Reader Vishal Shah spotted Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata, shopping at the Selfridges Store on Oxford Street, London.
With chicken tikka being Britain's national dish, immigration issues notwithstanding, few other countries could match the welcome it provides.
Novelist Renu Balakrishnan will conduct a workshop for budding writers in April and March 2017.
Tamiflu, the anti-viral drug for swine flu, may do more harm than good to children afflicted with the H1N1 virus, a new study published on Monday says. The research published in the British Medical Journal says that antivirals Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and Zanamivir (Relenza) are unlikely to prevent complications in childrenwho have swine flu.
He stepped down following continuing criticism that he used political clout to get admission for an underscoring student from India to the university, which is one of the more competitive of public schools.
Mike H. Stewart breeds $12,000 dogs that can hunt and play.
A combination of an effective public transport system and minimum use of cars is the cure for climate change in cities like Mumbai and Kolkata, according to a noted British scientist.
In an elaborate sacred ceremony marked with chanting of sacred Buddhist sutras, Oxford-educated and Indian-trained Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was coronated as the fifth King of Bhutan on Thursday.
Researchers at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Oxford University headed the study to examine the possibility that health might suffer as a result of the market crashes. Lead author David Stuckler estimated that increased stress stemming from job losses could prompt a 2.4 per cent rise in suicide rates. Another 2.7 per cent rise in heart attack deaths could be expected, along with a 2.4 per cent increase in homicides rates.
'You can still acquire the COVID-19 virus even if you are vaccinated.' 'But if you develop the disease, (after being vaccinated) the likelihood is that it will be mild.' 'It just makes sense to continue to take precautions, because you may be around a lot of unvaccinated people.'
According to the study, the proportion of foreign-born care workers overall has more than doubled over the last 10 years. Such workers care for the old and the infirm in old age homes and other nursing homes. Nationally there are 120,000 foreign-born workers in care homes or home care -- nearly a fifth of all care workers looking after the elderly. Recent migrants playing this key role have originated from India, Poland, the Philippines, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
India has confirmed a total of 23 cases of swine flu in the country, with the World Health Organisation declaring the outbreak as a pandemic.
After resigning, Bose moved to Oxford University's Department of Politics and International Relations as a Senior Research Fellow in the Politics of South Asia. Levy has been responsible for the BBCs Public Policy, Public Affairs and European policy teams, and for developing the policy for the BBCs Charter Review in 2006.
The worst economic downturn in decades has forced the Church of England to turn away clergies for the first time in history after billion of pounds of its investments were wiped out in the financial crisis.
Novelist Renu Balakrishnan will conduct a workshop for budding writers in January and February 2017 at the Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai.
The ICICI board is looking to the retired petroleum secretary to provide 'maturity and sagacity'.
400-year-old set of 'moon maps' have led experts to claim that their creator -- Thomas Harriot -- beat Galileo to become the first man to view the moon through a telescope.
Celebrated Nobel Prize-winning British playwright Harold Pinter died of cancer on Christmas eve aged 78, his family said.
Jack's mother is charged with two further counts of attempting to provide aid knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect it could be used for the purpose of terrorism.
Malala was dressed in Pakistani salwar kameez and dupatta. She was smiling and looked happy as he was greeted at the airport.
Reader Lakshminarayanan Devarajan sent us this picture from London.
What we need is some informed debate on what is India's best interest at this particular stage instead of going for a wholesale import of an American system that could prove ineffectual.
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The course will help you turn your thoughts and ideas into short, meaningful essays and polish them for publishing or for blog posting.
'We must not compromise with the standard, the quality. We don't need to be the first to launch a drug but what we need is a Made in India vaccine that the entire world can rely on'
The first COVID-19 vaccine shots in India were given on Saturday to nearly two lakh frontline healthcare and sanitary workers as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world's largest inoculation drive against the pandemic that has caused 1,52,093 deaths and upended millions of lives in the country.
Reader Nishit Shah sent us this picture from London.
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The UN Security Council has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a threat to peace and security, with UN chief Ban Ki-moon deciding to deploy an "unprecedented" emergency health mission to combat the outbreak that has impacted the lives of millions.
Fatima says she has no political ambitions and is unlikely to overshadow Bilawal, her now famous cousin, anytime soon. "I am political through my writing. I have no interest in parliamentary politics for now. I'm too young. There's a lot to learn," she said.
Armed with the latest GDP figures, Modi had last week mocked economists and made a veiled attack on his predecessor Manmohan Singh who had said the Centre's demonetisation decision would lead to a low growth rate.
The scientists found that the Catholics seemed to be able to block out much of the pain. And, using the latest brain-scanning techniques, they also discovered that the Catholics were able to activate part of the brain associated with conditioning experience of pain, the Daily Mail reported.
