Everything you need to know about Karikkattoor Centre: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Karikkattoor Centre: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
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.
Washington, May 20 (ANI): A new study looks to the past to learn about the future of tropical climate change, and our ability to simulate it with numerical models.
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.
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.
Beijing, May 15 (IANS) China has the world's largest new media market, highlighted by the country's growing Internet penetration and a vibrant range of new media applications.
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 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.
Beijing, May 13 (IANS) China conducted a tsunami drill Sunday as part of the transnational and pan-Pacific drill, the country's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) announced.
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.
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.
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.
London, May 5 (ANI): Facebook and other social networking sites can affect your mental health, scientists have claimed.
Panaji, May 4 (IANS) Pakistan-sponsored terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba has trained militants even in Chechnya, from where the Tsarnaev brothers who have been accused in the Boston marathon bombings hail, former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) official Amber Sen said Saturday.
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.
Panaji, May 4 (IANS) The Indian media could learn from the Boston bombing when the public and security agencies helped to close down the American city after the terror attack, a former RAW official said Saturday.
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.
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in a communication on Thursday urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Prof. Juan Mandez and UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions, Prof. Christop Heyns to intervene with the Government of Pakistan to ensure a credible inquiry for establishing justice into the murder of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in the custody of the Government of Pakistan.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The truth about Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's death Thursday in Pakistan must come out, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said, adding: "Centre is unable to give a strong answer to Pakistan's inhuman acts".
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 (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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New Delhi, Apr 5 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a proposal to abolish the levy-sugar mechanism, under which private millers have to sell a specified quantity of the sweetener to the government at concessional rates.
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.
New Delhi, Apr. 3 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday visited the newly refurbished Vivekananda and Tagore suites on the ground floor of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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.
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.
Washington, Mar. 28 (ANI): 80 new regions of the genome associated with an increased vulnerability to developing breast, prostate and ovarian cancers have been identified by European Collaborative Oncological Gen-Environmental Study (COGS) by using mass sequencing techniques.
Beijing, March 27 (IANS) China had more than 170,000 government microblogs by the end of last year, according to a report issued Wednesday.
Helsinki, March 27 (IANS) Five bottles of beer that had been well preserved for 170 years in a shipwreck will be reproduced and introduced to the market, reports Xinhua.
Beijing, March 27 (IANS) A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has jolted Nantou county in Taiwan Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.
New Delhi, Mar. 26 (ANI): With the UPA Government looking into the demands for special status for Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said the Nitish Kumar-ruled state does deserve a special status to get rid of its deprived status, but added that it should not be mixed with the ruling Congress Party's strategy to stay in power at the Centre.
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): A drug widely used to treat Parkinson's Disease can help reverse age-related impairments in decision making in some older people, a new study led by an Indian researcher has found.
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Fancy bonding over a fragrant dark brew to discuss your problems and find solutions? Head for the Ethiopian Cultural Centre here where the East African nation's traditional coffee ceremony is there for the partaking.
Beijing, March 24 (IANS) Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said Sunday that China's development will provide more opportunities and stronger impetus for the world economy.
Beijing, March 24 (IANS) After about 30 years of fast growth, Chinese economic growth rate may see a visible declines in 2015, said an economist.
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) An estimated 10,000 new cases of eye cancer are diagnosed every year in the country, eye care expertsd and doctors said here Friday.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (IANS) The country's first such study, using cohort groups, has proven conclusively that smoking bidi (tobacco wrapped in the leaf of the tendu plant) increases the propensity for cancer.
Washington, Mar. 21 (ANI): Sheryl Crow is staging an intimate gig in her native Missouri, to raise funds for a friend, who is suffering from cancer.
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Dynamic opener David Warner has said he harbours ambitions of captaining the Australian Test team one day.
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The FICCI Wednesday said it has signed a pact with the Taiwan External Trade Development Council to facilitate temporary duty-free admission of goods between India and Taiwan.
London, Mar 20 (ANI): Legendary comedian John Cleese has blasted Cbosses saying that they have no idea how to make comedies any more.
Johannesburg, Mar 19 (ANI): A lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department (NYPD) to be racist has gone underway, with a lawyer claiming that NYPD officers have been wrongly stopping many young men based solely on their race.
Dubai, Mar 19 (ANI): One of the greatest Latin American singer Julio Iglesias is coming for a one-night-only concert at the Dubai World Trade Centre's Shaikh Rashid Hall on Thursday, March 21.
Dubai, Mar. 18 (ANI): Immigration authorities in India has decided to do away with disembarkation or landing forms for Indian air travelers.
New Delhi, Mar 18 (ANI): The anti-rape bill, aimed to provide stricter punishment for crimes against women, is currently being discussed in an all-party meeting here.
Washington, Mar. 18 (ANI): Kate Middleton, who is still playing coy about whether her royal bundle of joy will be a baby girl or baby boy, reportedly said that she is prepared for the sleepless nights that will come with her child's arrival.
Tokyo, March 17 (IANS) Scientists say green tea and coffee, if made a regular part of the diet, could benefit the heart, according to research conducted in Japan and published in the US.
Bangalore, March 16 (IANS) Voluminous data from the Indian remote sensing satellites has benefited millions of farmers and fishermen in achieving higher productivity and making optimal utilisation of resources, a senior space scientist said Saturday.
Patna, Mar. 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Saturday poked fun at the Congress-led UPA Government after its key ally, the DMK, threatened to pull out its ministers from the Union Cabinet.
Melbourne, March 16 (ANI): Women are more likely to use cannabis to maintain their social circles, according to an addiction expert.
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): A donated human liver has been kept alive, warm and functioning outside a human body for the first time in medical history on a newly-developed machine and then successfully transplanted into the patient.
New Delhi, Mar 15 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday made it clear that her party will support the new anti-rape bill and not oppose it.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) There has been no specific threat to the Sriharikota Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh but security of India's satellite launch centre was constantly being reviewed, parliament was told Thursday.
New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy on Thursday informed that the security situation at Sriharikota is being continuously observed and there has been no specific security threat against the Space Centre.
Washington, March 14 (ANI): A team of physicists has looked at the conditions necessary for the formation of carbon and oxygen in the universe, the two elements crucial to life.
