Highlights of Delhi’s power economy
-Discoms say 80 percent of capital’s electricity tariff pertains to cost of bulk power purchased from state-run generating firms -Discoms say bulk purchases are long term contracts over which they have little control -In the past 10 years, the bulk power cost increased 300 percent from... read more »
Vaccination key to combat cervicalcancer
New York – Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women and is responsible for nearly 10 percent of cancer deaths in women – particularly in developing countries. In India, it kills over 74,000 women every year. Now, researchers have completed a systematic and comprehensive... read more »
New gene a risk factor for type 2 diabetes
New York – First the facts. The number of diabetes patients in India is expected to reach 100 million by 2030, according to the latest Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study. And the number of type 2 diabetics is rapidly increasing in our country. To add to their woes, researchers in... read more »
Arshad most underrated, unutilised actor: Samir Tewari
Mumbai – Director Samir Tewari has roped in Arshad Warsi for his debut film “Mr Joe B. Carvalho”. He says that the actor is very versatile, but his potential hasn’t been fully utilised yet. Samir Tewari told IANS: “Arshad is a great actor. Can you imagine ‘Munna... read more »
Online petition to drop charges against Devyani launched
An online White House petition demanding the Obama Administration drop the visa fraud case against Devyani Khobragade has been launched here by a group of Indian-Americans who said the... read more »
AAP to stake claim
Decks have been cleared for the Aam Admi Party-led government in Delhi with the party convenor Arvind Kejriwal saying it is willing form the government. Mr. Kejriwal will meet... read more »
If injected into the bloodstream Pederin is fatal
India has been so unsuccessful in producing its own weapons of war that I am surprised that we do not start looking for innovative ways to keep our neighbours at bay. We have Pakistan and... read more »
Iran ready to play constructive role in Geneva talk
Tehran – Iran has expressed its readiness to play a “constructive” role in upcoming Geneva II conference on Syria if it is invited. “We have announced readiness to... read more »
44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing
Cairo – At least 44 people, including six children, were killed and dozens wounded in an aerial bombardment by the Syrian regime in Aleppo city. According to Rami Abdulrahman, the director of... read more »
