The lifting of limit on SMSes and lack of accountability on social media and micro-blogging sites has added fuel to rumour mongering, triggering panic among people of the Northeast.

Although the gove

The Defence Research and Development Organisation has funded the city-based Dr C.R. Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS) to conduct studies on the latest war

The city-based Atomic Minerals Directorate has identified new sources of uranium at Koppunuru in Guntur district and Bichun and Nayagaon areas of Jaipur district. If tapped, the new uranium resources

The novel swine flu virus, H3N2v, which is creating health problems in the USA, was, in fact, transmitted to pigs by humans. The virus underwent certain genetic changes in pigs and is now infecting hu

In a finding that could help predict drought, farm scientists have noticed that deficit rainfall and drought follow a chronological pattern, repeating every 2.5 years in Telangana and Rayalaseema, and

India successfully flight tested Agni-II, a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a target range of 2,000 km, on Thursday. The missile was fired by the Strategic Forces Command of the Army from Wh

What’s in a gutter? There is a lot in a sewage that could provide vital clues to crippling diseases like polio, particularly for a country like India, which has just successfully controlled this major

Nanotechnology, which is fast emerging as the future science promising thousand things including cures for complicated diseases, could prove to be toxic for human beings, animals and environment.

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A new strain of swine flu virus with the potential to cause another pandemic has emerged, causing concern to health planners. The new strain, a variant of H3N2 virus that circulates in pigs, has acqu

A person’s blood group may predict the susceptibility to oral cancers. The risk increases if he or she is addicted to tobacco chewing or smoking. The data of hospital records show that people with th