Observations of experts at the Institute for Biomedical Research and Sports Epidemiology (IRMES) in France suggest that there will be no new sporting world records after 2060, as humans will have reached their physiological limits by that time.
The researchers followed analysis of 3,260 world records set since 1896, the year of the first modern Olympics. They found that athletes of that time used 75 per cent of their physical capacity, while it has touched 99 per cent mark today. Five discip
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NEW DELHI: Hours after the Presidential assent to a bill enabling his removal, the government on Friday sacked eminent cardiac surgeon P Venugopal as AIIMS Director with whom Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss was locked in a long-running turf war in the prestigious institution.
T D Dogra, who heads Forensic Medicines and Toxicology Department and is next to Venugopal in seniority, was appointed AIIMS' acting chief.
ROCHESTER: Catching his breath at a fitness club, Matt McHugh took a gulp of water from his trusty, hard-plastic Nalgene bottle and pondered the idea of switching to an alternative made of glass, stainless steel or another kind of plastic.
Worries about a hormone-mimicking chemical used in the trendy sports accessory led a major Canadian retailer to remove Nalgene and other polycarbonate plastic containers from store shelves in early December.
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She feels on top of the world and life looks like a bundle of treats for Pantaloons Femina Miss India Tourism 2007 Priyanka Shah, who made the nation proud by bagging the Miss Tourism 2007 title at Sibu recently.
Priyanka says, “I feel like a princess and want to invite people of the world to visit my beautiful homeland, India. As an engineering student, I was hesitant to embark on this journey of glamour, but now with my success, I have a message for all aspiring girls – the Miss India page
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Tired of phoney online friends? Make enemies instead. Riding on the popularity of social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, new websites are poking fun at online friendships that connect you to the people you like, by turning attention to the ones you don't.
Over the past 18 months, sites such Snubster, Enemybook and Hatebook are appealing to Internet users who get a kick out of the tongue-in-cheek humor of mocking their friends and others who are just plain cynical.
KARNAL: Ravinder, a student of class XI in Govt Senior Secondary School at Railway Road here, died following a heart attack in the school premises on Thursday morning. While the authorities said the child died at the time of morning assembly, students and parents of the deceased alleged that he died during warm-up race in the school.
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KARNAL: Thousands of vehicles remained stranded after residents of Shamgarh, 10 kms from here, blocked the national highway number I for about half an hour following the killing of 22 years old Jasbir Singh. When the incident happened, he was trying to resolve a dispute between two kabaddi teams in a semi-final of block-level panchayat tournaments at Nilokheri.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday was a tragedy and a terrible blow to the democratic process.
"In her death the subcontinent has lost an outstanding leader who worked for democracy and reconciliation in her country," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a statement.
"The manner of her going is a reminder of the common dangers that our region faces from cowardly acts of terrorism and of the need to eradicate th
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Tata Motor's bid for Jaguar and Land Rover, once through, would bring in a treasure trove of technology to its stable. The two luxury car marques — Land Rover and Jaguar — currently hold a number of technology patents, including one for a new engine that complies with Euro IV emission norms.
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