Chinese couples turning to sperm black markets for child
September 18th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) Longing for a child, many infertile couples in China are turning to sperm black markets where "donors" offer their sperm by injection or at times by ... Read more...
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‘Congress richest party, BJP next’
September 10th, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Congress is the richest political party in India, followed by rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), reveals data collected by think-tanks Association for Democratic ... Read more...
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Shanghai sperm bank has 100,000 samples
September 10th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Sep 10 (IANS) A sperm bank in Shanghai, which has been in operation for nine years, now contains over 100,000 samples from a total of 3,289 qualified donors.The Shanghai ... Read more...
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Over $50 bn illicitly transferred from Africa annually: Mbeki
August 16th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Aug 15 (IANS) Over $50 billion is illicitly transferred from Africa annually with multinational corporations being the main culprits, said former South African president Thabo Mbeki here Wednesday.Mbeki, chairman ... Read more...
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Rupert Murdoch wants Boris to lead the Tories
August 1st, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rupert Murdoch wants Boris Johnson to lead the Tories. Johnson is a British politician who is currently the mayor of London and he is also an accomplished ... Read more...
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Increase in domestic funding on AIDS: UN report
July 19th, 2012 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 18 (IANS) Domestic funding on HIV has exceeded international investments in the last one year, a report by the UN AIDS said here Wednesday.The report observed that over ... Read more...
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Facebook drive brings in rain gear for poor kids
July 6th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 6 (IANS) The severe monsoon of Goa will now not hold back over 200 children from poor families from attending school.Thanks to a civil society initiative, the ... Read more...
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World 10K run raises Rs.1.63 crore for charity
May 21st, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 21 (IANS) The TCS World 10K Bangalore to be run here this weekend, has raised Rs.1.63 crore for 84 NGOs, according to Murray Culshaw, chairman, Bangalore Cares, the ... Read more...
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British lab growing human body parts
May 6th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 6 (IANS) British experts are growing human body parts like nose and ears in laboratory, Daily Mail reported Sunday."This is a nose we're growing for a patient next ... Read more...
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British scientist fathered 600 children?
April 8th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 8 (IANS) A British scientist may have fathered up to 600 children at a controversial London fertility clinic which he set up in the 1940s with his wife.The ... Read more...
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Conference to foster ties between corporates and NGOs
March 15th, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Helping NGOs and corporates to foster ties and develop a planned social responsibility strategy will be the focus of an exhibition and conference beginning Friday ... Read more...
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Delhi doctors save two-year-old girl
March 14th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Two-year-old Zuana was near death due to terminal liver failure and doctors in her hometown of Jaipur had given up on her. However, a rare ... Read more...
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Obama poll campaign raises $29 mn in January
February 18th, 2012 - 8:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) US President Barack Obama raised over $29 million in January for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party, it was announced Friday.The number once again ... Read more...
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Eye rich source of flexible adult stem cells
January 9th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) Patients need not look any further than their own eyes to obtain perfectly matched neural (nerve) stem cells, say scientists.
Researchers have identified adult stem cells ... Read more...
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‘Anna ki Rasoi’: Free food for all at MMRDA ground
December 27th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) As activist Anna Hazare sought to egg on the crowd at the MMRDA ground here to fight for a strong Lokpal bill, a Good ... Read more...
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Anna Hazare flays team for moving court
December 23rd, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Dec 23 (IANS) Veteran social crusader Anna Hazare Friday termed as "improper" the decision by his activists to move the Bombay High Court seeking concessions for a ... Read more...
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Obama donors can enter raffle for dinner with Eva Longoria
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS/EFE) Actress Eva Longoria says she will have dinner and an "intimate conversation" on how to help US President Barack Obama win reelection in 2012 with ... Read more...
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Woman given HIV-infected blood, to undergo fresh test
December 14th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 14 (IANS) Health officials in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district are conducting fresh tests on a woman and her baby following allegations that the woman was given HIV-infected blood ... Read more...
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Spain carries out 94 organ transplants in 72 hours
December 6th, 2011 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 6 (IANS/EFE) Spain's National Transplant Organization set a new record with 94 organ transplants during the period of Nov 23-25.The donations allowed 53 kidney and 23 liver transplants ... Read more...
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Rs.2.94 crore donated to Team Anna since April
November 1st, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Team Anna received Rs.2.94 crore in donations in the six months since Anna Hazare began his first fast in April with Rs. 1.14 crore ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s ‘ghost’ schools worry donors
October 30th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 30 (IANS) The World Bank and the European Union have voiced concern over the existence of "ghost" and closed schools in Pakistan's Sindh province and absenteeism of teachers ... Read more...
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Rs.250 mn eye hospital in Pakistani Kashmir
October 9th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 9 (IANS) An eye hospital built at a cost of Rs.250 million was inaugurated in Pakistani Kashmir by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.Gilani Saturday inaugurated the eye ... Read more...
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Indian sperm hard to find, says world’s leading sperm bank
September 17th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 17 (IANS) The world's leading sperm bank says Indian sperm is hard to get as India does not permit sperm or eggs to be exportedAn official at Cryos ... Read more...
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17 Indians on death row to be freed
September 12th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Sep 12 (IANS) Seventeen Indian nationals, originally sentenced to death by a Sharjah court for the murder of a Pakistani man, are expected to be released from jail within ... Read more...
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Hazare dares government to prove graft allegations (Lead)
August 14th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Terming the government's allegations of corruption against him as "baseless and false", social activist Anna Hazare Sunday dared it to start a probe against him ... Read more...
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UN seeks $4 bn aid fund
July 23rd, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
New York, July 22 (IANS/WAM) The UN needs $4.3 billion in the next six months to carry out humanitarian work, the world body says.Valerie Amos, the UN under secretary general ... Read more...
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John Edwards ordered to repay back $2.3 million
July 22nd, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, July 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Federal Election Commission has ruled that John Edwards was given excess campaign money during his 2008 presidential bid. Subsequently the former Democratic presidential candidate has been ... Read more...
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Money was devotees’ - to build Sai samadhi (Lead)
June 28th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh), June 28 (IANS) The Sathya Sai Central Trust Tuesday said it had nothing to do with the cash seized by police and that it was ... Read more...
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News at fingertips - for the blind (With Image)
June 9th, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 9 (IANS) They say reading is the basic tool in the living of a good life. In Maharashtra, some 24,000 blind people are being initiated into such a ... Read more...
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Two Sri Lankan families swap livers for transplant
June 7th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 7 (IANS) In a unique life saving deal, two Sri Lankan families swapped the livers of two of their members at a hospital here for transplantation, officials said ... Read more...
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Rihanna, 50 Cent seek bone marrow for kid
June 6th, 2011 - 6:30 am ICT by IANS
London, June 6 (IANS) Singers Rihanna and 50 Cent have teamed up to help a struggling couple save their ailing baby daughter who is in dire need of bone ... Read more...
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G8 approves $20 bn loan for Egypt, Tunisia
May 27th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Deauville (France), May 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) International development banks and other institutions have as much as $20 billion to loan to Egypt and Tunisia, the Group of Eight (G8) said ... Read more...
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Lohan, Swift, Simpson donate bag for charity
May 25th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 25 (IANS) Hollywood celebrities Lindsay Lohan, Taylor Swift and Jessica Simpson have donated their carry-on flight bags for charity.They are among 50 people who have donated signed ... Read more...
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Donnie Wahlberg helps to get a kidney for fan through Twitter
April 27th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, April 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg has successfully got kidney for a patient who was waiting for a match. With the help of Twitter, ... Read more...
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NYC cab drivers all set to wear bulletproof vests
April 20th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, April 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Some taxi drivers in New York City were on Tuesday given bulletproof vests. The vests are meant to protect the cab drivers who are often ... Read more...
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