London, June 26: A new study by Havard Medical School has revealed that eating nuts could cut women’s risk of developing heart disease particularly those suffering from diabetes — in fact, it can slash the risk by almost half.
“These data suggest frequent nut and peanut butter consumption is associated with a significantly lower CVD risk in women with Type 2 diabetes,” the authors of the study were quoted by ‘The Daily Telegraph’ as saying.
Patna, June 26: The newly set-up Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in this Bihar city will start its doctoral programmes from next month, an official said Friday.
“IIT-Patna will become the first among the eight new IITs set up last year to start PhD programmes,” institute official Subhash Pandey said.
The IIT will have PhD programmes in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Pandey said that interviews of the applicants are underway and there are 30 vacancies.
London, June 26: Bertrand Picard, a Swiss adventurer is all set to unveil a prototype of a solar-powered plane he hopes eventually to fly around the world.
According to a report by BBC News, the initial version of the solar plane, spanning 61m but weighing just 1,500kg, will undergo trials to prove it can fly at night.
Picard, who made history by circling the globe non-stop in a balloon in 1999, said he wants to demonstrate the potential of renewable energies.
Picard’s Solar Impulse team has invested tremendous energy in trying to find what they believe is a breakthrough design.
Beijing, June 26: China’s government accused Google Inc. of spreading pornography after Chinese Internet users were temporarily unable to gain access to the U.S. search giant’s main Web site or China-based service.
“We have found that the English version of google.com has spread lots of pornographic, lewd and vulgar content, which is in serious violation of Chinese laws and regulations,” said foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang.
He said authorities “summoned representatives of Google.com in China and urged them to remove the content immediately.
Mumbai, June 26: Kabir Khan whose New York looks at face of terrorism after 9/11, talks.
How did 26/11 change your perception on 9/11?
I don’t think 26/11 has changed my perceptions on terrorism or on my film. Though the attack on the Taj and Oberoi were the most audacious in Mumbai, what about the foiled attack on our parliament? And more people died in the train explosions of Mumbai.At the end of the day what do terrorists want. A splash.
So isn’t that what you are giving them by making a film on terrorism with three glamorous stars?
Mumbai, June 26: Last week at a special screening of Kabir Khan’s New York Katrina Kaif broke down after she saw what was on screen.
“It was embarrassing. This has never happened to me before. I was deeply moved by the film. And I couldn’t believe what my director Kabir Khan had achieved in my performance. I kept staring at myself. ‘That’s me!’ I exclaimed at the end of the film.”
Surat, June 26: Shahid Saiyad, who has been accused of raping a teenager with two other men here, was slapped by a youth while he was on his way to a local court Friday, police said.
“The youth who slapped Saiyad has been detained and is being questioned,” a police officer with the Surat Crime Branch said.
“It was only one person who slapped one of the accused. There was no mob involved,” the officer added.
Hong Kong, June 26: Cynical crunchers of statistical data believe there are three degrees of ‘mistruths’: lies, damned lies and statistics.
Increasingly, economy watchers are beginning to believe falsehood could go a step beyond: China’s GDP numbers. Ever since the official Chinese statistical agency announced earlier this year that the country’s GDP grew 6.1% in the first quarter of 2009, there have been murmurs of scepticism about the authenticity of those figures. A few have observed that the GDP data are inconsistent with other data, such as weak power production.
Mumbai, June 26: Due to the two ‘dry’ months that Bollywood fans witnessed due to the producers v/s the multiplex stand off two big ticket movies which were scheduled to hit the screens this year, have all been postponed.
So fans of Aamir and Shah Rukh Khan will now have to bear the wait of 8 to 9 months more to see them back on screen.
Washington, June 26: The United States has appointed Farah Pandith, a Kashmiri-origin Indian woman, to reach out to the Muslim world, providing momentum to President Barack Obama’s efforts for a “new beginning” with the community.
Pandith’s appointment was made early this week but the State Department communications staff failed to make the key nomination public.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appointed Pandith, a Muslim, as a Special Representative to Islamic communities two days ago.
Abu Dhabi, June 26: Pakistan will continue to suggest the option of Dubai and Abu Dhabi as surrogate home venues for the 2011 World Cup and also pursue its legal case against the ICC, who they say, unlawfully stripped Pakistan of its right to host matches in cricket’s premier tournament.
Mumbai, June 26: Deepika Padukone is planning to organise a special screening of her upcoming film Love Aaj Kal. She plans to send invites to her beau, parents, close friends and everyone who’s close to the dame.
She has strategically dropped Kareena Kapoor from the guest list.
Looks like a risky move considering that Bebo is quite important in the filmi circuit. But most importantly Deepika is all out to miff her own producer with this move. After all it’s his girl that Deepika is planning to ignore.
Los Angeles, June 26: One day after Michael Jackson’s sudden death, speculation was already turning on Friday to what killed the 50-year-old ‘King of Pop’ just weeks before his long-awaited series of comeback concerts.
Jackson, a former child star who became one of the best-selling pop artists of all time before a descending into a strange and reclusive lifestyle, died on Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital, where he had been rushed in full cardiac arrest after collapsing at his nearby rental home.
Tehran, June 26: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Barack Obama not to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs after the US president said he was “appalled and outraged” by post-election violence.
Iran’s tough security crackdown after its disputed June 12 presidential election has led Obama to ramp up his previously muted criticism of the Islamic Republic.
“Mr Obama made a mistake to say those things… our question is why he fell into this trap and said things that previously former US President George W. Bush used to say,” the semi-official quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.
New Delhi, June 26: Even as the temperature touched a sizzling 41 degrees Celsius before mid-day, students along with their parents made a beeline for various colleges as Delhi University (DU) began its admission process Friday.
Armed with umbrellas, hats, sun glasses and water bottles, the youngsters, however, had scores of queries before they took admission in a college “more or less” of their choice.
Hyderabad, June 26: Kalidindi Mandal Deputy Tahsildar Shaik Latheef Pasha was trapped by the ACB officials at his office today when he accepted Rs 5,000 as bribe from a complainant for doing an official favour.
The amount and connected file was seized from the accused, who was arrested.
The accused will be produced before the Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases Vijayawada, a press release here said.
Chhatarpur, June 26: In a bloodcurdling incident, four miscreants set a young woman on fire at her house after being annoyed by her protest for eve-teasing at Kotwali thana area here this morning, police said.
City Police Superintendent of Police Sameer Yadav said that Rakesh Kori, Brajesh Kori, Siaram and Nisar Mohammad stormed into the house of Ruksana (18) when she was alone, poured kerosene over her and set her ablaze.
The miscreants soon fled from the spot.
On getting information, police admitted the victim, who sustained 80 per cent burn injuries, to the district hospital.
Mumbai, June 26: Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor are on a shopping spree together. In true sense they are not shopping anything but shooting a scene, they were spotted at the Connaught Place shown marketing for a scene for Raju Hirani’s ‘3 Idiots’,
It’s obvious that when two famous celebrities like Kareena and Aamir are out in the public place there would be immense gathering. The set up and equipments were placed up at 6.30 pm and the artists arrived at around 8. It was already so late and when Bebo found that the area was jam-packed, she was bit angry.
Mumbai, June 26: Braving the heat, hundreds of onlookers thronged the capital’s Connaught Place area on Thursday to catch a glimpse of Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who came to launch a new boutique of Swiss watch brand Tissot and its new range of watches.
The pressure of the crowd, who waited for almost an hour in the extreme heat to see the 23-year-old actress, was so much that even the elaborate flower decorations outside the store, came off the poles.
New York, June 26: Neil Nitin Mukesh was detained at the New York airport for over an hour recently. The reason: Airport officials refused to believe he was an Indian.
The actor said the incident happened as he arrived in New York to shoot for Kabir Khan’s film New York , which is set against the backdrop of the 9/ 11 terror attacks.
Lalgarh, June 26: Maoist rebels fired at security personnel and triggered landmines in jungles as troopers advanced to reclaim new areas and flush out far-left radicals from West Midnapore district in West Bengal, officials said today.
A joint team of central paramilitary troopers and state armed policemen set out from their camp in Goaltore bordering Bankura district today morning to retake some strategic pockets still held by the ultras but met with resistance at a forested stretch in Pingboni after a 1 km march, an official said.
Hyderabad, June 26: Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar today said the proposed meeting of key party functionaries of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Area, scheduled for tomorrow, was postponed to June 29.
APCC President D Srinivas will preside over the meeting, which will also be attended by Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and AICC Incharge of AP Affairs and CWC Permanent Invitee M Veerappa Moily, a press release here said.
Hyderabad, June 26 (Siasat News): Ministry of information and broadcasting has issued a warning to Tv5 channel in violating the code of conduct.
As of late, it has become the practice of the news channels and other media to sensationalize even an ordinary news in order to draw the attention of the people without realizing that their this trend is doing more damage than the service.
The warning was issued in connection with a news report where Islamic religious institutions (madrasas) were presented as the headquarters or centers of training of terrorists.
Mumbai, June 26: Emraan-Hashmi Ever since the beginning of his career, Emraan Hashmi has maintained that he prefers working in solo starrers. If at all he has to work in a multi starrer then the script and his role has to be really enticing enough for him to say yes to a project.
Mumbai, June 26: Post producers v/s multiplexes owners stand off ending, two films from reputed banners were released – Kal Kissne Dekha and Paying Guests.
But looking at their collections it seems both haven’t exactly set the box office on fire yet.
Trade insiders claim it is mainly because cine goers have perhaps not found anything worth to make that visit to their multiplex.
But with Yash Raj Films’ John Abrham – Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh starrer New York releasing today, it’s a wait and watch game again.