Washington, May 23 (ANI): A new approach for immunizing against influenza, developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), elicited a more potent immune response and broader protection than the currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines when tested in mice and ferrets.

Islamabad, May 23: (ANI): Drone strikes in Pakistan have fallen sharply since their peak in 2010, perhaps in response to increasing scrutiny of the programme by the US Congress and the American public, according to a media report.

Karachi, May 20 (ANI): Ireland has given hope of reviving international cricket in Pakistan after it reportedly agreed to consider visiting the country to reciprocate Pakistan's one-day international (ODI) tour of Ireland.

London, May 18 (ANI): In a response to the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian Premier League (IPL), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) may reportedly arrange interview any player under its jurisdiction who has had links to the Rajasthan Royals.

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): The annual conference of top officials of states and union territories will be held here today to review the status of preparedness of dealing with crisis situations resulting from the forthcoming south-west monsoon and to discuss other disaster management related issues.

Washington, May 13 (ANI): US Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), while responding to Republicans who are calling the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attacks a cover-up worse than Watergate and even floating impeachment, has said he wasn't yet willing to go that far.

New York, May 7 (ANI): An Air Force personnel responsible for preventing sexual assaults, Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, has been charged with allegations of groping a woman in a parking lot.

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony has said that the defence services have established Cyber Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to prevent and react to cyber attacks.

Washington, May 4 (ANI): Teenagers who are highly exposed to violent video games-three or more hours per day-show blunted physical and psychological responses to playing a violent game, a new study has revealed.

Washington, May 3 (ANI): Researchers have discovered the mechanism used by the Ebola virus to disarm the adaptive immune system.

Washington, May 2 (ANI): A new study has found that elicitation of the relaxation response - a physiologic state of deep rest induced by practices such as meditation, yoga, deep breathing and prayer - produces immediate changes in the expression of genes involved in immune function, energy metabolism and insulin secretion.

Washington, May 2 (ANI): In a broadly based response, scientists, international aid agencies and governments have launched efforts to develop and introduce cleaner, more efficient cook stoves that may improve health and livelihoods and reduce climate emissions.

New Delhi, April 26 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has sought the Central Government's response on a plea questioning how children below the age of 18 are allowed to open accounts on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, despite Indian laws not permitting it.

London, April 22 (ANI): Scientists have tailor-made a new chemical compound that blocks a protein that has been linked to poor responses to treatment in cancer patients.

Islamabad, Apr. 22 (ANI): Pakistan's caretaker government, in response to the court's request for an opinion, has said it will abstain from giving any independent statement concerning former president Pervez Musharraf's ongoing trial under Article 6 of the Constitution and will instead comply with judicial orders in this regard.

Beijing, Apr. 21 (Xinhua-ANI): Death toll has risen to 186 in the earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to latest statistics gathered by the provincial emergency response command center.

Melbourne, Apr 21 (ANI): The Australian government will be testing their own response to a terrorist attack on the nation's nuclear reactor following the arrest of a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Washington, April 18 (ANI): Imagine a dress that changes shape and colour on its own, or a shirt that can capture the energy from human movement and use it to charge an iPhone.

London, Apr. 17 (ANI): A Fox News guest commentator Erik Rush has provoked a furious reaction after seemingly advocating the killing of Muslims in response to the Boston Marathon attack.

Islamabad, Apr 15 (ANI): Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has resubmitted to the Supreme Court his reply in a case of high treason being heard against him.

Washington, April 12(ANI): UCLA scientists have found that blocking a protein critical to immune response temporarily actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection, suggesting new approaches to treating persistent viral infections like HIV and hepatitis C.

Sydney, Apr 8 (ANI): The United States and South Korea have drawn up plans to respond more forcefully as North Korea hints at new military provocations, a report has said.

Washington, Apr 4 (ANI): Scientists have for the first time determined how both the virus and a resulting strong antibody response co-evolved in one HIV-infected individual.

London, Mar. 29 (ANI): According to new research by engineers at the University of Sheffield (UK), tennis players can adapt their movement/playing style in response to subtle differences in court constructions.

Chennai, Mar 28 (ANI): Communist party of India (CPI) General Secretary, D Raja on Thursday expressed his disappointment over the Tamil Nadu Government's response on the anti-Sri-Lankan resolution, and urged the state government to take action in the wake of the Tamil Nadu State Assembly's resolution.