Fasting develops smarter brain

London, Feb 20: If you want a smarter brain and a shapelier profile, fasting on alternate days might not be such a bad idea after all. Fasting has been seen in mice experiments to help brain cells promote generation of new cells and make them more stress proof. In fact, it is the calorie More

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‘Israel will need 100 planes to attack Iran’

Tel Aviv, Feb 20: Israel will need at least 100 fighter planes to strike Iran, a media report said Monday. Israeli forces will also have to fly over 1,000 miles above unfriendly airspace should it decide to attack Iran, the Haaretz daily said citing a report in the New York Times. According More

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Italy, India at odds over fishermen shootings

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Rome, Feb 20: Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi today warned of "considerable differences" with India over the alleged killing of two Indian fishermen mistaken for pirates by Italian soldiers on an oil tanker. "There are currently considerable differences of a legal character. Up to now More

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No pact with US until night raids end: Karzai

Kabul, Feb 20: Night raids conducted by US troops in Afghanistan remain a major stumbling block to a US-Afghan pact on long-term strategic cooperation, the Afghan media reported Monday. Afghan President Hamid Karzai received a delegation of US lawmakers led by Senator John McCain in Kabul Sunday More

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Spinal-injury patients can now operate computer

Washington, Feb 20: A wireless device helps people with severe spinal injuries operate a computer or move an electrically powered wheelchair by simply by moving their tongues. The sensors track the location of a tiny magnet attached to the users' tongues. In earlier versions of the tongue drive More

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