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  Taapsee Pannu to visit Agra for research

  Bollywood | December 29, 2014 7:32 IST

  New Delhi: Actress Taapsee Pannu is planning to travel to Agra to do research work for her role in the upcoming movie “Agra Ka Daabra”.She will be seen playing a young Muslim girl in the

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  Extra income boosts health of elderly in poor countries

  Lifestyle | December 28, 2014 16:15 IST

  New York: A little extra income can significantly improve the health and well-being of poor, elderly people in developing countries, says a new study.They poor spend a significant portion of the extra money on doctor

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  Disadvantaged men likely to do 'women's work'

  Lifestyle | December 29, 2014 16:54 IST

  London: Men who are disabled or belong to an ethnic minority are more likely to do jobs traditionally associated with women, says a Britain-based study.Men in the lowest grade are three times more likely to

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  Porn addiction linked to low marriage rates in US

  Lifestyle | December 22, 2014 18:55 IST

  Washington: Porn addiction may be one of the reasons why most Americans are not tying the knot, says a study.Using data from the General Social Survey (GSS) to analyse how 18 to 35-year-old men used

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  House not clean as we think: Study

  Lifestyle | December 22, 2014 15:23 IST

  London: Most people pride themselves on trying to keep their house clean and tidy. But a new research suggests our houses are not as tidy as we think.A new study of more than 2,000 people,

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  Accepting equation with boss, key to excelling in job

  Lifestyle | November 23, 2014 17:40 IST

  New York: Instead of faking it, coming to terms with the actual equation you share with your boss may help you perform better, a study shows.Workers are more motivated if they and their supervisors see

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  IIAS to research on Indian traditions

  India | September 14, 2014 7:19 IST

  Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), country's premier research institute, will take up new research projects on Indian traditions and its multi-culture components in the coming years.“The institute is the most appropriate place for

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  Nokia, NTT Docomo to jointly research 5G technologies

  May 08, 2014 16:16 IST

  New Delhi: Finnish telecom giant Nokia and Japan's NTT Docomo are to work jointly on research in fifth generation (5G) technologies.“Nokia and NTT Docomo have agreed to collaborate on research and standardisation of 5G technologies

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  Indian scientist wins top British research fellowship

  May 03, 2014 21:51 IST

  London: An Indian scientist in Britain has been granted a prestigious fellowship worth 1,068,000 pounds (around $1.8 million) by a top British agency that funds research in engineering and the physical sciences.Ravinder Dahiya, a senior

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  China poised to overtake US as world's largest economy, research shows

  May 02, 2014 19:26 IST

  Paris: China is poised to overtake the US as the world's largest economy this year, earlier than expected.“The United States remained the world's largest economy (in 2011), but it was closely followed by China” once

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  Delhi HC notice over not using donor's body for research

  India | April 03, 2014 8:31 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central and city government and AIIMS after a man said the last wish of his sister to donate her body for research could

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  Air pollution kills over two million people each year

  World | July 14, 2013 9:41 IST

  Washington, July 14: Human-caused outdoor air pollution may be responsible for over two million deaths worldwide - a large number of them in South Asia and East Asia - each year, US researchers have said.A

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  PAU seeks Rs 198 Cr for crop diversification research

  India | July 03, 2013 17:53 IST

  Chandigarh, July 3: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has sought funds to the tune of Rs 198 crore from the state government to carry out research in the development of new varieties of alternative crops to

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  Scientists make breakthrough in HIV research

  World | January 22, 2013 16:24 IST

  Washington, Jan 22: The US researchers have cracked a system that renders certain types of immune cells impervious to HIV infection, possibly paving the way to its eradication from the body.The system's two vital components

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  Indian Software Companies Must Stop Trying New Products : Gartner

  November 22, 2011 8:25 IST

  Mumbai, Nov 22: The Indian software and solutions providers have failed to develop new products and therefore the IT firms should stop trying to develop these, a senior official of research firm Gartner said on

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  IITs: Thrust Was Not On Research, But Things Are Changing, Says Sibal

  India | May 26, 2011 16:06 IST

  Ahmedabad, May 26: Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday the thrust in IITs so far had not been on research, but things were changing now.His comments came in the backdrop of Environment Minister