Pope Benedict XVI failed to mention the child sex abuse scandal, which rocked the Roman Catholic Church, in his traditional Easter message in Rome.He instead devoted his message to thousands of......
British scientists have identified the master gene, called E4bp4, that causes blood stem cells to turn into disease-fighting 'natural killer' (NK) immune cells.The discovery, by researchers at......
Dr Sangeeta N Bhatia, director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been chosen to the newest class of the prestigious Howard......
A personal tragedy for Jeevan Zutshi, founder of the Indo-American Community Federation, turned into a talking point for the Unity Dinner '08 held at the Newark Fremont Hilton in California. Less......
An Indian-origin researcher is leading a research team in Scotland to develop a testing kit, which will help save thousands of lives by detecting a host of fatal food-poisoning bugs in as little as......
British heartthrob Robert Pattison, famous for playing bloodsucking vampire Edward Cullen in 2008's Twilight, has been overwhelmingly named 'The Most Handsome Man in the World', in a poll conducted......
From a hit TV show named House to the real-life White House in a matter of months. Sounds crazy, right?Not for prominent Indian American actor Kal Penn, who on Monday night took a giant step......
California girl Susan Murphy [Reese Witherspoon] who is understandably excited over her impending wedding is blind to the central flaw in her fiance, the newscaster Derek Dietl [Paul Rudd]. He is......
Sure, it's the A to Z of frivolous. Then again, Welcome proudly projects itself as a 'leave-your brains-behind' brand of cinema.Who's complaining anyway? This one makes you scream. Both, with......
Sir Ian McKellen (who played Gandalf in Lord Of The Rings) has reportedly signed up for the movie version of Dan Brown's bestseller, Da Vinci Code, to be directed by Ron Howard.According to Fox......
West Ham United won the battle on Friday to inherit the London Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games, delighting everyone from international sports bosses to fans of defeated rival bidder Tottenham......
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will miss next month's Test series against the West Indies after returning from the Indian Premier League to undergo knee surgery, the England and Wales Cricket......
When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg formally inaugurated the Sports Museum of America May 7, Sameer Ahuja saw a dream transform into vibrant reality.The nation's first and only interactive,......
Australia's best 30 One-Day International players were on Wednesday revealed in the first process of elimination to identify Australia's greatest ODI team of all time.The final team of 12 will be......
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