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Four Nepali women being sent to Muscat detained at Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur, Sept 19 (ANI): Volunteers of a social service organisation and the personnel of the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of Uttar Pradesh Police at Gorakhpur detained four Nepalese women.

Reportedly, as per the statement of the women who were taken into custody at [...]

Swann hopes to wake England pals from their one-day slumber

London, Sep.15 (ANI): Off-spinner Graeme Swann is hoping to give a wake up call to his England team-mates when they take on Australia in the fifth of the seven match NatWest series.

The day-night clash is to be played at Trent Bridge tonight.

The spin ace told SunSport: “I’m going to try to lift the [...]

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 [...]

Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke linked to liver disease

Washington, September 11 (ANI): People can develop liver disease even when they are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke, according to a study.

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have found that exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke can lead to non-alcoholic fatty [...]

Untimely mangoes in Gujarat

Valsad (Gujarat), Sep 9 (ANI): For mango growers in Valsad in Gujarat, things take an unusual turn, trees in their orchards have flowered and some are laden with fruits much before usual time.

Mango lovers can be happy that they can get farm picked mangoes in winter, but farmers are confused as to rejoice or [...]

Surat diamond traders hope to shine at China’s diamond festival

Surat, Sep. 8 (ANI): Diamond traders in Surat are expecting good business during the upcoming National Gold and Diamond festival week in China.

The Indian diamond cutting industry was one of the badly hit sectors due to the global recession.

“The upcoming show in Hongkong will provide good market to [...]

‘Master switch’ gene may help control obesity

Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): Scientists from University of Michigan claim to have discovered a gene, which when switched off, can control obesity in mice and help them remain thin.

According to Alan Saltiel, the Mary Sue Coleman Director of the U-M Life Sciences Institute, deleting the [...]

Lady Gaga says penis rumours have “offended her vagina”!

Melbourne, Sept 4 (ANI): Lady Gaga ‘cleanly’ took issues below the belt as she spoke to silence her critics who claim she is a hermaphrodite.

The Poker Face singer told Brisbane RJs that she hardly thought twice about any gossip surrounding her sexuality but her “little vagina” was [...]

Human impacts and environmental factors changing northwest Atlantic ecosystem

Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): A new report by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has determined that human impacts and environmental factors are changing the northwest Atlantic ecosystem.

According to the report, fish in US waters [...]

India’s first moon mission may be over, says project director

Bangalore, Aug 29 (ANI):India’s ambitious moon mission — Chandrayaan-I — has probably ended after losing radio contact since Saturday noon, said its project director M. Annadurai, but Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said scientists will evaluate the performance of the mission over the next two days before deciding whether or not [...]

Lahoris to have Hollywood, Bollywood film feast for Eid

Islamabad, August 29 (ANI): Cinemas across Punjab, Pakistan, are set to screen Indian and American movies on the upcoming occasion of Eid after local films were said to have failed to attract the audience.

Lollywood will reportedly come out with just three films while most of the cinemas in the country would offer three new Bollywood [...]

Bariatric surgery can eliminate diabetes symptoms

London, Aug 28 (ANI): Weight-loss surgery can help eliminate the symptoms of type 2 diabetes in nearly 80 percent patients, an international study has found.

The research team led by Professor Henry Buchwald of the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, observed almost 135,000 patients for the study.

The findings concluded that 78 per [...]

Bariatric surgery can eliminate diabetes symptoms

London, Aug 28 (ANI): Weight-loss surgery can help eliminate the symptoms of type 2 diabetes in nearly 80 percent patients, an international study has found.

The research team led by Professor Henry Buchwald of the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, observed almost 135,000 patients for the study.

The findings concluded that 78 per [...]

‘Free sex shows’ turn NY hotel tourist attraction

New York, Aug 25 (ANI): The plush Standard hotel in New York has become a tourist attraction as randy guests are performing sex acts in front of the floor-to-ceiling hotel windows.

Guests at the hotel have been spotted romping, drying off and even pleasuring themselves in full view of [...]

Women with high testosterone levels more likely to choose risky careers

Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): Women with high testosterone levels are more likely to make risky career choices, according to a new study.

Previous studies have shown that testosterone enhances competitiveness and dominance, reduces fear, and is associated with risky behaviours like gambling and alcohol use.

However, until now, the impact of testosterone on gender differences in [...]

Top Canadian universities to tour India

New Delhi, Aug.24 (ANI): Thirteen of Canada’s elite universities will be in India from August 23 to September 4 to hold information sessions on Canada as a destination for higher education.

The delegation is led by Ginette Sanfaçon of HEC Montréal (Business school affiliated with the Université de Montréal) and Michelle Beaton of Ryerson University [...]

Barbaric Taliban chop ink-strained fingers of Afghan voters

London, Aug.22 (ANI): Afghanistan’s top election monitoring organization, the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan, has claimed that the Taliban had chopped off thefingers of at least two Afghan voters [...]

Nawaz Sharif’s mantra to make traffic jams history!

Islamabad, Aug.22 (ANI): Things can be sorted out with amazing ease in Pakistan by just making a call to the higher authorities, but yes, for raising a storm in the country’s officialdom one needs to possess power. The more the power one has, the sooner his [...]

Siddle says no place for spinners in The Oval Test

London, Aug 21(ANI): Australian paceman Peter Siddle has backed Australian selectors for their decision to play four quicks and use part-time spinners in the series decider at The Oval.

The Oval pitch turned low and slow on the opening day of the Test match, and Australian selectors were being asked if they [...]

First planet that orbits “backward” around its star found by scientists

Washington, August 18 (ANI): Scientists have found the first planet that orbits “backward” around its star, an eccentricity likely caused by a collision with a larger neighbor early in its life.

According to a report in National Geographic News, the planet, dubbed WASP-17b, orbits a star about a thousand light-years away.

In addition to its exceptionally [...]