The ambitious work of translating the literature of Adil Shahi era into Kannada is progressing fast with six books written in Persian and Dakhani Urdu have already been printed and they are expected to be released in first week of August.
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have found out a new insight into one of the biggest questions in science – why some animals, including humans, work together to maintain a common good.
Sociable weavers, a highly social and co-operative breeding bird from the savannahs of southern Africa, build the
largest nests of any bird, housing colonies of up to several hundred birds that can often weigh tonnes and last for
Secretary of Amanath Bank Members Welfare Association, Mr. Mohammed Wazeer Baig said in a press release that the petition filed by former union minister C. K. Jaffer Sharief in the Karnataka High Court regarding withdrawing of the depositors money from Amanath Co Operative Bank (ACB) is under hearing.
Earlier, the High Court judge had issued a direction to Mr. Sharief to deposit Rs. 430 crore in Amanath Bank to stop the merger with Canara Bank on November 25 last year. Since the direction was not obeyed, the case hearing is still going on.
A delegation of Karnataka Muslim Muttahida Mahaz (KMMM), an umbrella body of Muslims in Karnataka met the Karnataka Home Minister, Mr. K.J. George and discussed various issues concerning the ministry and community, here recently.
The IMF has assessed Pakistan’s gross external financing requirements at USD 10.8 billion for the new fiscal year, a new report said.
According to the latest International Monitory Fund report, released after completion of the third review of Pakistan’s economy under the USD 6.7 billion bailout programme, most of the funds are needed to return the loans that the country has taken from foreign lenders over the years, The Express Tribune reported today.
The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to develop the picturesque and heritage-rich port city of Visakhapatnam and the district as a tourism hub.
“The state government had already started work to develop beaches between Bheemili and Visakhapatnam at a cost of Rs 50 crore, which will be completed soon,” HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao told reporters yesterday after flagging off the ‘leisure night package tour’ bus launched by the state Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) here.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner AB Ibrahim has seized several lorries illegally transporting sand to other places without proper documents here on Wednesday evening.
The seizures were affected with the assistance of District Superintendent of Police Sharanappa, official sources said.
The DC was on his way to Neriya of Beltangady taluk from here when he observed the lorries and checked them. Several of them were found to be illegally carrying sand out of the district and grossly overloaded. As many as seven of the 33 lorries checked did not have permits, the sources said.
A total of Rs. 700 crore was allocated on Thursday in the Union Budget for carrying out reforms in power and water sectors in the national capital.
Presenting the budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed Rs. 500 crore for reform in the water sector while Rs. 200 crore has been set aside for reform in the power sector.
The city has been facing long power cuts during the peak summer months despite adequate availability of power. Major power transmission lines often trip when the load increases.
A doctor of a government hospital was yesterday allegedly beaten up and the hospital ransacked by the relatives of a teenager who succumbed to his injuries after falling off from a suburban train, the police said.
Souvik Ghosh (17) a resident of Titagarh and a student of class XI sustained fatal injuries when his head rammed into an electric post along the railway tracks while he was leaning out of a running suburban train and fell off, a senior officer of the Barrackpore Police Commissionarate said.
It’s not a bad idea after all to go bare faced sometimes, but make sure you have healthy and glowing skin. Ensure drinking water and using sunscreen to get that glow.
Here are some tips to boost your skin’s health, reports femalefirst.co.uk:
* Drink lots of water: Every system and function in our body depends on water. Skin is no different. Dry skin has less resilience and is more prone to wrinkling, so ensure you take in enough water to reach your skin and keep it hydrated. Two to three litres a day is usually about right.
Indian IT bellwether Infosys Ltd posted a net profit of Rs.2,866 crore for the first quarter (April-June) of this fiscal (2014-15), registering 21.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) and 3.5 percent sequential growth.
In a regulatory filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Friday, the global software major said its consolidated income for the quarter under review (Q1) increased 13.3 percent YoY and 0.8 percent sequentially to Rs.12,770 crore.
Raju, a 50-year-old elephant who was recently rescued from his abusive owner in Allahabad, is now recuperating at an elephant care centre.
Raju’s owner used to ill treat him and he has several injuries on the legs and head, said chief of Elephant Conservation and Care Centre Yaduraj Kadpekar. The owner did not use to give him sufficient food and he was very weak so a local court directed the forest department to take care of him, he said.
President Barack Obama is looking forward to meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, which will be a “valuable opportunity” to renew the strategic partnership and spur trade between the two countries, a senior US official said here today.
US Deputy Secretary of State William J Burns, who met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, said there was huge potential for taking the ties further particularly in the area of trade where “we are just scratching the surface”.
Hailing the Union budget, North Delhi Mayor Yogender Chandolia on Thursday termed it as “inclusive” and said the decision to allocate Rs 700 crore to overcome problems of power transmission and water distribution system in Delhi will help in making the national capital a world-class city.
The General Budget 2014-15 is an “inclusive budget” with equal focus on all sectors, Chandolia said in a statement issued by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
About 26,000 armed personnel will be deployed to ensure public safety during the World Cup final at Rio’s Maracana stadium Sunday.
The announcement was made after a meeting between government officials and representatives from football governing body FIFA, reported Xinhua.
“We will maintain the standard of excellence for public safety that we have had since the beginning of the World Cup,” Brazil’s Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo said.
Brazil has deployed some 100,000 police and 50,000 military troops during the World Cup.
The search for vaccination to stop the transmission of world’s deadliest diseases, Malaria, has reached a new level as scientists are getting closer to disarrange the life-cycle of the parasite.
Dr Rita Tewari of the University of Nottingham has completed what she describes as a ‘Herculean study’, has said that the latest study identifies how protein phosphatases regulate parasite development and differentiation and the research provides a systematic functional analysis for all the 30 phosphatases in Plasmodium berghei, which is the parasite responsible for causing malaria in rodents.
A recent study has revealed that cinnamon can suspend biomechanical, cellular and anatomical changes that occur in the brain due to Parkinson’s disease.
Neurological scientists at Rush University Medical Center have found that using cinnamon, a common food spice and flavoring material, can reverse the various changes that occur in the brain suffering from PD.
A new study has revealed that by thinking that exercise was fun, people could fool their brain into eating less afterwards.
The data was analysed from two studies by the Cornell Food and Brand Lab and it found that if people think of it as exercise or as a workout and they would later eat more dessert and snacks to reward themselves.
Brian Wansink, author and Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab said that people should do everything to make their workout fun, play music, watch a video, or simply be grateful that they were working out instead of working in the office.
Scientists have found that hydrogen sulfide, a chemical which stinks like rotten eggs, can offer health benefits to people suffering from diabetes, stroke, heart attacks and even dementia.
A new study has found a technique to progress toward addressing the texture problem in low-fat wieners that are made with olive oil rather than pork fat.
To turn a traditional hot dog that comes with a large dose of pork back-fat into a more healthful frankfurter, the researchers have developed olive oil “bulking agents” to replace the saturated animal fat.
The substitutes contain 55 percent olive oil, which contains more healthful unsaturated fats, and could reduce the calories by more than a third.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday termed the Union budget as a “dud”, saying it has nothing to offer to any section of the society and has missed out on important issues like corruption, inflation and looming drought.
“People had high expectations from the budget, but it turned out to be dud. The budget was a last ray of hope. There are no steps to deal with corruption, inflation and no initiatives have been taken to tackle with the situation when there is a threat of drought looming over because of bad monsoon,” party’s National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal told reporters here.
Franklin Meyer, the man behind Angelina’s Jolie shocking video of pacing up and down her apartment after allegedly buying drugs, has revealed that she “only sniffed but never smoked”.
In a video posted by Radar Online, the 68-year-old drug dealer said that during their deals, he only sold her cocaine and heroin that too in small quantities, the Mirror reported.
Prince William has become the President of the British Sub-Aqua Club.
On the occasion, the 32-year-old Duke of Cambridge donned a wetsuit and tested his scuba diving and snorkeling skills with a group of children and also posed for underwater photos, the BBC reported.
He also urged his father, Prince Charles, who was the previous President of the club, to join him in the water and offered a spare snorkel and mask, but the 65-year-old Duke of Cornwall refused to take up the task. (ANI)
China is set to advance its reform policies and offer additional opportunities to multinational companies, Premier Li Keqiang told executives of Fortune Global 500 companies in Beijing.
Executives of IBM, Siemens, Standard Chartered Bank, Volkswagen and a few other companies discussed their views on China’s financial cooperation, economic growth, innovations and other reforms.
The executives were present in Beijing to take part in the second annual Global CEO Council, reports the China Daily.
A U.S. drone reportedly killed six suspected militants in North West Pakistan on Thursday.
Official sources were quoted, as saying that the incident took place in North West Pakistan’s Datta Khel District.
Apart from the dead, two others were reportedly injured by the strike on a mud house in the area.
The drone strike took place about 45 km west of Miranshah, the capital of North West Pakistan. (ANI)