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Pak should take action against terrorist safe havens: US

The US has asked Pakistani leaders participating in the strategic dialogue to accelerate the pace and take strong action against terrorist safe havens there, even as it appreciated Islamabad's role in

No discussion with Pak on civil nuclear cooperation: US

The US, which is being pressed by Pakistan for a civil nuclear deal on the lines of one it inked with India, has said that it is not in discussion with Islamabad on the issue.

‘Headley wives did not give specific info’

The US has admitted that two of the three wives of LeT terrorist David Headley had multiple conversations with its officials in 2007 and 2008 about his radical connections but could not provide any specific information to India about time and place of terror attacks.

Cavemen ground flour 30,000 years ago?

Scientists have found evidence that suggests ancient cavemen were grinding their own flour and preparing vegetables for meals at least 30,000 years ago.

Chemical process behind cancer found

Scientists have discovered a key chemical process in the body which sometimes goes wrong and causes cancer, a finding that could lead to the development of new drugs and therapies to treat such diseas

No education cuts as India not doing so: Obama

President Barack Obama has vowed not to have any cut in the US education budget as suggested by the Republicans, arguing that countries like India, China and Germany are spending massively on their ed

Key genetic trigger of depression found

American scientists claim to have identified a gene that seems to be a key contributor to the onset of depression, an “exciting” finding which could pave the way for new class of anti-depressants.

‘Headley wife warned FBI years before 26/11’

Three years prior to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the FBI was warned of the strikes and David Headley’s links with the LeT by the wife of the Pakistani-American terrorist, says an investigative report.

Did T-Rex cannibalise each other 65m yrs ago?

TEAM of researchers reports on Friday that huge tooth marks on Tyrannosaurus Rex bones indicate the ancient giant dinosaurs may have cannibalised one another.
“They’re the kind of marks that any big carnivore could have made, but T. Rex was the only big carnivore in western North America 65 million years ago,” Nicholas R. Longrich of Yale University said in a statement.

Urge to take break? It’s all in your head

We often feel the urge to “take a break” after an hour of studying or work, but a new study has revealed that it’s all in your head.

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