Vitamin D deficiency, which can occur even in “sun-replete” areas of the world, may lead to more severe asthma and allergies in childhood, researchers warn. Dr. Juan C. Celedon at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and co-investigators examined the association between vitamin D levels and markers of asthma... More

After denying for so long, Preity Zinta has finally confirmed that she has split with Ness Wadia. Both co-owners of Kings XI Punjab, the actress and the Bombay Dyeing heir, had been together since 2005. Both of them were at the ground for the match, but sitting separately. Zinta, apparently sent an official mail to her team to clear... More

The Kingsmead crowd was witness to a hard-fought contest between two evenly-matched teams and, after several twists and turns, Deccan Chargers, winners of last year’s wooden spoon clinched a tense battle against Mumbai Indians. Deccan overcame several setbacks – a middle-order collapse, an assault from Sachin Tendulkar... More

If it closes its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle will become an operating system and hardware vendor, two things it has expressed little interest in doing in the past. Doing so has its appeal, however, since Oracle could integrate an application, operating system, middleware, and database on top of its own hardware. That... More

Air Works Engineering India has reported an incident at its Mumbai Airport facility on April 23rd. The Helicopter is under an Air Works Maintenance contract. As part of its maintenance inspection, an Air Works technician discovered the tampering. The Air Works management immediately brought the matter to the attention of the Customer,... More

Congress calls today BJP projection Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the next in line to become Prime Minister LK Advani, after an attempt to prevent any challenge to the “aspirations” of the Veteran of saffron, which was declared as as party candidate for the top post. Talking to the press here, the Congress said... More

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that he would refuse the prime minister’s post if the offer was made to him now because he was busy revamping the party and lacked the experience to take the top job. “I would refuse…for two reasons. One is that I am now working on the organisation of... More

When it comes to the whole 100 Days hoopla, President Obama and his team were against it before they were for it. To hear the White House tell it, Mr. Obama never much cared for the idea of marking his 100th day in office, next Wednesday. A trumped-up journalistic convention, senior aides called it. (O.K., they have a point.) “Not... More

The United Nations sent its top humanitarian official in Sri Lanka on Saturday to push for more protection for civilians trapped in the last days of a 25-year war between the government and Tamil Tigers separatists. Sub-General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes is due to arrive in the middle of the pressure... More

State Assembly overturned Wednesday the leaders of $ 551,000 was recently granted wage increases to 136 members of the legislative staff, recognizing that salary increases sent the wrong message at a time when the state is in financial crisis and tens thousands of other government employees had their salaries cut. Speaker Karen Bass... More

No assessment has raised questions about the future of Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Wednesday that the government of the country is vulnerable to an “existential threat” from militants who are now in a few hours “Voyage of the capital. Clinton told a House committee that the Government... More

Is it moved to the activity of an election day before the second phase of the 2009 election? On Wednesday, which seems to be returned to the quietude of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) with the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) resolve their differences and political free speech great acrimony. 140 districts in 12... More

Concerned about last summer to take a wrinkles? Apply juice berries. Researchers have discovered that Korea an antioxidant present in the skin of the berries used to contain the damage from ultraviolet (UV). “An antioxidant in the berries and nuts can act as potential solar and shield the skin from harmful UV rays,” said... More

Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma hammered explosive half centuries to set up a 24-run for the victory against the Deccan Chargers, Bangalore Royal Challengers in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Newlands on Wednesday. Unbeaten Deccan are top of the table after two matches. Their total of 184 for six was the highest of the... More

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty whose co-owned Indian Premier League (IPL) Rajasthan Royals team faces her friend and superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s Knight Riders team in Cape Town on Thursday, says “all’s fair in love and cricket” despite it being a “difficult” match emotionally. “We play the... More