Everything you need to know about Gannavaram Centre: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Gannavaram Centre: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) There is new hope for those who are sick of their glasses but have been refused Lasik surgery for sight correction as their cornea was too thin or irregular. A new method now assures complete vision correction through a quick and ablation-free technique.
Shimla, May 24 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Tagore Centre for the study of culture and civilization and delivered the first Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lecture at Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla here on Friday.
Washington, May 24 (ANI): Tomatoes, believed to be the most popular fruit in the world, could be made to taste better and have a longer shelf life.
New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday launched three Aadhaar-based services to authenticate beneficiaries before delivering services to them .
London, May 23 (ANI): Teenagers are now turning to Twitter as their enthusiasm for Facebook is waning, a new study has found.
Washington, May 23 (ANI): Taking a calcium supplement of up to 1,000 mg per day can help women live longer, according to a research.
New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday asked the farming community to protect and conserve plant varieties to achieve higher and quality production in the agriculture sector.
Geneva, May 22 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad met US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius here yesterday to discuss matters relating to bilateral cooperation covered under the Indo-US Health Initiative launched in 2010.
Seoul, May 22 (IANS) An Indian film festival, where hugely popular Bollywood movies like "Lage Raho Munnabhai" will be screened, is to be held here to commemorate the 40th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and South Korea.
New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): In a step towards enhancing transparency, the Central Governmnet has extended the facility of e-filing of RTI applications to ministries of Home Affairs and Agriculture.
Washington, May 21 (IANS) Ahead of the second US-India Homeland Security dialogue here Tuesday, the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans has sought expanded cooperation between the two countries on internal security issues.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) An international tobacco control survey has found that a ban on tobacco advertisements, especially where tobacco is sold, leads to lower sales of cigarettes.
Islamabad, May 19 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which is set to lead the government at the Centre, has reportedly told Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani that Pervez Musharraf should leave Pakistan before the elected government takes charge from the caretakers.
Bhubaneswar, May 18 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Odisha chief secretary for failing to submit a report on the problems faced by patients and Ayush doctors in the state, a petitioner said Saturday.
London, May 18 (ANI): Justin Bieber has been hit with a hefty bill by the quarantine centre caring for his pet monkey.
New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): The government is considering a proposal to raise the eligibility criteria of income for people availing minority welfare schemes.
Los Angeles, May 18 (IANS) Pop sensation Justin Bieber will have to pay hefty bills to the quarantine centre caring for his pet monkey Mally.
Islamabad, May 17 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has invited Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) to join its government at the Centre while turning down the latter's offer to form a coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where its rival Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the largest party in May 11 polls.
New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Central Government willl launch Direct Benefit Transfer scheme for LPG in 20 districts from June 1.
Beijing, May 15 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Tibet in southwest China Wednesday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said.
Abu Dhabi, May 15 (IANS/WAM) Abu Dhabi has been named among the top 100 busiest global destinations for meetings, in the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) rankings.
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The students wing of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Tuesday staged demonstration in central Kolkata demanding a proper probe into the chit fund scam, arrest of those involved and compensation to the depositors.
Latehar, May 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who visited Jharkhand's Latehar District on Tuesday, assured the locals that the Central Government is determined to institute progressive reforms.
The Central Government has hiked the monetary assistance to the poor class by Rs.25,000 under its housing scheme with special primacy to Scheduled Castes, tribals and minorities.
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): The Central Government has hiked by Rs.25,000 the monetary assistance under its housing scheme for the poor, giving primacy to Scheduled Castes, tribals and minorities.
London, May 14(ANI): An anonymous bidder has paid 6,05,000 dollars, the highest amount ever, for a half an hour meeting with Apple's chief Tim in a charity auction for celebrities' time.
London, May 13 (ANI): Climate change could lead to decline in more than 50 per cent of common plants and 33 per cent of animals can see this century, a research has suggested.
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Diesel prices have been hiked by one rupee two paisa per litre. This came into a effect from Friday night.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Several human rights activists Friday demanded the abolishment of death penalty in India, saying that capital punishment is serving agenda of political class.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center of English Studies has once again been ranked amidst the top 100 English departments in the world by prestigious QS World University Rankings 2013.
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Delhi-based Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has in its latest report titled "India's Child Soldiers", said that Naxals and other insurgent outfits are recruiting children to fulfill their objectives.
Students, who have filled the application form for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2013 and have not received the CLAT Admit Card 2013 so far via speed post, can download it from the CLAT official website " http://clat.ac.in/clat/admit.php "
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Governments and businesses cannot build a sound future without co-opting the $2.7 trillion creative and culture industry that accounts for 6.1 percent of the world's output and eight million direct jobs, says a leading think tank that seeks to promote cultural diversity.
Washington, May 10 (IANS) As the US Congress opened a debate on comprehensive immigration reforms, a poll found wide variation in the Americans' views on how to deal with 11 million undocumented immigrants, including some 260,000 Indians.
New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday rubbished speculation that his newly-floated political outfit Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) helped the Congress to register a thumping victory in the state.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): A bizarre 12-centimetre-long skeleton found in a pouch in a ghost town in the Atacama Desert of Chile ten years ago has confused scientists and UFO enthusiasts.
New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) on Thursday filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) against the custodial death of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay at the PGIMER, Chandigarh due to multiple organ failure.
Bhubaneswar, May 9 (IANS) It's turning out to be a sizzling summer in Odisha with the the mercury touching 44.8 degrees Celsius in the towns of Sambalpur and Balangir, an official said Thursday. And the heat wave conditions will last for at least the next two days.
New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court (SC) today said of repatriation of injured Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay does not arise as he has not completed his jail term.
London, May 07(ANI): Lindsay Lohan is keen to leave the Betty Ford Centre, days after her newly rehired lawyer cut a last-minute deal to let her go there.
Hamilton (Bermuda), May 7 (IANS/CMC) Half-centuries by Pradeep Airee and Sharad Vesawkar helped Nepal beat Uganda by five wickets to secure the 50-overs ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 title at the National Sports Centre.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in a press release today stated that Delhi University has decided to introduce compulsory Hindi and other Modern Indian Languages (MILs) in its four-year course programme for undergraduates without assessing the capacity of the faculty on MILs.
London, May 5 (ANI): Facebook and other social networking sites can affect your mental health, scientists have claimed.
Jaipur, May 4 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said India has been active in international forums relating to environmental protection, and is party to 94 multilaterals environmental agreements such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), among many others.
Madrid, May 4 (IANS) Spain's consumer confidence in April increased by 4.6 points to 56.7, according to data published by the Sociological Research Centre (CIS) in Spain.
Sydney, May 4 (ANI): Young Australian cricketer Mitchell Marsh, who has been recalled to the squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, has said that he has learnt from his mistakes made off the field, although he said that he felt that his lapses of the past year have been blown out of proportion.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is paying a three-day visit to Iran from Friday, during which development of the Chabahar port that would provide India a vital link to transport its goods to Afghanistan is to figure prominently.
Bhubaneswar, May 2 (IANS) Odisha continued to reel under intense heat, with one of its towns Thursday recording 43.7 degrees Celsius, the day's highest in the state, an official said.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence awarded to murder convict M N Das to life imprisonment.
Melbourne, May 1 (IANS) The Australian cricket selectors have given maverick Mitchell Marsh a big chance to put his career back on track by ignoring his current form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to pick him in the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy June 6-23.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The 18th European Union Film Festival will screen movies like "Fast Girls", "Beyond" and "My Name Is Ki", which focus on different aspects of womanhood.
Washington, April 30 (ANI): It will be possible to forecast the outbreak of dengue fever up to 16 weeks in advance, with the help of a warning system which measures the risk of dengue incidence using precipitation and air temperature.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A six-year-old girl who was found unconscious near a public toilet in Badarpur, south Delhi, with critical injuries Friday is recovering, a doctor treating her said Sunday.
New Delhi, April 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has reportedly told a delegation of Odisha Congress members that there has been no discrimination in the allocation of funds to the state from the Central Government.
Bhubaneswar, Apr. 26 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said the Biju Janata Dal has called for a peaceful 'hartal' through out the state against the Centre's continuous negligence.
Sydney, Apr. 26 (ANI): Children as young as eight years are suffering from severe back pain and headaches caused due to over-indulgence in iPads and smart phones.
Sydney, Apr 26 (ANI): Former Australian cricketers Stuart MacGill and Ashley Mallett, who have been appointed by Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence as coach and consultant respectively, are reportedly set to give a new direction to the country's spin attack.
Hyderabad, April 26 (IANS) Telugu actor Tottempudi Gopichand will marry Reshma, niece of popular Telugu actor Meka Srikanth here May 12.
In an another breakthrough over cancer, scientists from Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR) have revealed new findings that can help design new treatment methods for cancer. Scientists have found that why a particular cancer drug is so effective at killing cells.
Washington, April 25 (ANI): Scientists from the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR) have made a breakthrough that could be used to aid the design of future cancer treatments.
London, April 24 (IANS) Singer Justin Bieber has reportedly dropped the idea of rescuing his pet monkey, Mally, from customs officials in Germany and wants a zoo to take care of him.
New Delhi, April 23 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in its submission to visiting United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Rashida Manjoo, in New Delhi today, urged the Rapporteur to address custodial violence against women and girl children.
New Delhi, April 23 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) has cleared 13 power projects involving investment worth Rs.33,000 crore rupees.
London, Apr. 22 (ANI): A heavy police presence was ascertained on the streets of Bahrain to ensure that pro-democracy protests did not disrupt the controversial Grand Prix in country.
Sydney, April 22 (ANI): A major scientific research project has found that warming over the 20th century produced the hottest global average temperatures in 1400 years.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has demanded the sacking of policemen who failed to register a complaint about the rape of a five-year-old in the capital.
London, April 21 (ANI): Living a healthy lifestyle not only protect against heart disease and stroke, it also helps keep Alzheimer's at bay, according to a new research.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Jamia Milia Islamia here is at the forefront of path-breaking research in nanotechnology, which could change the lives of people for the better, a university official said Saturday.
Toronto, April 18 (IANS) Toronto Raptors completed their 2012-13 season with a 114-90 victory over the Boston Celtics in NBA action.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 17 (IANS) Kerala will conduct a survey on the state's diaspora next month in association with the Indian government, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Wednesday.
Washington, April 15 (ANI): The ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) structural model has been subjected to a series of intense shaker tests at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, to simulate the rigours of launching into space.
Beijing, April 14 (IANS) The number of confirmed infections in humans of the H7N9 bird flu in China rose to 51 as two new cases were reported from the Henan province Sunday.
New Delhi, Apr. 13 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Saturday downplayed Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's remark that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has shrunk and become vulnerable after the DMK pull out, saying the ruling government at the Centre is completely stable and continues to be cohesive and focused on its core objectives, which is consolidating the Indian economy over the next one year.
New Delhi, Apr. 12 (ANI): Congress Party on Friday lashed out at former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari over his claims that a 'senior leader' had approached him to topple the Congress-led UPA-II Government at the Centre, and asked him to name the politician.
Sydney, Apr. 12 (ANI): Child pornography laws that mean teenagers could be charged for sharing revealing images 'excessive and hyped' of themselves on cell phones need amending, according to a report.
London, Apr 11 (ANI): An Iranian scientist has claimed that he has successfully invented a machine that allows users to fast forward up to eight years into the future.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) As part of an initiative to promote traditional Indian systems of medicine abroad, the health ministry has signed agreements and set up research facilities to collaborate with international universities, an official said.
London, April 10 (IANS) A 5,300-year-old iceman -- dubbed Otzi -- whose remains were found frozen in the Italian Alps, probably never cleaned his teeth, and suffered from bad breath as a result, researchers have said.
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) With nine teams battling it out in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), 'Twitter', one of the most popular social networking sites, has become an off-the-field war zone for IPL fans.
Tehran, April 10 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed and 850 injured when an earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, hit Iran's Bushehr province Tuesday.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee said today that the nation has watched the attack on the State's Finance Minister Amit Mitra outside the Planning Commission's office by Left activists .
Kolkata, Apr 8 (ANI): Asserting that West Bengal is the top performing state in the country, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she would be meeting Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh tomorrow and lodge a protest against the economic blockade by the Centre.
Washington, April 8 (ANI): The gene at the root of a human blood group that has remained a mystery for the past 60 years has been finally uncovered.
London, Apr. 6 (ANI): Madonna has explained to her Malawian critics that her motive for being in the country was because she "cared deeply" for the children there.
Wellington, Apr. 5 (ANI): Philadelphia will be playing a supersized game of Pong - on the side of a skyscraper.
Sydney, Apr 5 (ANI): Former England batting enigma Graeme Hick will be mentoring emerging Australian batsmen from this winter and teach them the lost art of playing marathon innings.
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) US astronaut Sunita Williams here Thursday said she was looking forward to India's participation in various space programmes in a big way.
New Delhi, Apr.4 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in its press release today stated that President Pranab Mukherjee has reduced the President's Office to a rubber stamp of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) while rejecting mercy pleas of the death-row convicts as per the advice of the latter.
Lucknow, Apr. 3 (ANI): Taking potshots at the Congress-led UPA Government, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday said fighting with the Centre is not easy as it can use Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and put one in jail.
Washington, April 3 (ANI): People with mental illnesses are more than seven times more likely to use cannabis weekly compared to people without the condition, US researchers say.
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Space almost feels like home, Indian American Sunita Williams, who holds the record of the longest spacewalk by a woman astronaut, said here Monday.
Milan, March 31 (IANS) Juventus avenged their loss to Inter early in the season in the Derby d'Italia as they won 2-1 at San Siro.
Sydney, Mar 30 (ANI): A study of more than 9000 middle-aged Australian women has found that the more hours they worked, the more likely they were to gain weight.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) will hold its 14th triennial all India conference at Kannur in Kerala April 4-8.
New Delhi, Mar. 29 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that there is a political instability in the country despite Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's claims that the UPA Government at the Centre will complete its full term and the Lok Sabha elections will take place only in 2014 as scheduled.
Washington, Mar. 29 (ANI): An international team of physicists has proposed a telecommunications technology inspired laser system to produce the next generation of particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
The Hague, March 29 (IANS) Ajax Amsterdam has the most productive youth academy in European football, according to a survey done by three researchers from the International Centre for Sports Research (CIES) from Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Kuala Lumpur, March 28 (IANS) India's top squash players Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal lost their respective matches in the KL Open here Thursday.
Kuala Lumpur, March 28 (IANS) India's top squash players Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal lost their respective matches in the KL Open here Thursday.
London, Mar. 28 (ANI): Italy's would-be Prime Minister has said only a mentally ill person would want to govern the country now, as the eurozone's third biggest democracy continues to tie itself in knots.
