Story can fail, innovative technique can never fail: RGV
May 16th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Director Ram Gopal Varma says that he shot his forthcoming thriller "Department", his most expensive film so far, by using a new technique and is ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
‘Department’ focuses on conflict of interest in police department (IANS Preview)
May 14th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Exploring in his films the dark underbelly of the underworld is what Ram Gopal Varma is known for. After making underworld dramas, the filmmaker ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
ICC appoints Woolf to head its review panel
August 4th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday appointed Harry Woolf, a former chief justice of England and Wales, to chair its independent governance review panel which will ... Read more...
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My resignation not over captaincy debate: Martin Crowe
April 6th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Apr. 6 (ANI): Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has confirmed that he has resigned from the Cricket Committee, but denied it was over New Zealand Cricket's indecision of choosing a ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Drug company links ‘may have compromised cancer study in The Lancet’
January 21st, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 21 (ANI): Cancer treatment research published in The Lancet may have been compromised by a drug company that funded the study, according to three Melbourne oncologists.They said that publication of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Inverse benefits of drug marketing affect patient safety, public health
January 14th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Experts at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are saying that drugs that are marketed aggressively by pharmaceutical companies offer less benefit and more harm to most ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Berlusconi says he will call it quits as PM in 2013
December 24th, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Dec 24 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Thrusday said he will not be a candidate for premier when elections are called as scheduled in 2013.
"I may participate in the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Put on notice, India’s Pachauri tasked with carrying out IPCC reform
October 20th, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.20 (ANI): Beleaguered Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman and noted Indian economist Dr. Rajendra Pachauri has reportedly been put on notice to carry out new guidelines and ensure a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Toilet Paper Vandal “TPed” the Robert Rizzo House
October 12th, 2010 - 1:01 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Huntington Beach home of the former Bell City manager by the name of Robert Rizzo has been vandalized by someone who threw rolls of toilet paper all ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
WHO refutes accusations that agency submitted to pressure from pharmaceutical companies during handling H1N1 pandemic
June 9th, 2010 - 2:03 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday refuted accusations that the agency submitted to pressure from pharmaceutical companies in its handling of the H1N1 ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Court to hear plea on appointment of information commissioner
November 8th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is likely to hear Monday a plea seeking transparency in the appointment of a new chief information commissioner of the Central Information Commission ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Elinor Ostrom wins the Nobel Prize for Economics 2009
October 12th, 2009 - 6:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Stockholm, Oct 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Nobel Prize for Economics for 2009 was awarded jointly to Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson.Elinor Ostrom is the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Economic governance: the organization of cooperation
October 12th, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by admin
Elinor Ostrom has demonstrated how common property can be successfully managed by user associations. Oliver Williamson has developed a theory where business firms serve as structures for conflict resolution. Over the last ... Read more...
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Ex Jewish charity CFO had a roaring affair with Ponzi KIng Madoff
August 14th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug.14 (ANI): The chief financial officer of the Hadassah, a Jewish volunteer organization, is said to have had a rip roaring affair with New York Ponzi King Bernard L. ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Google boss resigns from Apple board
August 3rd, 2009 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Aug 3 (DPA) Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt has resigned from the board of Apple because of potential conflicts of interest, Apple said in a statement Monday.
The move comes ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Google CEO Eric Schmidt quits Apple board
August 3rd, 2009 - 8:57 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google Inc., has resigned from the board of directors of Apple Inc., as the two companies continue to develop increasingly competitive products.Schmidt, joined a fledgling Google ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Free beer at the White House for some, but CEOs were made to pay for lunch
August 1st, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.1 (ANI): The White House billed four corporate CEOS for having lunch with President Obama on Friday, a day after the latter organized a so-called "Beer Summit" with a black Harvard ... Read more...
Posted in World |
White House proposes crackdown on credit-rating agencies
July 22nd, 2009 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 22 (DPA) US President Barack Obama has proposed a crackdown on credit-rating agencies, among the key players blamed in a financial crisis that has devastated the global economy.
The proposed ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Thumbs up for new code to govern journalists
June 21st, 2009 - 10:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) In the cutthroat news gathering environment of 24 X 7 television channels and newspapers, journalists are no less accountable than politicians, says a new code of ... Read more...
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Most cancer study papers show only positive findings, hide funding and author details
May 11th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 11 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that almost one-third of cancer studies published in reputed science journals to date did not disclose the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
More bad news for newspapers: White House says no bailout
May 5th, 2009 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 5 (IANS) With the Boston Globe, another major American newspaper on the edge of shutdown, President Barack Obama's administration has signalled that the newspaper industry will not ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Reliance, TCS among questionable contributors to Obama aide (Lead)
April 5th, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New York, April 5 (IANS) Two Indian companies were among global organisations that paid thousands of dollars as speaking fee or for advice to a top aide of US President Barack ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Reliance, TCS among questionable contributors to Obama advisor
April 5th, 2009 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New York, April 5 (IANS) Two Indian companies were among global organisations that paid thousands of dollars as speaking fee or for advice to a top aide of US President Barack ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Hillary Clinton’s confirmation as top US diplomat delayed
January 21st, 2009 - 10:51 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) Hours after Barack Obama's inauguration, the Senate swiftly approved six members of the new president's cabinet, but the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state was delayed ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Hillary Clinton gets senate panel nod
January 15th, 2009 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 15 (IANS) The Senate foreign relations committee has endorsed the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the next US Secretary of State. The vote was 16-1.The full Senate still must confirm ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Hillary Clinton runs into rough weather over husband’s fundraising
January 14th, 2009 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) Hillary Clinton has run into rough weather over potential conflicts of interest former President Bill Clinton's fundraising could pose if she is confirmed as secretary of state, but ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Satyam saga shows holes in India’’s corporate governance, say analysts
January 13th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 13 (ANI): Expressing concern over the Satyam Computer Services scandal, analysts have said that it has exposed serious shortfalls in corporate governance in India, and added that this ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Lugar has no plans to summon Clinton
December 12th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.12 (ANI): Senator Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is unlikely to call Bill Clinton to testify at his wife''s confirmation hearings.
Earlier, it was reported ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Republicans may ask Bill to testify during Hillary Clinton’’s confirmation
December 11th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.11 (ANI): Senate Republicans are considering asking former US President Bill Clinton to testify at his wife, Hillarys confirmation hearing.
The focus of the testimony could be about potential conflicts of ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Media often err in reporting health news
November 27th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 27 (ANI): Significant mistakes made by the media in reporting clinical trials could led public to make wrong decisions, according to a study.Tania Bubela of the University of Alberta, ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Obama’’s mentor says choosing Hillary Clinton very worrying
November 26th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by ANI
Chicago, Nov.26 (ANI): A mentor of US President-elect Barack Obama has described as very worrying the latters preference for Hillary Clinton as the next Secretary of State.
Abner Mikva, a former federal ... Read more...
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Sops from drug companies influence medical journalists, says report
November 20th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 20 (ANI): A team of Dartmouth researchers says that there is a need for greater scrutiny of the relationship between medical journalists and health care industrial sources, as pharmaceutical ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Hillary might reject Secretary of State offer
November 19th, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov.19 (ANI): New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton reportedly isnt certain she would accept the post of US Secretary of State even if Barack Obama offers it to her.
Politico ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Vetting of Bill Clintons finances could cost Hillary her Cabinet post
November 18th, 2008 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov.18 (ANI): Aides to U.S. Presidential-elect Barack Obama are reported to becoming exasperated by the Clinton camps pokey response to queries on former President Bill Clintons finances.
According to Politico, ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Simplifying the corporate structure
September 9th, 2008 - 11:00 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sept 9 (ANI/Business Wire India): Sterlite Industries (India) Limited ("Sterlite") announced that its parent company, Vedanta Resources Plc ("Vedanta" or the "Group") today announced a restructuring to simplify the Group ... Read more...
Posted in National |