China outraged as owner drops dog from 18th floor
August 10th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 10 (IANS) A pet dog in China has survived a fall from an 18th floor apartment when its owner dropped it from the window after getting mad at ... Read more...
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Olympic weightlifting: Record-breaker Lu lifts gold
August 2nd, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) China's Lu Xiaojun broke two of his own world records as he took the Olympic gold in the men's 77 kg weightlifting category here.Lu Xiaojun ... Read more...
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‘Loving moms’ of Shanghai women help out orphans
May 26th, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, May 26 (IANS) Ten Shanghai women have established an organisation called 'Loving Mom' that collects donations to send sick and poverty-stricken children from other provinces to the city for ... Read more...
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Professor fined $159 for plagiarism
March 27th, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 27 (IANS) A college professor in China's Luoyang city was fined $159 for plagiarizing the work of a former undergraduate student at Beijing Sport University, China Daily reported ... Read more...
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China’s November inflation may fall below 5 percent
December 6th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 6 (IANS) China's inflation rate may fall below five percent in November, thanks to the lower food prices that led to the downward trend after a 37-month high ... Read more...
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Chinese delegation to visit India, Pakistan
October 29th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 29 (IANS) A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) left here Saturday on a goodwill visit to India, Pakistan and Indonesia.The delegation is being led by ... Read more...
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Amitabh not allowed to promote film in Lucknow University
July 15th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 15 (IANS) The Lucknow University (LU) Friday denied permission to Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to visit its campus for promoting his latest movie "Aarakshan", which deals with ... Read more...
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Singapore Super Series: Saina starts her campaign against Lu Lan
June 14th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will start her title defence in the Singapore Super Series badminton tournament against world number 24 Chinese Lu Lan in ... Read more...
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Chinese man who killed kids with rat poison executed
May 29th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 29 (IANS) A Chinese man who added rat poison to food to kill a school cook but which instead led to the death of two children, has been ... Read more...
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Buddhist monks walking for world peace reach Agra
January 28th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 28 (IANS) Nearly 300 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Poland, England, Ireland and Germany, walking across India for world peace and welfare, have reached the Taj city. They were given a ... Read more...
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India summons US diplomat over Shankar’s ‘pat down’ search
December 11th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) India Saturday summoned US deputy chief of mission Donald Lu and conveyed its "strong concerns" over the "pat down" search Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar was subjected to ... Read more...
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Asian Games weightlifting: Mali, Monika way below medal mark (Lead)
November 17th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 17 (IANS) India's Chandrakant Dadu Mali and Monika Laishram Devi fell short in a strong weightlifting field at the Donguan Gymnasium Wednesday, finishing 10th and seventh in their respective categories ... Read more...
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Asian Games weightlifting: Mali finishes 10th in 85kg
November 17th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 17 (IANS) India's Chandrakant Dadu Mali put up an ordinary show Wednesday to finish 10th in the men's 85kg weightlifting event at the Asian Games here.Mali lifted an overall ... Read more...
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Researchers look at new treatment for prostate cancer
November 15th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 15 (IANS) A major discovery could pave the way for new treatments in prostate cancer. Researchers have found that male hormones play a key role in promoting a specific genetic ... Read more...
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Google tests cars that steer themselves
October 10th, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, Oct 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Google has revealed today that it has been testing its self-steering vehicle on the streets of California.The company announced that the vehicle has already logged some 140,000 ... Read more...
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Bhushan Kumar’s keen sixth sense in music
August 2nd, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 2, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Musical Mogul Bhushan Kumar manages to run his T-Series empire with élan thanks to his keen music sense which works like a charm every single time.This time ... Read more...
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Chinese parents forbidden to spy on kids’ ‘e-life’
July 27th, 2010 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 27 (IANS) Parents in China can no longer secretly browse through their children's computer or mobile phones from September after a law was passed aiming to protect the privacy of ... Read more...
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Saina confident of extending unbeaten run at Worlds
July 13th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) After her three-title winning streak last month, top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal looks confident of taking her unbeaten run into the World Championships next month.
The 20-year-old from ... Read more...
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Saina wins Singapore Open
June 20th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, June 20 (IANS) India's top shuttler Saina Nehwal beat Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei 21-18, 21-15 to win the Singapore Open Super Series badminton tournament here Sunday.
This is Saina's second ... Read more...
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Saina beats world champion Lu Lan to make Singapore Open final
June 19th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, June 19 (IANS) Indian's star shuttler Saina Nehwal stormed into the final of the Singapore Open Super Series badminton with a spectacular victory over World Champion Lu Lan of China Saturday.
World ... Read more...
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Publisher’s employee prime accused in B.Ed paper leak: Police
May 10th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, May 10 (IANS) An employee of an Agra publisher has been identified as the prime accused among the four people arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking the question paper of ... Read more...
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Lucknow University to confer degree on eminent nuclear scientist
December 31st, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 31 (IANS) The Lucknow University (LU) will confer a doctorate degree on eminent nuclear scientist and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India Anil Kakodkar at its convocation in ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh panchayat forces rapist to marry victim
October 22nd, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) A village council in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district forced a rapist to accept the victim as his wife, police said Thursday.
The panchayat ordered 25-year-old Imtiaz, a resident of ... Read more...
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Bopanna, Hsun reach Tashkent quarterfinal
October 13th, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Tashkent, Oct 13 (IANS) India's Rohan Bopanna and Hsun Yen Lu of Chinese Taipei scraped past Deniss Pavlovs of Latvia and Vaja Uzakov of Uzbekistan to move into the quarter-finals of ... Read more...
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Congressman Young’s wife dies
August 3rd, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by admin
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The wife of U.S. Representative Don Young, Lu, passed away on Saturday evening, a spokeswoman said. She was 67 years old.Mrs. Young passed away around 9 p.m. ... Read more...
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Common nutritional supplement helps prevent primary liver cancer
July 31st, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 31 (ANI): A widely available nutritional supplement has been found effective in preventing the formation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or primary liver cancer in rats, according to researchers.S-adenosylmethionine or SAMe ... Read more...
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Indian challenge in Asian Junior badminton over
July 18th, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Indian challenge in the Asian Junior Badminton Championships ended Saturday with the 12-21, 15-21 loss of Pranav Chopra and Prajakta Sawant to China's Lu Kai and ... Read more...
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Saina Nehwal wins Indonesian Open
June 21st, 2009 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 21 (ANI): Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has beaten China's World No. 3 Wang Lin to win her maiden Super Series title, winning the Indonesian Open in Jakarta on Sunday.In ... Read more...
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Saina to face Lin in Indonesian Super Series final
June 21st, 2009 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal edged past China's Lu Lan in the semifinals of the Indonesian Open Super Series badminton tournament in Jakarta Saturday to set up a title ... Read more...
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China razes controversial sex theme park before it opens
May 18th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 18 (IANS) China has demolished a planned sex theme park, the first in the country, which aimed at improving sex education and sex life of visitors to the southwestern city ... Read more...
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How humans have widened the tropics
February 26th, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have shown how the tropics have widened due to human environmental effects.Previous studies have shown that the width of the tropical belt has ... Read more...
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Saina in semis of China Masters Super Series badminton
September 26th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal shocked world No.6 Lin Zhu of China to move into the semi-finals of the China Masters Super Series badminton in Changzhou Thursday.World No.12 Saina, ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh government yet to pay fee subsidies it promised
June 13th, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 13 (IANS) The future of over 4,000 Other Backward Class (OBC) students of Lucknow University (LU) hangs in the balance as the Uttar Pradesh government has not yet paid money ... Read more...
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Cheap solar power now within reach, says study
May 30th, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, May 30 (IANS) It has been called the holy grail of the modern era - cheap solar energy. And scientists say it may be within our grasp soon. A Queensland University ... Read more...
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Top seed Lu wins SAIL Open
May 17th, 2008 - 11:27 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Top seed Lu Yen-hsun of Chinese Taipei clinched the $50,000 SAIL Open ATP challenger title, defeating American Brendan Evans 5-7,7-6 (5),6-3 at the DLTA complex here Saturday. ... Read more...
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