BJP’s messy Karnataka story set to continue (News Analysis)
July 2nd, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Karnataka story has already left a bitter taste, not just in the state but across the country. Its maiden rule ... Read more...
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Lauki juice, healthy? Take care before you drink it
October 25th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Bottle gourd or lauki juice may not be the best health drink and certain precautions must be observed, including discarding bitter-tasting lauki, the health ministry ... Read more...
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A 4-0 whitewash against India is possible: Swann
August 5th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) England spinner Graeme Swann feels a 4-0 whitewash is possible in the Test series against World No.1 India."I'd like to think that it's possible to win ... Read more...
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The team wanted to protect the ’spirit of the game’: Dravid
August 1st, 2011 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
Nottingham, Aug 1 (IANS) Veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid said it was an unanimous decision by the team to reinstate Ian Bell, who was run out in a bizarre manner, ... Read more...
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Diet supplement cuts down fat, sugar absorption
May 24th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 24 (IANS) A little bitter with a little sweet, in the form of a dietary supplement taken before meals, can drastically cut down fat and sugar absorption.Naringenin, the ... Read more...
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How to keep beer fresh longer
April 14th, 2011 - 11:05 am ICT by ANI
Washington, April 14 (ANI): Scientists have for the first time identified the chemicals that could extend the shelf life of beer so that it stays fresh and tastes good longer.Thomas Hofmann ... Read more...
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How bitter taste induces nausea
April 12th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 12 (ANI): A new study from the Monell Center has highlighted the vital role taste plays as the body's gatekeeper.It has shown that strong bitter taste can cause people to ... Read more...
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Mary Poppins’ ’spoonful of sugar’ may not be best way for medicine to go down
March 30th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Taking bitter liquid medicines or drinking diet beverages may soon become a more pleasant experience thanks to a new compound that blocks taste buds' ability to detect bitter ... Read more...
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Best-Rated Light Beers For A Chilled Winter Evening
January 15th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nothing like spending a chilled evening with friends and a mug of chilled beer. There are many people who not only love drinking them but also ... Read more...
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Scientists learn to mask ginseng bitterness
December 7th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 07 (ANI): Do you find ginseng bitter? Well, you won't anymore for University of Illinois scientists have learned to mask the bitterness of ginseng, a common ingredient of energy drinks."Consumers ... Read more...
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Bitter tasting substances ‘found to work better than drugs to treat asthma’
October 25th, 2010 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 25 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have discovered that bitter tasting substances can relieve asthma better than drugs currently available.Stephen B. Liggett said ... Read more...
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White coffee: Malaysia starts new trend in beverages
September 25th, 2010 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Ipoh, Sep 25 (IANS) Coffee drinkers from across the world are now flocking to Malaysia's Ipoh city to taste a beverage created there for the first time - white coffee.
Ipoh, the capital ... Read more...
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Grapefruit shows promise in treating diabetes
August 26th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 26 (IANS) Grapefruit has shown promise in the treatment of diabetes, thanks to the presence of an antioxidant in it.
Naringenin, which gives grapefruit its bitter taste, can do the same ... Read more...
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Federer fires easily into final with Fish
August 22nd, 2010 - 8:36 am ICT by IANS
Cincinnati, Aug 22 (DPA) Roger Federer crushed Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-3 in a clinical display Saturday to set up a final at the Cincinnati Masters with US player Mardy Fish.
The 36th-ranked ... Read more...
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Vivek Oberoi Replaced By TV Actor Hussain Kuwajerwalla in the Mega-Musical Play Kingdom of Dreams
April 26th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 26, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Frantic efforts were made to keep Vivek Oberoi as a part of Kingdom Of Dreams the 200-crore rupee staged version of a Bollywood extravaganza. But after ... Read more...
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Riteish upset about Ra.One ouster
April 23rd, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 23, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Shah Rukh Khan was good friends with Riteish Deshmukh and Arjun Rampal. While his friendship with Arjun is still intact, Riteish seems to have left with ... Read more...
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Novel intranasal product highly effective in treating migraines
April 8th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 8 (ANI): Norway-based nasal drug delivery company OptiNose has developed a novel intranasal sumatriptan product that has been found to be highly effective in treating migraines.Sumatriptan powder in 10mg ... Read more...
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UFC 111 Play By Play Update
March 28th, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan BhaduriNew York, Mar 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) UFC 111 play by play results have been already declared which has been quite a treat for all UFC fans. Some won the fights ... Read more...
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Lehigh Loses To Kansas At Ford Center
March 19th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nebraska, Mar 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) NCAA Basketball 2010 witnessed the winning of top seed Kansas Jayhawks as they took over Lehigh University Mountain Hawks. Although they were tussling against the ... Read more...
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Jessica Simpson is Looking For The Right Man
March 15th, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After her recent break-up with John Mayer, and his ensuing remarks which perhaps revealed too much of the pop star's personal life, Jessica says that she ... Read more...
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Friends forever: Sanjay Bhansali-Aditya Chopra Patch up
February 11th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
By Subhash K JhaFeb 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): It's a small world. And the world of entertainment is even smaller than the rest. Two of Bollywood's biggest filmmakers Sanjay Leela Bhansali ... Read more...
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Climate change adversely affects beer-making process
September 14th, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 14 (ANI): Scientists, in a new research, have determined that due to climate change, the process of making a particular variety of beer has been decreasing in recent years.According to ... Read more...
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Villagers make official eat bitter meal to protest lack of work
August 29th, 2009 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 28 (IANS) When an official of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) came to a village in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district Friday to check on the progress of projects, ... Read more...
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Jessica Simpson ‘paid a witch to put curse on ex- Tony Romo’
August 24th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 24 (ANI): If sources are to be believed, singer Jessica Simpson has cursed ex-boyfriend Tony Romo with the help of a witch she met on the internet.She apparently has put ... Read more...
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Rambha dons producer’s hat once more
August 6th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Rambha is all set to play producer again for a Malayalam movie in which she plays the lead role. Her earlier tryst with production was in 2003 when she produced the Jyotika ... Read more...
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Respiratory cells rely on taste buds to detect poisons
July 25th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 25 (IANS) An Indian American researcher has found that the mechanism which helps detect bad tasting and potentially poisonous foods also protects lungs from harmful substances.
Alok Shah, study co-author and ... Read more...
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‘Tasting’ mechanism helps protect airway detect and clear harmful substances
July 25th, 2009 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
Washington, July 25 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine say that the mechanism that lets people detect bad-tasting and potentially poisonous foods ... Read more...
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Ageless Watson stays in contention, Jaidee best Asian challenger
July 19th, 2009 - 1:57 am ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Turnberry (Scotland), July 18 (IANS) The golfing world woke up to a strange Saturday at a Major - it was one without Tiger Woods on the weekend and it ... Read more...
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Can an individual’s bitter-taste sensitivity help determine diabetes risk?
July 11th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 11 (ANI): A research team at Kansas State University, including an Indian origin scientist, are studying whether an individual's bitterness sensitivity can help predict his/her risk of developing type ... Read more...
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Europeans are world’s most sugar-sensitive people
June 27th, 2009 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 27 (ANI): Sweet-toothed Europeans now have another reason to gorge on a few more pieces of chocolate cake, for they are among the most sugar-sensitive people in the world, concludes ... Read more...
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Spot the difference! Spurious products flood Agra
May 21st, 2009 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, May 21 (IANS) Did the bottled water at the railway station here taste a bit different? Did the ice cream leave a bitter taste? Welcome to the city of ... Read more...
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IPL breaks heart of fans across the country (Reaction Roundup)
March 22nd, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Delhi/Mumbai/Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) Cricket fans all over the country were left disappointed with the Indian cricket board's decision to shift the hugely popular Indian Premier League (IPL) out of the country.
Cricket ... Read more...
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Red flowers use chemical warfare to protect themselves
March 19th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, March 19 (ANI): A new study has determined that an Australian native plant is using chemical warfare to prevent its bright red flowers from being eaten, by using some quantity ... Read more...
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Why do animals and birds avoid red flowers?
March 17th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 17 (IANS) Naturalists like Charles Darwin have always thought that the appearance of flowers is dictated purely by the need to attract the various insects, mammals and birds needed for ... Read more...
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Tourism Queensland accused of bikini bias for Best Job in the World
March 7th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar 7 (ANI): Tourism Queensland has come under fire for choosing only young people who looked cute in a bikini or... guy(s) with a washboard stomach".In a letter to Tourism ... Read more...
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