Oil refinery to come up in Balochistan
February 4th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) A Pakistani firm is planning to set up a $600 million oil refinery in southwestern part of the country, Dawn reported Saturday.The plant will come up ... Read more...
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Snowstorms affect 256,000 people in central China
January 25th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 24 (IANS) About 256,000 people have been affected in the remote mountainous regions of China's Hunan province due to snow and freezing weather since last week, the authorities ... Read more...
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‘Use canola or olive oil for better health’
January 11th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) When a recipe calls for ghee or butter, substitute it with canola or olive oil for better health. Both these oils can help you to ... Read more...
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Cancer-causing chemical found in peanuts, cooking oil
December 31st, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 31 (IANS) Food safety regulators in a Chinese province have detected carcinogenic substance Aflatoxin in peanuts and cooking oil.The chemical was found in the food items in Shenzhen ... Read more...
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Proposed food bill will burden states: Dhumal
December 28th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 28 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Wednesday expressed his reservations to the draft Food Security Bill, 2011, saying the central government is burdening the states ... Read more...
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52 held in China over ‘gutter oil’
December 20th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 20 (IANS) Fifty-two people were arrested in China for selling cooking oil made from the leftovers collected from restaurant gutters, a media report said Tuesday.They were held in ... Read more...
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China to track kitchen wastes
December 14th, 2011 - 6:59 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 14 (IANS) Chinese authorities plan to track kitchen waste from restaurants to stop the illegal supply of gutter oil -- old cooking oil collected from the gutters.Gutter oil ... Read more...
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Dutch airlines to buy Chinese gutter oil
November 29th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 29 (IANS) The KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plans to buy old cooking oil collected from restaurant gutters in China for use as fuel in its commercial fleet.SkyNRG, one ... Read more...
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TV reporter knifed to death in China
September 20th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 20 (IANS) A TV reporter in central China has been found dead with more than 10 stab wounds on his body, a media report said Tuesday.Li Xiang, 30, ... Read more...
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Beijing cracks down on illegal cooking oil
July 13th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 13 (IANS) Authorities here have cracked down on restaurants using illegal cooking oil -- supposedly edible cooking oil produced from so-called gutter oil and swill-cooked oil."All restaurants must ... Read more...
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China blacklists 151 materials forbidden in food, feed
April 24th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Apr 24 (ANI): China has blacklisted 151 materials that are forbidden or abusable in food and feed over the past nine years, according to the country's food safety committee.According to figures ... Read more...
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Cooking oil spill leaves Rhode Island smelling like fries
April 13th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Rhode Island, April 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Several streets in Rhode Island’s city of Cranston have been left in a mess after about 30 gallons of used soya bean oil spilled in the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Rampaging Punjab man gets 2-year jail in Canada
April 8th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, April 8 (IANS) A Punjab man in the Sikh-dominated city of Abbotsford near here was Thursday jailed for two years for terrorizing his white tenant family.Paramjeet Jandu, who was ... Read more...
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A daily dose of safflower oil may help reduce heart disease risk
March 22nd, 2011 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): A dose of safflower oil, a common cooking oil, each day for 16 weeks may help reduce the risk of heart disease, according to a new research.In the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Al Qaeda wants to train protesters’ children in Tunisia
January 16th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 16 (IANS/AKI) The North African wing of Al Qaeda has released an audio tape, expressing support for the anti-government protesters in Tunisia and urging them to send their children to ... Read more...
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10 tips to keep your healthy habits intact during holidays
November 24th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Dreading the holiday season, as it would crash your plans to maintain a healthy diet? Well, you don't have to worry, for an expert has come up with ... Read more...
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Walking the ramp is most difficult: Amitabh (Movie Snippets)
September 20th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan doesn't mind experimenting with any kind of roles, but he finds walking the ramp as the toughest thing to do and wonders ... Read more...
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Sports ministry says 103 Indian players have failed doping tests
September 12th, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept.12 (ANI): As many as 103 Indian sportspersons, including juniors, have flunked dope-related tests in the last eight months, a sports ministry official said on Saturday.With just 26 days left ... Read more...
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Canola Oil Production Eyed By Penn State Researchers
September 4th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Sep 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Penn State is looking forward to use canola seed for making edible oil and bio diesel in the near future. A year old research is being ... Read more...
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J-K Govt. reaches out to victims in flash flood affected villages
August 12th, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by ANI
By Shashank ShantanuLeh, Aug.12 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir government is leaving no stone unturned to reach out to the affected villagers in this flash flood ravaged region, as it has come ... Read more...
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Over 120 tonnes of foodstuff seized in Venezuela
May 22nd, 2010 - 6:07 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, May 22 (IANS/EFE) Over 120 tonnes of foodstuff have been seized from Venezuela's largest food company by the country's National Guard, in a bid to "avoid empty shelves at grocery stores".
This ... Read more...
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Hindu vigilantes attack Maoist protesters on Nepal-India border
May 6th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 6 (IANS) More than a dozen Maoist leaders were hurt and two vehicles torched along the Nepal-India border Thursday as Hindu vigilantes attacked Maoist protesters enforcing an indefinite closure and ... Read more...
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Oily bond: Preity Zinta teams up with Dhoni
February 3rd, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Feb 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Vivacious Preity Zinta is on a roll these days and is busy multi tasking. The pretty lady has turned into a superwoman as she ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Essential food items at cheaper rates in Delhi soon
January 25th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday said that essential food items would soon be available at rates lower than the current market prices at 300 centres across the national ... Read more...
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Prince Charles goes solar at Clarence House
December 20th, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 20 (ANI): The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, is preparing to go solar in a big way.He plans to place solar panels on the rooftops of Clarence House, his London ... Read more...
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UAE charity helps Sumatra quake victims
October 23rd, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Sumatra (Indonesia), Oct 23 (WAM) A charity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has started distribution of emergency relief supplies among the quake victims in the Sumatra island of Indonesia, WAM news ... Read more...
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Chip fat powered scrap bus on around-the-world mission reaches Asia!
October 18th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 18 (ANI): Environmental campaigner Andy Pag who is trying to travel around the world in a recycled scrap yard bus powered only by chip fat has reached Asia.The 34-year-old adventurer, ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh’s Dalits in pathetic condition: Joshi
October 3rd, 2009 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) Lamenting the condition of Dalits in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi Saturday said the community remained neglected even in the Ambedkar ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Spiralling prices make Pakistanis doubt Ramadan blessings
September 1st, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Nadeem Sarwar
Islamabad, Sep 1 (DPA) Muslims around the world believe Ramadan is a period during which the doors of heaven are opened and blessings shower down in abundance, but ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
UPA govt is not for ‘aam admi’: Buddhadeb
September 1st, 2009 - 5:05 am ICT by IBNS
Kolkata, Sept 1 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee alleged that the Congress-backed UPA government have failed to live up to their ‘aam admi’ slogan in face of the price rise ... Read more...
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Biomass-eating military robo is a veggie, not a carnivore
July 17th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): The makers of a biomass-eating military robot have clarified that the machine is a vegetarian, and not a non-vegetarian as was earlier reported.Robotic Technology Inc.'s (RTI's) Energetically Autonomous ... Read more...
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New military robot to fuel itself by gobbling up dead bodies
July 15th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find - ... Read more...
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Two dietary oils could reduce body fat in older diabetic women
July 8th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 8 (ANI): Two common dietary oil supplements, safflower oil and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), have an inherent ability to reduce body fat in obese postmenopausal women with Type 2 diabetes, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Death, starvation haunt people marooned in Swat
May 27th, 2009 - 9:09 am ICT by IANS
By Nadeem Sarwar and Aqeel Yousafzai
Peshawar (Pakistan), May 27 (DPA) For many in Pakistan's war-torn Swat valley the choice is not between life and death, but between a death caused by ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
‘Green’ bus that runs on chip fat hits the road in UK!
May 7th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 7 (ANI): A single-decker bus, dubbed "The Chipper", that runs on waste cooking oil from chip shops has taken to the UK streets.The "green" vehicle, a 1998 Dennis Dart vehicle ... Read more...
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