New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Mobile phone major Nokia Monday said it would activate its Indian server for routing data for messenger services from Nov 5, adding its services have been cleared by security agencies. “Our server for the messenger services will be active in the country by November 5,” said D. Shiva Kumar, vice [...]
Perthshire, Aug 30 (IANS) A horrendous front nine with four bogeys cost Jyoti Randhawa a chance to contend for the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles as he ended with a round of 75 and a four-under 284 to finish tied 10th – his first top-10 finish on the European Tour this season. Though Randhawa may [...]
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A 16-member Indian hockey squad for the Commonwealth Games was announced Monday. Rajpal Singh will lead the team for the Oct 3-14 event. “The team was selected after the trials conducted at Balewadi, Pune, in the presence of Hockey India selectors Balbir Singh and B.P. Govinda, government nominees Ajitpal Singh [...]
London, Aug 30 (IANS) The London police has recovered large quantities of cash from the rooms of Pakistani cricketers who are allegedly involved in match fixing in the fourth Test against England that ended Sunday. “Several Pakistani cricketers were found with large quantities of bank notes in their London hotel rooms by police investigating claims [...]
London, Aug 30 (IANS) A low-cost drug at 1.30 pounds per day could save thousands of people suffering from heart failure. A study of the pill, involving 6,500 patients in 37 countries, including Britain, showed it cuts deaths and hospital admissions by 25 percent. A doctor involved in the trial, the largest published on heart [...]
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Delhi Sunday reported 59 new cases of dengue, taking to 800 the number of people infected so far by the mosquito-borne disease, an official said. “No deaths were reported in the capital today (Sunday). The total number of dengue cases in capital now stands at 800 – 779 reported from [...]
Bhubaneswar, Aug 30 (IANS) Two women died of swine flu in Orissa, taking the total number of deaths due to the influenza to 19 in the state since July, an official said Monday. The women died Sunday at the Veer Surendra Sai Medical College and Hospital in Burla town of Sambalpur district, about 350 km [...]
Berlin, Aug 30 (DPA) A team of German scientists may have discovered a “needle-free” malaria vaccine by combining antibiotics with malaria-infected mosquitoes – effectively using mosquitoes themselves as “syringes”. If successful, the new treatment could dramatically reduce the nearly one million deaths caused from malaria every year. The treatment is not aimed at travellers, because [...]
London, Aug 30 (IANS) Scientists have for the first time pinpointed genes that are linked with migraine. The researchers, examining the genetic profile of more than 50,000 people, came up with new insights into what triggers the attacks, opening the door to new treatments. The international team found that patients with a particular DNA variant [...]
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A robot performing surgery sounds like a scene out of a Hollywood sci-fi flick. But fiction is fast turning into reality in Indian operation theatres where high-precision robotic surgeries – a less cumbersome procedure than conventional operations – are gaining acceptance. Leaving behind the days of low technology methods, doctors [...]
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