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Modi, Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu in Lok Sabha on the first day of the Budget session in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Sugar may help detect cancer

Ordinary sugar may be used in imaging techniques to detect cancer, suggests a new study that found malignant tumours...

24 Feb 2016 1:43 AM IST

Queen Elixabeth II

Queen’s dogs served steak on silver trays

Queen Elizabeth II is known for her love for her dogs and recently it has emerged just how much.

23 Feb 2016 6:32 AM IST

‘Eating chocolate may improve brain function’

In some good news for people with a sweet tooth, scientists have found that regular consumption of chocolate may be...

23 Feb 2016 6:28 AM IST

Tech may help divert Earth-bound asteroids

A new approach that uses a spacecraft to crash at high speeds into an asteroid headed for a collision with the Earth may...

23 Feb 2016 6:25 AM IST

A man rakes soil over a grave in the Lee family cemetery plot in Monroeville, Alabama, on Saturday. — AP

Harper Lee buried in Alabama hometown

The author of the America classic To Kill a Mockingbird has been laid to rest, in a private ceremony attended by only...

22 Feb 2016 5:24 AM IST

Malayalam film Ottal wins award in Berlin International Film Festival

Gianfranco Rosi, director of Fuocomare (Fire at Sea), carrying the Golden Bear trophy for Best Film, poses with his...

22 Feb 2016 4:51 AM IST

Albert Einstein (Photo: Youtube video grab)

5D black hole may ‘break’ Einstein’s general...

Scientists have shown how a ring-shaped black hole could cause Einstein’s general theory of relativity, a...

22 Feb 2016 4:47 AM IST

Name of the Rose author Umberto Eco dies

Italian author Umberto Eco, a philosopher who wrote bestselling novels, including The Name of the Rose, has died at 84,...

21 Feb 2016 3:54 AM IST

Simple blood test can spot people with active tuberculosis

Simple blood test can spot people with active tuberculosis

Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have identified a gene expression “signature” that could help...

21 Feb 2016 3:53 AM IST

18,300 apply to be Nasa astronauts, smash record

18,300 apply to be Nasa astronauts, smash record

Nasa has received a record 18,300 resumes from people keen on becoming astronauts, the US space agency has said.

21 Feb 2016 3:49 AM IST

Stressed dads may put kids at high diabetes risk

Stressed dads may put kids at high diabetes risk

Fathers under psychological stress are more likely to have kids with high blood sugar compared to their unstressed...

21 Feb 2016 3:47 AM IST

To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee dies

US President George W. Bush presents the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom to novelist Harper Lee in the East Room of...

20 Feb 2016 5:30 AM IST