Life, More features, 4th Oct 2017, News & Stories from India

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Life More Features 04 Oct 2017

Life, More features, 04 Oct 2017

Sun bear attacks couple in Indonesia, killing one

Officials are investigating the incident and trying to find the bear.

04 Oct 2017 8:08 PM

Some critics of the decision feel the move by the college could lead to an end of women-only spaces. (Photo: AP)

Cambridge women's college opens doors to transgender students

The college added that it was also supportive of non-binary students or gender identities not exclusively male or female.

04 Oct 2017 7:30 PM

Severe turbulence on flights may triple by 2050: study

The expected turbulence increases are a consequence of global temperature changes.

04 Oct 2017 6:44 PM

Rolls Royce Phantom worth $750k gets swallowed into road in China

The sinkhole was caused by surface subsidence, and affected only the Phantom.

04 Oct 2017 6:00 PM

From left, Sara Snogerup Linse, chairman of the Nobel Committee in Chemistry, Goran K. Hansson, secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and Peter Brzezinski, member of the Nobel Committee, sit during a press conference as they announce - Jacques Dubochet - from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Joachim Frank from Columbia University, USA and Richard Henderson, from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, in England as the winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.(Photo: AP)

Nobel Prize honors technique for seeing molecules' details

The $1.1 million prize is shared by Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson.

04 Oct 2017 5:51 PM

The calf is too weak to lift two heads and is fed by a bottle (Photo: Facebook)

Dairy farm in Pakistan welcomes two-headed buffalo calf as miracle

The calf has a condition where the embryo splits into twins but stops causing them to stay attached.

04 Oct 2017 4:39 PM

The study found that wild cats wiped out 316 million every year, while pets killed 61 million annually. (Photo: Pexels)

Cats kill one million birds a day in Australia

Australia's Threatened Species Commissioner Sebastian Lang called the study "extremely important and of great concern".

04 Oct 2017 2:21 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mothers spend more on their daughters, study reveals

Researchers conducted the experiment among parents from India.

04 Oct 2017 12:01 PM

Mastering the Cube

Bhargav Narasimhan speaks about participating in the Asian and World Championships.

04 Oct 2017 12:32 AM

My grandfather inspires me to better myself, says Jatin Shah

I lost my dad at a very early stage, in an unexpected manner.

04 Oct 2017 12:30 AM

Himanshu Verma wears saris in an androgynous manner.

I wish more men would wear saris, says Himanshu Verma

Himanshu Verma, who has been sporting saris since the past 11 years, reflects on his journey so far.

04 Oct 2017 12:29 AM

A volunteering initiative in the city is painting around 1,000 walls in the city in more than 13 different areas through the month of October.

City walls get a facelift

The paintings follow five themes — open education, girl child education, stopping modern slavery, sports education and Swachh Bharat.

04 Oct 2017 12:13 AM

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