Eating a high-fat diet may involve injury to neurons, or nerve cells, in a key part of the brain that controls body weight, according to a new study. “The possibility that brain injury may be a consequence of the overconsumption [...]
Jun 102011
Jun 102011
As the country is preparing to draft the new National AIDS Control Programme, a study has revealed that over 72 per cent of the children living with the disease in West Bengal belong to below poverty line families. The study, [...]
Jun 102011
As his multi-crore rupee business comes under the scanner, the spotlight is on yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s vast health and lifestyle empire, fed on low-fat, low-cholesterol, organic and herbal products. From multi-grain wheat to ayurveda medicines, it’s a rich basket [...]
Jun 102011
On March 26, 2010, the Supreme Court said that it was too late to invite painter Maqbool Fida Husain home. Forced to live in a self-imposed exile by the sheer number of court cases filed against him by “patriotic nationals”, [...]
Jun 092011
King Khan Shah Rukh Khan has done it again. The smart B-town super star known for his marketing techniques this time has got the entire industry taken by a pleasant surprise. On January he came with a full page ad [...]
Jun 092011
Debutant director Bejoy Nambiar, in a pre-release interview of SHAITAN revealed that he was in the process of making the film since four years. Reason? Because no producer was willing to produce the film. Finally, just a week before the [...]
Jun 092011
The strike at Maruti’s Manesar plant entered the sixth day on Thursday and there is still no solution in sight. The company has confirmed that the situation is still status quo which means losses are piling up for India’s top [...]
Jun 092011
NEW DELHI — India test-fired a short-range, nuclear-capable missile Thursday that hit its target accurately, the defense ministry said. The surface-to-surface Prithvi missile was fired from the testing range in Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa, said Sitanshu Kar, [...]
Jun 092011
There were milestones aplenty during the life of MF Husain, who died Thursday at London’s Royal Brompton Hospital at the age of 95. Here’s a chronology: * September 17, 1915: Born in Pandharpur in Maharashtra to Zunaib and Fida. His [...]
Jun 092011
New Delhi: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Sunday said there were enough laws to tackle black money and added that Parliament cannot take a dictation from self-appointed crusaders. Talking to The Indian Express, Sharma, who returned Sunday [...]
Jun 092011
Mumbai, Jun 6 (PTI) Backing Baba Ramdev’s demands, former MP and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya today said that if black money is brought back to India, it would be enough to feed the 60 crore people in the country for [...]
Jun 092011
Gurgaon: In this city that barely existed two decades ago, there are 26 shopping malls, seven golf courses and luxury shops selling Chanel and Louis Vuitton. Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs shimmer in automobile showrooms. Apartment towers are sprouting like concrete weeds, [...]