Chennai: Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) Minister S. Ramesh chaired a high-level departmental review meeting on Wednesday at the commissionerate in Nungambakkam to assess key ...

Chennai: The Madras high court on Monday dismissed the petition against the construction of the new Secretariat complex at Pattinapakkam as withdrawn. The petitioner requested the court to give him ...

Cortisol gets a bad rap. Commonly referred to as the “stress hormone,” we’ve come to think of cortisol first and foremost as a catalyst for weight gain, poor sleep, and a host of other negative ...

A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham finds that nearly 1 in 3 U.S. adults without heart disease — and almost 4 in 5 of those who have already had a heart attack, stroke or other ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. The highest tides of the year ...

A new Consumer Reports analysis found inorganic arsenic in every rice product it tested, with brown rice averaging higher levels than white rice. Basmati and sushi rice had lower average inorganic ...

Mexico City's iconic Azteca Stadium is one of the most famous venues in world soccer, having hosted two FIFA World Cup finals and countless memorable international matches. The legendary stadium will ...

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This is Pew Research Center’s 16th annual report on levels of restrictions on religion around the world. It scores 198 countries and territories on two separate indexes: To create these indexes, ...

Nobody, not even the Food and Drug Administration, knows exactly how many additives are in the U.S. food supply. One of the most commonly cited figures—roughly 10,000—comes from an estimate published ...

India’s fertility rate has for the first time fallen below the level needed to stop the population from shrinking, raising concerns about future labour shortages and an ageing society. For decades, ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is increasingly concerned about Israel ramping up its spying on the U.S., recently raising the counterintelligence threat level from America’s top ally in the Middle East to ...