An old hypothesis that claims that as a woman ages, the eggs she will produce will have more faulty chromosomes – leading to miscarriages and developmental abnormalities – does not hold much water, says a new research.
The production-line hypothesis stated that the first eggs produced in a female’s foetal stage tend to have better connections or “crossovers” between chromosomes.
Setting an example of rare communal harmony, more than 150 Hindu inmates of Tihar Jail here are keeping roza, the dawn-to-dusk fast during Ramzan, along with over 2,300 Muslim inmates.
The holy month of Ramazan commenced on June 29 this year.
Tihar Jail authorities said the Hindu inmates started keeping Rozas along with the Muslim inmates from the very first day and have said they will continue the month-long fasting to its completion.
A man committed suicide after having row with his wife. The incident occurred under Chatrinaka police station limits where 30-year-old Malesh resorted to the extreme step.
Malesh, a labour was the resident of Gaulipura he hanged himself to death after having a row with his wife. Investigations are underway.
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Mentioning the names of minor rape victims of Bhandara in Parliament by then Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde resulted from “heavy work load” of the ministry officials who prepared his statement and was not “unlawful”, the Home Ministry has concluded in its enquiry.
The explanation given by the Ministry officials did not go well with Shinde who had to face embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha on March 1, 2013 when he named the victims of the Bhandara rape incident. The remarks had to be expunged at the intervention of then leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley.
Siasat editor Mr. Zahed Ali Khan in a press statement stated that the greatest Islamic seminary Jamia Nizamia is busy in propagation of Islamic education and extending religious guidance to Islamic community for 143 years. Many great scholars are the products of Jamia Nizamia who are selflessly serving the Muslims in India and abroad, through lectures, speeches, compilations etc.
The orientation camp for intending Hajj pilgrims is being organised by State Hajj Committee, today on July 6, from 9 am to Zohr, at Jama Masjid Qutub Shahi, Khairiatabad.
Prof. S A Shukoor Special Officer State Hajj Committee will preside over. Intending Hajj pilgrims will be explained necessary rituals of the Hajj. Executive Officer State Hajj Committee Mr. Abdul Hameed has appealed intending Hajj pilgrims to attend the programme. There is separate arrangement for ladies.
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A 28-year-old Indian-origin man was sentenced to two years and three months in prison in New Zealand for biting off an ear of his former partner’s boyfriend.
Anish Rao was handed down the prison term by the Auckland district court yesterday for biting off the top of the left ear of Ritesh Ram, who was in a relationship with Rao’s former lover Vikashni Ashari.
Rao illegally entered into Ram’s property last year and smashed open a door to move into the house in Auckland’s suburb where Ram and his partner Ashari were sleeping.
A 77-year-old businessman was arrested for raping a minor maid in his home here, police said Sunday.
Mahendra Sehgal was arrested from his house at Sabzi Mandi area in north Delhi Saturday night, police said.
The victim told police that Sehgal forced her to watch video clips of blue films in his phone and has been raping her for a few months.
On Saturday afternoon, the victim told a neighbour and the police were informed.IANS
Want to share your face with friends at various social networking sites without them losing interest in you? Try this app that turns your selfies into stickers.
Developed by Japanese firm Line Corporation, which owns the popular Line instant messaging app, the “Line Selfie Sticker”, combines selfies and stickers.
This app lets you click selfies and then turn them into funny stickers.
To begin with, first select a sticker from over 130 options across 17 different themes.
Now, click a selfie to fit into the sticker.
The Income-Tax department will soon start updating taxpayers about the status of their I-T refunds and processing of certain tax statements by sending real-time SMSes and emails, on similar lines as that of credit card and bank transactions at present.
The department’s ‘Systems’ wing has now deployed a robust software and hardware platform that would host and streamline the personal email IDs and mobile numbers of an individual or any other entity who files an I-T return, electronically or manually.
Close on the heels of ordering a judicial probe into the Porur building crash which claimed 61 lives, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today announced the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the matter.
“Under the supervision of the Commissioner of Police, a SIT will be set up comprising experts in engineering and architecture. The team will be headed by a Joint Commissioner of Police,” she said in a statement here.
India Inc’s business confidence is at a 14-quarter high ahead of the maiden budget of Narendra Modi government that the corporates expect to be “pro-growth“.
Ficci’s Business Confidence index value climbed to a 14-quarter high of 69 in the current round, up from 60.8 in the previous survey, with a whopping majority of 93 per cent participants anticipating the overall economic situation to be ’moderately to substantially better’ in the coming six months.
The 33rd Du Ba Du programme for settlement of marriage alliances of Muslim girls and boys will be held on Sunday, 13th July, at Imperial Garden, Tolichowki from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Siasat editor and chief patron MDF Mr. Zahed Ali Khan will preside over the programme being held by Minorities Development Forum and Siasat Urdu Daily. Mr. Abid Siddiqui, Chairman MDF has requested all the parents and guardians who are seeking matches for their sons and daughters to avail this opportunity. They are requested to bring biodata of the boys and girls with two photographs.
A special supplication for rain of mercy will be made at the end of first daha of the holy month on 9th of Ramadan. Khateeb Makkah Masjid Hafez and Qari Abdullah Quraishi Alazhari will make special supplication for rain.
Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Mohammed Mahmood Ali will be present on the occasion. 3 paras are recited each day during Taraveeh prayer. One Quran will be complete on Tuesday, 9th of Ramadan. On this occasion it has been decided to make special supplication for rain of mercy after the completion of Quran.
Former England captain Andrew Strauss has apologised for making an offensive remark about sacked batsman Kevin Pietersen during a live broadcast.
Strauss was commentating for Sky Sports on the MCC versus Rest of the World match at Lord’s when he made the offensive remark about Pietersen.
Sky Sports had been on a break but viewers of Fox Sports in Australia, who take the channel’s commentary, heard the exchange between Strauss and Nick Knight.
Strauss said that he apologises unreservedly, particularly to Pietersen, adding that he is mortified and profusely sorry, the BBC reported.
Gold continued to trade lacklustre for the second straight session and ended almost flat at the bullion market in Mumbai due to weak demand from stockists as well as subdued local buying interest.
Silver, on the other hand, maintained its momentum owing to sustained demand from jewellery and coin makers amid good industrial support.
Local players mostly stayed on the sidelines amid a lack of fresh trading cues from overseas due to closure of US markets, a bullion trader said.
Starting a diet plan is half the battle, but then one needs to stick to it and keep on going. From making the exercise enjoyable to avoid weighing yourself everyday, there are a few steps that one can try for successful weight loss.
These ideas won’t change your body drastically, but you have to be in it for the long run to see a difference, just remember that you didn’t gain all the weight in one day and you certainly won’t lose it either, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Improved market sentiments helped mutual funds pick up shares to the tune of over Rs 3,300 crore in June, making it the second consecutive monthly inflow.
Besides, they pumped in a staggering Rs 68,000 crore in the debt market during the period.
The inflows in equities during June followed a net investment of about Rs 105 crore in the preceding month.
Prior to that, fund houses have been net sellers in the equity market since September last year, while they were net buyers of shares to the tune of Rs 1,607 crore in August.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader O P Dhankar’s reported statement that the party would get girls from Bihar to ensure that men in Haryana can get married has drawn flak from opposition leaders.
Janata Dal (United) leader Ali Anwar told ANI, “This is very inappropriate and wrong statement. Action should be taken against him. We have very good relations with Haryana but by giving such statement they spread communalism and these people are anti-women. Such people want to create hatred. This is very dangerous for the country.”
Widening its probe into the money laundering probe in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, the Enforcement Directorate will send judicial requests to about six countries seeking information on bank accounts and transactions to detect the trail of alleged kickbacks money.
The agency, which filed a criminal case two days ago under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the deal which was cancelled last year by the Government, has detected that over 170 ‘fake firms” were floated to route the alleged illegal funds between Indian and foreign firms.
At least 11 construction workers were today killed after a newly built compound wall adjacent to their huts collapsed near Uttarapalayam in Tiruvallur district in Tamnil Nadu.
A 19-year-old youth Nagaraj was rescued from debris, police said.
All the labourers, said to be from Andhra Pradesh, were working in a private godown. Five fire tenders were pressed into service for rescue work.
The incident occurred after heavy rains lashed the area last night, police said.
Your bouquets could now remain fresh for much longer as researchers have found a technique that could slow down ageing of flowers by up to half, a finding that could lead to unravelling secrets on how to prevent cell decay in other organisms.
Researchers at the National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation in Japan said they found a gene believed to be responsible for the short shelf-life of flowers in one Japanese variety of morning glory.
In remarks that could fuel a fresh controversy, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath today said that Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan’s decision on the issue of Leader of Opposition in Lower House could be “flavoured” by BJP and Narendra Modi.
Insisting that there is no rule, which says that a party cannot get LoP status unless it has 10 per cent of the total strength of the 543-member Lok Sabha, the former Parliamentary Affairs Minister said that while a Speaker is generally neutral when it comes to dealing with Parliamentary processes, it may be different in a contentious situation.
In a strong market, the top-10 Sensex companies together added Rs 68,518 crore in market capitalisation last week, with ITC and HDFC Bank emerging as the biggest gainers.
The market valuation of FMCG major ITC jumped Rs 10,758.69 crore to Rs 2,65,140.69 crore.
Similarly, HDFC Bank’s m-cap surged Rs 10,565.07 crore to Rs 2,06,183.07 crore. ONGC saw its value climb Rs 9,283.13 crore to Rs 3,60,956.13 crore.
The m-cap of ICICI Bank zoomed Rs 9,139.94 crore to Rs 1,69,060.94 crore and Coal India’s market value advanced by Rs 7,517.34 crore to Rs 2,48,896.34 crore.
Cosmetics firm Revlon is eyeing 30 percent growth in turnover at Rs 250 crore on the back of new product launches this financial year.
“We are targeting 30 percent growth and Rs 250 crore turnover this fiscal. We expect good growth from the new StreetWear Color Rich cosmetics targeted at young women,” Modi-Revlon Chairman and Chief Executive Umesh Modi said.
“Market is sluggish and we have to bring in new customers. This kind of growth (30 percent) is only possible if we tap areas which we did not tap earlier,” he added.