2016

Washington: Heavy smokers who kicked the butt as long as 15 years ago may continue to be at high risk of lung cancer, according to scientists who suggest that screening criteria for the disease should be adjusted to include such people.…
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Wellington: New Zealand Cricket has come down heavily on a stadium announcer for taunting tainted Pakistani fast bowler Muhammad Aamir during the third Twenty20 International here. Mark McLeod, who for many years has been NZC's voice of…
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Washington: An Indian-American businessman has been sentenced to 21 months in prison by a US court after being found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The court has also ordered 43-year-old Sawan "Sunny" Shah,…
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New Delhi: The Delhi government has appointed a Commission of Inquiry to address "unheeded" complaints of women by the police and tasked it to recommend action in cases of crime against women and amendments to existing laws. The…
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Almost all women want to grow their nails faster to improve the beauty of their hands. Long nails can be painted and decorated with nail art, which makes your hands look more attractive and worth a compliment. For women who have difficulty…
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Mumbai: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar says the commercial success of his newly released film "Airlift" has encouraged him to make more movies based on real life stories. Released on January 22, a war thriller - "Airlift" - has earned…
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San Francisco: Apple has reported the slowest sales ever of its market-leading iPhone, after years of rocketing growth, but the tech giant still posted record quarterly profit. Net income for the quarter ending December 26 was two per cent…
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Seoul: South Korea today rejected allegations -- levelled in a video "confession" by a detainee in North Korea -- that Seoul was supporting an anti-Pyongyang campaign through missionaries based in China. "We express strong regret that the…
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Pune/Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who was hospitalised on Sunday following a "minor kidney problem" and "water retention", was discharged this morning, hospital authorities said. The 75-year-old former Union Minister was admitted to…
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Mumbai: Extending gains for the third straight session, the benchmark Sensex surged about 160 points to 24,645.70 in early trade today amid a firming trend at other Asian markets, tracking overnight gains in the US and Europe. The 30-share…
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