Australian researchers said on Monday that they have developed the first virtual platform of its kind for storing 3D copies of human cancer tissues, providing what they say is a novel way for accessing information to help treat the disease. “The Virtual Biobank will digitise and help speed up the process of accessing vital tissue […]
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, his younger brother Robert and their firm, the Weinstein Company, after a four-month investigation into inappropriate sexual conduct. The lawsuit, filed electronically in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Sunday, appeared timed to delay a fire sale of […]
A key Pakistan Taliban commander has been killed in a US drone strike close to the Afghan border in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency, a media report said on Friday. The deputy chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Khan Saeed Mehsud alias Khalid Sajna, was killed in the Thursday night drone strike along with three others, […]
An Indian-American man was killed and another man was critically injured when a convicted gunman opened fire at two convenience stores, minutes apart, in the US state of Georgia. Parmjit Singh, 44, was shot multiple times on Tuesday at his Hi-Tech Quick Stop on Burnett Ferry Road. The father of two high school students was […]
China does not want the Maldivian political crisis to become another thorny issue with India, said a Chinese official here. “We don’t want the problem of Maldives to become a problem between Indian and China,” a government official said here. The official told IANS that China was in touch with India over the issue. The […]
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) has announced that the country’s presidential election will be held on April 22. The announcement on Wednesday is in accordance of the ruling National Constituent Assembly’s (ANC) decision in January to move up the presidential election before the April 30 deadline, reports Xinhua news agency. President Nicolas Maduro will be […]
US politician Nancy Pelosi spoke for a little more than eight hours in the House of Representatives to oppose the budget deal to lift spending caps and avert a government shutdown because the plan does not address immigration issues. The House Historian’s office told CNN that Pelosi’s speech on Wednesday was the longest on record […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday announced a “bipartisan agreement” between Republicans and Democrats on a two-year budget deal just two days before the deadline for another government shutdown. He also said that the deal has the support of the White House, although he did not provide any specifics in that regard, Efe reported. […]
North Korea on Thursday ruled out any official meeting with the US during the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics slated to begin in South Korea from Friday. Pyongyang’s official Rodong Sinmun daily quoted an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that North Korea never begs for dialogue with the US and it does […]
Minimum temperatures again dipped in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday due to a clear night sky as the Met forecast no change in weather conditions till Friday. “It is expected to remain dry in Jammu and Kashmir over the next 24 hours,” a MET official said. There is likelihood of rain and snow, though, beginning […]