Author: PTI

Tamilnadu and Puducherry is likely to receive widespread, moderate rain with some isolated incidents of heavy downpour in the next three days, Deputy Director General of Meteorology S Balachandran said Wednesday.

In the search for new antibiotics and cancer drugs, scientists have developed a computer algorithm that reduces the chances of simply rediscovering known compounds.

Victims of childhood abuse carry an imprint of the trauma in their DNA, which are detectable years later and could be used as evidence in court, scientists say.

Nine policemen were injured as violence broke out here Wednesday during a 12-hour bandh called by a socio-cultural organisation protesting introduction of a queue system for devotees visiting the Jagannath Temple, the police said.

Scientists have developed an experimental anti-venom against toxins from the world’s most feared venomous snake, the black mamba, which is found in Africa.

Two translated works – ‘Jasmine Days’ and ‘Poonachi’ have made it to the inaugural JCB Prize for Literature long list announced Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in Ajmer on Saturday on the completion of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s ‘Gaurav Yatra’ which she had begun in August.

Retired Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde Wednesday advised the newly appointed Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi to bring in more transparency in judicial proceedings and promote solidarity between judges to avoid any “misunderstanding.”

The Kerala government Wednesday made it clear it has no plan to file a review petition against the Supreme Court order allowing women of all age groups into the Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala.

AIADMK Wednesday announced a solatium of Rs 2 lakh to the family of a Coimbatore-based party worker who died of heart attack.