Karan performed ‘puja’ to avoid mishaps on ‘SOT’ sets
September 4th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Filmmaker Karan Johar reveals that after a few mishaps on the sets of "Student of The Year," the production unit decided to perform a small ... Read more...
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Olympus to cut 2,500 jobs
May 31st, 2012 - 5:35 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, May 31 (IANS) Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus Corp is planning to lay off about 2,500 employees in overseas factories, Xinhua reported.The company is considering to consolidate ... Read more...
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Air travel ‘is 22 times more safer than driving a car’
April 22nd, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
A recent study conducted by US National Safety Council has found that air travel is 22 times safer than travelling by car.In addition, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have ... Read more...
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150 Gurkhas to lose jobs under UK Strategic Defence, Security Review cuts
April 5th, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 5 (ANI): Britain Army's redundancy programme is poised to axe 150 Gurkha troops in the country.The Telegraph quoted the Ministry of Defence as saying that overall 1,000 soldiers and ... Read more...
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Brit soldiers serving in Libya, Afghanistan could face redundancies
April 2nd, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.2 (ANI): Britain's military commanders from the Army and Navy have been told to inform soldiers and sailors currently serving in Afghanistan and Libya that they could be among the 2000 ... Read more...
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Childbirth more nerve-racking than marriage, buying a home
February 25th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): A survey has found that childbirth can be more nerve-racking than first-time sex, marriage, surgery or buying a house.The survey commissioned for a new police series called 'Rookie ... Read more...
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Women sue Virgin Airlines after firm sacks them over pregnancy
February 23rd, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 23 (ANI): Two women, who were allegedly sacked by their employer Virgin Blue because they were pregnant, have now decided to sue the airline.According to the Daily Telegraph, both had ... Read more...
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Mind’s ability to predict makes us less attentive
November 23rd, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): The human brain has the ability to store millions of sounds and sights, which get recorded into a database that the mind refers to the next time it ... Read more...
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Money woes causing Brit women to put off having babies
November 11th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 11 (ANI): A new research has shown that British women are increasingly putting off having babies because they can't afford to start a family.One in seven say they are delaying ... Read more...
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Italy’s central bank head gives bleak view of growth
October 29th, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 29 (IANS/AKI) The head of Italy's central bank Thursday warned that his country's rebound from the worst recession in more than six decades should continue to be slow through at ... Read more...
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Britain to cut 500,000 public sector jobs
October 20th, 2010 - 11:11 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 20 (IANS) Nearly half a million public sector workers in Britain are to lose their jobs as the government plans to reduce more than 80 billion pounds in public spending ... Read more...
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Segway Company owner dies in a freak fall
September 28th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The millionaire owner of Segway Company died in an accident on 27th September. Jimi Heselden owned the Segway Company, and he died while he was driving a ... Read more...
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30st Brit man cannot work in case he falls and crushes co-workers!
September 7th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 07 (ANI): A 30-stone British factory worker has given up working - in case he falls on his colleagues and crushes them.Tubby Barry Fowers had to climb on platforms ... Read more...
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Fearing harm to others, fat man laid off
September 7th, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A man who weighs nearly 200 kg has been laid off by a British firm fearing he may fall off while working and crush co-workers.
Barry Fowers, a diabetic ... Read more...
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UAE mobile carrier offers alternative BlackBerry services
August 4th, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Aug 4 (IANS/WAM) A United Arab Emirates mobile carrier Wednesday offered BlackBerry users alternative services to manage the current situation arising after the country's decision to ban key features on the ... Read more...
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Regular mobile phone use may cause buzz in ears
July 20th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) Regular use of a mobile phone for more than four years almost doubles the chance of developing tinnitus - the debilitating condition that causes constant ringing or buzzing ... Read more...
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Wells Fargo & Co. plans to cut 3,800 jobs
July 8th, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
San Francisco, July 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Wells Fargo & Co. plans to lay about 3,800 of its workers off. The bank is the fourth largest bank in the United States of America ... Read more...
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US President Barack Obama Deems That The 10,000th Road Project From The Federal Stimulus Is A Momentous One
June 20th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 20, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): American President Barack Obama on Friday concentrated on the construction jobs that have been produced by the federal stimulus law. Nonetheless, he accepted the ... Read more...
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Soon, airborne turbines to harness wind energy at high attitudes
June 14th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 14 (ANI): An American company is testing turbine prototypes in a bid to harness wind energy at high attitudes.The California-based firm Joby Energy's prototype is a 30-kilowatt system that ... Read more...
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Royal Bank of Scotland cuts 2,600 jobs
May 10th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by BNO News
EDINBURGH (BNO NEWS) -- The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on Monday said it plans to cut a total of more than 2,600 jobs across its insurance and retail divisions, a spokesman ... Read more...
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MI5 dumps spies who don’t know how to use Facebook and Twitter
April 12th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.12 (ANI): British intelligence outfit MI5 is turning out dozens of its older staff because their computer skills are not sufficient to master social networking sites such as Facebook and ... Read more...
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Ageing MI5 spies struggle with Internet use
March 29th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 29 (ANI): British officials have decided to launch a redundancy programme after some of the veteran intelligence officers of MI5 were said to be struggling with the use of Internet. ... Read more...
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More women will be working than men within four years: UK think tank
January 2nd, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan. 2 (ANI): More women will be working than men within four years due to recession, creating a "Full Monty" effect, a British think-tank has predicted."We are having a Full ... Read more...
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Brit women ‘weathering recession better than men’
August 27th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 27 (ANI): Britain's working women are better at coping with recession than men, according to a new study.The study involving 46,000 adults showed that labour turnover among women has dropped ... Read more...
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Why minor neuromuscular damage can affect one’s ability to complete everyday tasks
July 9th, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 9 (ANI): In what may help understand why minor damage to the neuromuscular system can at times profoundly affect one's ability to complete everyday tasks, scientists have found that activities ... Read more...
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Global slump prompts IT staff to snoop on colleagues
June 12th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jun 12 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that the ongoing global economic slump has prompted IT staff to snoop on colleagues.The research conducted on IT workers by Cyber-Ark found that ... Read more...
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Out they go, jobs good and bad
May 2nd, 2009 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 2 (DPA) Getting a good job nowadays doesn't mean you are more likely to stay in employment in these recessionary times.
Research in Australia shows that the common perception that the ... Read more...
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Economic slump a real headache for migraine sufferers
April 23rd, 2009 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, April 23 (DPA) The economic slowdown has brought pain to Hong Kong in more ways than one, with many headache victims suffering more attacks since the crisis began, a survey ... Read more...
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Recession blues may damage testosterone levels in men
February 16th, 2009 - 11:00 am ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): Worries about the recession could lower testosterone levels among men, a doctor has warned.Dr Richard Petty said, who works at a private clinic for men, said ... Read more...
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GlaxoSmithKline to cut 6,000 jobs
February 2nd, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Britain's biggest pharmaceutical multinational, is to cut around 6,000 jobs around the world when it posts full-year results this week, a newspaper reported.GSK is putting the ... Read more...
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Flirt with boss to avoid the axe!
January 21st, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 21 (ANI): Do you fear losing your job owing to the economic downturn? Well, then get into your best gear and start flirting with your boss, at least thats ... Read more...
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Jaguar Land Rover to axe 450 employees
January 14th, 2009 - 8:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.14 (ANI): Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is to axe 450 employees, including 300 managers, as part of a cost-cutting exercise, the company has announced.
According to the Daily Star, the ... Read more...
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Church of England writes new prayer to comfort those sacked amidst recession
January 8th, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 8 (ANI): With a view to helping the unemployed through troubled times, the Church of England has come up with a new prayer.
It has been written in order to ... Read more...
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Repossession could pose serious mental threat
October 12th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 12 (ANI): The stress of the global economic downturn can pose serious threat to mental health, according to a new survey.The survey of 2,000 people, which was released to ... Read more...
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Now, a procedure that hides bulge surgery scars below bra-line
September 13th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 13 (ANI): Tried everything but back fat rolls still giving you nightmares? Well, dont fret it, for help is at hand, thanks to a new back lift procedure that ... Read more...
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