IT, pharma and select realty, consumer durables and power stocks trade strongly while the benchmark BSE index Sensex continues to languish in the negative terrain with a sharp loss on account of heavy selling activity in Reliance Industries, Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel, ACC, Tata Steel, SBI and Grasim Industries.
At 12:28 p.m., the Sensex lost 191.25 points 10,439.87, while the Nifty stood at 3087.30, down 54.80 points.
Washington, Nov 5: In a surprising finding, scientists have discovered that homosexual activity in male flour beetles can actually boost their chances of reproducing, says a new study.
The researchers also found that beetles, through their homosexual encounters, transfer their semen to another male, and may in turn fertilise a female they may have never encountered.
While homosexual behaviour has long been seen in flour beetles, scientifically known as Tribolium castaneum, the new study is the first one to find the reason behind such a tendency.
According to a new study by University of Colorado researchers, women hands carrying far more germs than men's. The study published online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, said this information could help scientists work out what constitutes a "healthy" level of bacteria, diagnose disease and maybe even get an advance warning of something about to go amiss.
Robert E. Marquis, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center said, "The findings of the last few decades suggest that many diseases are due to many organisms, and it's the concerted change that leads to disease,"
Berlin - Europeans turned the US elections into an all-night party with supporters of Barack Obama rewarded by news of his presidential win in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Across the continent, expatriates, political supporters or those who simply wanted to be part of history stayed up all night to watch election returns. People cast mock votes in Warsaw while Berliners partied with hula dancers, a call-out to Hawaii, the birthplace of president-elect Obama.
Virginia, Nov 5: South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), an NGO which advocates for civil rights and immigrant rights issues facing the community in the United States, has played a big role in the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by galvanising the immigrant community in America.
Approximately 2.7 million South Asians live in the United States, which comprises individuals with ancestry from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Maldives
IT, pharma and select realty, consumer durables and power stocks trade strongly while the benchmark BSE index Sensex continues to languish in the negative terrain with a sharp loss on account of heavy selling activity in Reliance Industries, Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel, ACC, Tata Steel, SBI and Grasim Industries.
Berlin - Europeans turned the US elections into an all-night party with supporters of Barack Obama rewarded by news of his presidential win in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Virginia, Nov 5: South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), an NGO which advocates for civil rights and immigrant rights issues facing the community in the United States, has played a big role in the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by galvanising the immigrant community in America.
