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Ludhiana hosts seminar on Sufism
Ludhiana, Sep 19(ANI): Ludhiana recently played host to a national seminar on Sufism. This time, the theme was the influence of Sufism on modern times.
The Sahitaya Academy of New Delhi and the Punjab Sahitaya Academy organized the seminar.
The seminar [...]
Flintoff to coach UAE cricket team for six months
London, Sep 18(ANI): England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will be coaching the United Arab Emirates national team during the period that he recovers from knee surgery.
“A partnership has been agreed with Dubai Sports City to use their gym and facilities as a base for his rehabilitation. In [...]
Passport refused to footballer due tohis father’s link with militants
Srinagar, Sep 16 (ANI): The regional passport authorities of Jammu and Kashmir have denied passport to a Kashmiri youth, sighting the reason of his father’s involvement with militants in the valley.
A Nineteen-year -old youth, Basharat Bashir, was all set to fly to [...]
Whoopi Goldberg recalls ‘mooning’ Patrick Swayze
Washington, Sept 16 (ANI): Actress Whoopi Goldberg remembers late actor Patrick Swayze as a “funny man” who repeatedly flashed his bare bottom while she shot for their hit movie Ghost.
The 53-year-old American actress insists she has fond memories of their time together.
“Patrick was a really good man, a funny man and one to whom I [...]
Gene linked to male infertility identified
Washington, Sept 16 (ANI): Scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University have identified a gene that may contribute to male infertility.
The research team hopes that the new findings would lead to new approaches to male contraception.
Sperm are produced in the testicles through a three-step process called spermatogenesis.
During the final stage, known as spermiogenesis, a lot of [...]
Your bathroom showers are hazardous to health
Washington, September 15 (ANI): That invigorating relief and good cleansing from daily bathroom showers may bring along a face full of potentially pathogenic bacteria, warn researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Using high-tech instruments and lab methods, the researchers analysed roughly 50 showerheads from nine cities in seven states that included New York [...]
No toxic substance found in Urumqui’s latest syringe attack victims’ body
Urumqui, Sep. 14 (ANI): The blood samples of Urimqui’s latest syringe attack victims showed no trace of radioactive, toxic or viral substances, such as AIDS, an expert at a Beijing-based laboratory has said.
However, Director of Disease Control and Biological Security Office with China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Qian Jun, has said that the victims [...]
Dropped Hughes sought Tendulkar’s wise counsel over lunch
Sydney, Sep.13 (ANI): Out of favour Australian opening batsman Phillip Hughes had lunch and a long one-hour chat with Sachin Tendulkar when he was in India. He also spent some time in Nagpur with his coach Neil D’ Costa, who is contracted to the Vidarbha Cricket Association academy.
“The first thing Phillip said when he arrived [...]
Climate change is faster in Arctic than in any other location on Earth
Washington, September 13 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland have participated in two new studies, which indicate that climate change is progressing faster in Arctic areas than in any other location on Earth.
The study results indicate that the Arctic eco-system has experienced immense changes in the last twenty years.
At many levels, the [...]
New method to monitor early sign of oxidative stress that triggers cancer
Washington, Sept 12 (ANI): Scientists from University of Michigan have developed a new method to monitor early sign of oxidative stress that triggers cancer spread.
Lead researcher Kate Carroll suggests that being able to monitor a marker of oxidative stress that is associated with the activation of tumor cell growth pathways, particularly at an early stage, [...]
Deployment of women constables cheers farmers in Punjab’s border villages
Rorawala (India-Pakistan Border), Sep.11 (ANI): As women constables of the Border Security Force (BSF) were deployed at the India-Pakistan International Border on Friday, a wave of cheer overwhelmed the villagers here.
Male farmers expressed their delight over the development, saying the presence of women security personnel would encourage their womenfolk to join them in the [...]
Noted Squash coach Satinder Bajwa trains poor children
Chandigarh, Sep.11 (ANI): Satinder Bajwa, an expatriate Punjabi, who is a squash coach, has set up an academy for the underprivileged children in Chandigarh to draw them to Squash.
These underprivileged children never thought about [...]
World’s smallest parrot filmed in wild for first time
London, September 8 (ANI): The world’s smallest parrot, which is not much bigger than an adult person’s thumb, has been filmed in the wild for the first time.
According to a report by BBC News, an expedition team filming in Papua New Guinea for the BBC programme ‘Lost Land of the Volcano’ caught two of the [...]
Soon, simple jab to prevent prostate cancer
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): A simple jab may soon help prevent prostate cancer, say researchers.
The research team from University of Utah and University of Columbia have identified a virus, known to trigger leukaemia, in malignant human prostate cancer cells.
The research team hopes that the virus, XMRV (Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus), would open opportunities [...]
Aquaculture accounts for 50 percent of fish consumed globally
Washington, September 8 (ANI): A new report by an international team of researchers has determined that aquaculture, once a fledgling industry, now accounts for 50 percent of the fish consumed globally.
The findings are published in the Sept. 7 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
“Aquaculture is set to reach [...]
Promoting kids’ talent for music in Nagaland
Kohima (Nagaland), Sep 7(ANI): With an aim to promote the inherent musical talent of Nagaland, a musical competition was organized in the State.
The theme of the competition was ‘Discovering talents to a higher level’ and was organized by [...]
Chinese scientists claim to have filmed ‘UFO for 40 minutes’
London, Sep 7 (ANI): Chinese scientists claim that they filmed an unidentified flying object for about 40 minutes, during the solar eclipse on July 22.
Researchers at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing have said that they will spend the next 12 months studying the footage before [...]
Xinjiang riots: Urumqi party chief, Xinjiang police chief removed
Urumqi, Sep. 6 (ANI): In the aftermath of Xinjiang riots that erupted on July 5, the party chief of Urumqi and police chief of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been sacked.
According to a decision by the CPC Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Committee, Li Zhi, secretary of the Urumqi Municipal Committee of the Communist Party [...]
Sohail’s diatribe against Butt for Pak’s World Cup hosting fiasco
Lahore, Sep.4 (ANI): Former Pakistan captain and left hand opener Aamir Sohail has criticized Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt for misleading board patron, President Asif Ali Zardari and the public on the 2011 World Cup hosting issue.
Sohail, who resigned from the National [...]
Now, preferential voting for best film Oscar
London, Sept 2 (ANI): The voting pattern for deciding the best movie at the Oscars is all set to change.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which presents the Oscars said preferential voting will now decide the best film.
Under the system, voters will rank nominees in their order of preference from 1 to 10.
The [...]
