Day: October 8, 2019

Zuma’s son says not corrupt, but victim of S.African political ‘storm’

8:20 pm October 8, 2019

Johannesburg: The son of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma, accused by witnesses of acting as a conduit in a major web of state graft, said on Tuesday he was not corrupt, but was caught up in political crossfire. Duduzane Zuma, 35, was testifying before a judicial inquiry probing allegations that his father organised a systematic […]

Dark matter and exoplanet discoveries win Nobel Physics Prize

8:15 pm October 8, 2019

Stockholm: Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for research that increases the understanding of our place in the Universe. Peebles won one-half of the prize “for theoretical discoveries that have contributed to our understanding of how the Universe evolved after the Big […]

Police swoop on Britain’s biggest drugs racket

8:10 pm October 8, 2019

London: Thirteen men were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in the biggest drugs racket ever uncovered in Britain, police said. The suspects were allegedly part of an international organised crime group responsible for importing more than 50 tonnes of drugs, worth billions of pounds (dollars, euros), into Britain from the Netherlands. The men, […]

Curtains come down on Mysuru Dasara festivities

8:06 pm October 8, 2019

Bengaluru: Curtains came down on the 10-day long renowned Dasara celebrations in the palace city of Mysuru on Tuesday, with a spectacular procession marking the grand finale. Thousands of people witnessed the ‘Jamboo Sawari’, a march of a dozen caparisoned elephants led by ‘Arjuna’ carrying the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari, the presiding deity of Mysuru […]

Pets can be taken outside for walks: Maharashtra govt tells HC

Dog ownership linked to better health in heart patients: Study

8:03 pm October 8, 2019

Houston: Raising a dog at home may be linked to better cardiovascular health in patients recovering from heart attack or stroke, according to a study, with implications for post treatment care in people recovering from such sudden afflictions. The study, published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, built on previous research demonstrating how […]