Arif - Instablogs
Nov 15 2009
JAIPUR: As another swine flu death and 80 more positive cases were reported across the state on Friday, the health department sent a reminder to districts to submit by Monday an action plan to contain spread of the disease. Even ten days after they...
Nov 15 2009
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — The mullahs stared silently at the screen. They shifted in their chairs and fiddled with pencils. Koranic verses flashed above them, but the topic was something that made everybody a little uncomfortable.
Nov 15 2009
CHENNAI: The Indus civilisation had a volumetric system with inscriptions on ceramic vessels (glazed pots from Harappa) indicating that the sign ‘V’ stood for a measure, a long linear stroke equalled 10, two long strokes stood for 20 and a short...
Nov 12 2009
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh loves to challenge the dominant opinion (except in the case of Genetically Modified crops). Whether it is the stand India should take at the forthcoming Copenhagen conference or the melting of the Himalayan glaciers,...
Oct 18 2009
WASHINGTON — From presidential confidants in the White House Situation Room to anchors on cable television to ruminators at the city’s think tanks, the view has settled in: Afghanistan is an ungovernable collection of tribes that has confounded...
Oct 16 2009
There is more evidence that living near a ‘green space’ has health benefits. Research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health says the impact is particularly noticeable in reducing rates of mental ill health.
Oct 16 2009
MURMANSK, October 15 (Itar-Tass) - The First Murmansk International Economic Forum discusses the strategy of the Arctic’s development. The forum attracted over one thousand people - business people and representatives of banks and research...
Oct 16 2009
Brazil and China have been praised, but India criticised, in a new report that evaluates the efforts of developing countries to tackle hunger.
Oct 16 2009
The internet has become an integral part of human life and further validation of this assertion comes from the fact that Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband Internet access a right for every Finnish citizen.
Oct 14 2009
ST. CHARLES, Illinois (Reuters) - Despite some signs that the worst of the U.S. residential housing crisis may be over, many wealthy homeowners are still being squeezed by the combination of weak home prices and the stock market crash.