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New Delhi: Steel Authority of India Ltd, State-run steel manufacturer has decided to invest around Rs 1,000 crore on establishing at least three greenfield pellet plants amounting 6 million tons to raise its production capacitance to over 24 million tons by the end of the 11th Plan.

Washington, Oct 2 : A new study, from researchers at the University of Virginia Health System has shed light on how cells respond to skin-damaging UV rays.

The researchers have revealed that a protein inside the body, called SOCS7, helps cells to protect themselves (or not) from DNA damage caused by ultraviolet rays.

It is known that UV rays can cause major skin problems, ranging from skin cancer to sunburns and premature wrinkles.

Kabul, Oct 2 : At least 11 people, including women and school children, have died in a suicide blast that took place near a bus carrying policemen in Kabul on Tuesday.

Gaining a lead in the fight to control the market for the next generation of flat-screen televisions, Sony is ready to launch the world’s first television using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology eventually for the Christmas market.

The company will start selling its 11-inch TV (just 3mm thick) on December 1 in Japan for Y200,000 ($1,700).

Washington, Oct 02 : According to a study, women over 35 years of age can avoid multiple births with the help of a new in vitro fertilization technique.

The Stanford University School of Medicine study found that more than half the women became pregnant after undergoing the procedure, called a single blastocyst transfer, which transferred one embryo into the womb.

Washington, Oct 02 : A fast, inexpensive test which can help avoid ‘out of the blue’ headaches followed by consumption of certain red wines, cheese, chocolate, and other aged or fermented foods, has been developed.

The study led by Richard A. Mathies, Ph.D., a chemist with the University of California, Berkeley reported the development of a home use test, which could prove beneficial for millions of people for curing their surprise headaches.