Brazil reduces Chevron fine for oil spill
September 18th, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 18 (IANS/EFE) Chevron will be fined $17 million for an offshore oil spill rather than the nearly $25 million announced in July, the head of Brazil's ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Chevron faces $25 mn fine for Brazil oil spill
July 20th, 2012 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 20 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's National Petroleum Agency said Thursday that Chevron Corp. will be fined nearly 50 million reais ($24.7 million) for an oil leak at an ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Secondary task may ‘improve driver’s attention, stability on road’
February 15th, 2011 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): New research by human factors/ergonomics researchers at the University of Kansas suggests that drivers who lose focus on the road because of boredom can actually increase their attention ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Butt hopes amendment to ICC code of conduct would see cut in ban
February 7th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 7(ANI): Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt hopes that a possible amendment to the International Cricket Council's code of conduct could see a reduction in his ten-year ban from the sport.The ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Swamy moves court against Sibal’s attack on CAG
January 14th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Friday moved the Supreme Court against the "intemperate and uncalled for public attack" by Communications Minister Kapil Sibal on the "CAG methodology" ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
‘Kate Plus 8′ Child Permits Defended By Labor Department
July 22nd, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After being reported by the state representative, ‘TLC’ hit television show ‘Kate Plus 8’, which is a spinoff off of ‘Jon and Kate Plus 8’, is ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Impulsive boys with poor families ‘more likely to commit criminal acts’
July 17th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): Boys who are impulsive, not adequately supervised, and with poor families and deviant pals, are more likely to commit criminal acts that land them in juvenile court, a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Manmohan Singh’s second shot to make India safe (Comment)
May 31st, 2009 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
By Maja Daruwala
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hopes for an India safe from terrorist attacks, extremist insurgencies and communal violence. He wants to work very hard at it. At every important meeting ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Paraguayan president fined for traffic violation
May 17th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Asuncion, May 17 (IANS) Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, who hogged the headlines recently by admitting to have fathered a child while he was a bishop, has now been fined for violating the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Second sex scandal in South African school ‘disappoints’ Oprah
April 1st, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey is 'disappointed' as her all-girls boarding school in South Africa has been hit by a second sex scandal since opening two years ago.According to the ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
School sex scandal disappoints Oprah Winfrey
April 1st, 2009 - 11:00 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Oprah Winfrey is disappointed due to the sex scandal news coming out of her South Africa girls school. Few students of the school are been accused of sexually harassing fellow schoolmates ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Now, a system to improve management, search of videos on YouTube
December 9th, 2008 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): Video sharing websites like YouTube face major problems dealing with proper labelling of videos and monitoring for copyright infractions. But now, a revolutionary technology has been developed ... Read more...
Posted in National |