Posts Tagged ‘Associate’

Melbourne, April 7 (ANI): Outraged parents are demanding withdrawal of a sex education website endorsing abortion and giving pre-teens information about sexual pleasure. The controversial site, thehormonefactory.com, has been approved as a student resource for Queensland Year 7 classes. Educators say that it is a valuable, fun tool that helps children entering ... Full story

Melbourne, Apr 7 (ANI): Oestrogen, the female sex hormone, reduces a woman's ability to burn fat after having a meal, say researchers. The finding, by Sydney endocrinologist Associate Professor Tony O'Sullivan, of the University of NSW and St George Hospital, Sydney, may help explain why ladies store fat more efficiently than men. The study has been published in the journal, Obesity Reviews. To reach the conclusion, the researchers ... Full story

Mumbai, Apr. 6 (ANI): Samajawadi party leader Amar Singh has claimed that an associate of underworld don Chhota Rajan has given him a threatening call, and asked him to stay away from his party colleague Abu Asim Azmi. "I have informed Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, home minister Jayant Patil and also ... Full story

Washington, March 27 (ANI): After studying 51 teenagers with anorexia nervosa and an equal number of healthy persons for a number of years, a team of Swedish scientists have come to the conclusion that psychiatric disorders are common in adults who have had anorexia. "This study is unique in an international perspective. It is the only study in the world that reflects the natural course of ... Full story

London, Mar.18 (ANI): The ex-husband of Australian politician Pauline Hanson, Walter Zagorski, has said that the lady posing in bawdy photographs that were released to the media were not Hanson's. If I was asked to give my honest opinion, I would say that it is not Pauline in those photographs. The woman there looks ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar.17 (ANI): Japanese companies should look at more trade opportunities in India and its tertiary industries as India has opened up sectors like finance, retail and applied research industries , said Dr. Masanori Kondo, Senior Associate Professor of Economics, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan at Seminar on "Japanese Business in India: Strengthening Ties"; organised ... Full story

Washington, March 8 (ANI): Michigan Technological University scientists have come up with a way to make a strain of E. coli glow under fluorescent light, a technique that may one day help track down all sorts of pathogens, and even prove beneficial in fight against breast cancer. Associate Professor of Chemistry Haiying Liu, who led the research project, points out that E. coli bacteria are ... Full story

London, Mar 7 (ANI): Researchers from University of Birmingham have identified a protein that appears to play a key role in forming blood clots. Small cells called platelets circulate in the blood and respond to injury by becoming sticky and sending out tiny "arms" that latch onto other platelets and the surface of the injury, forming a clot. Lead researcher Yotis Senis claim to have identified a ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar.5 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, who will be visiting India later this week to participate in the India Today Conclave, is expected to be aggressive tone during his is talks, interviews and meetings. According to The Dawn, a close associate of Musharraf said the former dictator would continue his hard line talk just like he used to when in power. Earlier, ... Full story

Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): A new study has shed light on a question that has perplexed women for generations - why they store fat more efficiently than men. It has long been suspected that female sex hormones are responsible for their ability to store fat more efficiently than men, despite eating proportionally fewer calories. Now, a University of New South Wales (UNSW) research review has for ... Full story

Lucknow, Mar. 2 (ANI): With the announcement of election dates, all the political parties are now in the election mode. In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati met BSP Members of Parliament and the Members of the Legislative Assembly to discuss political strategy for the election. Senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon received a rousing ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): The United States and China have resumed their defence dialogue with a two-day mid-level talk in Beijing, setting the tone for bilateral military ties between the two countries. Analysts expected both sides to discuss their security concerns, the core interests of which remain distinct, while trying to draft a timeline for formally recommencing military exchanges. The exchanges were halted last October, following ... Full story

Washington, February 20 (ANI): An American study has shed some light on how microscopic changes to brain cause schizophrenia. "We found several microscopic pathologies and behavioral traits that are hallmarks of schizophrenia. These findings in mice may help shed light on how schizophrenia, an often severe and debilitating disease, ... Full story

London, Feb 19 (ANI): Social-networking sites like Facebook could be could be jeopardising your health by reducing levels of face-to-face contact, warns an expert. According to Dr Aric Sigman, the sites, which are meant for enriching social lives, end up keeping people apart. Lack of "real" social networking, ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI/Business Wire India): MAIT, the apex body representing India's IT hardware, training and R andD services sectors, today launched a unique corporate social responsibility campaign titled "Digital Inclusion - IT Adoption for Growth and Employability" by tying up with its member companies ... Full story

New York, Feb 8 (ANI): Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, who's hitting the headlines these days because of his close friendship with singer Madonna, tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003, according to sources. Name of Rodriguez, baseball's biggest superstar, landed on a list of 104 players who tested positive for steroids during Major League Baseball's 2003 survey testing season, the sources said. The list was supposed to ... Full story

Dharamshala, Feb 7 (ANI): Tibetans living in-exile here discussed their problems and shared their experiences with the officials of the District administration in a round table conference. The conference named '50-years of exile and 50-years of togetherness' was organised by the Tibetan Centre for Conflict Resolution (TCCR) on Friday in an endeavour to share the experiences of living in India and also to bridge the communication ... Full story

Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): Scientists at Melbourne's Burnet Institute claim to have developed a potential new treatment for prostate cancer patients. The team led by Associate Professor Pei Xiang Xing, head of the Burnet Institute's Cancer Immunotherapy, has produced a monoclonal antibody to a unique tumour marker for the treatment of prostate cancer. The monoclonal antibody is directed at cancer-producing cells carrying the specific molecule known as ... Full story