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Scientists find clue to stop brain tumour growth

In a finding that could lead to new and effective treatment for brain tumour, scientists have discovered a pathway between deadly cancerous cells which they believe could be blocked to inhibit their g

Apple staff faces probe for selling secrets to Asian firms

A senior employee of Apple Inc. has been arrested for passing on secret information of the technology firm to its six Asian suppliers and receiving at least $1 million in kickbacks.

Obama supports mosque at 9/11 site

US President Barack Obama on Friday backed construction of a proposed mosque and Muslim cultural centre near the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York — a project opposed by US conservatives and many New Yorkers.

Visa fee hike under makes sense: US

With the Indian IT firms terming as discriminatory the new US Border Security Act, the Obama administration has said the measure, which proposes a steep hike in some categories of H-1B and L-1 visa fe

Read ‘body shops’ for ‘chop shops’, says senator

US Senator Charles Schumer, the prime mover behind the controversial law to hike worker visa fees, has amended his remarks branding Indian IT firms like Infosys as “chop shops”.

Obama to sign Border Security Bill on Friday

US President Barack Obama is all set to sign into law a new Border Security Bill proposing a steep hike in H-1B and L-1 visa fees, a move that would affect Indian IT firms, which may have to shell out

US House approves bill to hike visa fees amid Indian protests

Amid protests from India, the US House of Representatives has passed a bill to steeply hike US visa fees for skilled workers to raise $600 million in emergency funding to help secure the US-Mexico bor

'Extremist groups threaten Pakistan more than India'

The US is persuading Islamabad that it faces a greater threat from terrorist groups, which it had earlier nurtured, than from India, a well-known US expert on South Asia has said.

‘Fountain of youth’ a step closer?

The “fountain of youth” seems to be one step closer, after scientists have discovered that certain genetic combos give long life to either beetles which have sex or those that don’t.

Indo-American found guilty of selling defence info to China

Indo-American Noshir S. Gowadia, a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer, faces life imprisonment after a US federal jury convicted him of selling sensitive cruise missile technology and other classified informations to China.

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