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Milla Jovovich once ate curdled camel’s cheese!
Washington, September 2 (ANI): Actress Milla Jovovich has confessed that she ate curdled camel’s cheese when she visited Mongolia.
“I had to try curdled camel’s cheese and it was pretty disgusting, but I was in Mongolia,” Contactmusic quoted her as telling Empire magazine.
The ‘Resident Evil’ star added that she did not wish to offend [...]
Govt. to implement NREGA in a way to benefit drought-hit areas
New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): To ensure effective implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, political parties across the board have agreed today to join hands with the government.
This will help in mitigating the impact of the drought in several parts of the country.
Talking to reporters in New Delhi [...]
Scientists discover pot-bellied dino that had claws like ‘Wolverine’
Washington, July 16 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the most complete skeleton of a type of pot-bellied dinosaur, a therizinosaur, in southern Utah, US, which had claws like that of the fictional ‘X-Men’ character ‘Wolverine’.
According to a report in National Geographic News, dubbed Nothronychus graffami, the 13-foot-tall (4-meter-tall) therizinosaur lived about 92.5 million years ago in [...]
Excavation in Lebanon aims to uncover ancient ruins
Beirut (Lebanon), July 12 (ANI): The Directorate-General of Antiquities, Lebanon, has said that it plans to resume excavation at the Freres’ archaeological site in the old city of Sidon in collaboration with a delegation of the British museum, in order to uncover more ancient ruins.arlier excavation procedures at the site led to the discovery of [...]
Maldives’ islander discovers pre-Islamic Buddhist relic
Male (Maldives), May 29 (ANI): An Islander has discovered a pre-Islamic stupa, a Buddhist relic, beneath his house in Raa atoll Agolhitheemu in Maldives, while digging to build a well.
According to a report in Minivan News, Yoosuf Adam, from Gulhaam House, found the coral stupa divided into three parts.
“It looks like a pawn on [...]
12 labourers die while digging in Adilabad
Adilabad (Andhra Pradesh), May 25 (ANI): In a tragic incident at least 12 labourers, including five women, were killed and a person wounded when earth caved in while they were digging in Andhra Pradesh’s Adilabad district on Monday.
According to the police, the digging was being done to strengthen the base of an electricity tower [...]
At least 100 human skulls, bones and skeletons found in Aligarh
Aligarh, May 24 (ANI): Panic prevailed at the Aligarh railway colony when at least 100 human skulls, several bones and two skeletons were recovered from a pond near the mortuary.
“Children while playing generally come here to get their ball. A child came here and saw a skull. He got scared and ran away. We then [...]
White blood cells move like millipedes to get to the site of infection or injury
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Weizmann Institute scientists have shown that white blood cells move like millipedes in order to get to the site of infection or injury.
Professor Ronen Alon and his research student Ziv Shulman, who led the study, say that their finding contrasts the current opinion about the movement of the immune system [...]
Sea urchins’ digging teeth are designed to stay sharp
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Scientists at Weizmann Institute, US, have revealed how the teeth of sea urchins are designed to stay sharp, which might give engineers insights into creating ever-sharp tools or mechanical parts.
The urchins dig holes to fit their globular bodies using their five teeth, which, like those of rodents, are ground down at [...]
Archaeologists find new clues that may uncover Cleopatra and Antony’s tombs
Washington, April 17 (ANI): Archaeologists, digging in a site in Egypt to discover the burial place of the legendary Cleopatra, have come across new leads in the form of 27 graves, a headless statue of the queen, and a mask that could probably be that of Mark [...]
CT scanning performed on prehistoric turtle to find skull, eggs, embryos
Washington, April 16 (ANI): The fossilised remains of a 75-million-year-old turtle, only the second in the world found with eggs inside it, underwent CT scanning at Bozeman Deaconess hospital recently.
Knell, a Montana State University graduate student in Earth Sciences, has revealed that the purpose behind the scanning was to see whether he could find [...]
Villagers in Uttar Pradesh get employment under rural employment act
Darshan nagar village/Madna village (Faizabad), Apr 13 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Government is involving villagers in digging of a sewage line and a pond to generate employment.
In Darshan Nagar village under the Purabazar province in Faizabad district, a sewage line is being dug in front of the concrete [...]
Robot to dig for historic treasures in China
New Delhi, April 9 (ANI): Archaeologists in China are taking the help of a robot specially designed for underground exploration, which is opening up a lost world of historic treasures.
The robot completed a successful trial probe in July last year, when it revealed hidden fresco paintings in a narrow shaft inside a 1,300-year old tomb [...]
Taliban using profit from emeralds sale to finance world wide terror activities
London, Apr.5 (ANI): The emerald mines in the Swat Valley which were shut down years ago, have been taken over by the Taliban to finance strikes on the allied forces in Afghanistan, and carry out terror activities across the world, The Telegraph reported.
The Taliban has once again started the mining work in two of the [...]
Fabled staff of Moses may have been found in London
London, April 2 (ANI): A group of builders, digging at a site in London, have unearthed what they believe is the fabled Staff of Moses.
According to a report in The Sun, the piece of wood was found by digger Charlie Kingston and his team as he dug a 20ft-deep trench on a site in [...]
Michelle Obama’s month long itinerary revealed
Washington, Mar.29 (ANI): US First Lady Michelle Obama has spent the past month travelling to North Carolina to rally military families, standing next to Hillary Clinton to encourage women to get politically active, showing up at a home-building site on the National Mall, visiting a District of Columbia school to talk up good grades and [...]
Archaeologists find 3,500 year old golden jewelry in Egyptian tomb
Washington, March 12 (ANI): Archaeologists in Egypt have found ancient golden jewelry in the tomb of a senior official who died about 3,500 years ago.
According to a report by the Voice of America, ancient golden jewelry found in a pharaonic era tomb thought to belong to a senior official under Egypt’s most powerful [...]
Water and life may be present beneath Martian volcano
Washington, March 5 (ANI): A team of scientists has used a computer modeling system to reach the surprising conclusion that pockets of ancient water may still be trapped under the Martian volcano Olympus Mons, that has implications for life on the Red Planet.
The computer model was developed by Rice University professors Patrick McGovern and Julia [...]
Kate Winslet acting normal to beat anxiety before the Oscars
London, Feb 21 (ANI): Hollywood actress Kate Winslet, who has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best actress category for ‘The Reader’, has revealed that she is calming her nerves before the award ceremony by leading a normal life.
The ‘Hamlet’ actress, who has been nominated five times for an Academy award, but has never [...]
Exercise can help cut colon cancer risk
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): Exercise can lower the risk of colon cancer, says a new study.
To reach the conclusion, researchers at Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University combined and analyzed several decades worth of data from past studies on how exercise affects colon cancer risk.
They found that people who exercised [...]
