Your popular snack could be making you ill: Study
March 30th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Most junk foods, including your favourite brand of noodles, burgers and aloo bhujia, contain very high levels of trans fats, salt and sugar, which inevitably ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
US Open: Top players refuse to play in ‘dangerous conditions’
September 8th, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 8 (IANS) All the matches at the US Open tennis Wednesday were cancelled because of incessant rain and top players led by defending champion Rafael Nadal ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Japan struggles to cool n-reactors, toll crosses 12,000 (Lead)
April 3rd, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, April 3 (IANS) Japan's attempt to cement a cracked concrete pit at a damaged nuclear reactor has failed as the toll in the earthquake that spawned a giant tsunami ... Read more...
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Cricket tycoon Stanford’s fraud case delayed over mental incompetence to face trial
January 8th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): The upcoming trial of former Texas billionaire and cricket tycoon R. Allen Stanford, accused of fleecing investors out of seven billion dollars in a pyramid scheme, has been ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Gail Posner Leaves Property Worth Millions For Her Dogs
June 19th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Miami, June 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bret Carr, the filmmaker son of late heiress Gail Posner, has filed papers in a Miami court claiming that he is the rightful heir of ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
10 adverse-reaction drugs on government radar, may face ban
December 30th, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Ten popular drugs, including body slimmers and nasal decongestants, are under the health ministry scrutiny for their adverse reactions and may face withdrawal from the market in ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Time not ripe to end stimulus: Manmohan Singh
September 25th, 2009 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Arvind Padmanabhan
Pittsburgh, Sep 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday told the G20 summit that the time was not ripe yet to withdraw the stimulus packages that were announced to ... Read more...
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Braveheart: Lisa Ray fighting cancer!
September 14th, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Canadian actress and model Lisa Ray (Bollywood/Hollywood) has cancer.
She has been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma and has started her cycle of treatment.
Lisa, 37, wants to share all her experience fighting with ... Read more...
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Lisa Ray says she didn’t react after learning about her cancer
September 14th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Sept 14 (ANI): Bollywood star Lisa Ray, who was recently diagnosed with incurable cancer, said that she didn't react after learning that she had Multiple Myeloma.The Kasoor star revealed the ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
MJ fell prey to “jackal doctors”, claims physician pal
July 23rd, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 23 (ANI): Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon has blamed the pop legend's doctors for giving him heavy doses of drugs which led to his tragic death.Dr Steven Hoefflin, who spoke ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh zoo urges president to adopt elephant
March 8th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 8 (IANS) A Madhya Pradesh zoo has urged President Pratibha Patil to sponsor an elephant under the 'Prani Punyodaya' (adopt an animal) scheme so that the animal is fed properly.
The ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Bone marrow transplantation approach can cure sickle cell disease
November 9th, 2008 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 9 (ANI): A research team led by an Indian origin scientist has pioneered a new form of bone marrow transplantation that can prove safe and effective ... Read more...
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Indian equities down on US recession fears (Lead)
October 16th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 16 (IANS) Concerned over growing fears of a recession in the US, Indian equities opened sharply lower Thursday in tandem with other global peers for the second day in succession.The ... Read more...
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I want my script to support Ranbir completely: Prakash Jha
June 17th, 2008 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) Acclaimed Bollywood director Prakash Jha took five days off to be in Nafplion, Greece, to finish the scripting of his political parable "Rajneeti". He wants ... Read more...
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Even low levels of nitrogen pollution has drastic environmental effects
February 7th, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb 7 (ANI): A new study has indicated that lower, chronic levels of nitrogen pollution has much more substantial long-term effects on the atmosphere than previously believed.According to a report in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Serious sleep problems may be behind needing coffee to stay awake
December 1st, 2007 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): Preferring coffee over a good nights sleep for that daily jolt might land you in trouble, for a new study has found that having caffeine for boosting energy ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |