Everything you need to know about Agri College: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Agri College: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 16 (ANI): University of Missouri researchers have found that simvastatin, a generic type of statin previously sold under the brand name "Zocor," hindered the positive effects of exercise for obese and overweight adults.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): Having a hysterectomy with or without ovary removal in mid-life does not increase a woman's risk of cardiovascular disease compared to women who reach natural menopause, a new study has revealed.
London, May 11 (ANI): An American student is attempting to make a record as the youngest person in history to fly solo around the world, and will be making his first stop in the UK after setting off from California on May 2.
Houston, May 10 (IANS) If there was any doubt about the benefits of sharing your home with a pet, here is something to mull over -- scientists claim that the presence of a pet greatly reduces the risk of heart disease.
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Scientists have shown that consuming fatty foods can affect alertness and result in fatigue, says a study.
London, Apr 19 (ANI): Slapping a child to discipline is acceptable provided it is accompanied by love and affection, a new study has revealed.
Los Angeles, April 17 (IANS) Scientists have shown that a component of plant cells can be transformed into starch which consequently could be a potent source of nutrients.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A Manipuri student committed suicide in his hostel room in Delhi University's Hindu College, police said Sunday.
New Delhi, Apr.5 (ANI): Mr S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris), Co-Founder and Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited, has been elected as the President of CII for the year 2013-14. He succeeds Mr Adi Godrej as the new President.
London, March 19 (IANS) In an attempt to treat obesity and diabetes, scientists have shown that the joint effect of two hormones, important in metabolism, can work to reduce appetite.
London, Mar 14 (ANI): Scientists have created a potent new gene therapy technique, which could bring hope to millions crippled by arthritis pain.
Lucknow, March 13 (IANS) There is a revolution waiting to happen in rural Uttar Pradesh but capital and technology were needed to unleash the state's unlimited potential, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said at a business summit here Wednesday.
London, Mar 9 (ANI): The workforce that built the Stonehenge 4,500 years ago came in their thousands from the length and breadth of Britain, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): All employees are accountable for something, but very few fully understand exactly what they are accountable for, according to a new study.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) In order to boost food production, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday proposed an outlay of Rs.27,049 crore for the agriculture ministry, up 22 percent over the revised estimates of 2012-13.
New Delhi, Feb.28 (ANI): In the budget for 2013-14, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has proposed a matching equity grants to registered Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) upto a maximum of Rs. 10 lakh per FPO to enable them to leverage working capital from financial institutions.
London, Feb 15 (IANS) Wide-faced men tend to act more aggressively and also make racist remarks, says a new study.
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) A group of American scientists have successfully managed to selectively shut off in mice the ability to feel cold while leaving the sensation of touch and heat intact.
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) Expansion of production technology, setting up of food research centres and joint inter-ministerial initiatives are needed for proper growth and development of the agro-marketing industry in West Bengal, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said here Thursday.
Washington, January 30 (ANI): Male Savannah sparrows sing distinctly different songs today than did their ancestors 30 years ago - changes passed along generation to generation, according to a new study of more than three decades' worth of sparrow recordings by University of Guelph researchers.
Washington, January 23 (ANI): Waste from the cows and food products are used to produce gas to power electric generators in a city in England, it has been revealed.
Melbourne, December 26 (ANI): Smiling and cheerful teens are likely to earn more money than morose adolescents when they grow up, according to a study.
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) Violations of personal space, unwanted borrowing of fashionable clothes, or arguments over whose turn is it to play a new video game, can fuel sibling squabbles that are linked to greater anxiety and lower self esteem in children.
Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) Bugs exposed to antibiotics for long periods are known to develop resistance to drugs by quickly pumping them out of their cells or modifying the compounds so that they're no longer toxic. Now new research has uncovered a soil bacterium that breaks down the antibiotic and uses it for growth.
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Connectivity is the buzzword in India's relations with the 10?member Asean as it rebuilds road and sea links to boost trade and people?to?people ties with an economically vibrant region.
London, Nov 22 (IANS) A web?based system could give your clothes a perfect fit and revolutionise online clothes shopping.
Hyderabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Escorts Agri Machinery, a part of Escorts Group, aims to become the number one in the high?end tractor market segment in India in three years.
London, Nov 20 (IANS) Happy adolescents are more likely to grow into wealthy adults, independently of every other influence, says the first indepth study in this regard.
Phnom Penh, Nov 19 (IANS) India Monday said it is ready to ink a free trade agreement on services and investment with the 10?member Asean next month, ahead of a commemorative event in New Delhi to mark the 20th anniversary of its "Look East" policy and 10 years of summit?level partnership.
Washington, November 1 (ANI): A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist and his commercial colleague have found black raspberries that have resistance to a disease-spreading aphid.
Kolkata, Oct 26 (IANS) Mango, mahogany, banyan and Ashoka trees should be planted in large numbers to fight air pollution in towns and cities, a horticultural expert has advised.
New Delhi/Toronto, Oct.24 (ANI): Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit India next week to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other Indian leaders.
London, October 22 (ANI): Abbey Crouch, who attended the Liverpool Fashion Week on Saturday night in a very revealing low-cut dress, was left spending most of her evening trying to pull her outfit back up.
Itanagar, Oct. 19 (ANI): The Livelihood Mission School (CMLMS) became the essence of every address during the daylong visit of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki to Jairampur and Nampong in the state's Changlang district .
London, Oct 16 (ANI): An underwear designed to jolt the buttocks with electricity may be able to prevent dangerous open wounds called pressure sores, researchers have suggested.
Sydney, Oct 16 (IANS) A genetically modified mouse has been created by US scientists to help detect landmines.
Washington, October 4 (ANI): We come to place more value on the options we chose and less value on the ones we rejected be it choosing between presidential candidates or household objects, researcher say.
Washington, Oct 1 (IANS) When children suffer from allergies and asthma induced by dust mites, finding relief seems an uphill task. Researchers now claim that three years of allergy shots would offer long-term control of allergic asthma.
London, Sep 27 (IANS) A key factor which slows down muscle repair during ageing can also be reversed, potentially opening the way to their renewal, says a study conducted on mice.
London, Sep 13 (IANS) Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen probably suffered from an inheritable form of temporal lobe epilepsy that gave him abnormally large breasts, according to the Daily Mail.
Washington, September 6 (ANI): The stories young people tell about themselves vary depending on the teens' gender, say a University of Missouri psychologist and her colleagues.
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Escorts Limited, a leading manufacturer and supplier of agri-machinery products, is focusing on African markets to export its tractors as the farm sector in country is slated for robust growth, a top official of the company said Wednesday.
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Tractor sales, which have been flat for about six months due to a delayed monsoon, are expected to pick up from October following recent rains, agri-machinery maker Escorts said Wednesday.
London, September 3 (ANI): Scientists at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio claim discovery of a new compound, which they believe could one day cure Alzheimer's disease.
London, September 3 (ANI): Scientists are working on a way of measuring the level and location of pain felt by patients using a special "pain map" of the brain.
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) A new software relying on smartphones' global positioning system (GPS) and imaging abilities can fix the exact location of distant objects as well as monitor the speed and direction of moving objects, says a study.
New Delhi, Aug.29 (ANI): Australia's High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese, today welcomed a landmark research and health initiative between Australia and India. Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, have entered into a $AUD 2.6-million (approximately Rs 148 million) partnership to help stamp out iron-deficiency anaemia, a major cause of maternal death during childbirth.
New Delhi, Aug.21 (ANI): Going organic is the new mantra in Sikkim as State promoted organic farming has picked up in a big way among 50,000 farming families of hill state which is set to become hub of organic cultivation in the ountry by the year 2015 when the entire state will be converted into
Islamabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Eight people were injured Tuesday in a bomb explosion that was followed by firing in the Balochistan capital Quetta, a media report said.
London, August 14 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a completely new route by which male androgen hormones fuel the growth of prostate cancer, raising the prospect that existing drugs could be used to treat the disease.
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Young women medical professionals and nurses in Pakistan are among the many groups vulnerable to workplace violence and sexual harassment, a leading Pakistani daily said Sunday.
London, July 27 (IANS) Some people are very good at spotting deception... liars themselves.
London, July 16 (ANI): Half of all the athletes competing at the London Olympics will be tested for drugs, which is being billed as the biggest anti-doping procedure in the history of the Games.
Washington, July 13 (ANI): Researchers have developed a device that could help millions of people suffering from multiple sclerosis, parkinson's, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries or amputees to soon interact with their computers and surroundings using just their eyes.
London, July 13 (IANS) Millions suffering from multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, which impacts nerve cells and amputees may soon be able to interact with computers and surroundings using just their eyes, thanks to a new device that costs less than 40 pounds.
London, July 13 (ANI): The falling cost of DNA testing means that Britain is on the verge of a new era of eugenics, a leading scientist has claimed.
London, July 11 (ANI): Wandering eyes are seen as a sign of disinterest or that the person is lying, but a new study has suggested that the involuntary movement occurs when people try and access their long-term memory.
Washington, July 10 (ANI): Scientists have announced a discovery that confirms a key prediction in the prevailing theory of how the universe's current web-like structure evolved.
Tel Aviv, July 3 (IANS) Compared to the average three-year life span of a common rat, the 10 to 30-year life of the naked mole rat, an underground rodent native to East Africa, is amazing.
Washington, July 3 (ANI): A collaborative of researchers in Israel and the United States is working to uncover the secret to the naked mole rats' long - and active - lifespan.
Melbourne, June 18 (ANI): Love is not only blind, it also makes you stupid, a new research has claimed.
Melbourne, June 18 (ANI): Love is not only blind, it also makes you stupid, a new research has claimed.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A new study by an optometrist at the University of Houston (UH) has offered new hope for more effective treatment of nearsightedness in children.
Ankara, May 29 (Xinhua-ANI): A total of 10 people were kidnapped by the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey's eastern province of Igdir, local newspaper Today's Zaman reported on its website on Tuesday.
Chennai, May 17 (IANS) In an attempt to regain its top position in the high-powered tractor segment, tractor maker Escorts Ltd. will launch one new range every six months, said a senior company official here Thursday.
Washington, April 7 (ANI): Scientists have identified a protein that protects cancer and other cells from treatments like chemotherapy and radiation.oth radiation and many forms of chemotherapy try to kill tumours by causing oxidative stress in cancer cells.
Ongole (AP), Feb 28 (ANI):India's second largest tractor major, Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE) has successfully conducted the 'Farmer's Day' here with an aim to bring the farming community and agricultural experts for interaction on a common platform.
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): Harvard researchers have debunked earlier studies that linked specific genes to intelligence.
Washington, Feb 23 (ANI): A new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks has been developed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego.
Washington, Feb 23 (ANI): A new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks has been developed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego.
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): A philosophy professor from Pennsylvania has offered some ethical and practical advice on flirting to those of the faint of heart.
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): A philosophy professor from Pennsylvania has offered some ethical and practical advice on flirting to those of the faint of heart.
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, researchers have said.
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, researchers have said.
London, Jan 29 (ANI): Men can actually tell from a woman's voice when she is having her period, a new study has claimed.
London, Jan 29 (ANI): Men can actually tell from a woman's voice when she is having her period, a new study has claimed.
London, Jan 25 (ANI): Researchers have now identified the entry point of hepatitis C virus - the first step leading to the chronic infection- thus opening the door to a number of possibilities for therapeutics.
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): Few researchers have now cast doubts over the popular notion - "men are better at math"- saying that the studies supporting the stereotype had major methodological flaws, utilised improper statistical techniques and many of them were scientifically incorrect.
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): Few researchers have now cast doubts over the popular notion - "men are better at math"- saying that the studies supporting the stereotype had major methodological flaws, utilised improper statistical techniques and many of them were scientifically incorrect.
Washington, Jan 6 (ANI): Stephen Hawking, who has decoded some of the most puzzling secrets of the universe, has revealed that for him women are the only enduring mystery of the universe he has found impossible to crack.
Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): The bittersweet nostalgia we experience during holidays about good times and loved ones long gone, helps us feel connected both around the vacation and at other times, an expert has claimed.
Washington, Dec 24 (ANI): A new study has found that if all of UK's discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards were collected and fermented, they could make enough biofuel to run a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times.
London, Dec 15 (ANI): Men who have a less blessed appearance often overestimate their looks, which helps them approach more women, a new study has claimed.
Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Scientists are finding ways to use insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans.
Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): A new study found that female students achieved higher grades by being optimistic, whereas male students were scoring less by being overconfident.
Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): Scientists have found that cancer cells tap into a natural recycling system to obtain the energy they need to keep dividing, suggesting potential new target for treatments.
Washington, Nov 2 (ANI): Babies start understanding another person's thought process when they are 10-months-old, a new research has said.
Washington, Oct 19 (ANI): A new study has revealed that one glass of wine a day can reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
London, Oct 17 (ANI): Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new nanomaterial that can "steer" electrical currents, which could lead to a computer that can simply reconfigure its internal wiring and become an entirely different device, based on changing needs.
Melbourne, Oct 7 (ANI): The Sun's UV rays are even more damaging than once thought, UK researchers say.
Washington, Sept 22 (ANI): A new study has revealed that people shown in YouTube videos with movement disorders often do not suffer from such disorders.
Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): A study has found that increased resistance training does not yield any additional benefits for cardiac rehabilitation patients.
Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): It was previously known that a few drinks could dull the brain 'alarm' that monitors mistakes, but a new study has revealed that drinkers are still aware of what they're doing, but care less about them.
Washington, August 27 (ANI): A research by a team at Imperial College London has indicated that babies and toddlers with congenital heart disease are at an increased risk of having harmful toxins in their blood.
Washington, August 23 (ANI): Boys feel that discussing problems is a waste of time, a new research has found.
Washington, August 19 (ANI): An international team of scientists has discovered exactly how a human egg captures an incoming sperm to begin the fertilisation process, a finding that could help explain infertility causes and provide new contraceptive targets.
Nevada (US), August 16 (ANI): Many Christian universities/colleges in USA have been offering yoga, according to reports.
Washington, August 11 (ANI): Researchers have found a potential new treatment for thousands of asthma patients who experience a 'late phase' of symptoms several hours after exposure to allergens, causing breathing difficulties which can last up to 24 hours.
Washington, August 11 (ANI): Thrill-seekers, like private airplane pilots, tend to make effective chief executive officers, a new research has found.
Washington, July 23 (ANI): A new research has revealed that writing emails with too many typos or excessive punctuation could make you look apathetic or girly.o come to the conclusion, Frank McAndrew, of Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., and his colleagues asked 166 undergraduates to read emails with slight tweaks to their style and grammar.
