According to John Podesta, a leading member of Barack Obama's transition team, the incoming President would use special powers on stem cell and oil drilling policies, to force through rapid changes.

In an attempt to wipe away some hallmarks of the Bush years, including a ban on embryonic stem cell research and moves to open new lands to oil drilling, Obama will reverse executive orders pertaining to such issues.

A 38-year-old infertile woman from London is about to set a record by becoming the first woman to give birth following a full ovary transplant to result in a successful pregnancy.

The woman was declared sterile when her ovaries stopped producing hormones when she was 15 and went through menopause while still in her teens. In a revolutionary new procedure she became pregnant just over a year after receiving a donor ovary from her identical twin sister.

The Health Department has issued a statement regarding prevention from the highly contagious stomach flu that has spread in the New York City. Due to the flu, emergency room visits have increased nearly 20 % over the last two weeks, to about 400 people a day, with people complaining of vomiting and diarrhea.

A Spanish tourist was allegedly molested by a 42-year-old person near Payyambalam Beach in Kannur on last Sunday.

N.S Jayakumar, working as a clerk at Defence security corps. accosted and molested the Spanish lady while she was on a road leading to the beach.

Kerala police has arrested the accused and lodged a case in this connection.

But the Spanish lady didn’t register a FIR and described the incident as the most 'bitter experience' after coming to India as a tourist.

She left the beach soon after police caught Jayakumar.