London: A new US study has found a daily slice of watermelon could help prevent heart disease by halting the build-up of harmful cholesterol and also be a help in weight control. Scientists who carried out studies on mice fed a high-fat diet found the fruit halved the rate at which 'bad' low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, accumulated, Daily Mail reported. LDL is a form of cholesterol that leads to clogged...
01:27 PM, Oct 05, 2012
London: Researchers have launched worldwide trials of a drug that boosts the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen around the body, and can aid faster recovery of patients with heavy blood loss. MP4OX is made from expired blood stocks and seeks to replicate the function of red blood cells in carrying oxygen around the body. The Royal London Hospital is leading the clinical trials and it is being...
04:54 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Newly-appointed Railway Minister CP Joshi on Monday said safety of passengers will be his top priority, along with modernisation and improvement in passenger amenities. Joshi, who has been given additional charge of railways after TMC withdrew support to the UPA government, said he will set the agenda for his ministry after holding discussions with railways officials. Talking to reporters after his maiden visit to Rail Bhawan in Delhi,...
11:52 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Bangalore: Though the Bharat Bandh was successful in bringing the citys businesses to a halt, a few restaurants and street hawkers continued with their routine business. According to K Shiva Shanmugam, president, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), there was a loss of over Rs 1,200 crore on the turnover and the state Exchequer incurred a loss of Rs 200 crore on Thursday. The loss estimate springs...
01:27 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Misbah came under fire from former players for his tactics and defensive approach in 2-1 ODI series defeat to Australia. ...
08:02 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday accused the Congress of causing a loss of Rs 200 lakh crore in coal blocks allocation and sought resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the scam. "If the PM, who is responsible for corruption worth Rs.200 lakh crore, is honest then who is dishonest," asked Ramdev in a press conference here. He also demanded that the licences issued for coal blocks...
02:20 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Mysore: After reviewing drought relief works here, Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa on Tuesday said that the onus of paying compensation to farmers is on the Centre, not the state government. He said the state government is not responsible to pay even a single paise to farmers for crop loss and insurance. It is the duty of the Union government, the deputy CM said and added, but the Centre...
12:05 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that it was the media that incorrectly coined and attributed the 'zero loss' theory on coal blocks to him. Lashing out at the media, Chidambaram said in a statement, "None of us used the phrase, 'zero loss'. Nevertheless, a section of the press has incorrectly reported that the government claimed that there was zero loss in the allocation of coal blocks....
02:46 PM, Aug 27, 2012
With the newcomers and experienced actors, 'Loosugalu' went on the floor on August, 23 morning at Chitrakala Parishat in Bangalore near Shivananada Circle. The term 'Loosugalu' is commonly referred in a lighter vein, is picked for the title by debutant Arun who has nine years of experience in the industry. The title inspiration came from one of his DJ friend. Arun has stitched the story and screenplay. The screenplay will...
04:12 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: With the deadlock continuing in Parliament between the Government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the CAG report on coal allocation, the Monsoon Session seems to be going down the drain. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha had to be adjourned for the third consecutive day on Thursday resulting in a loss of Rs 6 crore. Cost of running Parliament is Rs 25 lakh per hour....
05:20 PM, Aug 23, 2012
London: Actor Tom Cruise has reportedly shed shed 14lbs after the collapse of his marriage to Katie Holmes. Holmes shocked Hollywood and blindsided Cruise by filing for divorce in June and seeking sole custody of daughter Suri. Cruise had admitted he was deeply saddened by Holmes' choice but the actor seemed to be coping well and was busy shooting for his new film "Oblivion", reported Daily Mail. However pictures of...
03:24 PM, Aug 23, 2012
The CAG report on power projects which is equally damaging, says undue financial benefit given to Reliance Power amounted to over Rs 29,000 crore. ...
11:50 PM, Aug 17, 2012
London: In total humiliation, former champions India finished at the bottom of the 12-team Olympic hockey competition, completing an unprecedented washout after being beaten 2-3 by South Africa in a classification match at the London Games here on Saturday. The sorry saga of six successive defeats, thus, drew curtains to India's painful journey in the London Games. India's wayward shooting and the strikers' inability to convert repeated raids into goals...
03:15 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines on Saturday reported widening of net loss for the quarter ended June 30, to Rs 650.8 crore due to costs associated with non-operating aircraft. The airline had posted a net loss of Rs 263.5 crore in same period last year. The income from operations of the airline tanked to Rs 301.4 crore from Rs 1,907 crore a year ago, down 83.72 per cent, the company said...
01:49 PM, Aug 11, 2012
London: India crashed to their fourth successive defeat in the Olympic hockey competition Sunday as they suffered a humiliating 1-4 reversal against South Korea. India are the only team among 12 competing in these Olympic Games without a single point from five matches. The eight-time gold medallists are now heading for their lowest-ever finish in the Olympics as they will finish at the bottom of the group and will have...
08:33 PM, Aug 05, 2012
Bangalore: The traders at the APMC yard in Yeshwantpur have complained that indiscriminate power cuts are causing them a loss of Rs 6 to 8 crore a day. On Tuesday, there was no electricity supply 10 am to 3 pm affecting work across the yard as weighing scales and bridges. The bank branches had to function without power. This is not an isolated problem, but it happens everyday and it...
03:13 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: Twenty-four hours after India's worst power failure, India Inc is counting the cost. Punjab's industrial hub Ludhiana alone has posted a loss of Rs 200-Rs 300 crore. For two consecutive days, as workers sat idle at the industrial units facing blackouts, the units which used power back-up saw their production costs rise, leading to overhead losses. Power from generators cost Rs 14 per unit as against the Rs...
02:01 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: Indian author and poet Jeet Thayil features among 12 authors long-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his book Narcopolis. The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers. Here's a look at some of Indians...
05:44 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Los Angeles: Microsoft posted its first quarterly loss in its 26 years as a public company on Thursday as it declared a struggling online ad business a bust and prepared for one of the biggest product updates in its history. The software company had warned two weeks ago that it would take a $6.2 billion charge in the April-June quarter because its 2007 purchase of online ad service aQuantive failed...
09:03 AM, Jul 20, 2012
US federal investigators are looking at whether JPMorgan Chase & Co traders hid trading losses that have since grown to $5.8 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, after the bank said its own probe found reason for suspicion. JPMorgan, the largest US bank, said it believes it will lose at most another $1.7 billion from the bad credit trades. Problems at the group that made the bets,...
11:34 AM, Jul 14, 2012
