A bomb scare at Harvard University on Monday triggered emergency evacuations after police received unconfirmed reports of explosives at four sites on the campus of the prestigious institution.
The New York lawmaker, who is the co-chair of the Friends of India Caucus in the US Senate, said in her missive conveying greetings that 'Diwali is an annual festival of lights signifying universal love, peace, giving and caring. The glitter and splendor of lights which illuminate the dark sky on this day symbolizes the brightness of the future.'
The Dalai Lama has won the first Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize given out by Hofstra University in New York. The $50,000 prize honours men and women striving for interfaith dialogue. The Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Prize for peace, has spoken across America on several occasions in recent years and could visit the Hofstra campus in the near future.
Men who believed they were at lower-than-average risk for cardiovascular disease actually experienced a three times lower incidence of death from heart attacks and strokes.
Researchers from United States conducted a study and found that the more dissatisfied a person is with his or her weight, the unhealthier he or she becomes.
Novelist Renu Balakrishnan will conduct a workshop for budding writers in April and March 2017.
'With Tiger, you always need to be on your toes and always ready to dance.'
In the Modi government, he was the mentor -- he groomed half a dozen of those who became ministers. Some remembered, others did not -- Jaitley seemed to care little. Aditi Phadnis reports.
'It will only get worse, definitely, for the next month and one-and-a-half months.'
According to The New York Times, a Chinese military spokesman said the countries were unable to agree on a location for the drills.
One perk of being a pilot, apart from travelling the world, is a front-row seat to the Earth's natural wonders -- from jaw-dropping sunrises to silver slivers of lightning against ink coloured-clouds. One among them is Ecuador-based Santiago Borja who is known as "The Storm Pilot" because of the images he's taken. Borja, who lives in Quito, Ecuador, was kind enough to grant us permission to show some off his work.
The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to Edmund S. Phelps of the United States, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday.
According to the New Scientist, a research carried out by boffins from the City University of New York in the US has found that napping boosts memory, making it easier to recall important facts, reports the Daily Mail.
Ten images that show it's an odd, odd world we live in.
Novelist Renu Balakrishnan will conduct a workshop for budding writers in January and February 2017 at the Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai.
The course will help you turn your thoughts and ideas into short, meaningful essays and polish them for publishing or for blog posting.
From the boys who used to hand out tickets to people on the streets and invite them to their concerts free of charge to the men selling out Wembley Stadium in less than a day, having about 20 songs on Billboards #1, BTS have come a long way, says Maya Dominic, a fan of the Korean pop band.
Before her fame monsters around the world, this iconic pop star is the mother of the freakiest fashion inventions you'd have ever laid eyes on!
Indian television company NDTV is in advanced stages of negotiations with NBC Universal, a subsidiary of New York Stock Exchange-listed General Electric to sell between 25 and 30 per cent in its UK-based subsidiary NDTV Networks Plc.
The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.
'Modi is still immensely popular and, therefore, he can sustain any number of policy failures.' 'Modi himself has worn multiple faces so it would be naive to think that the Modi of 2021 will be the same Modi that will be campaigning for re-election in 2024.'
The family has said that since investigations are still on, the cause of death is still undecided.
The comic book legend has been hit with allegations of groping and more by multiple women.
Mahendra Raj is a towering figure of 20th century Indian architecture.
Genady Shlomper has been teaching Hindi at the Hebrew and Tel Aviv University for several years during which more than 260 students have graduated with Hindi as one of their main subjects.
A hitchhiking robot that captured millions of hearts by successfully travelling across Canada and parts of Europe has met a violent end after being vandalised in the US, just two weeks into its cross-country trek.
Apple CEO landed in Kanpur for IPL match as jet to Vizag was late; he also got to see Lucknow
It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'Our drains are not filled with bodies, our hospitals not run out of beds.' 'That good news, or absence of expected bad news, is the truth that so many in the international community, and also within India, seem unable to handle,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
'If the museum in his memory inspires and instils among Brahminical British Indians an attitude of equality towards Dalits, the edifice would be worth it,' reports Ashis Ray.
United States President Donald Trump's new executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries -- Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and Somalia - has upended the lives of many families across the world.
'What's being predicted for Mumbai is not so different from what Kolkata experienced.' 'People should definitely be alert and aware and follow the advice of the disaster managers.'
President Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Rajapaksa will transform Sri Lanka's political landscape after Thursday's electoral triumph, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy, veteran Colombo watcher.
'We can never get rid of stereotypes but we can have benign stereotypes.'
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at airports across the US to protest the ban announced by President Donald Trump on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, extending solidarity to those affected as chaos and fear gripped individuals trying to enter the country.
Rediff.com Senior Contributor P Rajendran reports from New York on how the Indian-American researcher's pioneering work may wipe out the visible effect of Alzheimer's disease.
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