Archive for January, 2009

US interested to help Assam

The United States of America wants to help Assam and India government in finding the right solutions for serious challenges, including the threat of terrorism. The US consul general in Calcutta, Beth A. Payne, assured the Assam government that her country would work with Bangladesh to ensure that the neighbouring country was not used for [...]

Published on January 31, 2009 · Category: Assam

Pfizer Stops Pancreatric Cancer Drug Trial

Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, said on Friday that it discontinued a Phase III clinical trial for an experimental pancreatric cancer drug because the drug failed to prompt improvement in patients.
The drug, axitinib, was in the late phase of development and an interim study showed that it is not effective against pancreatic cancer, [...]

Published on January 30, 2009 · Category: Health and Fitness

Apple wins Touch Screen Patent

Apple Inc has won a US patent for the touch-screen controls. The US Patent 7,479,949 is awarded to “(Steve) Jobs et al” for a method of “detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display” to command computing devices. The patent was issued last week, a day before Apple on January 21 announced [...]

Published on January 30, 2009 · Category: Technology

What is Dermabrasion?

Dermabrasion is a cosmetic medical procedure that is used to smooth fine wrinkles and scars left by acne or previous surgery. It involves controlled surgical scraping that ‘refinishes’ the top layers of the skin to give a smoother appearance. The procedure is very painful and usually requires a general anaesthetic or twilight anaesthesia, in which [...]

Published on January 20, 2009 · Category: Health and Fitness

Three died of Bird Flu in China

Within a period of two weeks, at least three people lost their lives in China due to deadly bird flu. The most recent victim of the avian virus is a 16-year-old boy, who died on Tuesday in Huaihua in the central province of Hunan after having contact with poultry.
Shu Yuelong, vice director of virus control [...]

Published on January 20, 2009 · Category: Health and Fitness

Sony Ericsson Reports Sharp Q4 Loss

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson suffered a 23 per cent slump in sales of mobile phones during the fourth quarter. The joint venture between Japan’s Sony and Sweden’s Ericsson posted a $246 million loss for the fourth quarter, down from a profit of $495 million in the year-ago period. In Q4, the company had net [...]

Published on January 19, 2009 · Category: Business

John and Katrina not allowed in a nightclub

There is a news that both Johan Abraham and Katrina Kaif were not permitted in a nightclub in New York when they were striving to join a party for a crew member on their movie New York.According to a source, “when they were not allowed to go into a night club, both of them had [...]

Published on January 18, 2009 · Category: Bollywood

Citigroup suffers $8.3 billion loss in Q4

Citigroup Inc. has posted an $8.29 billion fourth-quarter loss. At the same time stock rose after the company announced plans to split in two. The New York-based company said in a statement today that the net loss of $1.72 a share compared with a loss of $9.8 billion, or $1.99, a year earlier. Excluding a [...]

Published on January 17, 2009 · Category: Business

Mitsubishi to launch South Korean Satellite

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will launch a South Korean satellite in 2011. Mitsubishi said on Monday that they received an order from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute to launch Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3, or KOMPSAT-3. The satellite will be aided by the Japanese-built H-2A rocket for a launch from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency space centre in [...]

Published on January 13, 2009 · Category: Technology

BMW RZ-M6 Photo Gallery

BMW RZ-M6 is a concept car design by Racer X Design. Inspired by the earlier generation E24 6 series, the RZ-M6 captures the stylish and aggressive looks of the older generations of BMW’s and puts them in the current 6 series. This is what the current 6 series could look like, by replacing body panels, [...]

Published on January 12, 2009 · Category: Automotive