Women driving binge drinking surge in US
Washington, April 24 (IANS) Heavy drinking and binge drinking have gone up sharply in the US since 2005 due in large part to rising...
Saina ousted from Badminton Asia Championship
Wuhan (China), April 24 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal lost her women's singles quarterfinal to Chinese Taipei's Tzu Ying Tai in three tough games at...
Bopanna-Mergea ousted from Bucharest quarters
Bucharest (Romania), April 24 (IANS) Indo-Romanian tennis pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea were ousted from the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Romanian...
Raina, Rohit, Ishant wish Sachin on 42nd birthday
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Cricketers Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Mohammmad Kaif and Ishant Sharma showered greetings on Indian Indian batting legend Sachin...
Tom Cruise to star in ‘Bob: The Musical’?
Los Angeles, April 24 (IANS) Actor Tom Cruise is in talks to star in the long-delayed "Bob: The Musical" movie.
Written by Allan Loeb, it...
Lady Gaga to be honoured with Contemporary Icon Award
Los Angeles, April 24 (IANS) Singer Lady Gaga will be honoured with the Contemporary Icon Award which is given to an artist "who has...
Big B floored by Mani Ratnam’s ‘O Kadhal Kanmani’
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has heaped praise on filmmaker Mani Ratnam's latest Tamil entertainer "O Kadhal Kanmani", saying the film is...
Hockey federations of Australia, New Zealand sign deal
Melbourne, April 24 (IANS) Hockey Australia (HA) and Hockey New Zealand (HNZ) will put aside their traditional on-field rivalry to work together to launch...
Always up for challenges: Daredevils’ Iyer
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Following his match-winning 83 against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL), young Delhi Daredevils batsman Shreyas Iyer...
‘Humanised’ mice offer better anti-cancer therapies
Washington, April 24 (IANS) In pioneering work, researchers from the University of Colorado-Boulder have grown "humanised" models of mice in the lab that will...
