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South African officials withhold findings of Caster Semenya’s gender test
London, Sep. 19 (ANI): Even before South African star athlete Caster Semenya’s gender was questioned at the World Championships in Berlin, Athletics South Africa (ASA) had found out and withheld the fact that she had internal testes, an e-mail exchange has revealed.
According to the e-mail exchanges published in the Mail and Guardian newspaper, ASA officials [...]
Tim Paine is heir-apparent to Haddin, says Harrison
Melbourne, Sep 18 (ANI): Tasmanian Cricket Association chairman Tony Harrison has said that Tim Paine’s match-winning one-day century for Australia against England should make all cricket followers aware of his class and potential.
“Wicketkeeper batsman Tim Paine’s first international one-day century scored [...]
Will Sarabjeet be spared the gallows under Pak Govt.’s plans to commute death sentences?
Islamabad, Sep.17 (ANI): The Pakistan government is considering commuting death sentences, but such a step may not help the cause of Sarabjeet Singh, the Indian inmate who has been awarded a death sentence by a Lahore anti-terrorism court in October 1991.
Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said the government [...]
India Air Force activates Nyoma airfield close to China border
New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): The Indian Air Force in a significant move today activated its Nyoma Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) to support the Army in carrying out operations in the inhospitable terrain.
An IAF AN-32 aircraft landed at Nyoma ALG, which is located at an altitude of 13,300 feet [...]
Stem cell transplantation may correct rare genetic disorder in kids
Washington, Sep 18 (ANI): Scripps Research Institute scientists have offered new hope for parents whose children suffer from the rare genetic disorder ‘cystinosis’ by showing through an experiment on mice that stem cell transplantation [...]
Facebook crosses 300m users mark, cites rapid growth in profits
London, September 16 (ANI): Facebook has announced that it has crossed a benchmark of 300 million active monthly users from across the world and also started raking in profits ahead of schedule.
Founder of the world’s largest social networking site Mark Zuckerberg said the company had not expected to begin reaping financial benefits until sometime next [...]
Scientists develop ‘electronic nose’ that can sniff out toxins by changing colors
Washington, September 14 (ANI): A team of scientists has developed a sensor that works as an ‘electronic nose’ in sniffing out some known poisonous gases and toxins, simply by changing colors.
Support for the development and application of this electronic nose comes from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of [...]
New test to detect tainted milk
Washington, Sept 13 (ANI): Researchers have developed a simple test that would help detect tainted milk within few hours.
Amer AbuGhazaleh, from Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Agricultural Sciences, and Salam Ibrahim, a food microbiologist from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, have shown that the combination of certain bacteria and a common purple [...]
New WHO data sheds light on two leading causes of pneumonia
London, Sep 12 (ANI): New World Health Organization data has highlighted two leading causes of pneumonia, which claims the highest number of lives of children under age 5, both globally and within developing countries like India, Pakistan and Kenya.
The findings could serve as a clarion call to developing country governments to invest in pneumonia prevention [...]
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 [...]
India, Nepal agree to review Air Service Agreement
New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): India and Nepal signed here a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for review of Air Service Agreement (ASA) and a technical accord.
As per the understanding reached between the delegation from the two countries, [...]
Abandoned by children, inmates of an old-age perform ‘Shraadh’ in Bhopal
Bhopal, Sep.10 (ANI): Abandoned by their own children, many elderly people at an old-age home in Bhopal, performed ‘Shraadh’ for themselves during the ongoing ‘Pitrapaksha’.
As per Hindu tradition, one’s children or family members perform the Shraadh, the ritual of remembering the deceased.
These elderly [...]
Taller people are happier than shorter ones
London, Sept 9 (ANI): Taller people are much happier with their lives than shorter peers, says a new study by U.S. academics.
The research published in science journal Elsevier’s Economics and Human Biology claimed people of greater height ‘live better lives’ on average, as they are better equipped to deal with life’s problems compared to their [...]
Marriage breakdown helped Hilary Swank find new love
Washington, September 9 (ANI): Actress Hilary Swank has accorded finding love again to the breakdown of her marriage.
The ‘Million Dollar Baby’ star, who announced her split with Chad Lowe in 2006, had turned to her agent John Campisi for comfort.
The Oscar-winner revealed their working relationship came to an end when they started dating.
“There was [...]
Over-expressed protein may make non-invasive breast cancer invasive
Washington, Sep 9 (ANI): An over-expressed protein can convert active but non-invasive breast cancer into a different cell type, and thereby turn it into invasive breast cancer, according to scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The researchers say that overexpression of the protein 14-3-3? (zeta) launches a molecular cascade that removes [...]
Hilary Swank says there was no ’spark’ when she first met beau John Campisi
Washington, Sep 8 (ANI): Hilary Swank has said that there was no initial “spark” between her and new beau John Campisi because both of them were nursing a broken heart at the time, and their romance was completely “unexpected”.
Hilary was in the process of divorcing Chad Lowe when she started working with John in May [...]
Fat-rich junk food may alter genes linked with type II diabetes
London, September 8 (ANI): A team of scientists in Sweden have warned that gorging too much on fat-rich junk food may cause drastic changes to a gene that helps muscle cells burn fat.
Juleen Zierath, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, says that her team’s findings may help improve the scientific understanding of how type [...]
Indians, Chinese credited with helping make Wellington an international city
Wellington, Sep. 5 (ANI): New Zealand-born Indians and Chinese living in Wellington have been credited with helping the capital in its quest to become an international city.
According to an Asia NZ Foundation report by Auckland University’s Wardlow Friesen, [...]
Army, IGNOU sign MoU to give soldiers’ second career option
New Delhi, Sep. 4 (ANI): A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Indian Army and Indira Gandhi National Open University to meet the twin objectives of empowering soldiers educationally and providing an opportunity for a second career option.
The [...]
PPP has not given any ‘guarantee’ regarding Musharraf indemnity: Kaira
Islamabad, Sep.4 (ANI): Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has rebutted reports regarding Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) giving assurance not to prosecute former President General Pervez Musharraf on high treason charges.
Kaira [...]
