The next weapon to effectively fight cancer could be salt as researchers have found that an influx of salt into a cell triggers its death. The finding could lead to new anti-cancer drugs, said the researchers who created a molecule that can cause cancer cells to self-destruct by carrying sodium and chloride ions into the cells. “This work shows how chloride transporters can work with sodium channels in cell membranes […]
WINNIPEG — Do you believe? Large flying objects, crop circles and alien abductions are part of a new study about UFO sightings in Canada. A Winnipeg group called Ufology Research has compiled and analyzed reported sightings of unidentified flying objects across Canada over the last 25 years. It found 14,617 celestial oddities have been spotted since the group started collecting data in 1989. Explanations or probable explanations were found for […]
What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease is a “progressive disorder of the nervous system,” according to the Mayo Clinic, that primarily affects a patient’s movement. It often starts with a small tremor in the hand or muscle stiffness and gets worse over time. There is no test for Parkinson’s, so it is occasionally misdiagnosed. Parkinson’s patients often have trouble walking and talking. Symptoms include slowness of movement, a loss […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoists the tricolour at the Red Fort on Independence Day. •PM salutes the security forces guarding the borders and appeals them to remain vigilant. •I am not ‘pradhan mantri’, I am ‘pradhan sevak’, says PM •The strength of the saviour is much more than the strength of the person who kills, says PM •PM Seeks cooperation from neighbouring and SAARC nations to jointly tackle poverty. •PM […]
Washington: A new study had claimed that the thick snow on Arctic Sea ice has significantly lost its depth. Scientists have been tracking the depth of snow that accumulates on Arctic sea ice for almost a century. Now, research led by the University of Washington and NASA confirms that snow, particularly on sea ice in western waters near Alaska in Arctic, has drastically thinned. A new study combines data collected […]
New Delhi: Indian Internet users will surpass the number in the US by the end of this year and around 500 million people will be online by 2018, Rajan Anandan, managing director, Google India said here Tuesday. “Even at the current growth rate, we will have 500 million Indians on the Internet by 2018. By the end of this year, India will become larger than the US in terms of […]
BEIJING: A Chinese woman who married 26 times is now caught in a legal tangle. Her problem is not the marriage law, but the rules concerning the government’s family planning policy. The 40-year old woman from Shuyang county in Jiangsu province recently discovered she was made pregnant by a former husband. She then rid herself of the then husband and remarried the one who had made her pregnant. When she […]
These thirteen suggestions for ethical behavior and spiritual progression are based on principles which operate throughout the universe. When you reach the point in your life when you begin to take notice of these inviolate rules and consciously apply them, you begin to notice changes in your awareness, in your sense of fulfillment, satisfaction, and peace. When you follow these spiritual Rules of the Road for Life’s Journey, you will […]
Canada’s unemployment rate edged down to seven per cent in July, with just 200 new jobs created, according to Statistics Canada. Getting lawyers help for discrimination claims and a decrease in unemployment rate make things better for the people. That’s better than the 7.1 per cent recorded in June, but mainly reflects a decline in the number of people looking for work. This was a heightened problem for people over age […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has named a new target as global sparring over Ukraine grows: food. In a decree signed Wednesday, Putin banned food and agricultural imports from countries that have imposed sanctions against his country. The retaliatory move comes more than a week after the United States and European Union increased economic sanctions on Moscow for supporting pro-Russian separatists fighting Ukraine government forces in the eastern regions of Donetsk […]
