Morocco beats Botswana 3-0 in U-17 tourney
byCasablanca, April 17 (IANS) Morocco beat Botswana 3-0 in their second Group A match here at the ongoing CAF Under-17 Championship. Bnou Marzouk scored…
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Now, non-food plants can provide nutrients
byLos Angeles, April 17 (IANS) Scientists have shown that a component of plant cells can be transformed into starch which consequently could be a…
Nathan Sykes’ throat surgery worries band mates
byLos Angeles, April 17 (IANS) Singer Nathan Sykes is reportedly expected to undergo a throat surgery and people close to him are concerned about…
Two-year doping ban for Russian pole vaulter
byMoscow, April 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Athletics Federation has banned pole vaulter Ivan Gertlein for two years after he tested positive for steroids….
Joan Collins stayed away from drugs
byLondon, April 17 (IANS) Actress-author Joan Collins says she has never used drugs despite Hollywood stars handing them out at parties. The 79-year-old claims…
Man loses son in Boston blasts; wife, daughter injured
byWashington, April 17 (IANS) Bill Richard, father of eight-year-old Martin who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings, said he was trying hard to…
Kovalainen returns to Caterham as reserve driver
byBahrain, April 17 (IANS) Finnish racing driver Heikki Kovalainen has returned to Caterham and will drive for the Formula 1 team in the first…
Vocalist Chandrika Tandon releases Gandhi-inspired new album
byNew York, April 17 (IANS) Grammy-nominated world musician Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon has released her third album, ‘Soul March’, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March…
Stress can increase mental alertness
byWashington, April 17 (IANS) Researchers have discovered that stress is not all bad, after all — some bit of it can push one to…
40 killed, 300 injured in Pakistan quake, says official
byIslamabad, April 17 (IANS) At least 40 people were killed and over 300 injured in a powerful earthquake that rattled Pakistan Tuesday, an official…