Washington, Nov 6 : MRI scans can help predict disease progression in patients with multiple sclerosis, says a new study led by an Indian origin researcher.
The research team led by Dr Rohit Bakshi, Director of the Laboratory for Neuroimaging Research and an Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology at the Brigham and Women''s Hospital and Harvard Medical School has found that detecting the gray matter damage in brain can help in identifying those at-risk for progression of disability.
In a four year study, the researchers found that patients with unnatural darkness of gray matter structures as seen on MRI pictures carried a higher risk for progression of physical disability.
The Union government has decided to declare the Ganga as 'national river' of India. The Govt. will set up a high power Ganga River Basin Authority, which will be entrusted with the responsibility of planning, implementing and monitoring projects regarding the river.
PM Dr. Manmohan Singh will head the committee. Chief Ministers of states through which the Ganga flows will be taken as its members.
The Authority will promote inter-sectoral coordination for comprehensive planning.
This was decided in a meeting presided by the Prime Minister.
Lahore, Nov 6 : Religious leaders in Pakistan are of the opinion that the mere election of Barack Hussein Obama as the new President of the US will not change America’s “falling democratic image and growing Muslim hatred” unless he reversed the present incumbent in the White House George Bush’s policies, “especially those foreign policies deemed as anti-Muslim”.
They say that Pakistan should not expect any major policy change from Obama, as, in their view, he would stick to US’ interests chalked out by American authorities.
Washington, Nov 6 : Spanish actor Antonio Banderas may star in Simon West’s indie biopic ‘Dali’.
The 48-year-old actor is in final negotiations to play Salvador Dali, a Spanish Catalan surrealist painter, reports Variety.
The film will deal with how Dali conquered America and the world with sex, sin and surrealism only to succumb later to worldwide scandal and misfortune.
Two other Dali biopics are in the works. Al Pacino is attached to play the artist in ‘Dali & I: The Surreal Story’ to be helmed by Andrew Niccol.
Kolkata police has arrested one of its sub-inspector Shankar Chakraborti for smuggling out ammunition from police armoury.
Chakraborti was remanded to police custody for four days by a court on Tuesday.
He had been selling ammunition to criminals for nearly two decades said a top police official.
"He built up a racket to collect ammunition issued for practice firing at the camp. Probably, he used to collect the bullets from the trainees, who did not complete their quota of practice firing," he added. Chakraborti was selling a bullet for Rs. 100. The arrested SI who was working in the CID had a rapport with local criminals looking for ammunition.
Washington, Nov 6 : Spanish actor Antonio Banderas may star in Simon West’s indie biopic ‘Dali’.
