Everything you need to know about Agra University: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Agra University: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New York, May 22 (ANI): American actor Dan Aykryod has confirmed that Bill Murray won't be reprising his signature role in 'Ghostbusters 3.'
Washington, May 22 (ANI): The decisions about where to live and how to get from home to work happen simultaneously, a research has suggested.
Washington, May 22 (ANI): Phosphatidylserine - a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy - improves the functioning of genes involved in degenerative brain disorders, including Parkinson's disease and Familial Dysautonomia (FD).
Washington, May 22 (ANI): A new study by investigators at the University of Michigan and Eli Lilly may reveal the "switch" that helps our brains to make the shift from current behaviours to new ones.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): People who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate "sound systems" for each language, according to new research.
Agra May 20 (IANS) With the temperature a tad short of 46 degrees Celsius Monday, pedestrians were few and far between, even as the heat-harassed tourists began deserting the historical monuments in Taj city Agra.
London, May 20 (ANI): Foreigners residing in London are set to outnumber Brits within 20 years, a new study has revealed.
Washington, May 20 (ANI): A new study has found that optimal treatment of sleep apnea in patients with prediabetes improves blood sugar (glucose) levels, suggesting that it can reduce cardiometabolic risk.
Agra, May 20 (IANS) Emplayees at monuments in Taj city Agra should get a four-hour lunch break to give them some respite from the scorching heat, Federation of Travel Agents of India Rajiv Tiwari said here Monday.
London, May 20 (ANI): Scientists have said that the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short-term.
Agra, May 19 (IANS) Rohilkhand University Vice Chancellor (VC) Mohammad Muzammil has been directed by the Uttar Pradesh governor to take additional charge of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University (formerly Agra University) here.
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Tokyo are in the process of developing a technology to put the mobile phone on the palm of your hand.
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Fewer than 50 percent of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28 percent of girls meet the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health.
Washington, May 18 (ANI): NASA's senior Mars rover Opportunity is investigating a rock intensely altered by water.
Washington, May 18 (ANI): A new research has suggested that reproductive function of women may be tied to their immune status.
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Heavy drinkers who smoke have more problems with their memory, ability to think quickly and efficiently, and problem-solving skills, a study has suggested.
Ghaziabad, May 17 (IANS) A shortage of staff at the Ghaziabad Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) is resulting in long queues of people applying for passports.
Berlin, May 17 (ANI): Amazon and Apple will enclose their e-book formats in the proprietary e-book formats as they currently use formats incompatible with the formats most independent retailers use at their e-book stores, a recent study has revealed.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): A professor from Scotland has created a pizza that offers the correct balance of all the nutrients required through the day.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): Reduced IQ may be linked to the risk for developing schizophrenia, a new study suggests.
Agra, May 17 (IANS) An industrialist from Agra was shot dead by unidentified assailants who ambushed his car on the Agra-Jaipur highway, police said Friday.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): A new device proposed by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno and Stanford University that would detect elusive gravity waves from the other end of the cosmos, may open a new window into the nature of the universe.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): Our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, according to a new research from the University of California, Berkeley.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): Observations from two NASA satellites have helped scientists resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers worldwide are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.
Washington, May 16 (IANS) Scientists have estimated that Mars is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 3.9 meters across, US space agency NASA said.
New York, May 16 (ANI): Men holding guitars appear more attractive to women, a new study has revealed.
Lumami, May 15 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday called upon the faculty and students of the Nagaland University to search, spread, sense and celebrate innovations in the region.
Lumani (Nagaland), May 15 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday called upon students and teachers in Nagaland to spread innovations.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): A recent research at the University of Missouri has discovered that an individual can indeed successfully try to be happier, especially when cheery music aids the process.
Lumami, May 15 (ANI): Asserting that innovation is the key to progress and prosperity, President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday called upon the faculty and students of the Nagaland University to search, spread, sense and celebrate innovations in the region.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): A new University of Missouri study has found that testosterone levels during group competition are modulated depending on the relationships among the competitors and may be related to the formation of alliances in warfare.
Agra May 15 (IANS) Conservationists here have demanded the restoration and reopening of Dara Shikoh' library that is lying in shambles in the heart of the Taj city.
Agra, May 14 (IANS) Reverse osmosis (RO) plants in Agra should install water harvesting systems within three days or face closure, a top district official said Tuesday.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): The cost to manufacture, install and maintain solar panels is so high that most people and businesses cannot afford to place them on their rooftops.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Danish chemists have introduced a novel dye that they say have the potential to outperform all fluorescent dyes currently used in imaging technology.
The Japan International Cooperative Agency (JICA) has offered the Uttar Pradesh government for a financial assistance for many upcoming projects in the state including Metro rail project and the Agra-Lucknow expressway, officials said Tuesday.
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) The Japan International Cooperative Agency (JICA) has offered the Uttar Pradesh government financial assistance for the Metro rail project and a host of other projects, including the Agra-Lucknow expressway, officials said Tuesday.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): A team at Tel Aviv University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has just discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein's special theory of relativity.
Agra, May 11 (IANS) Ram Das Sharma, 94, a veteran socialist leader and a freedom fighter, died here Friday evening, his family said Saturday.
Agra, May 11 (IANS) An unidentified, naked body of a young woman was found in the Kashmiri Bazaar red light area here, police said Saturday.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): A drug currently being used to treat leukemia has been found to help halt the production of toxic proteins in the brains of mice.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): In order to stay connected and bond better, one in three mothers is being 'friends' with their children on Facebook.
Agra, May 11 (IANS) There has been an upsurge in creative activities following the Taj Literature Festival in February, with several new groups actively pursuing literary goals.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): Pierce Brosnan has been roped in for the role of a sexaholic in a new movie called 'How To Make Love Like An Englishman.'
Washington, May 10 (ANI): The proliferation of social media has made getting over a romantic breakup a bigger chore than in the bygone era, even though digital photos and emails can be deleted in no time.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Mars has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling, it has been revealed.
New York, May 10 (ANI): A football player from Columbia University has reportedly been charged for threatening and insulting a fellow student with racial slurs.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): Researchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): A biologist and a team of researchers from George Washington University have created the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard around the globe.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other kids of their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to the cause of the developmental disorder, a new study has claimed.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other kids of their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to the cause of the developmental disorder, a new study has claimed.
Agra May 9 (IANS) Agra district authorities have ordered the closure of an engneering college near a bird sanctury for violating environmental laws, an official said Thursday.
London, May 9 (ANI): Researchers at Cambridge University have developed an app that could track happiness by combining smartphone data with users' perception of mood.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Tomatoes and soy foods, when eaten together, could be more effective in preventing prostate cancer than when either of them is eaten alone, a study has claimed.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Scientists have found that the phenolic compounds found in champagne can improve spatial memory.
London, May 8 (ANI): Plants appear to help each other grow with soothing microscopic sounds, a new study has found.
Agra, May 8 (IANS) With the mercury crossing 44 degrees Celsius, schools in the Taj Mahal city were shut till Class 8 by 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Agra, May 8 (IANS) With the mercury crossing the 44 degrees Celsius mark, the Agra district administration has ordered all schools till Class 8 to close by 11 a.m.
The hague, May 7 IANS) International Monetary Fund's managing director Christine Lagarde's meeting with Dutch students was interrupted on Tuesday by chanting protestors who were discontent with the IMF's policies to resolve the eurozone debt crisis.
Washington, May 7 (ANI): A physical exercise programme that is based on a very basic, rudimentary materials can significantly improve upper and lower limb strength as well as static and dynamic balance in women suffering from postmenopausal osteoporosis.
London, May 6 (ANI): Natural emissions and manmade pollutants can both have an unexpected cooling effect on the world's climate by making clouds brighter, University of Manchester scientists have revealed.
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Scientists have long thought that early land vertebrates developed legs for moving around on land well before their feeding systems and dietary habits changed enough to let them eat a land-based diet, but no strong evidence has been found yet to prove it.
Melbourne, May 5 (ANI): Despite big challenges, man could be sent on a mission to Mars over the next 20 years, NASA and private sector experts have said.
Agra, May 4 (IANS) A maha panchayat in Agra district has called for the boycott of a family of a man who allegedly raped and murdered an eight-year-old girl.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Some people don't use Facebook, even when there are a billion active accounts worldwide.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): The cure for gray hair is coming - thanks to a team of European researchers.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new mouse model, which answers the question of what actually happens in the body when type 2 diabetes develops and how the body responds to the medication.
Rio de Janeiro, May 4 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras, whose production mostly comes from deep-water fields, will step up its search for onshore natural gas reserves in the coming years, CEO Maria das Graças Foster said Friday.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): A new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that the ability to understand numbers is shared by man and his primate cousins.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju has said the Delhi University is going to start a four-year graduation course from the coming academic session.
Sydney, May 3 (ANI): Mega billionaire Berkshire Hathaway chief executive Warren Buffet has joined Twitter and gathered more than 1000 followers a minute.
Agra, May 2 (IANS) Agra's hope for a civilian airport as a boost to the Taj city's tourism industry was revived after an hour-long presentation in Lucknow before top Uttar Pradesh government officials by Agra District Magistrate Zuher Bin Sagir.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Affirming personal values may give problem-solving skills a boost in times of stress, according to a new study.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): The fossil specimen of an ape skeleton, which was unearthed in Spain in 2002, has been assigned to a new genus and species, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Nearly half of Republicans have said 'an armed revolution in order to protect liberties might be necessary in the next few years,' a new poll has found.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Female rats are much more likely to binge eat than male rats, a new study has revealed.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): New experimental results have shed light on how mammals act on the basis of sound cues.
Boston, May 1 (IANS) Two weeks after the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, two classmates of the dead suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and a third person have been arrested and face federal charges.
Agra, May 1 (IANS) Speakers at a group discussion on International Labour Day Wednesday said that while the earning capacity and lifestyle of the lowest rung of labourers has improved, the middle class was stressed due to shrinking opportunities and the Americanisation of the economy.
London, May 1 (ANI): A simple once-a-day jab could be a lifeline for many diabetes patients, which will not only help control their condition but also fight obesity.
Washington, May 1(ANI): A team of researchers has made a breakthrough in the process of developing quantum computers.
Vishakapatnam, May 1 (ANI): Andhra University organized an environment awareness campaign here on Tuesday with the aim of educating people about the need to conserve scarce natural resources.
London, May 1(ANI): A new research has revealed how Saturn keeps itself looking young and hot.
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): According to a business study, companies with employees located around the globe can allay their isolation by taking a relationship-based approach in the form of a 'leader-member exchange'.
Washington, Apr. 30 (ANI): Kids hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook with only pictures as compared to a picture-vocabulary book, a new research has claimed.
Agra, April 30 (IANS) The city of the Taj is now aiming to show visitors that there is much more to it than the monument to love. Discovering Oriental Agra, a new tourist circuit, will showcase not just heritage monuments but also the city's culture, cuisine and industry - in electric rickshaws.
Washington, April 29 (ANI): One sinus expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) said despite a late spring, the summer allergy season will be strong.
Washington, April 29 (ANI): As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to a new research.
Washington, Apr. 28 (ANI): Amanda Knox, the American student who had been convicted and then cleared of killing her British room-mate Meredith Kercher, has said that the freedom that she's most grateful for has helped reclaimed her identity that she's not a murderer.
Washington, Apr. 28 (ANI): The more past romantic relationships a person has, the more interests they list in their Facebook profiles, a new study has revealed.
Washington, April 28 (ANI): The secret to strengthening your immune system's ability to fight off illness might be right under your nose-or rather, in it, according to a University of Saskatchewan researcher.
Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): When resources are in short supply for fish, personality traits like aggression can be more important than strength when it comes to survival, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): Cancer cells, which can break out of a tumour and invade other organs, are much more aggressive and nimble than nonmalignant cells, a new study has found.
Agra, April 27 (IANS) Renewed demands have been made for granting heritage status to Agra, which is home to three World Heritage monuments - the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri - and several other historical structures. This will protect and conserve historical buildings, old havelis, structures, water bodies, forests and even the oriental markets in the old city, experts say.
Washington, April 26 (ANI): An international team of scientists led by the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), the CIBERER and the University of Wurzburg (Germany) has discovered a gene that can cause three totally different diseases, depending on how it is altered.
Consuming two or more cups of coffee on daily basis could decrease the risk of breast cancer recurring in women taking the drug Tamoxifen, a study at Lund University in Sweden has suggested.
Washington, April 26 (ANI): Harvard researchers have discovered a hormone that holds promise for a dramatically more effective treatment of type 2 diabetes, a metabolic illness afflicting millions of people.
Washington, Apr. 26 (ANI): Children who are exposed to negative parenting, including abuse, neglect and even overprotection, are at higher risk of experiencing bullying by their peers, a research has claimed.
Washington, April 26 (ANI): Drinking two or more cups of coffee daily could decrease the risk of breast cancer recurring in patients taking the widely used drug Tamoxifen, a study at Lund University in Sweden has suggested.
Agra, April 25 (IANS) Two people were killed and another was injured Thursday in a mortar blast in a scrap godown here, police said.
