Augustina Nwaokolo wins first gold medal at Commonwealth Games 2010
Posted on 04. Oct, 2010 by Allen Smith in Sports
The first gold in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2010 has been won by 17-year-old Nigerian teenager Augustina Nwaokolo.
The school girl wins Gold in the women’s weightlifting (48 kg) category almost stunning Soniya Chanu of India who pinned high hopes on taking home the gold. The Nigerian also sets new Commonwealth record for 175 kg (77kg [...]
Nobel Prize Medicine 2010 winner is test tube baby pioneer
Posted on 04. Oct, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
Britain scientist and pioneer in Test Tube Bady research, Robert G. Edwards wins Nobel Prize Medicine for 2010.
The British professor Robert Edwards, whose work on test tube baby led to the birth of world’s first test tube baby in London wins 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine that was announced on Monday, October 04, 2010. His [...]
President of India and Prince Charles together declare the Commonwealth Games 2010 open
Posted on 03. Oct, 2010 by Allen Smith in Sports
The Commonwealth Games 2010 was declared open today by Prince Charles and President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil.
Usually it is the Queen, who is the ceremonial head of the Commonwealth nations that declares the Commonwealth Games open. However, as the monarch didn’t attend the function there was a diplomatic compromise that Prince Charles and [...]
Italian teenager is the world’s first to receive artificial heart
Posted on 03. Oct, 2010 by Allen Smith in Health
An Italian becomes world’s first to get successful implantation of artificial heart. A 15-year-old Italian boy gets successful implantation of artificial heart, and the surgery took 10 hours at Bambino Gesu Childrens Hospital, Rome.
The boy received the device as his illness couldn’t permit him to wait for long to receive the otherwise appropriate human heart [...]
Stuxnet bug a big threat to Chinese national security
Posted on 27. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
A new malicious software (malware) touted as the latest cyber-weapon finding its way through Chinese factory computers, especially of the key industry sector, will be a threat to the China’s national security, warn the cyber experts.
Named the Stuxnet bug; the virus was discovered during June first, and it was believed to be programmed to infiltrate [...]
Hugo Chavez wins majority in the Venezuelan Congress
Posted on 27. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
Polls for the Venezuela’s parliamentary elections have closed and, President Hugo Chavez wins a majority in the Congress again.
The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela led by the President Hugo Chavez has won majority among 165 seats in the Venezuela Congress.
About 70% of the Venezuelans turned out to vote and elect the members for the [...]
Iran declares that the Bushehr nuclear plant to be Stuxnet malware free
Posted on 26. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant clears off rumors about Stuxnet malware.
The project manager of the plant dismissed rumors of computer virus targeting industries in Iran to hit the computers at the nuclear plant facility.
Mahmoud Jafari, project manager at Bushehr Nuclear Plant reassured the media about now possible malware and that the fuel load at the [...]
New study suggests that whole grains cut risk of developing diabetes
Posted on 26. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Health
A new study suggests that by following whole grain rich diet high in magnesium can have reduced risk of developing diabetes.
Previous studies find that by adopting healthy vegetable and fruit rich diet have cut not only the risk of developing diabetes but also strokes, coronary heart disease and even some cancers.
According to a recent study [...]
Russian spacecraft signs off from ISS and lands safely on Earth
Posted on 26. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
Two Russians cosmonauts and one American astronaut from NASA astronaut have come back to earth on Saturday after delays from docking off the International Space Station.
The space travelers returned to the station from the Russian Soyuz capsule that carried them to landing in steppes of the Kazakhstan, Perminov added. The Soyuz capsule landed safely after [...]
Amgen recalls some lots of Epogen and Procrit
Posted on 25. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Health
Amgen, the California-based biotech company recalls some lots of its anemia drugs, Epogen and Procrit fearing they may have thin glass flakes. While the company received no serious complaints as regards the glass flakes (in most cases they are visible), the company believed that the product may have low potential to have some impact on [...]
