New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld a Government notification of reducing the age limit for appointment of assistant teachers in state-run schools in the national capital. The court also endsorsed the government's decision, which said a candidate for the post must have passed Hindi ...

Washington: Over 10 million Americans are taking pain killers and more than four million are taking them regularly in a given week, according to Boston University study. Opioids are administered for treatment of moderate to severe pain and are among the most widely prescribed drugs. But its use h...

Washington: College students in the US know enough about HIV transmission, but are less well informed about its testing, according to a University of Georgia study. Su-I Hou, associate professor in the University of Georgia, surveyed more than 500 students and found that they scored higher on gener...

London: Patients discontinuing statin medication after acute myocardial infarction, increased their risk of dying over the next year, said researchers at McGill University. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the death of heart muscle caused by loss of blood supply to the muscle, normally a resu...

Sydney: Cunningly disguised as a toy, a new medical device can distract infant burns victims from excruciating pain. Designed by Sam Bucolo, Queensland University of Technology associate professor, 'Ditto' is a virtual reality-inspired diversionary therapy aid. Bucolo said that 'Ditto' is able ...

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London: Our white blood cells that kill invaders may be made more effective by switching on and off as necessary a chemical produced by these cells. This may lead to improved treatment for chronic infections and cancer, University of York scientists have found. Natural Killer (NK) cells are abund...

Coimbatore: A survey conducted by the Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has said that onion prices are likely to rise by Rs.2-4 per kg in the coming months due to poor supply from Karnataka, delayed monsoon and decreased Minimum Export ...

Jaipur: In a bid to make the Mid-Day Meal Scheme more effective and transparent, the Government of Rajasthan will hand over the programme's supervision to students of Class 6 to 11. "In order to maintain the quantity and quality of the meal provided in the scheme, students of class 6 to 11 would in...

Mumbai: Protesting against the communal violence in which Christians were killed in Orissa, about 150 convent schools running under the Bombay Archdiocesan Board of Education (ABE) located in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad will remain closed on Friday. "Whenever there is violence against Christians, we ...

New Delhi: A survey conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in 2006, has revealed that the learning ability of students of class III and VII in Government schools, especially SC/ST, OBC and girl students has shown a remarkable progress since 2004. A total of 4...

Mumbai: Aspirants of the Common Entrance Test (CET), Maharashtra have been advised to mark their answer sheets by darkening the circles properly. The Bombay High Court said that students are given marks even if they have ticked the correct circle and not darkened the circle. The High Court has, t...

Kolkata: Annex College of Management Studies, a management and IT training institute in eastern India, on Wednesday announced that it has tied up with the UK's Birmingham College to offer MBA courses. "The institute will be offering a one-year MBA course under the Birmingham College to students fro...

Singapore: Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Wednesday unveiled his vision for a knowledge-driven world in which creativity and courage would help future generations. "Armed with creativity, righteousness and courage, students can face the challenges that lie ahead of them," Kalam said...

Washington: A person's senses of touch and hearing become sharper when vision is lost but exactly how this happens has been unclear. Now a long-term study by Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) demonstrates that sudden and complet...

Washington: Amid a welter of theories explaining why lower eyelids turn baggy with age, University of California researchers have pinpointed how and why fat is primarily responsible. The study is the first to examine the anatomy of multiple subjects to determine what happens to the lower eyelid wit...

Washington: A fifth of ayurvedic medicines sold online were found to contain lead, mercury or arsenic above permissible levels, according to a recent study. Ayurvedic preparations are used by many of India's 1.1 billion population and worldwide by people from South Asia, as well as others, says th...

London: Secondary school students in Britain are to be taught history of Mughal and British India and black slavery as part of the government's move to make students better appreciate modern issues related to immigration and ethnic minorities. The two subjects, aimed at highlighting the influence ...

Washington: Researchers are developing a new tool to smell and identify specific gases exhaled in the breath of a person with cancer, for its early detection. The evidence is clear - gas molecules are uniquely associated with cancer. But current diagnostic tests not only often fail to detect can...

Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's mega development package for Assam, with maximum thrust on boosting the state's education sector, has been hailed here as a visionary step towards giving the region a cutting edge. There was disappointment when the prime minister left Assam on Tuesday mo...