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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Monday met US demands for an inquiry into how Osama bin Laden lived for years under the noses of its military but refused to be blamed alone for Al-Qaeda or its mastermind. In a 30-minute address to parliament, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani took veiled swipes at the United States and exonerated... 

Back to competitive cricket in the IPL after an injury layoff, West Indian pacer Jerome Taylor says his Board did not check on the status of his back problem till he landed in India for the Twenty20 event. The pacer, contracted with the Pune Warriors, last played for the West Indies in June 2010 and was ignored for the... 

Reports of Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s demise appear to have been exaggerated after he was named Saturday in a 15-strong West Indies squad to prepare for first Test against Pakistan. The durable left-handed batsman has been engaged in a war of words with the West Indies Cricket Board over the last two weeks following... 

Tech-savvy people of India will soon be able to get their hands on three Acer products – a smartphone and two tablets. The smartphone is Acer Iconia Smart A300, which was announced during this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As you may know, we’re talking about quite capable yet kinda bulky device, featuring... 

Mazumdar-Shaw Center for Advanced Therapeutics (MS-CAT) was established at the Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Center, Narayana Health City by the Secretary of Department of Biotechnology, Dr. MK Bhan. The centre announced about the new facilities for the treatment of cancer on Friday. GANIT labs, Strand Genomics, Cornell University,... 

JAIPUR: City-based NGOs observed World AIDS Orphans Day on Saturday to draw attention to the plight of such children. They organised programmes to sensitise people. Lata Singh, programme cordinator of FXB India Suraksha, said 15 lakh children are homeless due to HIV in India. The situation is getting worse in Rajasthan... 

On the desk in my husband’s office sits a black-and-white photo of his grandparents’ massive brood from sometime in the 1930s. One of their nine children is missing, dead of an infectious disease that medical science has long since vanquished. Today, the photo seems like a relic. Increased confidence that children... 

MUMBAI: The medical interns’ strike showed no signs of ending even on Saturday, as the state government did not wish to commit on several grounds, including not invoking the Essential Maintenance Services Act (ESMA) on the former. The strike, over increasing the stipend amount given to interns... 

VADODARA: The first ever centre of excellence for nursing will come up in the city. The foundation stone for the college of nursing that will also serve as the centre of excellence was laid in the city on Saturday. The nursing college will come up at the Vaccine Institute land on Old Padra Road. The institute is being built... 

A recent study carried out by the researchers from the National Eye Institute in the United States has claimed that Avastin is slightly riskier as compared to Lucentis for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The new study is published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Lucentis is more expensive...