Bhaskar Prasad

Researchers say breast and cervical cancers are rising at an alarming rate and the number of new breast cancer cases has increased from about 641,000 cases in 1980 to 1.6 million cases in 2010.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt is set to become Denmark's first woman prime minister after her leftist alliance defeated the coalition led by current Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Thursday's election.

Dr. Mehmet Oz's comments about arsenic in the apple juice on The Dr. Oz Show Wednesday has been widely criticized by many, including the Food and Drug Administration.

Rihanna has been pictured in a variety of lacy bras and panties as she poses seductively in the back of a vintage car to front the new Emporio Armani lingerie campaign

A breakthrough was reached yesterday between Dutch-speaking and Francophone parties in the world’s longest negotiations to form a new governing coalition that lasted for a record 15 months after elections were held.

On the Google home page, a pair of oranges find a place of pride in commemoration of the 118th birthday of Albert Szent-Györgyi, the Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian physiologist.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a listeria outbreak that's killed four people and sickened others across six states including Texas and New Mexico.

Swiss bank, UBS AG, said it has suffered a $2 billion loss due to rogue trading and the London police arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of fraud.

Breast cancer is rising at an alarming rate as reported by researchers in the first global review of breast and cervical cancer.

NASA's endangered James Webb Space Telescope project has survived a funding vote in the U.S. Senate Wednesday.

France and Germany have assured to support continued membership of Greece in the euro zone with the Greek Prime Minister vowing to persist with austere cuts in the struggling country’s budget.

Swiss bank UBS AG has said that it has suffered a $2 billion loss stemming from unauthorized trading even as London police arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of fraud by abuse of position.

Scientists in UK will create an artificial volcano that they hope will be capable of cooling down the Earth by pumping sulphate particles into the atmosphere.

Seven-month-old twins who were connected by their pelvis and lower spine were separated by doctors at a Memphis, Tennessee, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.

The number of cases which are confirmed to be the lethal infection connected to Rocky Ford cantaloupes have gone up to at least 17 nationwide.

In common parlance, members of any family which reigns by hereditary right are often referred to as royalty or royals. Some countries have abolished royalty altogether, as in post-revolutionary France and Russia. But in many countries they still command significant power.

The strict driver's license laws have resulted in lesser fatal crashes among 16 year olds although more fatal accidents were found among 18 year olds as per a nationwide study.

As per a nationwide study the strict driver's license laws have resulted in lesser fatal crashes among 16-year-olds although more fatal accidents were found among 18-year-olds.

A star is bombarding a huge nearby planet with X-rays 100,000 times stronger than what Earth receives from the Sun, a new study found.

A new bookclaims that Sarah Palin has used cocaine in the past and had a six-month affair with one of her husband's business partners.

The number of people living in poverty last year has increased to 46.2 million as per a report by the U.S government which is the highest in the last 50 years.

In a recent report published by WHO, Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis has been diagnosed as a disease which can take the form of a pandemic in the Western Europe if not dealt with properly.

The International Diabetes Federation has reported that an estimated 366 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes.

Al Gore is renewing his campaign to convince sceptics of the link between climate change and extreme weather events by means of a global multimedia event.

The launch of the new collaborative line between Italian designer, Missoni and Target has resulted in the crash of the Web site of the mega-retailer on Tuesday.

Intel Corp, which is the world's largest chipmaker, has announced a partnership with Google Inc. for optimizing mobile phone and tablet processors which are running on the Android system.

Inhalation of insulin through the nose twice a day appears to slow down and, in certain cases, turn around symptoms of memory loss in people with early signs of Alzheimer's disease as per a new pilot study.

Fossils of a new species of carnivorous fish that lurked ancient rivers have been discovered in the Canadian Arctic as per a new study.

At the Frankfurt Motor Show two new Defender cars were unveiled by Jaguar Land Rover.