Islamabad, Sep 2 Experts have said that the US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue process has suffered a serious blow following the cancellation of a Pakistani military delegation's visit to Florida. ...
To increase sales and attract Muslims, a French fast food chain has banned pig products from its menu, fuelling a bitter debate in the country over the influence of Muslim values. ...
Punjab Police baton-charged scores of sugar mill workers, who had gathered here on Thursday to stage a demonstration against non-payment of wages for two years during a function presided over by State Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal....
The Naxalas have killed Sub-Inspector Abhay Prasad Yadav, one of the four cops, who were taken hostage during an encounter in Bihar's Lakhisarai District on Sunday....
Members of Muslim community at Dadar and Thane here, celebrated the festival of Gokulashtami (birth of Hindu God Krishna), joining the Hindu devotees in the revelries on Thursday. ...
The ongoing political turmoil in Thailand has apparently not prevented the kingdom's richest people from getting richer.The biggest gainer in percentage terms is longtime Thai Indian resident Aloke Lohia. His wealth soared by 252 percent when he took his integrated polyester company, Indorama Ventures, public earlier this year. ...
Indian animated movie maker Compact Disc India and software company Micro Technologies continue to members of Forbes Asia's "Best Under A Billion" list, even as 151 new companies have made their maiden appearance on the list this year. ...
Ranbaxy (South Africa) Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited today announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, Be-Tabs Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Plant, at Roodepoort, Johannesburg, South Africa. ...
The co-founder of Microsoft, billionaire Paul Allen, has sued 11 major web-based companies, including Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, YouTube and eBay, alleging that they infringed on internet patents he owns. ...
A protein - beta-amyloid - builds deposits in the brain, causing nerve cells to get weak and die leading to Alzheimer's disease.
Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of beta-amyloid have a fatal problem: they need to enter the brain and remove the plaques without attacking healthy brain cells. New research from the laboratory of Nobel Prize winner Paul Greengard, however, suggests that treatments modeled on the blockbuster cancer drug Gleevec could be the solution. .......
The dispute between leading healthcare providers and insurance companies can only be solved by proactive action. In a letter to General Insurance Public Sector Association (Gipsa), leading healthcare providers in Mumbai have called for joint action to resolve this issue. The problem arose after the public sector insurance companies decided to unilaterally withdraw cashless facility at various hospitals as they felt the latter were over-billing them. "So far, .......
Model-turned-actress Lisa Ray revealed that having the right attitude is key to overcoming the fears and isolation associated with cancer. The 38-year-old Canadian born model was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer of blood cells known as multiple myeloma but managed to beat the disease after undergoing stem cell transplant. She was in Mumbai on Wednesday to open a new cancer institute at the Fortis Hospital in Mulund and interacted with other cancer patients. .......
Bacteria that had become drug-resistant pose a danger especially to healthcare institutions.
While the ways in which these cells become resistant are understood at the cellular level, until now, the bacteria's survival strategies at the population level remained unclear.
A new study by James Collins and colleagues at Boston University and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University reveals that a surprisingly small .......
With over 1,000 suspected dengue cases being reported in New Delhi, the outbreak of the disease has added to the woes of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, which is already struggling against the backdrop of constructional delays and missed deadlines....
London, Sep 2 The body that monitors betting patterns in Europe has said that none of the bookmakers that it regulates were involved in the Lord's Test 'spot-fixing' scandal. ...
Pakistan has dropped Test skipper Salman Butt, fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir from the Twenty20 and one-day series against England under pressure from the ICC and England Cricket Board....
