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March, 2010

Body’s cellular machine cuts unwanted genes

London, Mar 22 (ANI): Just like a film director cuts out extraneous footage to create a blockbuster, there exists a cellular machine in our bodies, called the spliceosome, which snips out unwanted stretches of genetic material and joins the remaining pieces to fashion a template for protein production. (Continue reading)

Mayawati’s garland: Court dismisses CBI probe

Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) Allahabad High Court Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a CBI probe into the gifting of a high-value currency note-garland to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.

Reportedly made of Rs.1,000-denomination currency notes valued at about Rs.21 lakh, the garland was presented to Mayawati here on the 25th anniversary of the Bahujan Samaj Party March 15. (Continue reading)

Tiger Woods reveals how wife reacted over infidelity

London, March 22 (ANI): Tiger Woods has revealed in a television interview how his wife Elin Nordegren reacted when she discovered he had cheated on her. (Continue reading)

Factor that boosts stem cell growth, regeneration identified

London, Mar 22 (ANI): A new growth factor has been found that stimulates the expansion and regeneration of hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells in culture and in laboratory animals, say Duke University Medical Center scientists. (Continue reading)

Star Jones recuperating after heart surgery

New York, March 22 (ANI): Star Jones is currently recuperating after undergoing a heart surgery last week. (Continue reading)

Chhattisgarh lobbies for world heritage status for Sirpur

Raipur, March 22 (IANS) Chhattisgarh is lobbying to get world heritage status for the Buddhist site Sirpur, Tourism and Culture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said Monday.

"The Chhattisgarh government is lobbying for Sirpur to be granted world heritage status. It deserves to be placed in the list of world heritage sites as its archaeological pieces are connected to the Shaiv, Vaishnav, Jain and Buddhist religions which is rare in India," the minister told IANS. (Continue reading)

American teen to undergo surgery on both wrists after heavy texting

Melbourne, March 22 (ANI): Heavy texting on the cell phone proved quite expensive for Annie Levitz – the schoolgirl has lost feeling in her hands and will now have to undergo surgery on both her wrists. (Continue reading)

Air pollution kills 50,000 people a year in UK

London, March 22 (ANI): A group of British MPs has accused the Government of ignoring the problem of air pollution even as it kills 50,000 people annually. (Continue reading)

‘Pak Armed forces inefficient despite their gigantic size’

Lahore, Mar. 22 (ANI): PPP leader Syeda Abida Hussain has said that Pakistani armed forces are way too inferior to their US counterparts despite their unaffordably large size. (Continue reading)

Usher gifts Range Rover to Justin Bieber on 16th b’day

London, March 22 (ANI): Justin Bieber was pleasantly surprised when his mentor Usher gifted the teen singer his first car on his 16th birthday. (Continue reading)