CHICAGO: Charminar Connection, a group of Hyderabadis on the Internet, which has played a powerful role in connecting Hyderabadis around the world, has honored Hasan Chishti by presenting him their highly prestigious Achievement Award in recognition of his literary and social services to the community.
This was done during the celebration of Tenth anniversary of Charminar Connection in Chicago on...
WASHINGTON: Too often, newborns die of genetic diseases before doctors even know what's to blame. Now scientists have found a way to decode those babies' DNA in just days instead of weeks, moving gene-mapping closer to routine medical care.
The idea: Combine faster gene-analyzing machinery with new computer software that, at the push of a few buttons, uses a baby's...
SAN FRANCISCO: Dozens of weight loss and immune system supplements on the market are illegally labeled and lack the recommended scientific evidence to back up their purported health claims, government investigators warn in a new review of the $20 billion supplement industry.
The report, released by the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general, found that 20 percent of...
If I am already fundamentally free, then why do I not feel as though I am free?The only obstacle is your belief that you are an independent entity. That is the only obstacle. You are stuck in this belief. It belongs to a personality invented by society, education, experience, beliefs, second-hand information and all kinds of reading. You have identified yourself...
Throughout the longest period of human history - one calls it the prehistoric period - the value or non-value of an action was inferred from its consequences; the action in itself was not taken into consideration, any more than its origin; but pretty much as in China at present, where the distinction or disgrace of a child redounds to...
UNITED NATIONS: Noting that terrorism cannot be justified by any cause or grievance, India has asked UN-member states to expand enforcement efforts to destroy safe havens and terrorists' support networks besides evolving a counter-narrative to combat radicalization."To say that terrorism today constitutes the most serious challenge to international peace and security would be both a self-evident truism and an...
CHENNAI: Tearing into the Center’s big ticket reforms, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today described them as "diversionary" to "anaesthetize the mammoth corruption charges" against the UPA Government, especially when elections seem imminent."The UPA Government is unfazed by the sufferings of the common people, small traders and small farmers.....This move at best is a gimmick and at worst an...
DEHRADUN: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt today canvassed for Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna's son Saket, who is contesting on a Congress ticket for the upcoming Tehri Lok Sabha bypoll.Addressing the crowd, Dutt said Congress is the only party which could rise above caste and religion lines to bring development in the state and they should vote for the party...
WASHINGTON: Expressing concern over India's recent market access policy, a bipartisan group of 45 American lawmakers have asked the US Trade Representative (USTR) to take action against it as it has the potential for detrimental impact on high-tech US exports to India.They have written a letter to USTR Ron Kirk urging him to take action against India's Preferential Market...