Fish stocks depleting along Indian coasts: Greenpeace
June 8th, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) At 63, Ahmed Kaka from Luni village in Gujarat is fighting for fish stocks along the Kutch coast, which are depleting. He recalls there were ... Read more...
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New carcinogen in smokeless tobacco identified
April 27th, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 27 (IANS) It is bad news for those Malayalis who use smokeless tobacco -- in the form of 'gutka' and similar products -- as a research in ... Read more...
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Realty sector sore with union budget
March 16th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 16 (IANS) Predicting an escalation in property prices, top players in Maharashtra's crucial realty sector Friday said they had been ignored by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in ... Read more...
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Pakistan gives out tents, food to flood-hit
October 4th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 4 (IANS) Tents, mosquito nets and food supplies were distributed in the worst flood-affected districts in southern Pakistan's Sindh province.Farhatullah Babar, spokesman to President Asif Ali Zardari, said ... Read more...
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Terror attack shows Karachi is in serious danger: Report
November 25th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Karachi, Nov 25 (IANS/AKI) The bombing of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) police compound in Karachi earlier this month demonstrates that the port city is in grave risk, according to the classified conclusions ... Read more...
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Motivational speaker Johnnie Tuitel asked to de-board an US Airways plane for being ‘too disabled’
October 18th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
West Palm Beach, Oct 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Motivational speaker Johnnie Tuitel felt insulted and humiliated when he was de-boarded from an US Airways flight as the authorities felt that he was ‘too ... Read more...
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Veteran mountaineer Col Narinder Kumar gets Mac Gregor Memorial medal
June 25th, 2010 - 10:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 25 (ANI): Veteran mountaineer and former Army officer Col Narinder Kumar (76) has been decorated with prestigious Mac Gregor Memorial medal.Mac Gregor memorial medal was instituted by the United ... Read more...
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H1N1 Not Over Yet, Says WHO
June 4th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
June 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Despite all the hopes and the general consensus, the H1N1 pandemic, or the swine flu, is not over yet, as has been announced by the 15 ... Read more...
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Man Dies Of Uterine Cancer, Medical Center Sued
May 28th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
New York, May 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The New York University Langone Medical Center is facing a unique charge. Well, the charge is not that unique, but the premise almost certainly ... Read more...
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217,000 Graco drop-side cribs to be recalled
April 30th, 2010 - 12:35 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Apr 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) 217,000 Graco drop-side cribs are going to be recalled because of the risks of entrapment and suffocation concerns. LaJobi is manufacturing the cribs.The company officials ... Read more...
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Britain’s ‘worst mum’ escapes jail
November 17th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 17 (ANI): A Brit mother of four is said to have escaped prosecution after she left her young children at home alone to go on a 24-hour drink and drug ... Read more...
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Mexican state government refuses to fund film version of Marquez’s book
October 8th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 8 (EFE) The government of Mexican state of Puebla has refused to fund the film version of Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" after ... Read more...
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World Food Programme overwhelmed by aid requests from Guatemala
September 16th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Sep 16 (EFE) The World Food Programme (WFP) has said here that requests for food donations for famine-struck Guatemala are far beyond its aid capabilities, a situation made worse by the ... Read more...
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Britain renews Sri Lankan ceasefire call
April 19th, 2009 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 19 (IANS) Britain has once again urged the government of Sri Lanka to declare an immediate ceasefire so that thousands of trapped civilians can leave an area of conflict between ... Read more...
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Mulayam doubts CBI neutrality, wants judicial probe in wealth
March 31st, 2009 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to order a judicial probe into the allegations that he and his family members owned wealth ... Read more...
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LTTE-run police post, court centre captured: Sri Lanka
March 16th, 2009 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 15 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops Sunday smashed their way further into the fast shrinking Tamil Tiger-held territories and captured their "police post" and a "court centre", inflicting heavy damages on ... Read more...
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‘Ashok Chakra is for bravery, not for getting killed’
February 22nd, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Former army officers, including a retired general, feel that most of the Ashok Chakras, the nation's highest peacetime award for gallantry, awarded to policemen this year have ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan biscuit maker withdraws product, melamine reported
October 16th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Oct 16 (IANS) A leading biscuit producing company in Sri Lanka has decided "to temporarily withdraw Munchee Lemon Puff biscuits from the market", a couple of days after the Switzerland Health ... Read more...
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Cooperation with Israel depends on Mideast peace process: EU
June 17th, 2008 - 7:24 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Luxembourg, June 16 (DPA) The European Union (EU) is willing to forge closer ties with Israel, but only if progress in the Middle East peace process is achieved, EU external affairs commissioner ... Read more...
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