With a goal against Celta Vigo on Saturday, the Barcelona striker can become the first player to score against every Spanish league opponent in consecutive order. ...
01:58 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Two men and a woman have been arrested in Britain after a pig's severed head was left at the doors of a Muslim place of worship, British newspaper the Daily Mail reported Friday. Police were called after the head was found at the entrance to the community centre in Thurnby Lodge area of Leicester. The centre is used by a local Muslim group. ...
07:36 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Iniesta has written an open letter asking for people to invest money to help save his boyhood club Albacete from extinction. ...
08:52 AM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: With students from engineering background dominating management programmes in IIMs, the premier B-schools are planning some changes in the Common Admission Test to ensure a broad-based representation. "Efforts are on to have a re-look at the Common Admission Test (CAT)...some changes that will be helpful for people from other discipline," said CAT 2012 convener and professor at IIM Kozhikode SSS Kumar. He, however, refused to divulge details saying...
05:01 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: DNB CET is the eligibility-cum-ranking examination for entry to various Post-Graduate courses in modern medicine under the National Board of Examinations (NBE). NBE shall be conducting DNB CET as a Computer Based Test (CBT) from 17th to 20th November 2012 at test centres across the country. Candidates who are in possession of MBBS degree/Provisional MBBS Pass Certificate from an Institute recognized as per the provisions of the Indian...
02:33 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Kolkata: As India struggles with the tag of the world's second highest rate of suicides, a new study reveals that West Bengal is the worst affected. The question is as to what really could be the reasons behind this surge in suicide cases. 20-year old college students Mita and Priti consumed poison in Birbhum in Bengal on Wednesday. Theirs is the latest in the growing number of suicides. In India,...
08:46 AM, Oct 05, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday strongly opposed an All India Common Entrance Test for admission to Under Graduates and Post Graduates courses in medical colleges, saying such a move would interfere with the State's rights and create problems in implementing the reservation policy. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said that despite the State's protest, the Centre has notified the National Board of...
02:36 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Prakash Raj tops the list when it comes to rewarding talents. The actor, who has encouraged many in the past threw a surprise party for the cast and crew of 'Thulli Vilayadu'. The film marks the comeback of director Vincet Selva, who had made movies such as 'Youth', 'Priyamudan' and 'Iraniyan'. It stars newcomers in the lead roles, with Prakash Raj in a crucial character. "Prakash Raj was so happy...
02:12 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: A new Lancet study reveals that there are more smokers worldwide than previously thought and that the global tobacco burden may have been underestimated. In the light of these revelations, does India need tighten its anti-tobacco campaign? The new study says that over half the world's population consumes tobacco. That's around 852 million people worldwide according to the new estimates. 661 million worldwide smoke and 247 million are...
06:32 AM, Aug 17, 2012
The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) declared results of the Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) held in 2012 and conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, on behalf of APSCHE. This examination is the prerequisite for admission into various professional courses offered in government/private Colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Candidates can log on to http://www.apeamcet.org/Content/ResultsDisplayNew.aspx to access their results. In case heavy...
10:37 AM, Jul 03, 2012
According to a new Lancet study, India has the highest suicide rate in the world with maximum number of young people on the brink, worse it may soon turn out to be the biggest killer in the country. ...
11:58 PM, Jun 26, 2012
New Delhi: According to a new Lancet study, India has the highest suicide rates in the world with maximum number of young people on the brink, worse it may soon turn out to be the biggest killer in the country. According to Registrar General of India's first national survey, 2001-03, suicides claim twice as many lives per year as HIV-AIDS and could take over maternal mortality as the biggest killer...
07:59 AM, Jun 23, 2012
London: Suicide has become the second leading cause of death of young people in India, which has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, according to a study published in Lancet. "Suicide kills nearly as many Indian men aged 15-29 as transportation accidents and nearly as many young women as complications from pregnancy and childbirth," said the study's lead author Vikram Patel, of London School of Hygiene &...
09:59 AM, Jun 22, 2012
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Jayaprakash Dullapally secured first rank while the second spot was bagged by N Leela Kumari of Narasaraopet in Guntur district in the Integrated Common Test-2012 for admission into MBA and MCA courses in the state the results of which were announced on Sunday. The examination was conducted by Kakatiya University, Warangal this year on behalf of the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE). Securing 172 marks...
01:29 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) results for 2012 have been declared by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA). Students can log on to the KEA website to access their results. The Common Entrance Test (CET) is held to screen students seeking admission to the first year or first semester of full time courses in Medical and Engineering disciplines in institutions in Karnataka. Students from all over the country take...
10:07 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Employees of Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL) at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport are up in arms against the new service conditions they have been offered after the company hived off the ground handling and cargo handling services. Forty AIATSL employees have been given three options -- to join Air India-Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (AISATS) at the entry level, to opt a transfer to any other station...
02:59 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Mumbai: In a shocking study published in medical journal, The Lancet, scientists have found that one-third of malaria medicines in South East Asia and Africa are either fake or of poor quality. What is even worse is that a majority of these fake medicines are being manufactured in India and China. According to teh World Health Organisation (WHO), 2,500 people die worldwide every day of malaria. The Lancet study says ...
01:14 PM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: In a shocking study published in medical journal, The Lancet, scientists have found that one-third of malaria medicines in South East Asia and Africa are either fake or of poor quality. What is even worse is that a majority of these fake medicines are being manufactured in India and China. According to teh World Health Organisation (WHO), 2,500 people die worldwide every day of malaria. The Lancet study says...
01:14 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: A new study by UK-based medical journal Lancet has found that seven per cent of anti-malarial drugs tested in India are of poor quality and many are fake. The study goes on to say that 1 in every 3 anti-malarial drugs sold in southeast Asia are also fake. Researchers analysed data based on 1400 drug samples in five classes from seven Southeast Asian countries to reach to this...
10:11 AM, May 23, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government can consider opening a motor racing track in the state if it helped pull in tourists, Tourism Minister A P Anil Kumar said ahead of his meeting with F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan here on Thursday. "We are meeting later in the day and if he suggests that a racetrack in our state will boost tourism activities, we will definitely look into it," Kumar told IANS. "We...
01:57 PM, Apr 26, 2012
