HIV riddle solution brings AIDS drug closer to reality
Washington – Researchers have identified the precise chain of molecular events in the human body that drives the death of most of the immune system’s CD4 T cells as an HIV infection leads to AIDS. Further, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified an existing... read more »
ESA’s Gaia mission to study a billion suns launched
Washington – ESA on Thursday launched its Gaia mission, whose aim is to study a billion suns. Gaia is destined to create the most accurate map yet of the Milky Way. By making accurate measurements of the positions and motions of 1 per cent of the total population of roughly 100 billion stars,... read more »
Gazza hoping 2014 will be `his year` after `suffering` in `unlucky` 2013
London – Troubled England football legend Paul Gascoigne is vowing to clean up his act and says 2014 is going to be ‘his year’, according to reports. According to the Daily Star, Gazza said that he never liked the number 13 so he is looking forward to 2014, hoping it will be his... read more »
Tyson says he is now a reformed character who `lives like a monk`
London – American boxing legend Mike Tyson has insisted that his tearaway days of drink, drugs and girls are all behind him as he ‘lives like a monk’ now, according to reports. According to the Mirror, the controversial former World Heavyweight champion became as famous for his... read more »
NDA regime grant of additional spectrum: Case adjourned
New Delhi – A Delhi court Monday posted for Feb 20 next year the hearing of a case of grant of additional spectrum to private operators through a union government decision of January... read more »
Nandita Das finds it tough to pick Saroj Khan’s moves
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai – Actress Nandita Das, who will be seen with husband Subodh Maskara in upcoming Spanish film “Traces of Sandalwood”, finds it tough to keep pace... read more »
Sibal hopes apex court acts against Ganguly
New Delhi – Law Minister Kapil Sibal said Monday the Supreme Court should look into the matter against Justice A.K. Ganguly who has been accused of sexual harassment by a law... read more »
Situation unchanged despite tougher anti-rape law: Speaker
New Delhi – Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Monday said that despite the government having brought out a tougher law to fight sexual harassment, nothing much has really changed in the... read more »
Law intern’s affidavit against Ganguly made public
Excerpts of an affidavit by a law intern, who has accused former Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly of sexual harassment, have been made public by Additional Solicitor-General Indira Jaising, sparking... read more »
