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They claimed an insect was found in a saline bottle administered to her during treatment in the hospital (Photo: AFP)

Insect in saline bottle of 6-year-old in Hyderabad

The girl was being treated at the hospital for fever and other health problems, the man and his family members told...

15 Dec 2016 8:38 PM IST

Kidney dysfunction has been considered a possible risk factor for cognitive impairment or dementia. (Photo: Pixabay)

Protein in urine may lead to dementia

Chronic kidney disease and dementia share many risk factors.

15 Dec 2016 6:38 PM IST

The December update also sees the addition of a number of words from the world of surfing such as tombstoning and rag-doll (Photo: AFP)

Oxford Dictionary adds 500 new words including YouTuber

The word 'YouTuber' has been defined as a frequent user of the video-sharing website YouTube.

15 Dec 2016 6:21 PM IST

$An independent panel of experts last month said the practice should be \cautiously adopted\ (Photo: AFP)$ Life

UK first to approve 'three-parent baby' treatment

The technique would allow women who carry disease-causing mutations in their mitochondrial genes to give birth.

15 Dec 2016 5:47 PM IST

Enormously high sea wave smashes world record

Enormously high sea wave smashes world record

The 62-foot-high wave was recorded in the North Atlantic ocean by a buoy

15 Dec 2016 4:52 PM IST

The Rs. 1 coin got stuck in the 5-year-olds food pipe last month while in Osmanabad (Photo: Pixabay)

Doctors remove coin from child's food pipe in Mumbai

The 5-year-old had swallowed the coin while on holiday in Osmanabad

15 Dec 2016 4:25 PM IST

Men and women are both affected but the after-effects are worse in men. (Photo: Pixabay)

Men Take Longer To Get Over Breakups

Being aloof is how men deal with a divorce or separation, says new study

15 Dec 2016 3:44 PM IST

More than 800,000 adults will experience a stroke this year, according to the American Heart Association, and about 7 million U.S. adults are currently stroke survivors

Marital status linked to survival after stroke

Losing two or more marriages to death or divorce raised the odds of mortality after stroke

15 Dec 2016 11:36 AM IST

Japanese band Pottya weigh above 63kg to 87kg, which is above the average weight of 76kg in Japan. (Photo: Facebook/Pottya)

Japanese band Pottya take aim at obesity prejudice

First treated as a quirky joke in 2015, the group's image is changing, with the release of two albums and a growing...

15 Dec 2016 11:12 AM IST

Nobel Prize winning economist Thomas Schelling dies at 95 in his home in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo: AFP)

Nobel-winning economist Thomas Schelling dies at 95

The American was famous for his use of game theory to explain nuclear strategy

15 Dec 2016 8:46 AM IST

A collage of people on the Six yards and 365 days (Photo: Facebook Group)

It's not too late yet to say sari'

Earlier this week, its founder-chairperson, author and poet Sunita Buddhiraja, actually wore her 365th sari on the...

15 Dec 2016 6:29 AM IST

Subrata Metes Kiss and Amrita Ghoshs Dream Ladder

Words are all they have: Artist duo takes inspiration from...

The attempt is to show how the words of Rabindranath Tagore, Chandogya Upanishad have influenced them.

15 Dec 2016 6:29 AM IST