Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari on Wednesday called for correcting social and regional imbalances in the country and to achieve this, the future expansion of education had to be planned carefully, he said. Speaking at a function to mark the valedictory of the 175th year celebrations of Madras Christian College, East Tambaram, the Vice-President said the challenge ahead was to combineRead more

A suspect was arrested in a shooting near a Pittsburgh high school after classes were let out Wednesday that left three students wounded, police said. The shooting had the earmarks of a revenge attack, with the three wounded boys, all friends, suspected of having been involved in a fight with the suspected shooter last month, police said. City police Lt.Read more

Police in US city Pittsburgh are responding to a shooting at Brashear High School Wednesday, and at least three people were injured, local TV station KDKA reported. According to school officials, a shooter came out of the woods near the school and shot three students on Crane Avenue near the high school. After the shots were fired, the students ranRead more

Scientists Wednesday unveiled a drug combination that destroys antibiotic-resistant germs in mice, potentially opening a new front against chronic and relapsing infections in humans. Big Pharma had been closely interested in a compound dubbed acyldepsipeptide (ADEP), only to drop it when some germs became resistant to it. But scientists in the United States reported that, when used alongside conventional antibiotics,Read more

Some 500 school boys and girls have joined a beach cleanup campaign launched by a group of environment volunteers, said Nora Al-Sanousi, leader of the group in charge of the campaign. The campaign aims at disseminating environmental awareness among schoolchildren with regard to keeping beaches clean and safe and encouraging the validity of doing voluntary work for the benefit ofRead more

Commercial Bank (CBQ) has adopted the Al Noor Institute for the Blind as a charitable cause for the second year and raised QAR 50,000 towards the set-up of an IT classroom. The donation will help provide Al Noor Institute’s students the opportunity to lead everyday normal lives by encouraging continuous education, creation of innovative ideas and independency, the Qatari bankRead more

University of Cincinnati researchers report they're working on an exoskeleton to support people who -- through age or injury -- are limited in their movement. They're designing and building a spring-assisted leg exoskeleton that can help elderly patients, stroke patients and paraplegics stand and sit, the university reported Tuesday. The goal is to give such people a bionic pick-up withoutRead more

China is to establish a procedure which should guarantee the safety of school buildings, according to a circular issued Tuesday by the State Council, China's cabinet. The procedure will include safety checks twice a year, emergency warnings, easily accessible safety information and risk-averse management strategies. Local government chiefs will be held responsible for any casualties caused by unsafe structures. ARead more

An elementary school in Oklahoma City was temporarily closed Tuesday, a day after three students and three teachers were sickened by carbon monoxide. The six children and adults from Lee Elementary School who were taken to hospitals Monday afternoon were reported to be in good condition after examination, The Oklahoman reported. Four other people were treated at the school. TierneyRead more

Five people were arrested in clashes on Tuesday between police and Bulgarian students who had cordoned off parliament in the capital Sofia as part of an anti-government protest, police said. Skirmishes erupted and at least one person was injured as officers tried to push back the students, who had formed a tight human chain along the metal fence encircling theRead more