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London, Sep.17 (ANI): World Number three Andy Murray is of the view that winning a Grand Slam title in the present day and age is far more tougher than it was before, given the kind of talent on show in the tennis circuit.

He said that when players [...]

Washington, July 3 (ANI): Scientists are making certain plants resistant to the “Grapevine fanleaf virus” GFLV by genetic engineering.

Extremely hot or rainy periods can destroy entire crops, not to mention the wide variety of pests that can appear on the scene.

Bugs [...]

Washington, July 2 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have suggested that plants may have played a crucial role in putting a limit on the last ice age.

When glaciers advanced over much of the Earth’s surface during the last ice age, the planet did not freeze over entirely.

This has been a puzzle to climate scientists [...]

Ottawa (Canada), May 12 (ANI): ‘Extremely concerned’ by the current volatile situation in Pakistan, Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay has termed Pakistan as the ‘most dangerous country in the world.’

“I’m extremely concerned. The instability in Pakistan in my view makes Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world,” the Globe and Mail quoted MacKay, as [...]

London, Apr 5 (ANI): Scientists are planning to build a giant telescope that will be powerful enough to identify habitable planets like Earth in distant solar systems.

Astronomers claim the European Extremely Large Telescope, which will house a mirror the width of five double decker buses placed end to end, will be the first optical telescope [...]

London, March 18 (ANI): Extremely white sand, too many fish in the sea, and the possibility that mosquitoes could bite are some of the most bizarre things that Brit holidaymakers have complained about in a new study.

Based on the [...]

Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): Extremely concerned by the political crisis in Pakistan, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Admiral Michael Mullen, believes that there is no probability of military coup in that country as Pervez Musharraf did in October 1999.

In an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose, Admiral Mullen said he doesn’t [...]

Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): Kids who are born extremely premature are likely to face learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11, say researchers.

The research team from University of Warwick, University College London and the University of Nottingham have revealed that almost two thirds of children born below 26 weeks gestation require [...]

Several rumors has been circulating industry regarding dumping of Rohan Antao by her fiancé Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto. New turn has taken place in Freida and Rohan’s story. It has been revealed that the couple had a secret wedding in Goa in December 2007.
According to person close to the couple, Rohan and Freida were [...]

Keeping a high pedigree and good looking dog has become a style statement these days. This is quite evident when we see world celebrities like socialite Paris Hilton and pop diva Britney Spears, who are often photographed carrying “handbag dogs.”
However, a new study has suggested that pedigree dogs might look extremely cute and attractive, but [...]

New York, Jan 9 (ANI): While it’s no secret that Oprah Winfrey adores Barack Obama, the chat show queen is trying hard to keep under wraps the details of the party she is throwing in his honour.
However, it has now been disclosed that Oprah is throwing a party commemorating Obama’s inauguration at TenPenh, a swanky [...]

London, Jan 09 (ANI): Hollywood actress Bai Ling, who once out rightly confessed that she is attracted to Angelina Jolie and wants to bed her, has bared all in new sci-fi thriller ‘The Gene Generation’.
Bai Ling, who is a self-proclaimed bi-sexual, once revealed that she was “irresistibly” fascinated with Angelina when they acted together in [...]

Sydney, Jan 9 (ANI): England’s new cricket captain Andrew Strauss believes that his troubled team has time to heal before taking on Australia in the Ashes.

Strauss vowed to restore unity in the squad following Kevin Pietersen’s dramatic resignation as skipper and the sacking of coach Peter Moores on Wednesday due to a rift between the [...]

London, Jan 8 (ANI): To guard New Delhi against any possible nuclear threats in the future, the United States is planning to sell a missile shield system to India.
The US is in preliminary talks with India over the sale of missile shield systems, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Citing officials at the US Embassy in [...]

London, Jan 8 (ANI): The prized BMW of Princess Beatrice was stolen on January 7 after she left the keys in the ignition of the car, while she stepped into a shop.
The princess was on her way to visit a friend when she stopped at a store in Devonshire Place, central London.
Beatrice’s police protection officer [...]

London, Jan 8 (ANI): Kevin Pietersen was forced into resigning as England Test and one-day captain after all rounder Andrew Flintoff and new skipper Andrew Strauss refused to back him and ECB’s Managing Director Hugh Morris hinted at divisions in the team.
The England and Wales Cricket Board could not forgive Pietersen who was demanding Moores [...]

London, Jan 07 (ANI): Hollywood actress Kim Cattrall has revealed that she is a big fan of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The ‘Sex and The City’ star revealed that she always finds watching Brown extremely enthralling.
“Every time he does something I think: do more,” the Daily Express quoted Kim, as saying.
However, Cattrall is definitely not [...]

London, Jan 7 (ANI): American film director Martin Scorsese has praised Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone’’s film ‘Gomorrah’, calling it “a tough, forceful look at the Neapolitan underworld”.
Gomorrah is a movie based on a best-selling expose of the Camorra clan, and also about the organised crime in Naples, and it will have the credit “Martin Scorsese [...]

London, Jan 7 (ANI): ONS (one night stand) and BPO (Beautiful People Only) are among the key phrases that Brits are using to bag nights of nookie.
Horny Brits are using a series of coded messages to arrange hot dates. And industry leaders believe that it is now a fully-fledged web sex language.
Sex-starved housewives have advertised [...]

Washington, Jan 6 (ANI): A new study of planet formation around young stars has revealed that the planet Jupiter may have gained weight in a hurry during its infancy, since the material from which it formed probably disappeared in just a few million years.
For the study, Smithsonian astronomers examined the 5 million-year-old star cluster NGC [...]