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Obesity can lead to 13 types of cancer, says study

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Obesity leads to 13 types of cancer, including that of pancreas and esophagus, as fat cells affect the processes that regulate the growth of cancer cells in the human body, says a stu

/ 20th April 2017
Putin says Russian people will choose his successor via ballot box

MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that only the Russian people will choose who succeeds him as president, through the electoral process. Russia will hold a presidential e

/ 20th April 2017
Foreign carmakers embrace China as electric car development hub

SHANGHAI, April 20 (REUTERS): China's crackdown on vehicle pollution will turn the world's largest auto market into a hub for cutting edge electric car technologies previously exported from Europe and the Unite

/ 20th April 2017
How Reuters analyzed L.A. child lead testing data

LOS ANGELES, April 20 (Reuters) - The Los Angeles data examined by Reuters offers a granular look at where children have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead in the United States most populous county. &n

/ 20th April 2017
KJo congratulates Abhishek, Aishwarya for a decade of marital bliss

Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Filmmaker Karan Johar has congratulated actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for completing ten years of marital bliss. Karan on Thursday shared few photograp

/ 20th April 2017
Northeast Frontier Railway tops in passenger traffic growth

Agartala, April 20 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) topped among 19 railway zones by registering a record growth in passenger traffic in 2016-17, an official said on Thursday. "NFR recor

/ 20th April 2017
President greets Queen Elizabeth on 91st birthday

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday greeted Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on her birthday on Friday. Mukherjee said in a message: "It is with great pleasure that I conv

/ 20th April 2017
Big B wants school curriculum to have waste management

Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been associated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, says that waste management should be part of the school curriculum.

/ 20th April 2017
Lawyers to go on half-day countrywide strike on Friday

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) More than 14 lakh lawyers across the country will observe a half-day strike on Friday to protest against Law Commission recommendations, including a proposal to ban strikes by advocat

/ 20th April 2017
Jaitley will take up H-1B visa issue in US visit: Sitharaman

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, currently on a visit to the US, will take up with the American administration the matter of restrictions on H-1B visas, the government said on Thursday.

/ 20th April 2017
Sharif survives Panamagate, SC says not enough evidence to disqualify him

Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday survived the Panamagate scandal that had threatened to oust him. The Supreme Court, in a 3-2 judgement, ordered a fresh probe into all

/ 20th April 2017
Once critical of global deals, Trump slow to pull out of any

WASHINGTON, April 20 (AP) — The "America First" president who vowed to extricate America from onerous overseas commitments appears to be warming up to the view that when it comes to global agreements, a deal'

/ 20th April 2017
U.S.-Russian crew blasts off for space station with one empty seat

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 20 (Reuters) - A scaled-down, two-man U.S.-Russian crew blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday for a six-hour ride to the International Space Station, a N

/ 20th April 2017
U.S. VP Pence tours Southeast Asia's biggest mosque, talks trade in Indonesia

JAKARTA, April 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence toured Southeast Asia's largest mosque on Thursday during a visit to Indonesia, calling the Muslim-majority nation's tradition of following a moderat

/ 20th April 2017
Duterte's office rejects drug-war allegations as 'movie scenes'

MANILA, April 20 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's office rejected allegations on Thursday by two senior police officers in a Reuters report that police received cash rewards for executing drug

/ 20th April 2017
Motherhood no obstacle for Serena's return, says Court

MELBOURNE, April 20 (Reuters) - Motherhood may do little to slow Serena Williams's pursuit of grand slam success but more hungry opponents, if they emerge, could yet deny her the all-time singles record, the wo

/ 20th April 2017
Bangkok bans its street food leaving foodies fed up, vendors in a pickle

BANGKOK, April 20 (Reuters) - Authorities in Thailand's capital are banishing its world-famous street-food vendors as part of a clean-up drive by the military government, outraging foodies and threatening the l

/ 20th April 2017
Indonesian prosecutors seek suspended jail term for Jakarta governor

JAKARTA, April 20 (Reuters) - Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday recommended a one-year suspended jail sentence for Jakarta's Christian governor in his blasphemy trial, which has been seen as a test of the Musl

/ 20th April 2017
Trump to attend three Asian summits in November – Pence

JAKARTA, April 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will attend three summits in Asia in November, Vice President Mike Pence said in Jakarta during a visit to the headquarters of Association of Southeast

/ 20th April 2017
China launches first cargo spacecraft as part of space station goal

BEIJING, April 20 (Reuters) - China launched its first cargo spacecraft on Thursday, taking another step towards its goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022. President Xi Ji

/ 20th April 2017