A majority 69.2 per cent of women do not suffer from any side-effects after partaking emergency contraceptive pills, but a small percentage might have complaints of headaches, nausea and abdominal pain, a government study says. The Indian Council of Medical Research initiated a pilot study on emergency contraception through eight human reproduction research centres of ICMR in medical colleges and hospitals across the country. Majority (69.2 per cent) of the pill users did not have any complaints after using the pills. Of the remaining women who had complaints, the reasons were nausea, dizziness, abdominal pain, headache in 10 per cent to 14 per cent, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. Explaining further, he said EC pill I-pill containing the hormone Levonorgestrel prevents possible pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sexual act. It usually acts by inhibition or delay of ovulation and may also inhibit implantation.

The ICC on Saturday gave a clean chit to Kumar Sangakkara, who was involved in an unsavoury incident with New Zealand all-rounder Nathan McCullum during a tri-series match, saying the Sri Lanka captain was found not guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.

Match referee Alan Hurst gave Sangakkara the benefit of doubt after watching video recording of the incident in which he had collided with McCullum, trying to ground his bat while taking a run during the washed out match in Dambulla, on Friday.

"I looked at video footage of the incident from various angles and considered the detailed evidence of the umpires. I found that video evidence that was put forward by the player provided reasonable doubt as to whether the contact was deliberate," Hurst said.

Sangakkara was charged with a Level 2 offence, contrary to clause 2.2.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players or Team Officials, which relates to "inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players in the course of play," the game's world body said in a release.