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Bogota: Researchers have found that a technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be a promising new approach for repair of cleft palate in infants. Performed as part of reconstructive surgery when the infant is a few months old, the stem cell procedure provides good results in growing new bone to close the upper […]

New Delhi: Miguel Angel Portugals FC Pune City managed to earn a hard fought 1-1 draw at death against home side Delhi Dynamos in their Indian Super League opener at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here on Wednesday. Delhi seemed set for all three points after a wondrous long-range strike from Rana Gharami (44th minute) but […]

Mumbai: The top nine contestants of singing-based reality show ‘Indian Idol 10’ have sung for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign — ‘Swacchata Hi Sewa’. Celebrities, including Amitabh Bachchan and Ratan Tata, have contributed to this cleanliness drive. Joining this movement are the ‘Indian Idol’ contestants Avanti Patel, Neelanjana Ray, Ankush Bharadwaj, Nitin Kumar, Salman Ali […]

Chennai: It was a day of mixed luck for India with its open team winning against Czech Republic while the women’s team’s was defeated by lower rated Hungary in the eighth round of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad at Georgia. In the open category India’s experienced player, K.Sasikiran, playing with white pieces gave the much-needed […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala musician and violinist Balabhaskar, who was seriously injured along with his wife in a road accident last week, died here in the early hours of Tuesday, informed sources. He died at 12.55 a.m., according to sources in the hospital where he was undergoing treatment. The accident took place last Tuesday at Pallipuram on […]

Cairo: Adolescents suffering from Type-1 diabetes may benefit from Vitamin B supplements as it improves kidney functions by protecting against development and progression of renal diseases, a new study has found. The findings suggest Vitamin B supplements, in addition to traditional angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor therapy may be a simple, safe and cost-effective strategy for early […]

New York: Struggling hard to shed those extra kilos? If so, foods high in carbohydrates — found in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes — may help you reduce body weight and fat as well as improve insulin function, suggests a study challenging previous beliefs. It is because these complex carbohydrates are naturally rich in […]

Mumbai: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s “Mere Pyare Prime Minister”, which was earlier slated for an October 2 release, will now hit the screens on December 14. “It’s a better window for a theatrical,” Mehra told IANS when asked about the reason for pushing the release ahead. Mehra was earlier excited about the October 2 date as […]

Mumbai: A day after Ganpati Visarjan festivities, Bollywood and television celebrities like Shahid Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Niharica Raizada, Ritwik Sahore and Tanuj Mahashabde took to the Mumbai beaches for a clean-up drive. Every year on the last day of Ganpati festivities, thousands of idols are immersed with processions that leave the beaches across Mumbai dirty. […]

New Delhi: There was no first day, first show for Nandita Das’ “Manto” in several cities in India, and that left the actress-filmmaker “hugely disappointed” on Friday. The situation normalised in the afternoon, according to Viacom18 Motion Pictures. “Manto”, co-produced by HP Studios, Filmstoc and Viacom18 Motion Pictures, traces the life of writer Saadat Hasan […]

Tbilisi: Indian actress Richa Chadha on Thursday took to Twitter to share her experience of meeting a “racist officer” at passport control while exiting Georgia. “Met a racist AF officer at the passport control, while exiting Georgia. Slammed my passport on the desk, twice…muttered under her breath in Georgian, yelled and asked me to hurry. […]

Dubai: A strong bowling performance followed by some power packed batting saw India thrash arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets in their Group A clash of the Asia Cup cricket tournament here on Wednesday. Asked to field first, three-wicket hauls from pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and part-time off-spinner Kedar Jadhav enabled India to restrict Pakistan to a […]

New Delhi: Domestic fuel prices continued to scale new heights on Monday, with the price of petrol nearing the psychological Rs 90 a litre-mark in Mumbai with the fuel selling at Rs 89.44 under the dynamic pricing regime. As per rates released daily by state-run Indian Oil Corp, the depreciating rupee and expensive crude oil […]

Abu Dhabi: Afghanistan knocked Sri Lanka out of the Asia Cup after thrashing the Islanders by 91 runs in a Group B match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here on Tuesday. Electing to bat after winning the toss, Afghanistan showed great maturity by piling on 249 runs before skittling out the Sri Lankans for a […]

Kolkata: The Indian rupee is “tracking closer to its fair value” and the scope for further rapid depreciation appears unlikely, though the time is appropriate for policy interventions to anchor negative sentiments, experts said on Saturday. “Currently, the rupee is tracking closer to its fair value as per our fair value computation. From here on, […]