Everything you need to know about Kannur University Campus: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kannur University Campus: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Heavy drinkers who smoke have more problems with their memory, ability to think quickly and efficiently, and problem-solving skills, a study has suggested.
NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh), May 18 (ANI): Amity Institute of Education, New Delhi jointly with National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) organized a two-day seminar on "Quality in Higher Education: Identifying Developing and Sustaining Best Practices" on May 16 and 17 at Amity Campus, Saket, New Delhi.
Washington, May 16 (IANS) Scientists have estimated that Mars is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 3.9 meters across, US space agency NASA said.
Lumami, May 15 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday called upon the faculty and students of the Nagaland University to search, spread, sense and celebrate innovations in the region.
Lumani (Nagaland), May 15 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday called upon students and teachers in Nagaland to spread innovations.
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), May 14 (ANI): Experts participated in a seminar on the pros and cons of live-in relationships that was hosted by the Amity Law School-II here today.
Shimla, May 14 (IANS) A day after clash among students of Himachal Pradesh University here left at least 12 people injured, the authorities Tuesday constituted a committee to probe the incident, an official said.
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Over 2,000 delegates from Maharashtra and other parts of the country will deliberate on the educational challenges confronting the Muslim community at a two-day conference here May 29-30, an official said Saturday.
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found signs of Earth-like planets in the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby star cluster.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): A biologist and a team of researchers from George Washington University have created the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard around the globe.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Sanskrit universities in the country are facing a shortage of teachers, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor told the Lok Sabha Wednesday.
Washington, May 8 (ANI): Aerobic exercise influences the way our bodies break down estrogens to produce more of the 'good' metabolites that lower breast cancer risk, according to a new research.
New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): With admissions for new four-year undergraduate programmes set to begin from next month, the Delhi University's Academic Council has approved new course structure for 28 departments.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 7 (IANS) Kerala is set to popularise ayurveda therapies among tourists during the monsoon, which arrives in the last week of May, an official said Tuesday.
Tokyo, May 4 (ANI): The concept of green buildings is fast catching up in Indian metros to save energy and to protect the environment.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 1 (IANS) The youth wing of the CPI-M in Kerala has launched a state-wide campaign to educate people not to fall into anti-secular and communal traps.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 28 (IANS) The Kerala Police have collected around Rs.1.5 million as fine after stepping up vigil in the past five months against those smoking in public places, according to information available on the website of the state police.
Washington, April 25 (ANI): The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), set to be launched by NASA in 2018, will be capable of detecting oxygen and water in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf after only a few hours of observation time-much more easily than for an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star, say researchers.
Washington, April 25 (ANI): University of Guelph researchers have created the first-ever vaccine for gut bacteria common in autistic children that may help control some autism symptoms.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 22 (IANS) One family in Kerala, the Keyis of Kannur district, may have struck gold -- the state government has taken up with the centre the issue of about $900 million due to them, being held by the treasury of Saudi Arabia.
Washington, April 22 (ANI): A gene therapy approach developed by researchers at Northeastern University in Boston may one day stop Parkinson's disease (PD) in it tracks, preventing disease progression and reversing its symptoms.
NOIDA, April 19 (ANI): It was a memorable day for Amity fraternity when Wan Gang, China's Minister of Science and Technology, visited Amity University, Noida along with a high-level delegation.
London, Apr 18 (ANI): Super slow-motion footage of a moth in flight has revealed how insects use their bodies to hover.
Washington, April 17 (ANI): A binary star that potentially weighed 300 to 400 solar masses at birth has been observed, which astronomers believe that could be the most massive double star discovered so far.
Gangtok, April 16 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of the Sikkim University campus today.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 15 (IANS) The liaison committee of the ruling Congress-led UDF Monday directed the Kerala government to initiate both long and short term measures to see that water is conserved for agricultural use.
London, April 14 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that listening to some great tunes equals great sex, as it stimulates the same part of the brain that is triggered by a scrumptious meal or lovemaking.
Washington, April 14 (ANI): Students who are heavy texters place less importance on moral, aesthetic, and spiritual goals, and greater importance on wealth and image, a new study has found.
Washington, April 12 (IANS/EFE) Spain will emerge from the current crisis with a much healthier economy, Spanish power giant Iberdrola's CEO, Jose Ignacio Sanchez Galan, said Thursday during an event at Harvard University.
NOIDA (UP), April 12 (ANI): The president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Allan Collet, visited Amity University, Noida, along with a high powered delegation comprising of 60 eminent global members from International Governing Council of RICS.
Washington, April 12(ANI): The way our hands look today has been shaped by our behaviour over millions of years, say scientists.
Washington, April 10 (IANS) A study by American scientists presented Wednesday supports the view that a substance in egg white has the ability to lower blood pressure without negative effects.
Kazan (Russia), April 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The $115 million swimming hall that will host much of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships here is to open Friday, organisers of the University Games told R-Sport.
Washington, Apr. 6 (ANI): A new line of caffeinated gum by Wrigley's, which promises to sooth commuters on the run, has raised concerns among health experts about the proliferation of such products.
London, Apr. 5 (ANI): American researchers have found the link between the success of a marriage and weight gain or loss.
Washington, Apr. 5 (ANI): A controversial Fox News host has sparked anger for saying that there was 'some indication' that 'Jesus may have been gay'.
Washington, April 5 (ANI): While it is generally accepted that some important ingredients for life came from meteorites bombarding the early Earth, scientists have not been able to explain how that lifeless rock transformed into the building blocks of life.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Pakistan's Lahore-based Salamat International Campus for Advanced Studies (SICAS) Thursday won the India-Pakistan School Debate 2013 held at the Siri Fort auditorium here.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 (IANS) Kerala Wednesday set up a ministerial committee to prepare a rehabilitation package for the diaspora in the wake of tightening of labour laws in Saudi Arabia that may lead to job loss for Indians in that country.
London, Apr 3 (ANI): A mathematician from Cambridge University has come up with what he thinks is a sure-fire way to predict the winner at horse races.
London, Apr. 3 (ANI): Allowing people to drink for longer has led to an increase in the number of workers absenteeism, researchers have found.
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Your height is still in your hands even if you avoided veggies and milk as a child, a new study has revealed.
London, Apr. 1 (ANI): Britain's greatest poet and playwright William Shakespeare was also a tax avoider and a profiteer, a study has claimed.
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.
London, Mar 29 (ANI): Mariah Carey has been invited to give a masterclass at Oxford University, according to reports.
Washington, Mar. 29 (ANI): Scientists have unveiled a new technique for vaccine design that could be particularly useful against HIV and other fast-changing viruses.
Washington, Mar. 28 (ANI): Disgraced former CIA director David Petraeus has apologized for his extra-marital affair that ensnared his career in an emotional speech at the University of Southern California event honoring the military.
Washington, Mar. 19 (ANI): A planned massacre was thwarted at the University of Central Florida when a student who had assembled an arsenal, including a high capacity drum magazine and home made bombs, killed himself as cops closed in on him.
Washington, March 19 (ANI): People suffering from complicated grief may have difficulty recalling specific events from their past or imagining specific events in the future, but not when those events involve the partner they lost.
Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): Skull pieces of an early human buried for 100,000 years at Xujiayao in the Nihewan Basin of northern China exhibit a now-rare congenital deformation that indicates inbreeding might well have been common among our ancestors.
Abu Dhabi, March 19 (IANS/WAM) Japan and Abu Dhabi have held talks over joint cooperation in the field of higher education.
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Theoretical physicist and member of the Presidency Mentor Group (PMG) Ashoke Sen has donated Rs.25 lakh to the Presidency University Vice Chancellor's Fund for excellence.
Beijing, March 16 (IANS) China's top universities began their annual independent recruitment exams Saturday, with English no longer included among the compulsory subjects.
Berlin, March 16 (IANS) Olive oil leads to satiety, shows a study that points out the mechanism behind it.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): For those with irritable bowel syndrome who wonder if stress aggravates their intestinal disorder, a new study has shown that it's not all in their head.
London, Mar. 11 (ANI): Diabetes drugs, which are delivered in a simple nasal spray could also have a remarkable effect on Alzheimer's disease, scientists have claimed.
Kannur (Kerala), March 10 (IANS) Rajasthan Police may have to wait to take custody of rapist Bitti Mohanty as he is in judicial custody and Kerala Police want to question him, police said Sunday.
Kannur (Kerala), March 9 (IANS) The Kerala Police has confirmed the arrest of Bitti Mohanty, son of a former top police officer, convicted for raping a German national in 2006 in Rajasthan and then jumping parole.
Kannur, Mar 9 (ANI): Bitti Mohanty, who was convicted for raping a German woman at Alwar in Rajasthan in 2006 and had been absconding after his release on parole the same year, has been arrested from Kerela's Kannur district.
Kannur (Kerala) March 9 (IANS) Kerala Police Saturday began a detailed investigation and enquiry into the identity of a person taken into custody on suspicion of being Bitti Mohanty, convicted for raping a German national in 2006 and then jumping parole.
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Airline flights operated by all-women crew, employers handing out flowers and chocolates to women employees and marches demanding stringent laws to ensure safety of women -- these were some of the activities across the country on International Women's Day Friday.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 8 (IANS) Numerous events marked International Women's Day Friday in Kerala, India's most literate state. There were some not-so-pleasant moments too.
London, Mar. 8 (ANI): Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries.
London, Mar.7 (ANI):New research is aiming to produce hearing aids which can distinguish better between speech and background noise and benefit the lives of the six million people in the UK with hearing impairments.
London, Mar.7 (ANI):New research is aiming to produce hearing aids which can distinguish better between speech and background noise and benefit the lives of the six million people in the UK with hearing impairments.
London, March 7 (ANI): Astronomers have improved the measurement of the distance to our nearest neighboring galaxy and, in the process, refine an astronomical calculation that helps measure the expansion of the universe.
London, March 6 (ANI): People with mental disorders are at increased risk of being victims of homicide, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): Nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures, a report has said.
Washington, Mar. 1 (ANI): Thirty-four colleges and universities have applied for permission to fly unmanned surveillance drones over campuses across America in 2012, according to records obtained by a privacy watchdog group.
New Delhi, Feb.28 (ANI): The government will continue to support institutions of excellence and expand and modernise the broadcasting and the postal network.
Amsterdam, Feb 28 (IANS) Millions of tonnes of food are dumped into the waste bin each year, as the "best before" date on the package has passed. Much of what is dumped might still be safe to eat. A new device could aid that eat-or-throw decision.
Washington, February 28 (ANI): Biologists at Tufts University have, for the first time, shown that transplanted eyes located far outside the head in a vertebrate animal model can confer vision without a direct neural connection to the brain.
Wellington, February 27 (ANI): Having multiple sex partners put young people at greater odds of developing alcoholism and cannabis dependency, a new study led by an Indian origin scientist has found.
London, February 27 (ANI): A team of astronomers from Colombia has traced the origin of the meteor that struck central Russia earlier this month injuring about 1,000 people.
Granada (Spain), Feb 26 (IANS/EFE) The artist whose prosthetic audio-visual implant makes him the world's first cyborg said here Monday that society needs to see technology "as a human creation, not as something extraterrestrial".
London, Feb 24 (IANS) Driving when you feel groggy with a heavy cold can be as hazardous as drunken driving, because of slow reaction times, says a study.
Washington, February 24 (ANI): A new psychology study from the University of Texas at Austin has revealed the reason to why straight women and gay men form close relationships with one another.
Montreal, Feb 23 (IANS) Canadian scientists have hit upon a new, more effective substance that can destroy the influenza virus.
Washington, February 22 (ANI): An international group of scientists has discovered a new class of molecular compounds capable of killing the influenza virus.
Toronto, Feb 22 (IANS) A discovery could spur a new generation of drugs that would be more effective against the flu virus than current drugs.
London, Feb 21 (ANI): Spending just a few minutes skipping with a rope could be the perfect way to curb your appetite and get slim, a new study has found.
Washington, February 20 (ANI): Buyers of beauty products should not trust the claims that liposomes - small fat capsules often added to beauty products - can improve skin's appearance, says an expert.
Wellington, Feb 18 (IANS) Children and adolescents glued to TV sets tend to exhibit anti-social and criminal behaviour as adults, according to a research from New Zealand.
New Delhi, Feb. 18 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat on Monday condemned Congress MP from Kannur K. Sudhakaran, who has stirred a storm by referring to the victim in the Suryanelli rape case as a prostitute.
London, February 18 (ANI): MIT scientists are working on a new alcohol-busting drug that could help boozers sober up in seconds.
New Delhi, Feb. 18 (ANI): The demand for inclusion of Tulu, an important language of the Dravidian linguistic family spoken by the people in the state of Karnataka and also in the northern part of Kerala, is gathering momentum, with Members of Parliament from Karnataka, and leading political and literary persons from the State and abroad announcing their intention to gather in the national capital next Sunday (February) to articulate their demand.
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17 (IANS) Police are looking for a group of Maoists who have allegedly taken shelter in a forested area in Kannur and Wayanad districts near the Kerala-Karnataka border.
London, Feb 17 (ANI): Eating at least three portions of fruit and vegetables daily - including carrots, cabbages and kiwi fruit - gives your skin a "healthy" radiance akin to a tan after just a few weeks, a new study has revealed.
Minister of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development and Education, Prof. Kiran Walia has exhorted the people to curb all types of crime against women and to give them a safe and secure atmosphere for carving out their future and career.
Washington, February 14 (ANI): It may be difficult for you to find your perfect mate, but for one wasp species, it only takes a whiff of his special love potion to know whether he's "Mr. Right."
London, Feb 14 (IANS) A study has found learning to play an instrument at a young age can make a child grow up smarter in life.
Washington, Feb. 13 (ANI): Children, whose parents praised their efforts more than they praised them as individuals, had a more positive outlook towards challenges five years later, a new study has claimed.
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Over a hundred Indian and Tibetan students from Delhi University (DU) participated in a marathon here Monday to celebrate the beginning of the 100th year of the Tibetan proclamation of independence.
Wellington, Feb 11 (IANS) A healthy diet and avoiding eating for two during pregnancy helps limit excess weight gain for both women and their babies, says a new research.
Berlin, Feb 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) German Education and Research Minister Annette Schavan has announced her resignation after she was stripped of her doctorate by a university amid accusations of plagiarism.
Chandigarh, Feb 10 (IANS) Teachers in Panjab University (PU) will soon get some lessons from students with a new teacher feedback system.
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Researchers in Japan have calculated that a squid can fly through the air faster than Usain Bolt can run.
Washington, Feb. 7 (ANI): Ever wonder why CEOs at poorly performing companies continue to receive exorbitant pay packages? According to a study from a University of Illinois labor professor, firms that trumpet how much they value shareholders actually pay their CEOs more, regardless of the quality of their performance as executives.
Washington, February 6(ANI): The newly discovered comet ISON could give sky watchers one of the brightest shows ever in the night sky during its close-up with the Sun beginning November 2013, according to researchers.
