London: People infected with a parasitic worm called Wuchereria Bancrofti may be more likely to acquire HIV than people who are not infected with the worm, a new Lancet study says. W Bancrofti is a mosquito-borne parasitic worm. Worldwide, it causes 90 percent of lymphatic filariasis cases, a disease is commonly known as elephantiasis, which […]

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Wednesday shifted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here and is likely to undergo further tests for her fever and high blood pressure, doctors said. “Soniaji was brought to our hospital around 1.45 p.m. Senior doctors are attending on her,” a senior doctor told IANS. Earlier, Gandhi, […]

New Delhi, Aug 3: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said the BJP had gone on a witch-hunt against its MP Bhagwant Mann for his alleged breach of Parliament security. “All the MPs of the ruling coalition, especially from the BJP, are trying to corner Mann. This is an unprecedented witch-hunt against our MP,” […]

Srinagar: Tempers ran high in Srinagar’s old city on Wednesday after a guard at an ATM booth was found dead, with hundreds of pellets fired from close range, officials and residents said. The cause of Riyaz Ahmad Shah’s death was confirmed by an autopsy report. Official sources told IANS that doctors who performed the post-mortem […]

Kathmandu, Aug 3: CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was on Wednesday elected the 39th Prime Minister of Nepal, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar said. Out of a total 573 votes cast, Prachanda received 363 votes in favour with 210 voting against him, Gharti Magar announced in Parliament. Prachanda’s win comes after the support […]

New York: Micro-blogging website Twitter on Wednesday announced a change to its Moments feature which will now insert Olympic-related tweets into a user’s timeline for weeks at a time. Earlier, Moments used to insert tweets into a user’s timeline for a matter of hours or, at most, a few days. The feature can also be […]

Rio De Janeiro: The 129th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) started officially got with a ceremony at the Cidade Das Artes in Rio de Janeiro. In his opening speech on Monday night, IOC President Thomas Bach paid tribute to the extraordinary work and efforts deployed by the Rio 2016 Organising Committee and the […]

Kolkata, Aug 2: Amid reports of deaths caused by dengue and high fever, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee chaired a high-level meeting on Tuesday, following which an advisory was issued, warning against stagnant water collecting and asking various departments to raise awareness to control the outbreak. After the meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna, […]

Seoul, Aug 2: The South Korean government on Tuesday revoked the certification and banned the sale of 80 Volkswagen models in the country over the false emission scandal implicating the German car manufacturer. The ban affects 32 different (18 diesel and 14 petrol) vehicles of Volkswagen and Audi, which make up most of the supply […]

Hyderabad, Aug 2: The Telangana government on Tuesday scrapped the TS EAMCET-II 2016 examination in the wake of leakage of the question paper last month and announced the schedule for the fresh exam for admission to medical courses in the state. As per the new schedule announced by the Telangana State Council for Higher Education, […]