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Low oxygen bad for breast cancer patients
Low oxygen bad for breast cancer patient...

Low oxygen bad for breast cancer patients

New York – Breast cancer cells, when exposed to low oxygen conditions, trigger the production of two proteins that make the cancer cells spread fast — making the patient’s condition worse, a new paper has contended. Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University reached the conclusion... read more »

Styling for films not cakewalk:Designers
Styling for films not cakewalk:Designers

Styling for films not cakewalk:Designers

Mumbai – With 100 years of Indian cinema, fashion in films also has seen a drastic makeover. Designers feel that making clothes for movies is not a cakewalk. Renowned designers like Neeta Lulla, Niharika Khan and Gavin Miguel shared their opinion on the changing trends of fashion in the... read more »

Sharif offers to bring home Musharraf's ailing mother
Sharif offers to bring home Musharraf...

Sharif offers to bring home Musharraf’s ailing mother

Islamabad – The Pakistani government Friday offered to send a special plane or air ambulance to bring former president Pervez Musharraf’s mother to Pakistan from Dubai. “The prime minister of Pakistan, on sympathetic grounds, is ready to send a special plane or an air ambulance to... read more »

Where a tarpaulin cover is home: Visiting the riot displaced
Where a tarpaulin cover is home: Visitin...

Where a tarpaulin cover is home: Visiting the riot displaced

By Rosamma Thomas Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) – At the Malakpur relief camp in Shamli district of western Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest of the dozen-odd for the victims of the riots that erupted in September, children run about barefoot in the cold and damp, with little protection from the... read more »

China adds destroyer to its East China Sea fleet

China adds destroyer to its East China Sea fleet

Beijing – A destroyer was commissioned for the East China Sea fleet of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Thursday, Xinhua reported. The warship, Zhengzhou, belongs to the... read more »

9 dead in Russian cargo plane crash

9 dead in Russian cargo plane crash

Moscow – A cargo plane crashed in Russia’s southern Siberia, killing nine people onboard, authorities said Thursday. “The plane en route from Novosibirsk Yeltsovka airport... read more »

Gwyneth Paltrow a fan of homemade gifts

Gwyneth Paltrow a fan of homemade gifts

Los Angeles – Actress Gwyneth Paltrow prefers to give out personalised handmade gifts rather than giving something bought from stores on occassions like Christmas. She believes that... read more »

Bangladesh deploys troops for parliamentary poll

Bangladesh deploys troops for parliamentary poll

Dhaka – Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi troops have been deployed across the country ahead of parliamentary poll slated for Jan 5 next year amid boycott by the main opposition... read more »

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisat...

 U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bipartisan budget deal easing spending cuts and a defence authorisation bill that takes a step towards ultimate closure of Guantanamo. Mr. Obama put... read more »