Новости за 27.02.2016

British scientists have identified a key enzyme whose activity levels diminishes with age, triggering wrinkles and drooping of skin. Their study, published online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, could pave the way for newer anti-aging therapies.

Every bit of activity counts. People who walk around, wash dishes or sweep the floor are likely to live longer than people who sit at a desk, concluded a new research at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget in Parliament on Monday, students in the city felt that there was a dire need for establishing quality higher-education institutions in the northeast to reduce the outflow of students from the region to others parts of the country.

As the state readies itself for what promises to be a closely-contested election, a marginalized section of society people with disabilities hope to be included in the poll manifestos of political parties.

The Union MoS for sports and youth affairs Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday welcomed the Railway Budget, saying it lived up to the expectations of people.

Representatives of six communities of Assam demanding ST status alleged that both Congress and BJP were trying to weaken their movement by wooing some of their leaders with tickets to contest the upcoming assembly election.

Drawing lessons from the controversy over Rahul Gandhi's visit to a satra in Barpeta in December last year, when the Congress vice-president accused BJP workers of denying him entry to the temple, another religious institution of the state has banned political activity on its premises ahead of the assembly election.

Angry with railway minister Suresh Prabhu for 'ignoring' the state's proposals in the Railway Budget, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday dared Union MoS for sports and youth welfare and BJP's chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal to make his (Sonowal's) pre-budget proposals to the railway ministry public.

In a sudden move, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi late on Friday evening decided to skip the foundation stone laying function for construction of bridges over the Brahmaputra and other roads by Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari in Majuli Island on Saturday.

The state government on Friday decided to constitute a law commission that will examine all existing laws and suggest modifications in the archaic ones.

A new railway consumer depot was inaugurated at Dibrugarh railway station in Banipur on Friday.

President of Bangla Academy Anisuzzaman, who hails from Dhaka and was in Guwahati on Friday, said the rise of religious fundamentalism was the common and most dangerous problem both India and Bangladesh faced at present.

The state government has decided to implement a new scheme - Ama Jungle Yojana - with the help of Van Sanrakshan Samiti to increase green cover in the state.

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) planned to install water vending machines (WVM) at different railway stations, including Bhubaneswar, Puri and Sambalpur, to provide purified drinking water to passengers at a competitive price.

Eight leopards have been spotted at Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Bargarh district in the past two months.

The number of bikers in the state capital riding without helmets have increased despite repeated crackdown and awareness campaigns, indicates official statistics.The trend has seen an increase.

On the last Sunday of every month since July last year, thousands of people have thronged to the sea face, yoga mats in hand, for ‘Yoga by the Bay’, a joint initiative of Shaina NC, her father Nana Chudasama’s non-governmental organization I Love Mumbai and holistic health guru Mickey Mehta, which is supported by The Times of India.

The state government on Friday deployed 50 GPS-enabled vehicles to transport medicines from the Odisha State Medical Corporation (OSMC) godowns in the district headquarters to primary and community health centres across the state.

Puspanjali Panda, who topped the Odisha Civil Services Examination 2011, the results of which were declared this week, shares her uphill experience with TOI.Panda is currently a veterinary surgeon in Balangir district.

The centre superintendent of V Chamuria High School at Kota village under Kosagumuda block in Nabarangpur district was suspended on Friday for allegedly helping students in malpractice during the matriculation examination.

The state government on Friday abolished the diploma entrance test (DET), which was the admission gateway to engineering and technology diploma courses.

Power distributor companies of the state have asked the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) to allow bimonthly billing of electricity consumption for domestic users replacing the ongoing practice of monthly bills from the coming financial year.

Under threat from big shopping malls and the organized retail sector, Odisha Byabasayee Mahasangha, a state-level association of traders and retailers, has decided to create a business hub.

Four of the five suspected SIMI operatives had planned to kidnap a doctor from Jharsuguda for ransom and rob a rural bank in Sundargarh.

The allocation of only Rs 1,000 for the wagon manufacturing factory at Sitalapalli in the Railway Budget has pushed the future of the unit into uncertainty.