London: A centre dedicated to the life and work of Rabindranath Tagore has been launched in Edinburgh, said to be the first UK hub of its kind dedicated to the Nobel laureate. The centre has been launched at Napier University following an agreement with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Called the Scottish Centre for Tagore Studies (ScoTs), the centre's aim is to promote Indian culture, education, philosophy, art...
01:41 AM, May 09, 2012
London: A hitherto unknown collection of photographs capturing life and times of 1912 Calcutta has been discovered in a shoebox in Edinburgh. The century-old collection of the Royal Commission of Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), includes rare and fragile glass plate negatives, which show life at the high point of the British Raj. The 178 negatives were found in a shoebox for a pair of grey, size 9,...
03:57 PM, May 08, 2012
London: More than 2,600 monkeys in Britain have become targets of "horrifying experiments" that included sawing open their skulls while still alive, putting electrodes in them and forcing them to watch TV, a report said. According to the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), scientists at a university in Edinburgh last year force-fed pregnant marmosets with toxic chemicals used in plastics to monitor the effect on the sexual...
10:17 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Edinburgh: Indian musician Ravi Shankar and Asian versions of Shakespeare are among highlights of this year's Edinburgh International Festival, as EIF director Jonathan Mills completes a five-year artistic tour of the world. The EIF, running from Aug. 12 to Sept. 4, combines with the Fringe and the city's International Book Festival and military tattoo to offer the world's biggest annual extravaganza of the arts. Mills unveiled the EIF programme on...
02:38 PM, Mar 24, 2011
Edinburgh: The EIF, running from Aug. 12 to Sept. 4, combines with the Fringe and the city's International Book Festival and military tattoo to offer the world's biggest annual extravaganza of the arts. Mills unveiled the EIF programme on Wednesday in what he called "an attempt to make very mainstream the ideas of Asian culture and the ideas of Asia's influence on Europe and Europe's influence on Asia -- it's...
11:40 AM, Mar 24, 2011
London: Women have been awaiting it for years -- a contraceptive option for men to help them share the family planning burden. And, now scientists at Edinburgh University have confirmed that such a contraceptive jab has proved successful in preventing unplanned pregnancies after tests in Scotland, 'The Scotsman' reported. The World Health Organisation trial, involving 200 couples around the globe, uses a combination of the hormones testosterone and progesterone which...
10:12 AM, Feb 07, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has signed a book deal with a British publisher to give a "highly personal" account of his life story, it was announced on Friday. Assange, who is currently on bail in Britain pending court proceedings over an extradition request from Sweden on assault charges, said he hoped the book would prove to be a "unifying document". Publishers Canongate Books, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, said it...
06:09 PM, Jan 08, 2011
London: A 106-year-old woman in Britain is not only a virgin, she has never ever been kissed. Isa Blyth, who turned 106 on Saturday, puts her longevity to being a virgin,
The Sun reported. She is of the opinion that being single has made her stay strong. "I'm not sure if anyone ever tried it on – but they never got anywhere! She says she never felt the need for...
12:05 PM, Sep 04, 2010
A Sikh teenager from Edinburgh who claimed his hair was chopped off by racist thugs admitted he had cooked up the story. ...
08:03 PM, Dec 24, 2006
This year, the charity has chosen to send about 200 young volunteers to India to work with the Sri Satya Sai Organisation. ...
08:23 AM, Dec 22, 2006
A group of white youths attacked a Sikh teenager and clipped his hair in a public park in Edinburgh. ...
09:53 AM, Nov 16, 2006
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