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Washington, Sept 12 - A new study has demonstrated that new superfoods that fight heart disease and diabetes could be developed with the help of a protein that helps keep cells in their bodies healthy.

The survey conducted by the University of Warwick, found out that the protein, called Nrf2, continually moved in and out of the nuclei of human cells to sense the cell's health and vitality.

Lead researcher Professor Paul Thornalley said that the way Nrf2 worked was very similar to sensors in electronic devices that relied on continual reassessment of their surroundings to provide an appropriate response.

New Delhi : Upset with the "manipulative" Asian Games singles draw, India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal is "seriously considering" pulling out of the upcoming Incheon Games and possibly handing another setback to the country's medals tally.

Pallikal and her longtime teammate Joshana Chinappa are drawn to meet in the quarterfinals a month after winning India's first ever squash medal at the Commonwealth Games, where they bagged the gold in the women's doubles. According to the competition rules, two players belonging to the same country cannot be in the same half of the draw.

Washington, Sept 12 - Scientists have discovered the fossil of very first semiaquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, that was 9 feet longer than the world's largest Tyrannosaurus rex specimen, could swim and eat shark.

New fossils of the massive Cretaceous-era predator revealed that it adapted to life in the water some 95 million years ago, providing the most compelling evidence to date of a dinosaur to be able to live and hunt in an aquatic environment.

New Delhi, Sept 11 : Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vinod Rai has claimed that former Union Minister of Civil Aviation Praful Patel had pressurized the Air India board to buy an extra 40 planes.

Rai said that Patel put pressure on the Air India board during his tenure at the Civil Aviation Ministry, which caused the flag carrier to purchase 68 planes instead of the 28 that it was originally to be bought. These extra planes, said Rai, were bought at a cost of Rs 38,000 crore.