| Ex-US soldier kills six in gurdwara, India outraged |
Washington, Aug 6: In the worst hate crime directed at the Sikh community in the US, a former American soldier shot dead six people in a gurdwara before being killed in a massacre that left Sikhs around the world in mourning.
Hours after US President Barack Obama expressed his condolences and praised the Sikh community, American media identified the assassin as Wade Michael Page, a 40-y... |
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| NASA rover lands on Mars to discover if there was life |
Washington, Aug 6: US space agency’s nuclear-powered one tonne rover Curiosity, packed with sophisticated instruments, touched down on Mars on Sunday on a quest for signs of whether the Earth’s neighbour has evidence of past and present habitable environments.
It was a tense and daring scientific mission to land the rover on the surface of Mars. And it succeeded.
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| Childbirth helps improve women's memory |
London, Aug 6: Childbirth seems to invest women with a sharper, improved memory. Mothers performed better in tests regarding the ability to perceive and remember information about their surroundings compared with those who didn’t have children.
Melissa Santiago from Carlos Albizu University in Miami, US, who led the study, said the findings negate the belief that women experience ... |
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| 'Allergies linked to lower risk of brain tumours' |
Washington, Aug 6: Allergies may be linked to lower risk of brain tumours known as gliomas, especially among women, suggests a new US research. It also bolsters scientists’ belief that something about having allergies or a related factor lowers the risk for this cancer, which can potentially suppress the immune system and allow tumours to grow. A brain glioma causes headaches, nausea and vom... |
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| Syrian PM joins rebels, flees to Jordan |
London, Aug 6: Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab joined the opposition and fled to Jordan on Monday, in what could be the highest-ranking defection in the 17-month uprising. State media claimed Hijab was sacked just two months after his appointment. President Bashar al-Assad had appointed the former agriculture minister as prime minister in June, following elections in May. Conflicting reports fro... |
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| Honest people stay healthier and happier |
Sydney, Aug 6: Being honest may actually improve your health suggests a study that found that telling fewer lies benefits people physically and mentally.
For this ‘honesty experiment’, research from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, studied 110 individuals aged 18 to 71 over a 10-week period.
Each week, the participants visited a laboratory to complete health an... |
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| UK couple jailed for beating daughter for dating black man |
London, Aug 6: A British couple has been jailed for punching their daughter while screaming racist insults because they said she had brought shame on their family by dating a black man. David and Frances Champion assaulted their 17-year-old daughter Jane and her boyfriend Aflonce Ncube in two attacks in St Thomas, Swansea. Jane was repeatedly punched in the face, grabbed round the throat and had h... |
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| US man held for shooting ill wife in hospital bed |
London, Aug 6: A man in America’s Ohio state has been arrested after he shot his wife of 45 years in her hospital bed while she was being treated for a critical illness, a media report said here. Barbara Wise (65) who is recovering from a life-threatening illness in the intensive care unit at the Akron General Medical Center, survived the gunshot wound but is in critical condition, the Daily... |
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| Eyes tell whether straight or gay |
London, Aug 6: The pupil in the eye shoots open when people become aroused, which leads others to know whether one is gay or straight, scientists have said. A sex study conducted by Ritch Savin-Williams and Gerulf Rieger of Cornell University, monitored 165 men and 160 women, including gay, straight and bisexual participants. The subjects were shown one-minute videos of a man masturbating, a woman... |
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| People with sense of humour more attractive |
London, Aug 6: People with a good sense of humour are “more attractive” and have a better chance of finding a partner, a study has found. Many people deploy a strategy and show off one’s playful side in a bid to make themselves more appealing to potential mates, the Telegraph reported. A team of US researchers surveyed 250 undergraduate students and found that both sexes list &ld... |
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