A century-old belief that high daylight levels in schools could prevent short sight or myopia may be true even today, suggests a study....
An Air Canada flight from Toronto skidded off the runway as it landed at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport on Sunday, sending 23 people to hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening. ...
Actress Angelina Jolie made her first post-surgery appearance when she attended the Kids' Choice Awards, where she won the award for Favourite Villain for her role in "Maleficent"....
Recounting her heartrending tale of woe, an Indian-American mother turned to US lawmakers for help to get back her two children allegedly abducted to India by her ex-husband six years ago....
A civil rights violation carries up to 10 years in prison, while the state’s charge against Parker is for misdemeanor assault, which carries up to one year in jail only....
An Indian-American and a Sri Lankan-origin scientist and teacher are among fourteen individuals and one organization named winners of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)....
Virginia Democrat Mark and Texas Republican John Cornyn are co-chairs of Senate India Caucus, a forum for senators to work with Indian government officials and Indian-Americans in promoting US-India bilateral relations....
Representing the largest contributor to the UN Peacekeeping Operations, India's Chief of Army Staff Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag has called for better consultations with troop-contributing countries in deciding mandates for the operations....
Calling India a 'critical ally', two influential US senators have asked the new Defence Secretary Ashton Carter to place a special emphasis on deepening the US-India defence relationship....
The results, published in the Journal of Climate, showed that global warming actually tends to reduce temperature variability....
