Washington D.C., Sep 1: Researchers have found a gene that causes myopia in teens if they read an hour or more each day during their childhood.According to the researchers, those with a certain variant of the gene – called APLP2 – were five times more likely to develop myopia in their teens if they read […]
New Delhi/Tamil Nadu, Sep. 1 : The Sri Lankan navy arrested 16 Tamil fishermen from Pudukottai-Jagadapattinam ,Tamil Nadu on Monday night on charges of violating the International Maritime Boundary Line.The Lankan Navy took the Tamil fishermen and their three fishing boats to Kankesanthurai.Fishermen’s Association President S Emiret said that the fishermen were fishing in Indian […]
AMRITSAR SAHIB : Expressing deep concern over the declining population growth of the Sikhs, Akal Takht Sahib appointed Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh has reiterated his advise to Sikh couples to have three children minimum.In a statement issued here, he stated that he had given similar advice to Sikh couples when the issue was in news […]
LUDHIANA, Punjab : Speaking collectively Sikh political leaders, Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa asked upon S. Simranjit Singh Mann to consider contesting elections from an “allied platform”. He asked S. Mann to not field contestants where other Panthik minded Sikhs had been fielded by other Panthik organizations.During the meeting, S. Simranjit Singh Mann wholeheartedly accepted the […]
Baghdad, Aug 31 : The Islamic State group strung up four Iraqi Shiite fighters with chains and burned them alive, according to footage posted online, the latest gruesome execution video from the jihadists. The victims — identified as fighters in the pro-government Popular Mobilisation forces from southern Iraq – were suspended from a swingset by […]