Bharat Biotech, a leading biotechnology company specializing in vaccines, Monday launched a new vaccine for typhoid that can be given to infants below two years of age and to adults too.


New vaccine launched to battle typhoid


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A South African engineer of Indian descent will join a team  building Bloodhound, the world's fastest car, in Britain next month.


Indian descent woman in team building world's fastest car


Indian scientists who have developed an improved lantern that uses kerosene have advised the government not to phase out the poor man's fuel on environmental grounds.


Don't phase out kerosene, researchers tell government


Sharjah, Aug 26 (IANS/WAM) The Expo Centre Sharjah will play host to the fifth International Conference for Plastics Conversion, the high-profile industry gathering of plastic converters scheduled for next year, an official release said Sunday.


UAE to host International Conference for Plastics Conversion


The government should promote hybrid varieties of mustard that can boost yield by more than 10 percent and help in saving foreign currency by cutting imports of edible oil, according to Mustard Research and Promotion Consortium (MRPC).


Hybrid mustard can help cut edible oil import


School students in the age group of 10-13 years will design mobile applications on Android platform in a countrywide contest.


Indian school kids to design Android apps


Rsearchers in the United States say their studies suggest that greater consumption of fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of developing invasive bladder cancer in women.


Fruits, vegetables may lower women's bladder cancer risk


The Delhi High Court Friday said that social networking site Facebook Inc and search engine Google Inc are bound by the rules of this country and cannot flout the law just because they are foreign companies.


Facebook, Google cannot flout Indian law, says court


Trendspotters.tv, the first online digital channel that will spot trends across different genres like fashion and technology, was launched at the Advertising, PR, Events & Entertainment Summit (APREE) 2013 here.


Go trendspotting with trendspotters.tv! (Lead, changing dateline)



Go trendspotting with trendspotters.tv!


The Indian government is planning to reduce the time frame for setting up nuclear power plants to meet increasing energy demand, Minister of State V. Narayanasamy said Friday.


Nuclear plants to be set up faster: Government


Officials from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Friday visited the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.


Japan's nuclear regulators visit Fukushima


The deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus has been found in an insect-eating bat in Saudi Arabia, researchers from the United States and Saudi Arabia said.


MERS virus found in Saudi Arabia bat


Social media shouldn't be ignored, says tech-savvy Human Resource Development Minister Shashi Tharoor, who believes that politicians have now come to realise the importance of social networking.


Social media should not be ignored: Tharoor


Seven iPad-centric "Steve Jobs schools" opened their doors across the Netherlands earlier this week.


iPad-centric schools open in Netherlands


Volunteering may lead to better health and increased longevity, says a study.


Volunteer for good health


A 10-day Edinburgh International Science Festival (EISF) will be held at the Bharatiya City complex here from Aug 30.


Edinburgh science fest in Bangalore from Aug 30


Delhi Metro Thursday said its commuters using smartphones can get to know fares and train timings with the help of a new mobile application that can be downloaded from its web site.


Delhi Metro launches mobile application


An Indian American doctor and a fellow physician have co-invented a weight control kit that promises to make weight loss supplements, that risk damage to the liver and kidneys, redundant.


A weight control kit that makes pills redundant


The New York health department has launched a free mobile app to help cooks calculate how many calories are in the food they prepare and find ways to reduce the calorie counts.


Now, count the calories in your food before you eat


A new strain of bird flu that can infect and kill animals has been discovered in chickens in poultry markets in China, according to a new study.

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