Indian under-fives the most vulnerable in the world (Second Lead)
September 13th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Despite the government's efforts to improve maternal and child health, the latest report released by UNICEF shows India had the highest number of deaths of ... Read more...
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Indian under-fives the most vulnerable in the world (Lead)
September 13th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Despite the government's efforts to improve maternal and child health, the latest report released by UNICEF shows India had the highest number of deaths of ... Read more...
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Indian under-fives the most vulnerable in the world
September 13th, 2012 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Despite the government's efforts to improve maternal and child health, the latest report released by UNICEF shows India had the highest number of deaths of ... Read more...
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12,321 Bangladeshis infiltrators detected in Meghalaya
September 7th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 7 (IANS) Over 12,000 Bangladeshi infiltrators were detected in Meghalaya in less than five years, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said Friday."From 2008 to July this year, 12,321 Bangladeshis ... Read more...
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TiE announces awards for entrepreneurs
August 29th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The New Delhi-NCR chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), the world's largest organisation of entrepreneurs, in association with Lumis Partners, a private equity fund, has ... Read more...
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Woman branded witch, tortured in Rajasthan
April 13th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman was stripped and tied to an electricity pole after being branded as a witch and tortured with searing hot tongs placed on her ... Read more...
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Long term diabetics exposed to triple stroke-risk
March 2nd, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 2 (IANS) People suffering from diabetes for 10 years or more face triple the risk of stroke, compared to non-diabetics, says a new study.This is the first study ... Read more...
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Lack of judges, adjournments delaying justice: Experts
December 19th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court's desire to know how a railway minister's assassination case has dragged on for 37 years has again brought into sharp focus delays ... Read more...
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Pakistan gives India MFN status, India Inc rejoices
November 2nd, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday granted the "Most Favoured Nation" (MFN) status to India, reciprocating a 15-year-old gesture. India Inc said the decision will push up trade ... Read more...
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Bail orders reserved, dark Diwali for Kanimozhi, six others
October 24th, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) It would be Diwali behind bars for DMK MP Kanimozhi and six others accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case with a Central Bureau of ... Read more...
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Mexican footballers in trouble for mock gunplay
October 18th, 2011 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 18 (IANS/EFE) Mexicans were aghast after a soccer player pretended to shoot one of his teammates in the head to celebrate a goal, a prank that fell ... Read more...
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Six booked for branding woman as witch
May 31st, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dungarpur (Rajasthan), May 31 (IANS) A 30-year old woman in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district has filed a police complaint alleging that she was branded a witch, tortured and forced to leave ... Read more...
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Woman branded witch, ordered to leave village
May 19th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 19 (IANS) A woman in Rajasthan's Ajmer district has filed a complaint alleging that she has been branded a witch, tortured and is being forced to leave her ... Read more...
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No kids ‘the secret to marital bliss’
March 1st, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Mar 1 (ANI): Want your marriage to work? Then don't have kids, according to a major UK study.The research has found the magic formula for happiness in a relationship - and ... Read more...
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Britain is a nation of happy couples
February 15th, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): A majority of couples in the UK - whether married or cohabiting with their partners - are happy in their relationship.Initial findings from Understanding Society show that ... Read more...
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Britain has happy couples, married or cohabiting
February 15th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 15 (IANS) Whether they are married or cohabiting with a partner, the vast majority of couples in Britain are happy in their relationship, reveals a study. What's more, being together ... Read more...
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Indus Entrepreneurs to honour young entrepreneurs
November 3rd, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov3 (IANS) The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)Wednesday said it will organise excellence awards to honour young entrepreneurs in the country.Companies set up less than five years ago are eligible for ... Read more...
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CDC Panel: Teens Should Get Another Meningitis Shot
October 29th, 2010 - 12:35 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The CDC (Centers for Disease Control), a United States health advisory panel has announced that teenagers will need to get a booster shot of the vaccine which defends ... Read more...
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97pc of Singaporeans work harder to keep spark in marriage in first 5 years
October 27th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 27 (ANI): In the first five years of marriage, 97 percent of Singaporeans make small gestures to pacify their spouses when they are unhappy with them, suggests a new ... Read more...
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Sound sleep insures against obesity among kids
September 7th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) Sound sleep very early in life is the best insurance against obesity, a research has found.
Babies, toddlers and pre-school children sleeping less than 10 hours a night are ... Read more...
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UCO Bank raises prime lending rate by 25 basis points
August 9th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) City-based public sector bank UCO Bank raised its Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) by 25 basis points to 12.50 percent from Monday (Aug 9).
The bank has increased the ... Read more...
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Now Bihar has roads to drive development
July 11th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
Patna, July 11 (IANS) Octogenarian farmer Madhav Singh is a happy man these days. Though his village Alawalpur is only 12 km away from Bihar's capital, it used to take ... Read more...
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Punjab tightens penalty for snatchings
June 17th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 17 (IANS) In the wake of increasing incidents of snatching in Punjab, the state government Thursday approved changes in the existing law to make penalties for the crime more stringent. ... Read more...
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FBI files show that Ted Kennedy received threats
June 15th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jun 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to FBI documents that were released on Monday, Senator Edward Kennedy received lots of death threats over a period of two decades.According to ... Read more...
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Brazilian soccer teams’ debts total $1.3 bn
June 11th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jun 11 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's professional soccer teams owe a combined $1.3 billion, with more than half of this to the government, a media report said.
The government is owed ... Read more...
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‘Government to bear 50% Capex for e-waste recycling facilities on PPP mode’
May 27th, 2010 - 12:51 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): The Government will bear 50 per cent of Capex for e-waste recycling facilities on public private parternship (PPP) mode, said Rajiv Gauba, Joint Secretary with the Ministry ... Read more...
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Infectious diseases account for two-third child deaths
May 12th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Preventable infectious diseases accounted for two-thirds of the nine million child deaths in 2008, says a new study.
Experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Unicef's Child ... Read more...
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Infections cause two-thirds of child deaths: Study
May 12th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 12 (ANI): According to a new study, preventable infectious diseases cause two-thirds of child deaths.Published in The Lancet, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF's Child Health Epidemiology ... Read more...
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Our group will stride greater heights: Anil Ambani (Lead)
May 10th, 2010 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, India's third-largest industrial empire, will traverse greater heights in the years to come, chairman Anil Ambani told his employees, thanking them ... Read more...
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Our group will stride greater heights: Anil Ambani
May 10th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, India's third-largest industrial empire, will traverse greater heights in the years to come, chairman Anil Ambani told his million-strong employees, thanking ... Read more...
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Hanging Kasab may take several years (Lead, superseding earlier story)
May 6th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Hanging 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab may be sooner said than done as the death sentence given by the Mumbai special court Thursday will first undergo judicial ... Read more...
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Hanging Kasab may take years
May 6th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Hanging 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab may be sooner said than done as the death sentence given by the special court in Mumbai Thursday will now have ... Read more...
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Dubai hosts health congress
March 25th, 2010 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, March 25 (IANS) More than 200 experts have attended the first Africa and Middle East Pneumococcal Congress held here in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), WAM news agency reported.
Mahmoud Fikri, ... Read more...
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Bharat Biotech vaccine doses touch one-billion mark
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Leading vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech Wednesday delivered its billionth vaccine dose and announced to invest Rs.250 crore in two years to carry forward clinical trials in different ... Read more...
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56 mn children will drop out of schools by 2015
January 20th, 2010 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 20 (IANS) Lack of funds due to global economic crises would force 56 million children across the world to drop out of schools by 2015, a UN report said.
In ... Read more...
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