A dialogue between dance and mathematics…Bharatnatyam styleNEW DELHI - Bharatnatyam, the classical dance style from Tamil Nadu, is all about mathematics after all… as the audience discovered through a dance-drama by Indian American Viji Rao and her troupe from Philadelphia. Manmohan Singh seeks objective reporting on Australia attacksNEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday asked the media to be objective and cautious while reporting the attacks on Indian students in Australia, and assured that he understood the anxiety of their parents. Century-old enigma of prehistoric marine mass grave solvedWASHINGTON - A new study has solved a century-old enigma of the origin of a prehistoric marine massive bonebed in southern California, US. Tickled apes reveal human laughter is 16 million years oldWASHINGTON - Tickling a gorilla or chimp can arouse bursts of grunting sounds - or laughter, say researchers who conclude that man’s laugh can be traced back to 10 to 16 million years ago. 9,000 yr old mysterious burial ritual discovered in IranTEHRAN - Archeologists have discovered a mysterious burial ritual performed 9,000 years ago in Iran’s Sialk Mound located in the center of the country. Spokeswoman: Jack Kemp, former quarterback, one-time vice presidential nominee, dies at 73WASHINGTON — Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described “bleeding-heart conservative,” died Saturday. He was 73. Gays win new protections in House hate crimes bill, passed despite conservatives objectionsHWASHINGTON — Gay victims of violence would gain new federal protections under a revived and expanded hate crimes bill passed by the House on Wednesday over conservatives’ objections. Venezuelan opposition leader seeks asylum in PeruLIMA - Indicted Venezuelan opposition leader Manuel Rosales has requested political asylum in Peru, an attorney in Lima said Tuesday. Puff, puff, ponder: Marijuana advocates celebrate unofficial 4/20 holiday, reflect on movementOAKLAND, Calif. — Cannabis advocates weren’t just using their high holiday of April 20 to light up — they were throwing fundraisers for medical marijuana clubs and planning their next steps to legalize the herb for medicinal use. UK top anti-terror cop quits over terror blunderLONDON - Britain’s most senior anti-terrorist policeman, Bob Quick, has resigned after making a major security blunder that caused an operation against a suspected al-Qaeda cell to be brought forward. China, US blocking India’s way to Security CouncilNEW DELHI - The display of naval prowess off the Somali coast by Beijing, a full throttle attempt at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to stop India in acquiring nuclear status or dangerously increasing its presence in the neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan. Miliband says maintaining links with terrorists will fail PakLAHORE - UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that Pakistan’s history has proven that maintaining links with terrorists in the hope that they could be used as an instrument was a total failure. China warns Christie’s of `serious effects’ after auctionBEIJING - China has condemned the auction in Paris of two bronze sculptures that were taken from its Summer Palace in 1860 and said it would have ’serious effects on Christie’s development in China’. India-born US nuclear physicist Shiva Subramanya deadWASHINGTON - India-born US nuclear physicist Shiva Subramanya is dead. He was 76, a family member said Friday. India has no better friend and partner than US, asserts ObamaWASHINGTON - Greeting India on its Republic Day, President Barack Obama Monday said the Indian people ’should know that they have no better friend and partner than the people of the US’. Netaji’s secretary waits to hand over ‘legacy’ to IndiaNEW DELHI - As the nation remembers Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 112th birth anniversary Friday, his old aide in Thailand is trying desperately to hand over to India two pistols belonging to the freedom fighter and has sent his son to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Chandrayaan camera detects X-ray signal from moonBANGALORE - The sophisticated camera on board India’s first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 detected the first X-ray signal from the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said here Friday. Indian diaspora meet set to open - amid global recessionCHENNAI - Colourful giant billboards and tight security welcome 1,500 delegates and dignitaries at the venue of the seventh Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the country’s annual convention to connect with its diaspora starting here Wednesday evening. Temporary reprieve for tennis playersNEW DELHI - In a temporary reprieve to tennis players, the sports ministry has now decided to have a ‘look-in’ to their policy of allowing only Indian citizens to represent the country. |
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