Dharamsala, Oct 21 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has reached this north India hill town from New Delhi where he spent a few days after undergoing gall bladder surgery, his aide said Tuesday.

London, Oct 21 (IANS) Though the behaviour of British teenager Sam Holt, who smokes dope, drinks alcohol and even has sex, would leave most parents in despair, for her mother the 13-year-old is “sweet” rather than shocking.

Toronto, Oct 21 (IANS) The planet’s most advanced and powerful electron microscope, capable of looking at atoms, the tiniest object in the universe, has been installed at the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University.

Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Long-term exposure to cellphone may heighten risk of brain tumours, warned a neurosurgeon.

Sydney, Oct 21 (IANS) Australia is set to open five examination centres in India to recruit overseas trained doctors, desperately needed to meet the acute shortage of medical professionals in the country.

Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Researchers have edged a step closer to understanding why past oral contraceptive use dramatically lowers the risk of ovarian and uterine cancers later in life.

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Delhi High court Monday pulled up the government for terming homosexuality as a disease and arguing that, if legalized, it would lead to spreading of a disease.

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) A 12-year-old son of a blind couple Monday survived miraculously even though an iron rod pierced through his chin and came out from the upper side of the face near the eye after his fall from a staircase.