Toronto, Sep 12 (IANS) A new Canadian study shows that the popular knee surgery for arthritis is actually ineffective in reducing joint pain or improving joint function.

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Poverty and backwardness are being fuelled by price rise and economic slowdown, hampering ongoing efforts to achieve millennium development goals (MDG) midway into the stipulated timeline, according to a UN report released Thursday.

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Health ministers from Southeast Asian countries Thursday pledged to combat tobacco use and to curb the spread of the mosquito-borne dengue disease, which they claimed was re-emerging due to climate change in the region.

Gorakhpur, Sep 11 (IANS) Congress general secretary and MP fromAmethi Rahul Gandhi Thursday visited Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur region, where over 10,000 people have been displaced by floods.

Shanghai, Sep 11 (IANS) Simi Mehra started off brilliantly but finished in a disappointing manner in the first round of the $300,000 Binhai Open at the Binhai Golf Course in Shanghai.

Hyderabad, Sep 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh appears heading for a political battle between Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi and the family of former chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder N.T. Rama Rao.

Kolkata, Sep 11 (IANS) Former West Bengal chief minister and Marxist veteran Jyoti Basu, who is in a nursing home here after a fall at his residence last week, continued to be stable Thursday, the hospital said.

Kendrapada (Orissa), Sep 11 (IANS) At least eight persons, including a female software engineer, have been booked in Orissa for cheating a non resident Indian (NRI) of Rs.1.3 million by making false promises, the police said Thursday.