Mr M.S. Swaminathan, one of the pioneers of the Green Revolution in India, will receive an honorary doctorate from Canada's University of Alberta for his contribution to food security in the world.

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India, ensuring "our survival, our security, and our sovereignty", besides making the "nation walk with head held high", boasts Mr A.Q.

British physicist Stephen Hawking has said the creation of the universe was a result of the inevitable laws of physics and it did not need God's help.

In his latest book titled "The Grand Design", Ha

Eight people, including two policemen, were injured in a communal clash at a function organised for Janmashtami here, police said on Thursday.

The clash took place at Hindpiri colony late on Wednesda

Suspected Maoists on Thursday shot dead two people in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.

"Two bodies were found at Ektal village near Aguiboni area of Jhargram sub-division in the di

A two-year-old boy has made medical history by becoming the world's youngest person to receive an artificial lung.

Owen Stark seemed a happy and healthy toddler until his collapse during a shopping t

Rosario (Argentina), Aug. 31: The Indian women’s hockey team slumped to their biggest World Cup defeat as they were crushed 1-7 by defending champions the Netherlands in their opening Pool A match her

London, Aug. 31: Taking a brisk walk daily could prevent thousands of cases of breast and bowel cancer, according to new research.

Just 45 minutes a day of activity at a moderate level could prevent

Socialite Kim Kardashian has no dreams of dating a popular Hollywood star. She says she would rather fall in love with a “normal, Armenian boy”.

Subodh Roy, Bihar leader from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), was expelled from the party on Wednesday after he tried to “patch up” with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and chief ministe