Superbugs travel to US from India
Chicago, Sept. 14: Three people returned to the US from India earlier this year infected with the newly described superbugs that are highly resistant to antibiotics, according to media reports.
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Socially active live longer
London, Sept. 14: Friends can make you live long. A new study says that those surrounded by family and friends are 50 per cent less likely to die early than those with no social life.
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JMB still operating despite ban
Banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) receives five million takas ($72,254) from domestic and foreign sources every month to run its operations, a media report said on Wednesday
24% domiciliary births in Delhi
As many as 86,363 of the total 3.5 lakh births in the national capital took place at home, says a survey.
Indefinite curfew continues in Kashmir
As political leaders gathered in the national capital for a crucial all-party meeting to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, life continued to be at a standstill across the Valley on Wednesday
BP lacked basic safety in North Sea: Probe
Much before the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, British Petroleum (BP) was subject to a probe that found that new staff at an oil rig in the North Sea were not trained to "basic safety sta
3 die in Jammu after Quran protests
Three people in Jammu and Kashmir's Mendhar town were killed on Wednesday following clashes between the police and a crowd protesting the alleged desecration of the Quran in the US.
Why victims identify innocents as suspects?
Witnesses may point out a suspect in an identification parade simply because of the way he looks. And may unwittingly book an innocent.
Initial research suggests that people are more likely to identi
Maoists blow up railway track in Bihar
Maoists blew up a railway track in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district and set ablaze the machine room of a mobile tower in Gaya district early on Tuesday to enforce a two-day strike, police said.
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Rushdie supports mosque plans near Ground Zero
Renowned author Salman Rushdie has reportedly expressed his support for plans to build a mosque close to Ground Zero in New York, 21 years after an Islamic leader issued a fatwa calling for his death.