haryana, Gandhi said there was a wide difference between the thinking of the Congress Party and the BJP. “The difference between thinking of Congress party and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is that for us every one belongs to India be it Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or people from any caste and religion,” said Gandhi.
AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh today held discussions with TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, amid speculations over the merger of or pre-poll tie-up between the two parties ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
The meeting between the two leaders comes against the backdrop of Rao calling on Congress vice president Rahul
Gandhi early today and his meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
I had a meeting with Rao. We had preliminary discussions on the relationship between TRS and Congress, as he had
Demanding that the government solve their long-pending grievances immediately, Anganwadi workers launched a “Maha Dharna” at Indira Park here on Monday.
Though the police detained Hyderabad-bound Angawadi workers coming from various districts by buses and trains, a large number of them managed to reach the Dharna Chowk at Indira Park took part in the Maha Dharna.
Ten persons were injured as suspected NDFB (Songbijit) militants exploded two hand grenades injuring 10 persons in Assam today on the eve of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state tomorrow.
Two grenades were hurled by two motorcycle riders at Gasbari daily market near Goreswar bordering Kamrup and
Baksa districts at around 6.10 pm injuring 10 persons, police sources said.
Nine of the critically injured were referred to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, the sources said.
One person was today killed and two others were seriously injured when an explosion took place in a steel casting factory in the industrial area here, police said.
The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Purit Agarwal while the injured as Gopal and Rahul, who are in
serious condition and being treated in a local hospital, they said.
The incident took place around 2.30 PM in electricity meter room of the factory, where the three were present,
police said, adding cause of explosion was being probed.
An alleged kingpin of a gang of vehicle lifters active in Delhi-NCR has been arrested here, police said today.
Five stolen bikes and a scooter were recovered from the possession of one Yusuf, a resident of Ghaziabad district,
police said.
Siyani Gate police last night nabbed the accused, said to belong to a gang which is active in Delhi, Noida and
Ghaziabad.
We got a tip-off that Yusuf was coming towards Holy Child crossing and laid a trap to arrest him. He was wanted in
several vehicle theft cases,” police said.
The body of a Pakistani national, who allegedly committed suicide in a Jammu jail, was today repatriated via the Wagah border crossing.
Showkat Ali, 42, who hailed from Sialkot in Pakistan, was found hanging from an iron grill inside his barrack in the
Ambphalla district jail by authorities on February 21, police said.
He had been lodged in the jail after being booked by Arnia police for illegally crossing over to India for the second
time on December 12, 2011.
Ali was first apprehended in 2008 for crossing over and confined in the Ambphalla district jail till his deportation
The UK plans to significantly increase visa fees to plug a 50 million pound gap in its budget, a move that can hit Prime Minister David Cameron’s efforts to boost student and business visits from countries like India.
The proposal for an across-the-board rise in visa fees is contained in a letter from a Home Office official circulated in the corridors of power here, The Times reported today.
Seeking an “unconditional ceasefire” from the Pakistani Taliban, cricketer-turned- politician Imran Khan today said targeted action should be taken against militants who do not join the peace process.
The head of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party said there is a deadlock in the dialogue and urged the Taliban leadership to announce a ceasefire in order to secure the peace process.
The government should hold negotiations with groups willing to talk and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should lead
the dialogue, he said.
Indian Mujahideen (IM), a banned terrorist organisation, has entered into a larger conspiracy of waging war against the government of India, said a charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and three others for terror strikes in India.
The 277-page charge sheet revealed the war waged by the outfit is to be effected by terrorist acts like bomb blasts at prominent places and important tourist sites of India and kidnapping of selective targets, including foreigners visiting India.
India Monday successfully test-fired its Akash medium-range surface-to-air missile from a defence base in Odisha, for the second time in less than a week, officials said.
The indigenously-developed missile, with a 27-km range and an effective ceiling of 15 km, was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range of Chandipur in the coastal district of Balasore, 230 km from Bhubaneswar.
Test range director M.V.K.V. Prasad said Akash was test-fired by scientists of Bharat Dynamic Limited, a state-run missile system manufacturer, and Bharat Electronics, a state-run defence electronics company.
As many as 71,602 students appeared for Intermediate Practical Examination (IPE) March 2014 Practical Examinations on the 13th day held at 1042 centers across the State on Monday.
Necessary arrangements were made to conduct practical exams. The flying squads with video cameras visited the examination centres. The Board of Intermediate (BIE), in a press release, said that the examinations have been conducted smoothly and peacefully without any untoward incident. (INN)
Andhra Pradesh’s caretaker Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy continued consultations with his loyalists for a second day Monday on floating a new political party.
Some legislators of ruling Congress met Kiran Reddy, who resigned last week as chief minister and also from the party to protest the state’s bifurcation.
He reportedly told them that the central government insulted Telugu-speaking people and unable to bear this insult he decided to form a new party. “The way Congress handled the whole issue hurt sentiments of people,” a leader quoted him as saying.
The Delhi High Court today fixed for May 19 the hearing on the law suit of former Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar seeking to restrain the media from reporting the alleged sexual harassment case against him.
Pleadings shall be complete within four weeks from today. Rejoinder/replication shall be filed three weeks
thereafter. Fix it for hearing on May 19,” Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said.
Besides the alleged law intern, who filed her written statement in a sealed cover, various media houses also filed
A 35-year-old man died after he was consumed unknown poison at Budvel railway station on Sunday evening hours.
According to Kachiguda Railway police, deceased later identified as C Shivaji (45) a DCM Driver R/o Premavati pet of Rajendranagar consumed unknown poison on Sunday evening hours at Budvel Railway station immediately shifted to nearest hospital where doctors declared brought dead, suicide reason was not known yet, Railway police Kachiguda registered a case and dead body shifted to OGH Mortuary for postmortem. (INN)
The Lok Satta Party has constituted two coordination committees – one each for Andhra Pradesh and the other for Telangana– as the first step towards realizing the dreams and aspirations of the people in the two States.
Announcing this in a media statement, State Lok Satta Party President Katari Srinivasa Rao said that the Lok Satta is the first party to form two committees for the two States. The two committees will meet at Guntur and Hyderabad on March 2.
TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday expressed confidence that the Telugu Desam Party would form government in both the states of Telangana and residual Andhra Pradesh.