New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has given its approval for moving official amendments to the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2010 pending in the Lok Sabha.

Washington, April 15 (ANI): The wireless space is getting crowded. Wi-Fi signals, Bluetooth devices, ZigBee sensor nodes and other electronics and protocols are increasingly clogging the airwaves, resulting in dropped calls, wasted bandwidth and bad connections.

Tokyo, Apr 8 (ANI): Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has ordered the country's defense forces to prepare to intercept ballistic missiles from North Korea, a report has said.

New Delhi, Apr 6 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir cricketer Parvez Rasool has achieved another first by getting the nod from the selection panel headed by Sandeep Patil for the ICC Champions Trophy 2013. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been left out.

Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): Nanoparticles carrying a toxin found in bee venom can destroy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while leaving surrounding cells unharmed, researchers have found.

Ranchi, Mar.7 (ANI): Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda was acquitted on Thursday by the state high court in connection with the Rs 90 lakh scam pollution control board scam. His alleged associate Binod Sinha was also acquitted.

Washington, March 5 (ANI): Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack), a new study has found.

London, Feb. 28 (ANI): Prince Harry, who recently gave a nod to Princess Diana's fundraising work during his own charity mission to Africa, has said that he hopes that his mother is proud of him.

New Delhi, Feb. 16 (ANI): The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Vinod Rai, has said that his organisation is in the process of assessing the Italian helicopters deal and would come out with a report soon.

Chennai, Feb 8 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Friday lashed out at Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai for hitting out at the Manmohan Singh-led UPA II Government at an international forum, and said that constitutional authorities should be circumscribed by the 'Lakshman Rekha' propriety.

New Delhi, Feb. 8 (ANI): Taking potshots at Vinod Rai over his comment that placing reports in Parliament can't be the Comptroller and Auditor General's only role, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday asked whether the former intended to become the country's prime minister, if not an accountant.

New Delhi/ Cambridge (Massachusetts, US), Feb.8 (ANI): A cross section of political leaders and a former CAG official on Friday gave a mixed reaction to Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai's demanding comment that the role of the CAG cannot be confined to just submitting financial propriety reports to Parliament.

Lucknow, Feb. 7 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday defended the re-induction of tainted minister Vinod Singh alias Pandit Singh into his Cabinet, saying that nothing has been found wrong against the minister.

London, Feb. 2 (ANI): A Russian judge from the far eastern city of Blagoveschensk was forced to resign after he dozed off during a trial and then sentenced the defendant to five years imprisonment.

Sydney, Jan. 30 (ANI): Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell has a strong chance of being part of the upcoming Test team to India, as a spin-bowling all-rounder, on the basis of diligent net practice and a few appearances in the Twenty20 matches against Sri Lanka.

Bhubaneswar, Jan.21 (ANI): Participating in a seminar here on Monday, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Vinod Rai, rejected claims that his office had leaked reports pertaining to the 2G-Spectrum, coal block allocation and Commonwealth Games scams before they were tabled in Parliament.

London, January 20 (ANI): A teenager, who was branded lazy for nodding off in class, suffers from a rare brain disorder that causes her to sleep for weeks at a time.

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Bollywood Superstar Akshay Kumar recently attended the press conference of "Pearls Golf Premiere League 2013" in Mumbai.

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today approved the transfer of 245.35 sq.mtr. of Government land in possession of the National Thermal Power Station of the National Thermal Power Corporation to the Public Works Department, Government of NCT of Delhi.

Washington, January 13 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new technique that will allow surgeons to identify during surgery which lymph nodes are cancerous so that healthy tissue can be saved.

Tokyo, Dec. 23 (ANI): Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has repeated that he will consider revoking the ban on construction of new nuclear reactors after assuming duties this week.

London, December 22 (ANI): Marine animal groups like ammonoids and conodonts already peaked three or four million years earlier, namely still during the Ear-ly Triassic, researchers say.

New Delhi, Dec 22 (ANI): The Defence Ministry in an unprecedented decision has allowed a flight cadet suffering from paralysis to join the Indian Air Force as a ground duty officer in accounts branch.

Washington, December 19 (ANI): Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is thought to have originated from chimpanzees in central Africa that were infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a retrovirus.

Washington, Dec. 17 (Xinhua-ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama has extended his congratulations to Shinzo Abe, a former Japanese prime minister, on his party's victory in the parliamentary elections, saying he looks forward to "working closely" with the next Japanese government.