Social media content creators need protection: Experts
March 29th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Calling the country's IT rules as "flawed", experts at a seminar Thursday said the right to freedom of expression should also provide protection to ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
China’s wetlands are poorly protected
February 2nd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 2 (IANS) Nearly 80 percent of China's wetlands are shrinking due to poor protection, experts said Thursday.The World Wetlands Day was observed Feb 2.The country's natural wetland reserves ... Read more...
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IAEA sends two more teams to Japan to assist with nuclear emergency
March 26th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by BNO News
VIENNA (BNO NEWS) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday said it has dispatched two additional teams to Japan to assist in the response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
An aspirin a day ‘cuts cancer death rate by 50pc’
December 7th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 7 (ANI): Popping an aspirin every day is likely to decrease the risk of dying from a number of common cancers, say Brit researchers.British researchers have discovered the first definitive ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New Barbie with hidden camera branded a “gift to paedophiles”
November 3rd, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 03 (ANI): Child protection experts have branded a new Barbie doll that features a hidden camera and costs 59.99 pounds as a "gift to paedophiles".The Barbie Video Girl has a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
UK stores selling padded bras, provocative undies for kids as young as seven
April 15th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 15 (ANI): A survey into the items that are being sold in shops has found that a number of high street stores are selling sexy clothes for little children.The clothes, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Activists fume as World Water Forum ends without protocols
March 22nd, 2009 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, March 22 (DPA) Environmental activists expressed criticism Sunday with the end result of the World Water Forum, decrying a lack of binding protocols to safeguard the world's freshwater supplies.
Ministers and delegation ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
UK to tighten its sex offender laws
August 20th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.20 (ANI): The British Home Office is to announce measures that will result in tighter laws to deal with child sex offenders.
The measures come as the 1970s glam-rock star Gary ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Shiny lip balms, glosses linked to skin cancer risk
April 8th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 8 (ANI): Cant get enough of the daily dose of sunscreen, shiny lip balm, and gloss to protect your skin and add that dash of shine to your face? ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |