Scientists have visualised the binding sites of caffeine in the brain for the first time to help understand the link between caffeine and neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s.
German researchers using molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) found that repeated intake of caffeinated beverages throughout a day results in up to 50 per cent occupancy of the brain’s A1 adenosine receptors.
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan is happy that he is playing an army officer in “Jab Tak Hai Jaan”, and hopes it can help popularise the forces.
“I am glad that I am playing an army officer. I feel good that by portraying characters from armed forces in our films, hopefully, we can popularise the profession because our army, navy and air force is beyond the profession, it’s a dedication to your nation, this is what I feel,” the 47-year-old said here Friday during a press conference held on his birthday.
Center for Urdu Language, Literature and Culture of Maulana Azad National Urdu University is celebrating 11th November, which is the birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as National Education Day.
Mr. Hayath Husain Habeeb, Chairman of Social Welfare and Development Association demanded the Govt. to tighten the belt against the miscreants who are trying to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere of the city for the past few months.
Opposing the A.P. Formation Day Celebrations, Telangana Praja Front observed 1st November as Black Day in Hyderabad and other Telangana districts.
Protests were staged with black flags. Telangana Praja Front leaders, Mr. Ved Kumar, Ms. Ratnamala, Mr. Sanaullah Khan, Mr. Ch. Prabhakar, Prof. Anwar Khan, Mr. Devender, Mr. N.Krishna and others participated in the protest programmes by hoisting black flags in various places in Telangana.
The leaders of Praja Front also participated in the relay hunger strike of Telangana employees of Agricultural University to express their solidarity.
General Secretary of A.P. Congress, Mr. Abid Rasool Khan met Mr. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy, C.M. of A.P. and represented that Muslims should also be given adequate share in the land allotments. Govt. has announced the sixth phase of land allotment to be started on 3rd November.
According to a press note issued by Mr. Ghiyasuddin Babu Khan, Chairman of Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust, a team of the Trust reached Assam on 30th October and started surveying the victims of communal riots. The team is distributing tokens to the victims. Survey work would be completed by the end of the first week of November. After the survey, 5, 000 winter kits worth Rs.1, 000 each would be distributed. The total value of these kits is estimated to be Rs.50 lakh.
Three members of a family were killed after they came in contact with a high tension wire in Pandari Kripal village here Saturday morning.
Buddhu Soni (40), Savitri Devi (35) and Suraj (9) were going on a bicycle when they came in contact with a live wire hanging near a canal, District Magistrate Roshan Jacob said.
The three were killed on the spot.
The bodies have been sent for post mortem, the DM said adding the power department will give a compensation of Rs. one lakh each to the next of the kin of the victims.
—PTI
In the competitive Hindi film industry, actress Tabu says she has never felt jealous. Having faced tough competition by her contemporaries including Karisma Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty, she says each actress had her own space.
“I have never been a jealous person. I have always wanted to do better than myself. During those times, a number of films were being made and all of us (actresses) were doing some many films at any given point of time,” Tabu told reporters here.
Forgetfulness isn’t just confined to the elderly, young people in their 30s can also suffer memory loss, according to a new study.
Although memory lapses hit when people reach the age of 57 on average, many people complain they easily forgot things at a far younger age, found a survey of over 1,000 people in the UK.
Researchers found that failing to remember someone’s name or failing to recall simple words like ‘apple’ plagues those in their 50s, the Daily Express reported.
Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been hurtling from one mess to another for the last four years. Now, the way the party, which also runs the Bangalore civic body, has handled the city’s garbage mess indicates that the problem will continue to fester.
The BJP came to power in Karnataka in May 2008 for the first time. It captured the Bangalore city body, the BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike or Greater Bangalore City Corporation) in 2010, again for the first time.
Inaugurating the seventh ‘Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival’ at the magnificent Darbar Hall of the Falaknuma Palace, Governor of AP ESL Narasimhan said that this year’s theme of the prestigious festival ‘Humour in Theatre’ is apt for today’s times full of stressful life and disturbances all around us.
Muslim students must focus on Science & Technology and pay attention towards attaining scientific education. The tragedy of Muslim community is that it is instilled among the mind of young children that they have to become either doctor or engineer. Mr. Zahed Ali Khan editor Siasat told this while addressing the inaugural function of Genius Scholars Academy. Present on the occasion were Mr. Amer Ali Khan news editor Siasat, Mr. Khaleeq Imran CEO Scantech and others.
In an age where few marriages endure the test of time, a centurion Indian couple have lived in wedded bliss for 87 years, thus becoming the world’s longest married couple.
Hundred-and-seven-year-old Karam and his 100-year-old wife Katari Chand, who have eight children and 28 grandchildren together, say that the key to success is looking after each other in every way possible.
“My trick is to make Katari laugh. I like to tell jokes and make her smile. Being funny is my way of being romantic,” says Karam.
Campaigning just two days before the assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh on Friday said he was “101 percent sure” that Congress would come to power in the state.
“It is evident from the mood of the people that Congress would certainly return to power in Himachal under the leadership of five-time Chief Minister Raja Vibhadra Singh,” the former Punjab Chief Minister said here during the last leg of the campaign.
“BJP is running a mafia government. 21 out of 41 MLAs and six ministers are facing criminal charges.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the Rail Coach factory in her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareily Nov 7, a railway official said Saturday.
The inauguration, delayed by over 18 months, was earlier scheduled for July 7 last year. It could not take place then as farmers who had given their land for the project were yet to get jobs in the railways as promised.
Other than inaugurating the rail coach factory, Gandhi would also be handing over the appointment letters to 613 local farmers, the official told IANS.
Incessant rain over the past two days has thrown life out of gear in parts of Odisha, disrupting road traffic and causing damage to paddy crop in some areas, a weather official said Saturday.
Many places have witnessed rainfall due to the impact of Cyclone Nilam in the Bay of Bengal even though it has weakened. Rain was also continuing at several places, S.C. Sahu, director of the Bhubaneswar meteorological centre told IANS.
A 45-year-old woman was admitted to a private hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) after she suffered a heart ailment caused allegedly when she was dragged by her hair and physically tortured by male policemen, the victim’s relative said here today.
The victim, Meera Morya was taken to Bhandari Hospital from Heeranagar police station as her health deteriorated
after torture, her nephew Vijay Hardia said. She was admitted to the ICU where her condition was stable this morning, hospital sources said.
The last rites of Telugu Desam Party’s senior leader and former central minister K Yerran Naidu, who died in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district early Friday, will be performed on Saturday.
A pall of gloom descended on Srikakulam, the native district of Naidu. Hundreds of mourners gathered at his village Nimmada, about 30 km from Srikakulam town.
Naidu’s family decided to postpone the cremation to Saturday to enable his son, who is abroad, to attend and perform the last rites.
A bust of Noor Inayat Khan, the Second World War secret agent of Indian origin, will be unveiled here next week by Britain’s Princess Anne.
Noor was the first woman radio operator to be infiltrated into occupied France and did crucial work for the allies. She was eventually captured and killed in Dachau Concentration Camp.
New cash machines that can ‘talk’ to customers who have difficulty reading screens have been introduced in the UK.
More than three quarters of Barclays cash machines across England and Wales have had audio technology installed so they can ‘talk’ to customers, the bank said.
Blind and partially sighted people can listen to speech output on more than 3,000 of the ATMs by plugging in their earphones to listen to the options being read out, The Telegraph reported.
Trials, tribulations and challenges are part of every person’s life. However, to counter that, Allah has provided us a very powerful tool – and that is the tool of du’a or asking Allah for help and his mercy when we need it. And we need it all the time…
However, to understand trials and tribulations that we face in our daily lives, we also need to understand the topic of “Sins” and how our sins may be related to our trials and tribulations.
Abu Umamah (RadiAllahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah (Sallellahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Allah decrees the (Hell) Fire and debars Jannah for the one who usurps the rights of a believer by taking a false oath.” One man asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Even if it should be for an insignificant thing?’ He said: “Even if it be a stick of the Arak tree (i.e., the tree from which Miswak sticks are taken)”.
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It was misty and chilly Saturday morning in the capital with the minimum temperature settling a notch below the season’s average at 15.9 degrees Celsius. The weather department has forecast a foggy day till forenoon.
“A fog cover enveloped the capital Saturday till forenoon, but as the day progresses the skies would be clear,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
“The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 27.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below the average for this time of season,” the IMD official added.
Humidity at 8.30 am was 75 percent.
Two persons were arrested at the international airport here after 10 kg of narcotic drug worth Rs 3 crore was allegedly found in their possession.
The duo identified as Avinash and Rocky were taken into custody by Customs officials after they were found carrying the drug in their baggage during a check-in when they arrived to board a Malaysian airline flight to Kuala Lumpur, late last night.