17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer overcame Simone Bolelli’s early resistance as Stanislas Wawrinka eased past Fabio Fognini to put Switzerland 2-0 ahead in their Davis Cup semifinal against Italy in Geneva on Friday.
Federer, bidding to add to his substantial collection of honours by searing the Alpine nation to a first Davis Cup triumph, battled on the beat Bolelli 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4.
A new study has demonstrated that new superfoods that fight heart disease and diabetes could be developed with the help of a protein that helps keep cells in their bodies healthy.
The survey conducted by the University of Warwick, found out that the protein, called Nrf2, continually moved in and out of the nuclei of human cells to sense the cell’s health and vitality.
Lead researcher Professor Paul Thornalley said that the way Nrf2 worked was very similar to sensors in electronic devices that relied on continual reassessment of their surroundings to provide an appropriate response.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is reportedly looking forward to finalise discussions with all concerned, including national team head coach Waqar Younis, before naming the ODI and Twent20 captains on Tuesday, besides finalising the squad for the World Cup.
While PCB chairman Shahryar Khan on national T20 captaincy has kept his cards close to his chest, speculations are rife that young Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood along with veteran Shahid Afridi are also in the run for the post.
Encroacher in AP capital region has intruded around 1000 acres of forest lands and due to this the AP government has come to a decision to evict encroachers in the Guntur and Krishna districts around Vijayawada city.
Initial investigation shows that in Krishna and Guntur districts hundreds of acres of government land including forests has been unlawfully occupied by some persons and the officials are supposed to provide details about the illegal occupation of government land and forest land in Krishna and Guntur districts, particularly around Vijayawada.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia on Saturday reiterated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was using wrong means to form a government in Delhi through the backdoor.
“From the past two months the BJP is trying to form a government in Delhi through the backdoor. They have lost the confidence to win in Delhi and therefore they have resorted to such means. We have told this to the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung as well and the biggest proof of this is the footage of the sting we conducted,” Sisodia told ANI here.
A new study has demonstrated that new superfoods that fight heart disease and diabetes could be developed with the help of a protein that helps keep cells in their bodies healthy.
The survey conducted by the University of Warwick, found out that the protein, called Nrf2, continually moved in and out of the nuclei of human cells to sense the cell’s health and vitality.
Lead researcher Professor Paul Thornalley said that the way Nrf2 worked was very similar to sensors in electronic devices that relied on continual reassessment of their surroundings to provide an appropriate response.
Attacking the BJP, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said those who had promised “achche din” have now lost their way to “love jihad” and asserted that people are extending support to the ruling Samajwadi Party in the bypolls.
“The forces which had claimed ‘achche din aayenge (good days are to come)’ have now drifted and lost their way to love jihad,” he said.
The Chief Minister, who cast his vote here in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, said, “I think people are supporting us… .”
Esra Birgin, the former wife of the VIII Nizam Mukarram Jah, urged Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to make use of his good offices to get back the precious Nizam’s jewellery for display in Hyderabad.
On Friday, Ms Esra Birgin in a courtesy visit to the CM’s camp office requested to Mr Rao that the priceless pieces of jewellery, at present locked in the RBI vaults, would be a big treasure for Hyderabad. The treasure, according to her, belonged to Hyderabad and should remain here.
All India Sunni Jam-iyyathul Ulama, a Muslim outfit, has asked the community to reject the reported call of al-Qaeda to expand its activities in India.
The call would not have any impact in the country, the outfit’s General Secretary Kanthapuram AP Abubaker Musaliar said at a function in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
The country’s constitution is strong enough to protect the interest of minorities and there is no need for any help of any external forces, he said .
Prem Chopra, best remembered for his Villainous roles in Hindi cinema of the ’60s and ’70s, feels baddies in Bollywood now-a-days are better written and are not just about having menacing laugh and feisty one-liners.
The 78-year-old actor terrorised the audience in films like ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’, ‘Do Raaste’, ‘Bobby’, in which he mouthed the famous dialogue ‘Prem Naam Hai Mera. Prem Chopra’.
The Michigan Great Dane named Zeus, who was the world’s tallest dog, has died at age 5.
Kevin Doorlag, owner of the dog, said that Zeus, who was 44 inches tall at the shoulder and 7 ft 4 inch on his hind legs, was entered in the Guinness World Records as the tallest living dog the made in 2012 edition, CBS News reported.
The Otsego resident said that Great Dane, who weighed 165 pounds and consumed a 30-pound bag of food every two weeks, was a local celebrity in the Kalamazoo area and acted as a therapy dog at local schools and hospitals.
The Cyberabad cyber crime police arrested four persons for sharing video clipping of rape incident by the members of ‘snake gang’ of Shaheennagar. Inspector Cyber Crime Mr. Muhammad Riyazuddin told that members of infamous ‘snake gang’ had raped a girl under Pahadi Shareef police station limits on July 31. The obscene content of the clipping video graphed by the culprits was shared through WhatsApp. In this connection police had earlier arrested Muhammad Akber Shareef, Syed Imran Ali and Muhammad Aleemuddin and sent them to judicial custody.
An Australian radio station, which aired a prank on an India-born nurse who later took her life after the broadcast of the prank, has donated $550,000 to her family to help them rebuild their lives.
Southern Cross Austereo said it was donating the money to a trust fund for Jacintha Saldanha’s family.
“We do not assume, of course, that this donation or any amount of money could relieve the feelings of loss felt by Saldanha’s family. But it is our hope that it may help them,” a spokeswoman said in a statement.
With the target of providing of providing houses for all by 2022, a new integrated National Housing Mission will be launched soon by merging some of UPA’s flagship schemes like JNNURM and Rajiv Awas Yojana.
Noting that the gigantic task of ensuring housing for all needs large scale participation of private developers, Urban Development and Housing Minister Venkaiah Naidu said the Government is committed to promote Public-Private-Partnership and operational hurdles will be removed by making available land required and enabling expeditious clearances.
In a veiled warning to the domestic auto sector, the Commerce Ministry today said it cannot continue providing protection to the industry while duty barriers are coming down all over the world.
“…We have to look at to what extent the present tariff protection to the auto sector is sustainable…We will have to question ourselves on the sustainability of a long-term tariff protection plan particularly in an environment where every country is bringing down tariffs,” Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher said here.
A new study has found that women fret most about their body appearance at the age of 39.
According to a survey of 2,000 women, which was carried out for skin care firm Sanctuary Spa, 4 out of 10 women said they wanted to look “younger”, one-fifth admitted to fret about how old they appeared daily, the Daily Express reported.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek ( PAT) chiefs Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri have announced that the negotiations with the government will be ended after a crackdown on Friday when around 300 activists were picked up from across the capital Islamabad.
According to Dawn, Khan told Shah Mehmood Qureshi that talks with the government should come to a halt.
Qadri said that they had suspended the dialogue with the government as they had started arresting workers from the capital.
He said that it was a result of these arrests that all talks would be suspended.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday hit out at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Laxmanrao Dhoble over allegations of rape levelled against him by a woman, and said that he must be punished.
“The NCP’s clear picture is out in the open and this ‘dadagiri’ will not work. Dhoble must be brought to task, must be punished. This not just a case of rape but also blackmail where he has blackmailed the clerk to suggest that he will go with her photographs viral,” said BJP spokesperson Shaina NC.
Former soccer star David Beckham says he can’t compete with his wife Victoria on the fashion front.
David, who attended a signing for his book “Off Road/David Beckham” and showed off his capsule collection for leather brand Belstaff at their Madison Avenue store in New York earlier this week, believes the former Spice Girls band member-turned-fashion designer will always be one step ahead of him in the industry, reports contactmusic.com.
An Indian pharmacologist and an American pharmacist have been charged with smuggling four million misbranded and counterfeit pharmaceuticals into the US, federal prosecutors said.
Indian Balbir Bhogal, 67, from Las Vegas, and Wisconsin-based pharmacist Marla Ahlgrimn, 59, were arraigned on an indictment yesterday in federal court in Central Islip, New York, before US Magistrate Judge Gary Brown.
Shivya Pathania, who was crowned Miss Shimla in 2013, is upbeat about her debut on the small screen.
She will be seen playing an aspiring fashion designer in new TV show “Humsafars”.
“I am thrilled to be part of ‘Humsafars’. It’s an unusual love story and I’m excited about my character Arzoo. She is a smart, sensitive and vivacious girl from Lucknow who comes to Mumbai to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer,” Shivya said in a statement.
Late pop star Michael Jackson and his family’s personal possessions will go under the hammer later this month.
The collection of household memorabilia varies from the priceless to the bizarre – with items including socks, underwear and general family possessions to photo albums, the black tuxedo worn by Jackson’s pet chimpanzee Bubbles, and 56 master tapes of recordings made by The Jackson 5, reports contactmusic.com.
Siasat daily is organizing free Hijama camp for ladies on September 13. Hakeem Syed Ghousuddin coordinator camp told that ladies who could not register their names due to shortage of time can avail spot registration facility. Hijama specialist Dr. Yusra Fatima will carry out free checkup along with her team.
Ladies suffering from gynic ailments, head ache, cold, insomnia, thyroid, skin diseases, mental tension, back pain, joint pain, neck pain, obesity, allergy, infertility, liver ailments, migraine etc can register their names on phone no 8125249080.
US President Barack Obama has pointed to a ‘silver lining’ in the violence wrought by the Islamic State, saying it has brought ‘clarity’ in the Muslim world in a long time about the need to snuff out this ‘brand of Islamic extremism’.
At a Democratic Party fund-raiser, Obama said the militant group ISIS, poses the most prominent threat in the Middle East when it comes to terrorism. ISIS, he said has not only taken over large swathes of Iraq and Syria but displayed the kind of brutality that even by the standards of terrorists is extraordinary.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that the idea of eradicating terrorism by airstrikes is “naive” and it does not suffice to eliminate terrorists, the Tehran Times reported on Saturday.
Without the participation of regional states, air assaults will not resolve the terrorism problem in the Middle East region, Rouhani told the 14th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit meeting which kicked off in the Tajik capital Dushanbe Friday.