A new law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) requires all residents in this Gulf nation - citizens as well as expatriates - to hold a national identity card for conducting all everyday transactions.

If you're nutty about nut allergies, you eat at your own risk. That's the disclaimer Masala World, London's famous Indian restaurants chain, is issuing to diners.

Gastrointestinal benefits of probiotic food supplements have been well-documented. New research indicates it also benefits the whole body.

Researchers have identified a previously unknown virus that infects the Anopheles mosquito that is primarily responsible for transmitting malaria.

Dogs being dogs, can't help being themselves whenever they spot a lamp post or a car by the way. A reputed car maker has now equipped its latest model with a technology to keep these pesky canines at bay -- giving them a nasty 200-volt jolt.

Manchester University scientists have developed a method for making protein chips that would enable quick detection of infections, quick testing of serious diseases and rapid discovery of new drugs.

A regal train journey par excellence across the land of Maharajas in western India would be on offer from December with the launch of Royal Rajasthan on Wheels.

The picture postcard land of lakes, reindeers and the mystic Santa Claus - Finland - has caught the Indian traveller's fancy. Statistics reveal that the number of Indian tourists to Finland has jumped by over 50 percent in the last one year.