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‘Coffee can help ward off skin cancer’

Coffee has been shown to reduce the risk of skin cancer by helping kill off damaged cells that could otherwise turn into tumours, according to a US study published on Monday.

Fossils of giant cheetah found

Scientists have unearthed what they say are the remains of the largest and bloodiest known cheetah which stalked the planet thousands of years ago.

Admission of Indian students in US increases by 8 pc

The number of Indian students coming to the US for graduate-level studies has increased by eight per cent from 2010 to 2011, while those from China topped the list with a record rise of 23 per cent, a

Bachmann gives Elvis birthday wishes on his death date

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Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann committed the ultimate faux pas by wishing Elvis Presley a ‘happy birthday’ on his death anniversary.

The Minnesotan congresswoman played the Elvis

Our politics is broken: Obama

Embattled US President Barack Obama embarked on a three-day Midwestern bus tour to 'connect with ordinary Americans', slamming the partisan politics of the country and calling on lawmakers to prioriti

10 years after 9/11, did bin Laden or America win?

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Osama bin Laden is gone, but 10 years after the September 11 attacks the United States is still entangled both by his legacy and the impact of its own avenging actions after the 2001 terror strike.

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US hails India's ability to manage 'internal situation'

The US today exuded confidence in India's ability to manage its 'internal situation' in consistent with democratic values, days after New Delhi took strong exception to the comments by the State Depar

Buffett: tax me and my mega-rich friends

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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett today urged US lawmakers to raise taxes on wealthier Americans to cut Washington's huge budget deficit, saying the move would not dampen investments or jobs.

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Now, a dating site for people who can’t have sex but desperately seek love

A cancer survivor, who lost her sexual ability during intense treatments, has launched a dating website for people who cannot have sex because of disease, disability or even disinterest, but want love

‘Antibodies linked to infertility found’

Scientists claim to have found antibodies which cause autoimmune diseases linked to female infertility.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.