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 […]
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 […]
New Delhi, Aug 31 : No “discrepancies” have been found in polygraph (lie detection) test conducted on captured LeT terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub, involved in the August five Udhampur attack on a BSF bus that left two border guarding force personnel dead. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) received the report of the test carried out […]
Mumbai, Aug 31 : The rupee declined by 34 paise to close at one-week low of 66.48 against the US dollar on persistent month-end demand for the American currency from importers despite a lower greenback in the overseas market. Besides, fresh fall in equity market affected the value of the rupee against the US dollar. […]