NEW DELHI: Gold prices today touched a new peak at Rs 18,400 per ten gram in the national capital gaining Rs 430 in the opening trade on heavy buying for the marriage season amid firming global cues. Gold gained Rs 430 to trade at Rs 18,400 per ten gram in the first few minutes of [...]
New Delhi : The mercury is rising as the debate on climate change intensifies ahead of Copenhagen summit. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to make a statement in Parliament today on whether he will attend the summit and what India’s stand will be. Meanwhile, the push and pull on commitments over cutting emissions is [...]
London: In the first three months of 2009, Internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia ‘lost’ 49,000 of its volunteer editors, according to University research. Over the same period in 2008, just 4900 people, who voluntarily amended and updated the information on the website, had stopped contributing. Felipe Ortega, from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, who carried [...]
London: Obesity can increase risk among people with HIV, according to a new study. The study has shown that antiretroviral therapy may not be as effective on obese HIV patients as it is with people of normal weight. Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, who conducted the study, insisted that the [...]
Kanpur: India gained a massive first innings lead of 413 runs after bowling out Sri Lanka for 229 on the third day of the second cricket Test at Green Park here Thursday. India have enforced the follow on against Sri Lanka. Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (5-75) ran through the Sri Lankan top order while Harbhajan Singh (2-54) [...]
Islamabad: As the families of the hundreds of victims killed or injured in last year’s terrorist attacks in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai wait for justice, the Pakistani Islamist groups believed to be behind the carnage are still alive and kicking. India has pointed fingers at the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit and its [...]
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition LK Advani, who has reportedly been indicted by the Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan Commission of Inquiry report in the Babri Masjid demolition case, on Monday slammed the Union Government over the report. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, who had given a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar [...]
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has turned down proposal for her marriage coverage by Britain-based magazine Hallo. A source said that Shilpa was given a proposal worth Rs 50 lakh for marriage coverage by the magazine. But magazine put a few condition for the coverage. According to the source the first condition was that none [...]
Geneva: The world’s biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said. “The first tests of injecting sub-atomic particles began around 1600 (1500 GMT),” CERN spokesman James Gillies told a news agency. He said the injections lasted a [...]
Mumbai: If the latest B-town buzz is to be believed, actress Sushmita Sen is apparently planning to adopt another girl child. Sources reveal that Sush visited an adoption centre last week and most recently the actress was seen shopping at a baby wear brand outlet in Bandra. An onlooker revealed that Sushmita was spotted trying [...]
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