Scientists have for the first time cloned a mouse from a single drop of blood. Researchers used circulating blood cells collected from the tail of a donor mouse to produce the clone.

Actor Johnny Depp has said that he no longer feels awkward around his ex-partner Vanessa Paradis and would even make a film with her.

Twenty bravehearts, who died in Tuesday’s chopper crash while rescuing stranded people in flood-ravaged areas of Uttarakhand, will be given a ‘guard of honour’ — a ceremonial mark of respect by the government tomorrow in Dehradun.

The government today said no outbreak of any water, food or air-borne disease has been reported from the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand.

As rescue operations for those stranded in Uttarakhand are nearing completion, the government has decided to focus on relief and rehabilitation of locals affected by rains and floods.

Terming the UPA government as a “failure” on all fronts during its nine year rule, BJP president Rajnath Singh today asked all opposition parties to make the country “Congress-free.”

Ailing democracy icon Nelson Mandela was “very critical” and “anything is imminent”, the anti-apartheid leader’s eldest daughter said, as South African President Jacob Zuma today cancelled a trip to Mozambique.

With the Kedarnath temple premises in Uttarakhand cleared of all dead bodies, shrine authorities are preparing to clean the area and conduct sanctification process, hoping to resume formal pujas after about two weeks.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s residence here, first time after his elevation as the chief of BJP’s election campaign committee.

A Hindu temple in Canada has been vandalised by two men armed with baseball bats, outraging the country’s minority community which termed it as a “hate crime.”