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Smoking and Gene Defect may Combine to Increase Risk of Lung Cancer

Smoking and Gene Defect Can Combine to Increase Risk of Lung Cancer

The risk of lung cancer can gravely increase with a genetic defect combined with smoking, according to a report, released by the Institute of Cancer Research in the United Kingdom.

Jun 2, 2014

Too Much Stress Can Make Men Infertile: Study

A new study has found a direct link between exposure to excess stress and infertility in men.

May 31, 2014

Nearly 2.1 Billion People in the World are Obese: Report

According to a new report, the number of people who are obese or overweight have gone up dramatically over the last 30 years.

May 29, 2014

Urban development in India (a government picutre)

Govt to Provide Housing for all by 2020, 100 Smart Cities to be Created: Venkaiah Naidu

To ensure housing for all by 2020, interest rates on home loans will be reduced by the Union government, M Venkaiah Naidu, the new Union Minister for Urban Development and Housing and Poverty Alleviation has said.

May 29, 2014

'Watch Dogs' Review Roundup - Hack yourself In

'Watch Dogs' Reviews: Watch Dogs, the latest open-world game from developer Ubisoft Montreal was released on 27 May.

May 29, 2014

Arun Jaitley takes charge as Finance minister

New Delhi, May 27 (ANI): Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday assumed charge as Finance Minister in the Narendra Modi-led government. He will also take the additional charge of Defence. After assuming charge, Jaitley said that it is a very challenging time and there is a need to restore pace of growth and contain inflation. He also added that the balancing act on inflation and interest rates will have to be done.

May 27, 2014

Manuel Uribe, Former World's Heaviest Man at 1,230 Pounds, Dies at 48; Cause of Death Yet Unknown

Manuel Uribe, the Mexican who was the former world's heaviest man, died on Monday at the age of 48. The cause of death is yet unknown, but he is believed to have suffered from cardiac and liver problems.

May 27, 2014

The new Mars crater spans half the length of a football field in this photo from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's sharpest-sighted camera, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment.(NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)

NASA Mars Weather Camera Aids in Search for New Crater on Red Planet

The Martian crater appeared for the first time in March 2012 and was captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

May 26, 2014

Water ATMs reinvented to provide mineral water at cheap rates

Kanpur, May 25 (ANI): An alumnus of IIT Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh has set up a water ATM to provide water to the common man at cheap rates. Though such ATMs themselves are not the first of their kind, being found in China already, they are quite the novelty in India. Vaibhav Bajpayee, an I.I.T. alumnus and the founder of Akshay Jal ATMs, aims to provide clean mineral water to the less fortunate at cheap rates. The water ATM works like any other cash dispensing one. The water ATM card is touched upon a panel on the machine, which then dispenses water into a container.

May 25, 2014