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New Delhi, December 13 : Sonam Kapoor, who was recently spotted promoting her upco

London - Natural toxins in nectar and pollen can poison insects and affect their memory, behaviour and reproductive success, researchers have found.

Toxins in lupin pollen cause bumble bees to produce fewer offspring while chemicals found in rhododendron nectar are toxic to honeybees but not bumble bees, toxic effects that could be contributing to the worrying decline in pollinator species, researchers said.

Professor Phillip Stevenson from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich with colleagues from Trinity College Dublin studied the impact on bees of naturally-occurring toxins in lupin and rhododendron flowers.

Melbourne, Dec 13 - Taylor Swift has claimed the Billboard's coveted Woman of the Year Award for

London, December 13 - Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has reportedly accepted a Football Association (FA) charge following his Instagram post which appeared to contain anti-Semitic and racist references.

Earlier, FA revealed in a statement that Liverpool player had allegedly breached its rule E3 [1] as his social media post was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper.

Balotelli responded to the allegations while writing a letter to the governing body and thereby reportedly hasn't requested a personal hearing.

Meanwhile, Liverpool hopes that his explanation would lead FA to only fine the player rather than imposing ban, the BBC reported.

New Delhi - In the first major disclosure on black money, 339 Indians have been found to have stashed Rs 4,479 crore in Swiss banks, while domestic unaccounted wealth to the tune of Rs 14,958 crore has been traced, even as the SIT recommended stringent measures to check the menace.

The Supreme Court-constituted SIT has recommended amendments to laws to provide for confiscation of domestic properties of those with illicit assets abroad and making tax evasion of over Rs 50 lakh a 'predicate offence' or a serious crime to facilitate necessary action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Washington, Dec 12 : Amanda Seyfried has revealed that she thinks "life is to