New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) National Security Adviser M K
Narayanan has termed a former Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) scientist's claims on Pokhran-II nuclear

"We have thermonuclear capabilities. I am absolutely
sure. We are very clear on this point. If you hit a city with
one of these you are talking about 50,000 to 1,00,000

"The thermonuclear device had a yield of 45 kilotons. I
have chosen my words carefully -- 45 kilotons and nobody,
including Mr Santhanam who has absolutely no idea what he is

New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) India has developed an
indigenous vaccine against Rotavirus, the most common cause of
diarrhoea in babies and young children and the product is in

Good hygiene and sanitation do not effectively stop
rotavirus disease, so immunisation is the best defence. The
vaccine protects 98 per cent of kids from severe diarrhoea and

Nawada (Bihar), Sept 19 (PTI) An engineering student, who
arrived here from south-Indian city of Chennai, died of
suspected swine flu at a government hospital here in Nawada

TOKYO, Sept. 19 Kyodo -
Vaccination for seasonal influenza was found to have a 90 percent effectiveness
for pregnant women and their fetuses, with similar effects likely for

Baku, 19 September (AzerTAc). The Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater opened its new season with Uzeyir Hajibeyli’s “Koroglu” opera.

Nine people who came into contact with sick horses from a Hendra virus outbreak in
north Queensland have returned negative results.

New Delhi, Sep 18 (PTI) A former Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) scientist, who had questioned
the efficacy of the thermonuclear device during the Pokhran-II