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Nov 9: A new study shows that sheep have the ability to recognize human faces from photographs on computer screens. The Cambridge University study published Wednesday also shows that sheep can recognize the faces of their human handlers without any prior training. It had been known that sheep can recognize familiar faces of other sheep and of humans. The researchers say this study of the ability...

Mangaluru, Nov 9: The Central Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested two women for alleged theft of articles from houses in Mangaluru in the last few days. The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Parvathi (29) of Kavoor and Jayalakshmi (27) of Kunjathbail. The police have recovered 91.23 grams of gold ornaments pledged in some financial institutions. The police said the two accused...

Beijing, Nov 8: British physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that the human race will perish on Earth as growing population and massive power consumption would turn the planet into a sizzling fireball in less than 600 years. To ensure the survival of our species for another million years, humans must "boldly go where no one has gone before," Hawking said. Our planet will turn into a ball of fire...

Holenarasipur (Hassan Dist), Nov 7: The Janata Dal (Secular) state president H D Kumaraswamy said the party aims to win 113 seats s in the forthcoming Assembly elections. Talking to reporters at Haradanahalli, his native village in the taluk, Kumaraswamy said he will begin the campaign on Tuesday from the Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, in the Mysuru taluk. The former chief minister said he...

Kalaburagi, Nov 5: Siddalinga Swamy, honorary president of Sri Ram Sene and head of Karuneshwar Mutt, Andola in Jewargi taluk, Kalaburagi district, who was arrested on Monday on the charge of assaulting a person, was on Saturday granted bail by a District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi. The III Additional and Sessions Judge, B.S. Naik, granted conditional bail to the swamiji. Though the swamiji...

Geneva/New Delhi, Nov 3: The proportion of "unpaid work" per day is far higher for women than men globally, while in case of India on average 66 percent of women's work is unpaid, says a World Economic Forum report. Unpaid work measures the average minutes spent per day on routine housework, shopping, care for household members, care for non-household members volunteering, travel related to...

Belagavi, Nov 2: A man taking part in the Rajyotsava procession and a head constable suffered injuries in separate incidents of stone pelting and knife attack near the deputy commissioner's office and Sangolli Rayanna Circle here on Wednesday evening. When the procession was passing by the DC office, a group objected to sound systems being used. This led to a war of words and miscreants pelted...

Kasaragod, Nov 1: Assistance of Rs. 1 crore to be given to aided schools The government will strive to turn all State-run schools into centres of excellence on a par with global standards, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. The State will improve the overall standards of schools so as to help them compete with their counterparts with global standards, Mr. Vijayan said while addressing a...

Nov 1: A JD(S) leader was found dead at Mukikere in Channarayapatna taluk on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Ravi alias Kannambadi Ravi, 46, of Lakshmipura. His body was found hanging from a tree, while his two-wheeler was lying on the ground nearby. He had been to a festival in Kabballi on Monday. It is suspected that he was murdered on the way back to his village.

Singapore, Oct 31: AirAsia Bhd on Tuesday said it plans to sell more stakes in non-flying businesses to fund special dividends to shareholders, after announcing a new ground handling joint venture (JV) with Singapore's SATS Ltd. The low-cost carrier, which expects S$119.3 million ($87.7 million) in proceeds from the SATS deal, is close to selling some or all of its aircraft leasing arm and its...