Assam constable runs 156 km barefoot
January 31st, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 31 (IANS) A constable from Assam Police ran an incredible 156.2 km barefoot in just 24 hours, and is set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.Abhijit ... Read more...
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Pakistani ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan loses his memory
November 14th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 14 (ANI): Pakistani ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan has lost his memory owing to protracted illness.The ailing singer's life is oscillating between desperation and hope as sometimes he feels well and ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Jyoti Basu showing signs of multi-organ failure (Second Lead)
January 15th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu's condition deteriorated further Friday and he was showing signs of multi-organ failure, doctors said.
The 95-year-old leader's ventilator requirement had also gone up, ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Basu still on ventilator, blood pressure fluctuating (Lead)
January 7th, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu, in hospital since Jan 1 following a pneumonia attack, continued to be on ventilator support with no change in ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Butterfly proboscis inspired ’straw’ to sip fluid from cells
November 23rd, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 23 (ANI): A scientist is getting inspiration from a butterfly's proboscis to make small probes that can sample the fluid inside of cells.The scientist in question is Konstantin Kornev of ... Read more...
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Butterfly inspired tool to probe fluids inside cells
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) A butterfly's proboscis resembles a straw -- long, slender used for sipping -- but works more like a paper towel. Inspired by this design, a researcher has developed ... Read more...
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Meet the Brit woman who hasn’t ‘eaten in three years’
June 25th, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 25 (ANI): A Brit woman has survived three years without eating a single morsel of food.Trudy Sharp, 43, is suffering from digestive problems and the only thing she can consume ... Read more...
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Surgeons remove eight-inch rod from boy’s abdomen
April 9th, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, April 9 (IANS) Surgeons at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in the Aligarh Muslim University have successfully removed an eight-inch iron rod which had pierced the abdomen of a six-year-old ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Needle in baby’s eye: double vision, infection main threats
December 18th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The 18-month-old baby who survived after a crochet needle accidentally pierced her right eye and brain is recovering, but doctors at AIIMS Thursday said preventing double vision ... Read more...
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Man impaled by iron bar is ’stable but critical’
July 18th, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Supratim Dutta, an IT executive who survived an accident in which an iron bar pierced his liver, stomach and a lung, was recovering following an operation at ... Read more...
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Shinjini’s condition better, says mother Sibani
June 29th, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 29 (IANS) Shinjini Sengupta, the 16-year-old Kolkata girl who lost her voice and movement after she was allegedly rebuked by a TV reality show judges May 19, is better than ... Read more...
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