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Islamabad, Sep.3 (ANI): While the United States has repeatedly denied reports about a surge in US marines in Pakistan, an unconfirmed report has revealed that Pakistani Navy is secretly constructing operational facilities in Gharo, Sindh, which is meant to serve [...]

Washington, August 9 (ANI): A new piece of research has found that fewer black women with postgraduate degrees are getting married and having children.

“In the past nearly four decades, black women have made great gains in higher education rates, yet these gains appear to have come increasingly at the cost of marriage and family,” [...]

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): A day after he put his papers owning moral responsibility for an accident at a construction site that killed six people, Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan has withdrew his resignation.

“E Sreedharan has decided to withdraw his resignation in view of the letter [...]

London, June 29 (ANI): New peptide nanoparticles developed by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of Singapore could pave the way for new methods of drug and gene delivery for the treatment of meningitis and drug-resistant bacteria and fungal infections.

The stable bioengineered nanoparticles effectively seek out [...]

Washington, June 20 (ANI): The cell-signalling protein, interferon type 1, has the potential to reduce H5N1 influenza virus’ (bird flu virus) replication in mice, and can thus offer protection in the early stages of infection, according to researchers from Georgia.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses increasingly pose a serious public health risk, as cases of [...]

Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): Looking for a partner? Well, then go for a mate who is conscientious and, perhaps, also neurotic, suggests a new study.

Researchers report that having a conscientious partner may actually be good for one’s health.

This study is the first large-scale analysis of what the authors call the “compensatory conscientiousness effect,” the [...]

ran’s president has inaugurated a new facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor. The West fears the reactor could eventually be used for producing a nuclear weapon.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced the plant’s opening during a ceremony in the central city of Isfahan. The plant will produce pellets of uranium oxide to [...]

Which of the Mouse House’s family-friendly romps comes out on top?
We tend to think of Walt Disney Pictures as chiefly an animation studio — and with good reason — but the house Uncle Walt built has been churning out quality (and often highly profitable) live-action entertainment since the 1950s, something we were reminded of when [...]

Islamabad, Mar.18 (ANI): Pakistan People Party (PPP) leader and former information minister Sherry Rehman Wednesday denied reports that she had resigned from the party.

She told newsmen that she did want to create any kind of crack in the party.

“PPP doesn’t want to put any curb on media, [...]

New Delhi, Mar. 18 (ANI): Having cocked a snook at the Congress party by only agreeing to give it three seats to contest from in Bihar, Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad Yadav’s attempts to smoke the peace pipe with Congress president Sonia Gandhi came to naught late on Tuesday evening.

Highly placed [...]

Islamabad, Mar 14 (ANI): Pakistan’s Information Minister Sherry Rehman resigned following differences over government’s handling of the electronic media and insistence by President Asif Zardari and his close aides to impose further restrictions on private news channels.

Rehman was against the Pakistan Electronic [...]

New Delhi, Mar.1 (ANI): If the Indo-US civil nuclear deal has strained New Delhi’s relation with Tehran, It is the Obama regime in Washington which can bring the two civilisational friends together once again.

As Obama shifts the entire focus of its war on terror to the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, a part of the new strategy [...]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (ANI): Jason Kenney, Canadian Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here today.

Kenney arrived in India on the last leg of his 12-day long tour to Asia after concluding his two-day tour of Pakistan.

Kenny is expected to visit Amritsar, Chandigarh and Mumbai where he is [...]

London, Jan 9 (ANI): A team of International researchers has identified genetic markers associated with risk for ulcerative colitis.
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, relapsing disorder that causes inflammation and ulceration in the inner lining of the rectum and large intestine.
The most common symptoms are diarrhea (oftentimes bloody) and abdominal pain. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’’s disease, [...]

Islamabad, Jan.8 (ANI): Highly informed sources in the Pakistan Government have said that the sacking of the National Security Advisor Major General (retd) Mehmud Durrani was more related to the fact that Durrani denied PM Gilani of taking the credit for breaking the news about Ajmal Kasab’s nationality, the Dawn reported.
“Durrani was apparently sacked for [...]

Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): European researchers have designed an innovative new system to help keep motorists on the right track by constantly updating their digital maps and fixing anomalies and errors.
A large number of digital maps used by onboard GPS navigation systems are stored on DVDs or hard disks, with periodic updates only available on [...]

London, Jan 5 (ANI): It may seem boring, but organisation and self-control are crucial to longevity, says a new study.

Led by University of California researchers, the study has found that ambitious, organised and conscientious people are likely to live longer than those who are impulsive.

Howard Friedman, professor of psychology at the university, insists [...]

London, January 5 (ANI): An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of genetic markers linked with ulcerative colitis risk.
The team led by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine say that their findings may be helpful in understanding the biological pathways involved in the disease, and thus may lead to the [...]