Category: World News

Tricolour doormat row: ‘Respect Indian sentiments’, Centre warns Amazon

New Delhi , Jan. 14 : In the wake of the tricolour doormat being sold on Amazon that raised a furore across the nation, the Indian Government on Saturday called on the online shopping giant to respect Indian sentiments while providing a platform for third party vendors. [NK India] As a follow up to the matter regarding the sale of doormats with the Indian flag on Amazon, the Ministry of External Affairs has instructed Indian Ambassador in Washington Navtej Sarna to convey to Amazon that while providing a platform for third party vendors, they should respect Indian sensitivities and sentiments.

Way found to reprogram mouse embryonic stem cells

This undated photo provided by animal clone scientist Zhou Qi of the Institute of Zoology in Beijing shows the mouse Xiao Xiao or “Tiny” from the induced pluripotent stem cells in its three-month old. Two teams of Chinese researchers have created live mice from IPS cells, answering a lingering question about the developmental potential of the cells, according to a press release published online by Nature on July 23, 2009.

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Nobel Prize exhibition in Ahmedabad attracts visitors

Ahmedabad , Jan. 14: People from across age groups thronged the Nobel Prize exhibition, aimed at stimulating engagement in science, in Ahmedabad. [NK India] Titled ‘The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World’, the four-day exhibition tells the story of Novel Prize founder Alfred Nobel – a Swedish inventor and industrialist – and other Nobel laureates.

Sounds from the Silk Route

Later this month, the dome-shaped ceiling of the restored, 574-seater Royal Opera House will reverberate with music from a four-stringed Chinese lute called pipa, the Afghan rubab, qanun , saxophone and tabla. Playing the instruments, which represent the Eastern and Western ends of the historical Silk Route, will be six artistes from China, Afghanistan, Syria and Italy.

Dental Implant and Prosthetics Market 2017 Global Industry Key…

PUNE, INDIA, January 13, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — Dental Implant and Prosthetics : Summary: The existence of dental implants and its procedures are observed from early evolution that is more than 2,000 years ago in South & North America and in Middle Asia & Mediterranean region. In olden days, replacement of missing teeth was done by using carved stone, shell, bones and gold.

New illuminated lollipop could save children’s lives

From left, Caroline Taukulis, strategic account manager of Business Durham, with inventor Andrew Turner, Gavin Brydon, of Thorn and Cllr Neil Foster A TALENTED inventor has developed the first upgrade to the school crossing patrol sign in 50 years and believes lives could be saved as a result. Andrew Turner, who has an office at the North East Technology Park in Sedgefield, is to meet with distributors about his illuminated lollipop design after winning the backing of a major road safety charity.

Oil Posts Biggest Two-Day Gain in 6 Weeks as Saudis Make Cuts

Oil climbed, posting the biggest two-day gain in almost six weeks, after Saudi Arabia said it cut production even more than required by an OPEC deal. Futures increased 1.5 percent in New York as Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said the kingdom reduced output to less than 10 million barrels a day, going beyond its obligations under an accord between OPEC and other producers to curb production.

Idea Cellular announces data and calling plans for customers who switch to 4G

New Delhi , Jan.11 : Sophos has empanelled key products of its next-generation Sophos XG Firewall to National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated , a Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. [NK Telecom] The products include Hardware appliances , Enterprise Guard and Full Guard Subscription , Sophos Firewall Manager and LAN/WAN Modules and Transceivers.

Exclusive: Alibaba, part of planned Taiwan fund, won’t seek board seats at local firms – source

An employee is seen behind a glass wall with the logo of Alibaba at the company’s headquarters on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, April 23, 2014. Alibaba Group Holding, which is awaiting regulatory approval for a $45 million fund it is participating in, has promised the Taiwanese government it will not take board seats at local firms the fund invests in, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Govt plans to cast ‘net’ wide, include backward areas

After becoming the first state in the country to complete a mass roll-out of high-speed public internet services, the Maharashtra government is planning a free daily internet usage quota of up to 1GB for school and college students and residents of backward areas on this network. The government will also launch WiFi services in other cities like Kalyan-Dombivli, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Amravati, Nashik and Aurangabad.

Recording Functioning Muscles to Rehab Spinal Cord Injury Patients

They devised a system that records and interprets muscle signals from the physiotherapist and then stimulates specific muscles, in the patient, via an electro-stimulator. The acquisition system is based on a BITalino board that records the Surface Electromyography signal from the muscles of the physiotherapist, while they perform a specific exercise designed for the patient’s rehabilitation plan.

Feature: New technology at CES 2017 gives glimpse of future life

In the 50th year of the International Consumer Electronics Show , new generation TV, autonomous driving, drones, robots, 3-D printing and virtual reality technology gave a glimpse of future life. This year’s CES held in Las Vegas between Thursday and Sunday attracted over 3,800 companies and 50,000 professionals from 150 countries and regions in the world.

Are you ready for January 22?

She’ll back in the Sault on July 1 to preside over our 150th anniversary of Canada celebrations. In Roberta Bondar Park, of course! January 22 will be the 25th anniversary of Dr. Roberta Bondar’s launch from Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, becoming the second Canadian astronaut in space, the world’s first neurologist in space and Canada’s first women in space.

Cocoa Tumbles as Two-Day Mutiny Ends in Top Grower Ivory Coast

Cocoa futures slid the most in a month in London after negotiations ended a two-day army mutiny that had paralyzed several cities in Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer. Following an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Saturday, President Alassane Ouattara said he’d reached an agreement with soldiers who had blocked roads in the central city of Bouake in Daloa, one of the biggest cocoa areas, and the commercial capital of Abidjan.

Iraq’s Southern Oil Exports Hit Record Before OPEC Cuts

Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports in the Gulf reached a record high in December, just before the country was due to join other major producers in cutting output to help curb a global oversupply. Shipments from southern ports in Basra Province averaged 3.51 million barrels a day in December, Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luaibi said in an e-mailed statement, up from 3.407 million in November.

Evotec and Eternygen to Develop Novel Metabolic Disease Therapy

Evotec AG announced today that it will extend its existing relationship with Eternygen GmbH by becoming an investor in addition to being a pre-clinical drug discovery partner. Within a consortium of investors including VC Fonds Technologie Berlin, managed by IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, and two renowned family offices, Epidarex and Evotec together will participate in Eternygen’s latest funding round of EUR 8 m .

[Agenda] Malta presidency in full swing this Week

While Malta has officially taken over the EU’s rotating presidency on 1 January, the real show will begin when European commissioners pay their traditional visit to the incoming presidency of the EU Council on Wednesday . Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and his 26 colleagues – Bulgaria has still not appointed a successor to Kristalina Georgieva who left for the World Bank at the end of the year – will discuss the presidency’s agenda with the government of Joseph Muscat.

More than 80 Kiwi kids abducted each year

More than 80 children were abducted or kidnapped in the first nine months of 2016, and those most at risk were in their late teens. It is not known how many of the incidents are related to domestic disputes but experts say abductions by strangers are rare and “stranger danger” advice is outdated.

CNRP rejects deal ‘proviso’

Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng, left, and deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha, right, at a meeting in Phnom Penh in 2015. Prime Minister Hun Sen is using prisoners as bargaining chips to try and force Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha to sign a declaration that would be used to kick opposition president Sam Rainsy out of the party, the latter claimed yesterday.

Greek police find weapons at captured extremist’s hideout

In this file photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, suspected terrorist Pola Roupa and alleged member of the Revolutionary Struggle group, wears handcuffs as she arrives for a trial at the maximum security Korydallos prison, western Athens. Greek police on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 recaptured the convicted far-left militant wanted for more than four years after she absconded during her trial on domestic terrorism charges.

Brent Oil Closes at 18-Month High After Positive U.S. Jobs Data

Brent oil rose to the highest close in almost 18 months after U.S. government data showed strong job and wage gains while Kuwait and Saudi Arabia signaled they are curbing output. Futures climbed a third day after Labor Department data showed that the world’s biggest crude-consuming country added 156,000 jobs in December, while wages rose the most since 2009.