Union Minister Ananth Kumar on Thursday accused the West Bengal government of deliberately putting the brakes on two major central government projects with a huge potential for employment generation in the eastern state.


Bengal blocking two projects with job creation potential: Ananth


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To stimulate "transformational change" in key social sectors, the NITI Aayog would provide strategic, technical and implementation support to three states in education and health.


NITI Aayog to support states for transforming social sectors


Activities such as colouring, doodling and drawing can lead to significant bloodflow in the section of the brain related to feeling rewarded, says a study by an Indian-origin art therapist.


Why creating works of art is so fulfilling


Norway's food safety authority found gross hygiene breaches and closed down nine take-away restaurants in Oslo and neighbouring areas.


Nine Norway restaurants closed for hygiene breaches


Expanding its portfolio of healthcare solutions, Zebra Technologies, a global leader in providing solutions and services to enterprises, has  introduced two new purpose-built mobile handheld devices to improve clinical mobility workflows and patient care.


Zebra Technologies rolls out new devices to improve patient care


Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday encouraged government employees to lead a healthy and good lifestyle.


Maharashtra CM asks government staff to lead healthy life


A 60-year-old quack was arrested by the district administration's Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) team on charges of selling medicine to "guarantee" the birth of a male child, police said on Tuesday.


Quack held for selling 'guaranteed male baby' medicine


Accra (Ghana), June 13 IANS) India has no intention of using yoga 'to culturally colonise the world', Indian High Commissioner in Accra Birender Singh Yadav has said, stressing that the message behind yoga is 'harmony and peace' which is necessary to provide some solution to the current global crisis.


India not using yoga to colonise but unite the world: Envoy


Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Tuesday announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for its generic version of ezetimibe tablets.


USFDA approves Sun Pharma's generic ezetimibe tablets


The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that the toll in the cholera outbreak in Yemen has reached 859, with 70 new deaths reported in the last three days.


Yemen cholera toll reaches 859: WHO


A four-month-old Pakistani boy suffering from a serious heart ailment will get a fresh lease of life as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj offered him a medical visa on humanitarian grounds.


Sushma Swaraj comes to aid of Pakistani boy with heart ailment


Had we been aware of the ill-effects of the Bt Cotton, we would never have approved it, said T.S.R. Subramanian, who had recommended the Genetically Modified (GM) variety of cotton for commercial cultivation as Textile Secretary in the 1990s.


Approving GM Mustard would be wrong decision: Ex-Cabinet Secretary


Accra, June 10 (IANS/MAP) Ghanaians have been urged to maintain sound environmental hygiene and a new programme will be launched to sensitise locals on cleanliness and health issues, an official said.


Ghanaians urged to maintain environmental hygiene


Seventy per cent of digital blood pressure monitors used at homes are "unacceptably inaccurate", and could cause serious implications for people who rely on them, said researchers one of Indian-origin.


Home BP monitors 70% inaccurate: study


Aden, June 9 (IANS/WAM) Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), a volunteer humanitarian organisation in Dubai, has sent a new shipment of antibiotics to combat cholera in the Yemen as part of the UAE's efforts to contain the epidemic.


Emirates Red Crescent sends anti-cholera medicines to Yemen


The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on June 12 a CBSE plea for declaration of NEET result earlier put on hold by the Madras High Court.


NEET 2017: SC to hear CBSE plea on Monday


A farmer injured in a clash with the police and firing died on Friday, taking the deaths  so far during the ongoing peasant protests in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh to six, the police said.


One more Madhya Pradesh farmer dies, toll rises to six


The land-locked state of Mizoram remained cut-off by road from the rest of the country for the fourth consecutive day on Friday due to an indefinite blockade, officials said.


Highway blockade enters 4th day in Mizoram


A marginal rise in the average temperature may increase the number of heat-related deaths in the country to up to two-and-a-half times by intensifying the heat wave, a new study said.


Rising temperatures may increase heat-related deaths: Study


Actress Amy Jackson has starred in a new ad campaign ahead of World Meat Free Day -- which falls on June 12 -- for animal rights organisation PETA. Dressed in a plastic wrap, she is urging people to go vegetarian.


Go vegetarian: Amy Jackson urges with new PETA campaign 


Military Diet, a three-day diet programme, helps to lose up to four to five kgs of weight within a week, say experts. But watch out for the myths.

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