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Silver prices remained supported as a batch of mixed data on the U. S. housing market kept up pressure on the dollar. U. S.

Gold on MCX settled up 0.39% at 29901 as the dollar weakened amid uncertainty around the timing of a U. S. interest rate increase. U. S.

New Delhi [India], Oct. 20 : The second ODI between India and New Zealand will today be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here. With host team up 1-0 in the five-match ODI series, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men would like to reassert themselves in order to further consolidate their lead.

The big news from Indian side is the unavailability of the experienced Suresh Raina, who last played an ODI a year back. One of India's vital cog in limited-overs cricket, Raina lost form after the ICC World Cup 2015 and that saw him lose his place in the side after the South Africa series.

Raina is yet to recover from the bout of viral fever that kept him away from the first ODI which India won comfortably by six wickets.

Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 20 : There is indeed some magic in numbers!

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has carried out a study that now mathematically explains how tumours induce the growth of blood vessels.

The study maintains that the tips of the blood vessels expand like a soliton, a solitary wave similar to a tsunami.

"If we know how blood vessels move towards a tumor and know they take the form of a soliton, we can slow down their growth or prevent them from reaching and feeding the tumor by controlling the movement of this wave," said researcher Luis L. Bonilla.

Las Vegas [USA], Oct. 20 : United State's Presidential candidate Donald Trump has hinted that he may refuse to accept the election results.

During the third and the final presidential debate, the Republican nominee said, "I will look at it at the time. I'm not looking at anything now, I'll look at it at the time".

He accused the media of poisoning the minds of the voters as he said, "What I have seen is so bad, first of all the media is so dishonest and so corrupt and the pile on is so amazing that the New York Times actually wrote an article about it. They don't even care. They poison the minds of the voters but unfortunately for them I think the voters are seeing through it, and we will find out on November 18."

Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 20 : It has already been seen that alcohol consumption, either by the victim or the perpetrator, is a key factor in more than half of sexual assaults on college campuses.

A study by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions have now found out that the abuse of prescription drugs by college students also can play a role in negative sexual events such as sexual assault and regretted sex.

RIA Senior Research Scientist Kathleen Parks studied the effects of nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) by college students, including opioid analgesics,such as Oxycodone, anxiolytics/sedatives, such as Xanax, Valium or Ambien and stimulants, such as Adderall or Ritalin.