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Breastfeeding Exclusively Can Lower Risk of MS Relapse

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Washington, June 19: While every mother wants what is best for their infant, those moms with multiple sclerosis (MS) have difficult choices to make. Breastfeeding, which is the best option for a baby, may not be possible due to medications taken to control the symptoms of MS. However, it has been shown that exclusive breastfeeding may help protect women that suffer from multiple sclerosis against relapses of their disease, possible by delaying the immediate return to normal monthly cycles after giving birth.

Computer Injuries Show Dramatic Increase

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Washington, June 19: Computer injuries bring to mind tired eyes, carpal tunnel syndrome, and back or shoulder pain. Workdays of constant data entry can cause all of those problems, but that’s not the kind of computer injuries that have the medical profession talking.

Cut-offs dips in Mumbai colleges

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Mumbai: The first cut-offs released on Wednesday of several undergraduate courses has witnessed a dip as compare to 2008.

The most popular courses such as Bachelors in Management Science (BMS) and Bachelors in Mass Media (BMM) have witnessed a dip in cut-off.

The cut-off for BMS at St Xavier’s College was 80.83% compared to last year’s 86.33%. At Ramnarain Ruia College, the cut-off for BSc. (computer science) was 86% compared to 91.5% last year.

“This year cut-off goes lower for the reason that this year HSC result has dipped by 10pc,” principal, Hinduja College.

Paramedical institute to come up in Haryana

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Chandigarh, June 19: To impart professional education and training to the youths of Haryana an Institute of Paramedical Sciences will be soon set up on the premises of the Haryana Saket Council at Chandimandir.

The institute will be set up in phased manner.

Dr. A. R. Kidwai, Governor Haryana, announced this at the Executive and Annual General Body meetings of the Haryana Saket Council at Raj Bhavan.

Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was also present in the meetings.

Taiwan pilot fired for videotaping air hostesses in toilet

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Taipei, June 19: Taiwan’s EVA Air has fired a pilot after he was caught videotaping air hostesses in a plane toilet, the airline said Friday.
“This incident has happened and he has resigned,” an EVA Air press officer said without elaborating.

The incident occurred Monday on flight to Taiwan from the US via Japan, the Apple Daily reported Friday.

The pilot, only identified by his surname Kim, 39, allegedly hid a small digital video camera in the business-class toilet and filmed the hostesses who were changing out of their uniforms when they went off duty.

Woman bludgeons husband to death

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Mumbai, June 19: A woman bludgeoned her husband to death and committed suicide after he refused to accompany her for a walk, police said here on Wednesday.

Vimla (38), who the police said was mentally ill, killed her husband Ram Prakash (47) with a hammer at their house at Shahibabad on Tuesday night, police said.

The incident occurred barely a week after a man killed his five children before attacking his wife and attempting suicide in this satellite town of the national capital.

‘30 explosive-laden vehicles enter Punjab, Rawalpindi’

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Lahore, June 19: At least 30 explosive-laden vehicles have entered Punjab as well as the garrison town of Rawalpindi adjacent to the Pakistani capital Islamabad from the tribal areas of the country, a media report Thursday said.

The intelligence agencies had warned of the entry of the 30 explosive-laden vehicles, Online news agency reported, quoting a private TV channel.

Bal Thackeray admitted to ICU with lung infection

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Mumbai, June 19: Shiv Sena supreme Bal Thackeray was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Lilavati Hospital here late Thursday evening after he complained of breathing problems, party sources said.
According to a party office bearer, Thackeray, 83, was admitted to the hospital for a lung infection.

“He had breathing problems since yesterday and was rushed to hospital,” the party official said.

Thackeray will be kept under observation, he said, adding he did not know how long the Shiv Sena chief would remain in hospital.

–IANS–

Ronaldo Brings In The Trend Of Super Tight Shorts

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London, June 19: ronaldo Christiano Ronaldo is making news all over. Just last week the Portuguese superstar footballer had made headlines for being the highest bid footballer of all time. In a short span of two days, he was back in news for being seen partying with Hilton heiress, Paris Hilton in Los Angeles. Now he is making news for his clothes, more precisely, the lack of it.

Afridi stars as Pakistan to enter final

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Nottingham, June 19: Shahid Afridi’s inspired all-round display saw Pakistan knock out favourites South Africa by seven runs and book a place in the final of the World Twenty20 cricket at Trent Bridge here Thursday.
Afridi slammed 51 off 34 balls to take Pakistan to 149 for four and then made the Proteas bleed with his bowling, taking the wickets of Herschelle Gibbs and Ab de Villiers, at a miserly 16 runs from four overs.

Irrfan the new style Icon

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Mumbai, June 10: Irrfan the new style Icon Irrfan spells style. It goes without saying that the actor was always of substance. Irrfan was on the cover of a leading magazine. Irrfan Khan in a designer suit looks strikingly smart and hot.

His changing image has definitely made him an alternate style icon. “After being on the cover Irrfan is getting a lot of offers to walk the ramp at various fashion events. Also a lot of brands have started approaching him. Irrfan is one of the fittest stars” adds a source close to Irrfan.

NASA starts back to moon with dual mission

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Washington, June 19: NASA launched a dual mission Thursday to help pave the way for humans to return to the moon, as the US space agency looks beyond the continuing needs of the International Space Station.

The Atlas V rocket launch lifted off at 5:32 p.m. (2132 GMT), 20 minutes into planned, from NASA’s Cape Canaveral in Florida.

A scheduling conflict with the space shuttle Endeavour, which now won’t be launched before July 11, delayed the launch by a day.

Sajid Nadiadwala has left no stone unturned to make Kambaqt Ishq special

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Mumbai, June 19: Sajid Nadiadwala has left no stone unturned to make Kambaqt Ishq special. Right from the action scenes to the props the producer has opted for all original stuff.

Nadiadwala even got the same bike that Tom Cruise used in Mission Impossible. A source said, “There was scene with Akshay Kumar shot recently. The actor has used Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible bike. Sajid even hired action director Franco Soleman who created Tom Cruises stunt.

This Friday, all eyes on PAYING GUESTS

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Mumbai, June 19: Ok, so Bollywood is still not smiling even though the producers have called off the strike. Last week’s two releases, KAL KISSNE DEKHA as well as ZOR LAGAA KE HAIYA have failed at the box office, hence breaking hearts of quite a few out there who believed that Bollywood draught will finally be over, what with at least the Jackky Bhagnani starrer expected to take a good start at the box office.

Akram predicts Pak-Lanka clash in T20 final

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Bangalore, June 18: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram has predicted a Pakistan-Sri Lanka clash in the final of the on-going World Twenty20 tournament to be held at Lord’s on June 21.

“Agreed that South Africa and Sri Lanka are still unbeaten in the tournament so far, but most dangerous of the four to me looks to be Pakistan. With the return of Abdul Razzaq, the side looks very strong. They have variety in the bowling and suddenly they are looking like a side which can cause a major upset,” Akram wrote in his column for The Times of India.

Don’t judge a team on T20 only: Ganguly

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London, June 18: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly backs under-fire skipper MS Dhoni and says the team and country should put behind the humiliation of the T20 World Championship and move on.

Ganguly, who is in London and will turn a new page when he sits behind the camera for ESPN, spoke to CNN-IBN’s associate cricket editor Nishant arora. While he backed Team India, he also said that fatigue can never be an excuse for the young lads in the team.

ICL is low standard cricket, says Razzaq

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Karachi, June 18: Back in the national side after snapping ties with the ICL, Pakistan allrounder Abdul Razzaq said he had a torrid time adjusting to mainstream cricket after playing in the “low standard” rebel League.

“It wasn’t easy getting back into international cricket after a long absence. This is the highest standards of cricket being played in the world and playing in the ICL and its low standards of cricket, it needs a great deal of mental adjustment,” Razzaq told the ‘Dawn’ newspaper in London.

Zaheer Abbas, Saleem Yousuf back Pakistan to win T20 World Cup

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Karachi, June 18: Former Pakistani Test players Zaheer Abbas and Saleem Yousuf have backed Younis Khan and his team to win the Twenty20 World Cup in England.

“I think the Pakistani players have surprised everyone with their performances after a slow start in the tournament. If they retain their momentum they can go on to win the Cup,” former Test captain Zaheer Abbas said.

Zaheer, who had criticised the performance of the team in the early part of the World Cup, said the batsmen must support the bowlers if they were to win the title.

Boney Kapoor and Sridevi on Salman’s quiz show

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Mumbai, June 18: He romanced her in Chaand Kaa Tukdaa way back in 1994 and now, she’s his producer. Salman Khan and Sridevi have always shared a good rapport. So when Salman requested the reticent actress to make an appearance on his television show, 10 Ka Dum, she couldn’t refuse.

Insiders say that Sridevi and filmmaker husband Boney Kapoor spent close to five hours on the sets earlier this week and though portions of the show were meant to publicise their film Wanted – the emphasis was on the fantastic rapport between Salman and his former co-star.

Akshay’s a spot boy for Aarav

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Mumbai,June 18: Akshay Kumar, who has played umpteen roles in the course of his career, must definitely not have bargained for this one. Currently, on a holiday in New York, Disneyland, Puerto Rico, Canada and London with his son Aarav and wife Twinkle, he has taken up a new role, that of a spot boy.

Talking about his ‘job’, Akshay remarked in jest, “On my holiday, I don’t even take calls because I’m a servant.” Then on a more serious note, he quickly added, “I may be one of Bollywood’s biggest stars, but on vacation, my position is equal to that of my spot boy Nitin.”

Poverty root cause of Sameera’a death, says social activists

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Hyderabad, June 18: The tragic death of Sameera Begum in Hyderabad and circumstances that led to her death has triggered a new debate in the circles of the community which revolves around the general condition of the Muslims. The deterioration of social values in Muslims is a serious case to be dealt with. The religion gives prime importance for respecting women and human rights but its followers carry on with just the opposite. The TwoCircles.Net spoke to some eminent social activists in the community on the matter.

Indian Muslims protest against Talibani terrorism

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New Delhi, June 18: Murder of Mufti Sarfarza Naeemi in Pakistan by terrorists has prompted some Muslim organizations to organize a protest at Jantar Mantar yesterday.

The protest was jointly organized by Raza Academy, Muslim Students Organization (MSO), and Islamic Educationa Board of India. These organizations that represent Barelvi Muslims said that they are protesting the continuous and targeted killing of Sunni (Barlevi) scholars by extremist elements in Pakistan. The latest in the series is the killing of India born Mufti Sarfarz Naeemi of Jamia Naeemia in Lahore.

Katrina’s birthday plan doesn’t include Salman!

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Mumbai, June 18: Katrina Kaif How the time flies! Almost a year has passed since Salman Khan had that ugly spat with Shahrukh Khan on Katrina Kaif’s birthday. This year, the actress is playing safe.

Forget throwing a lavish bash on her birthday, the Cancerian beauty doesn’t even plan to be in Mumbai or India for that matter on her birthday in July. Katrina Kaif would rather be flying to London for a full family reunion with her seven sisters and one brother.

And surprise, surprise, surprise! Beau Salman Khan doesn’t feature anywhere in Kat’s birthday plan so far.

Zardari did not raise Kashmir issue: Manmohan

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New Delhi, June 18: With India putting Pakistan on the defensive over cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said President Asif Ali Zardari did not raise the Kashmir issue during his discussions with him in Russia.

“No discussion on Kashmir took place. He did not raise it nor did I raise it,” Manmohan Singh told journalists on his return home a day after his talks with Zardari in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.

Suspecting affair, husband kills wife in Noida

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Noida, June 18: A 34-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her husband here Wednesday as he suspected her of having an affair with another man, police said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Wednesday in Chalera Village in Sector-44 Noida, police said.

Mahaveer, 36, suspected his wife Rekha of having illicit relations with another man who lived in the same locality. An argument broke out between Mahaveer and Rekha and the husband stabbed Rekha to death in a fit of rage, police added.