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Dead tigress found at Corbett

Uttarakhand Corbett National Park (Uttarakhand), Nov 7 : Wildlife officials have discovered a dead tigress inside the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.

The 10-year-old dead tigress was found near the Ramganga river that flow through the park.

No injuries were sighted on the tigress.

Officials are awaiting a post mortem report to ascertain the actual cause of the death.

Yousuf Criticizes PCB & Shoaib Malik

Yousuf Criticizes PCB & Shoaib MalikIn an interview to a news channel, Yousuf said, “I was compelled to join the ICL because of the behaviour of the board officials, the selectors and captain Shoaib Malik.”

Yousuf said that he had been under enormous mental strain and stress since the World Cup in 2007.

The 34 year old batsman made it clear that he had not joined the League for the sake of money.

"Money was never an issue for joining the ICL. I was getting paid by the board for not playing in the private leagues," he said.

Hamilton keen to put racism row behind him

Hamilton grabs Canadian pole ahead of KubicaLondon, Nov. 7 : Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has said that he is keen to put the racism row that threatened to derail his bid for the world title behind him.

However, he does not share Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone''s view that it was blown out of all proportion.

According to The Telegraph, Hamilton was abused during a pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, near Barcelona, in February. Some spectators were pictured mocking Hamilton by wearing wigs, dark make-up and t-shirts with the slogan ''Hamilton''s Family''.

Honda to give di Grassi Formula One test chance

Honda to give di Grassi Formula One test chanceBrackley, England - Lucas di Grassi will test for the Honda Formula One team later this month, joining fellow Brazilian Bruno Senna, nephew of racing legend Ayrton Senna.

The pair will test the Honda RA108 car for the Japanese team at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona during Honda's first official winter test, which runs from November 17 to 19.

Honda revealed that di Grassi, who finished second in the GP2 Series in 2007 and third this year, will be given a full day of testing. The

Researchers unravel natural history of the lion using genetics

Washington, Nov 7 : An international team of researchers has tried to unravel the natural history of the lion, by providing insights into the genetic structure of the animal.

Understanding the broader aspects of the evolutionary history of the lion has been hindered by a lack of comprehensive sampling and appropriately informative genetic markers.

The unique social ecology of lions and the well-documented infectious diseases they have experienced, including lion-specific feline immunodeficiency virus (FIVPle), provides the opportunity to study lion evolutionary history using both host and virus genetic information.

In total, a comprehensive sample of 357 individuals from most of the major lion populations in Africa and Asia were studied.

Indian, Pakistani traders meet discuss trade modalities

India, PakistanChakan da Bagh (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 7 : Traders from India and Pakistan met on Thursday at Chakan da Bagh, in Jammu and Kashmir to discuss trade modalities.

Traders from Rawalakot in Pakistan administered Kashmir met traders from Poonch.

The focus of the discussion was to find a way to develop Line of Control (LoC) trade in a meaningful and mutually beneficial manner.

Pakistani traders called for a relaxation in norms to allow traders to visit freely and understand the working of local market better.

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