Ashok Leyland bags $6 mn Bangladesh order for buses
June 6th, 2012 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) City-based commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland Ltd Wednesday announced it has bagged a $6 million order to supply 50 vestibule buses to the Bangladesh Road Transport ... Read more...
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Pakistan has 700,000 new tax-payers
February 1st, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) Pakistan has 700,000 new tax-payers Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said, adding that the government was taking steps to improve the state of the ... Read more...
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Don’t attend Sri Lanka military conference: rights body
May 24th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 24 (IANS) Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged countries not to attend a Sri Lankan military conference that allegedly seeks to justify the thousands killed during the ... Read more...
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Arunachal MP welcomes setting up of committee to probe Tawang crash
April 24th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Apr 24 (ANI): Member of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh Takam Sanjoy on Sunday welcomed setting up of an inquiry committee to investigate the circumstances that led to ... Read more...
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Expert panel set up to probe Tawang chopper crash
April 23rd, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The civil aviation ministry Saturday appointed an expert committee to probe the April 19 helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang town, a statement said. Seventeen ... Read more...
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Doctors warn that fat can kill even if person is healthy
February 15th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): A study has found that obese people who are healthy are still twice as likely to suffer a fatal heart attack.A research team from Glasgow University discovered that ... Read more...
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Interlinking of rivers would increase India’s arable land
September 21st, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) Interlinking of rivers has the potential to increase India's arable land by 35 million hectares (mha), Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H. Pala said Tuesday.
Harvesting flood ... Read more...
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Dinakaran case: We were provoked’, say Karnataka Advocates
November 13th, 2009 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Nov 13 (ANI): The Advocates Association of Bangalore today justified the lawyers' protest in the Karnataka High Court saying that they were provoked into aggressive action by the judges. In a ... Read more...
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Housewives ‘more likely to suffer from heart disease than working women’
August 26th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 26 (ANI): Housewives are at an increased risk of suffering from heart disease and strokes as compared to women who go to work, a new study has shown.And experts blame ... Read more...
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Govt. orders enquiry into Terminal 1-D damage in Delhi
August 22nd, 2009 - 9:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI): Taking serious note of the incident, in which a section of the newly constructed Terminal 1-D at the Indira Gandhi International airport was damaged due to heavy ... Read more...
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Textile industry to grow at 7-8 percent: Maran (Second Lead)
June 12th, 2009 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The textile industry will regain lost ground to grow at 7-8 percent in the current fiscal, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran said here Friday.
"Industry is quite optimistic ... Read more...
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Fewer chirping birds means silenced countryside
November 1st, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): An alarming report has revealed that the sound of chirping birds might soon be lost for ever among sounds in the countryside, as the populations of farmland ... Read more...
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Milk makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics in animals
September 8th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): In a surprising discovery, scientists have found that milk makes potentially dangerous bacteria like Staphylococcus resistant to antibiotics used for treating animals.It is known that many times, ... Read more...
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Milk helps bacteria survive antibiotics
September 8th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 8 (IANS) Milk may help protect dangerous bacteria like Staphylococcus from antibiotics used in treating animals.Bacteria sometimes form structures called biofilms that protect them against antibiotics and the body's natural ... Read more...
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Seventy percent children anaemic, government to take steps
March 5th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Concerned by the whopping number of children in the age group of six to 59 months suffering from anaemia, the government is taking several steps, including providing ... Read more...
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From where will funds for loan waiver come? asks Advani
March 4th, 2008 - 12:07 am ICT by admin
(Lead)New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Welcoming the Rs.600 billion loan waiver announced for farmers, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday asked the government from where it proposed to get the ... Read more...
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BJP will support bills on women’s quota, Telangana: Advani
March 3rd, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani told the Lok Sabha Monday that his party will support bills presented in any form on women's reservation and on ... Read more...
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Global warming not sole reason behind massive Antarctic ice shelfs collapse
February 8th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb 8 (ANI): Two scientists have claimed that climate change was not the only cause of the collapse of a 500 billion ton ice shelf in Antarctica six years ago.According to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
1 in 4 Aussies suffers from erectile dysfunction: Survey
December 22nd, 2007 - 11:21 am ICT by admin
Melbourne, Dec 22 (ANI): A survey has found that more than a quarter of Australian men have problems maintaining an erection.Erectile dysfunction is the most prevalent disorder in older men, and it ... Read more...
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Obesity increases the risk of developing cancer
November 14th, 2007 - 1:54 am ICT by admin
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