31 July 3013

Researchers from Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the University of California Davis have uncovered the cellular mechanisms behind human brain’s ability to pay attention to relevant information while ignoring distractions.

30 July 2013

For Andhra Pradesh, an era came to an end on Tuesday. Moments after the UPA Coordination Committee agreed to the division of the State, the Congress Working Committee pronounced in a unanimous resolution that Telangana will soon be a reality in four to five months.

5 August 2013

NEW DELHI: The government today introduced a bill in the RajyaSabha for stricter enforcement of laws to protect wildlife including imprisonment up to seven years and conferring of arrest powers on a wildlife authority.

4 August 2013

Tigers, lions, elephants, zebras and macaws are up for ‘grabs’ at the Alipore Zoological Gardens, as the authorities have received an overwhelming response to a scheme for animal adoption, even before its formal launch.

1August 2013

NEW DELHI: The government on July 31 raised and widened the interest subsidy scheme for exporters in a bid to check the country's flagging merchandise shipments and contain its current account deficit.

31 July 2013

Amid tight liquidity conditions, YES Bank on Wednesday announced a hike in lending and deposit rates. It is the first bank to hike lending rates after the Reserve Bank of India announced measures to tighten liquidity on July 15.

31 July 2013

NEW DELHI: A free insurance scheme covering nearly 3 lakh drivers of public transport vehicles run on CNG in the national capital against death and permanent disability was launched today amidst much fanfare.

30 July 2013

Defender Jerry Lalrinzuala scored a spectacular goal through a long-ranger as India beat Nepal 1-0 to lift the South Asian Football Federation Under-16 Championships title here.

28 July 2013

Two railway and road projects, involving a total investment of Rs. 1,500 crore, were launched here on Sunday.

25 July 2013

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to force states which fail to prevent mobs from vandalizing public property to pay compensation and directed Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to decide within four weeks their liability on the Rs 73 crore bill raised by railways for the loss caused to it during the Jat agitation in 2011.

DUBAI, JULY 27:  India plans to launch a business network to promote trade and commerce, investment, business-to-business interactions and exchanges with Saudi Arabia.

24 July 2013

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court slapped contempt notices on two Sahara firms--Sahara India Real Estate Corporation and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation-- for not complying with its order of refunding around Rs 19,000 crore to investors through SEBI.

22 July 2013

NEW DELHI: To deal with the persistent problem of dumping rubble in the Yamuna, the National Green Tribunal(NGT) today directed that any person or authority found throwing debris will be fined Rs 5 lakh by invoking the principle of "polluter pays".

3 August 2013

BULAWAYO: Virat Kohli, who led India to an emphatic 5-0 series whitewash over Zimbabwe, on Saturday credited his success as captain to Mahendra Singh Dhoni and said he is learning the tricks of the trade "from the big man himself".

23 July 2013

NEW DELHI: Poverty ratio in the country has declined to 21.9% in 2011-12 from 37.2% in 2004-05 on account of increase in per capita consumption, Planning Commission said.