Apple criticized for the state of its Chinese factories
January 27th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beijing, Jan 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Apple has been criticized after the alleged condition of its workers in China was reported by the New York Times. The newspaper claims that the California tech ... Read more...
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Greenpeace suggests doubling Fukushima evacuation zone
March 29th, 2011 - 5:57 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Greenpeace has suggested to extend the evacuation zone around Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant from 20 to 40 km due to high radiation levels.Workers ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
1 in 4 UK pupils admit swapping porn images of selves by text message
March 18th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 18 (ANI): A survey has found that there is an increase in the number of children in UK taking pornographic images of themselves and swapping them with friends via ... Read more...
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Japan scrambling to contain Fukushima crisis
March 16th, 2011 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar 16(ANI): Japan has abandoned plans to spray water from helicopters into an overheating spent fuel storage pool at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.A spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co. ... Read more...
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Video gamers are terrible drivers: Study
February 1st, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): A UK study has claimed that people who spend their spare time playing driving video games prove to be more dangerous when put behind the wheel of real ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
An average Briton doesn’t get the hang of driving till 59!
December 6th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 6 (ANI): The average Briton is unable to get the hang of driving till they turn 59, a study found.A survey of 4,000 motorists found that those aged 59 are ... Read more...
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Half of Oz teens share personal data with strangers online
November 23rd, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 23 (ANI): A new study has revealed that half of Australian teenagers share their personal data online with strangers.Research conducted by Internet security firm McAfee also stated that cyber bullying ... Read more...
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Statins could help stave off seizures
October 26th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 26 (ANI): A new research has discovered that statins, the family of drugs used to lower cholesterol, might also reduce the risk of epileptic seizures in people with cardiovascular disease.A ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Half of Oz parents say social networking distracting kids from studies
July 19th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 19 (ANI): A latest cyber study has found that more than half of Australian parents with children using online social networking services like Facebook and Twitter said the ... Read more...
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Facebook, Twitter ‘making kids dumber’
July 18th, 2010 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne. July 18 (ANI): Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are making teen web surfers dumber, says a study of Australian parents.New cyber-safety research commissioned by Telstra also revealed that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fire preparedness in urban India not up to standards: Expert
April 23rd, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 23 (IANS) Fire safety measures in urban India are only one-sixth of the required standards while in rural India they are virtually nil, a top fire safety expert said Friday.
Speaking ... Read more...
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Gen Y women facing increased pressure to have sex early
April 19th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Apr 19 (ANI): With the rise of raunch culture and the 'advanced consumerist' culture of Western countries, young women are increasingly facing new pressures to have sex early and against their ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Sand playground safer for kids
December 15th, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, December 15 (ANI): Kids playing in sand-covered playgrounds are safer than those playing on the wood fibre surfaces, suggests a Canadian study.Toronto-based researchers found that kids were nearly five times less ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Volvo’s new safety feature to prevent hitting wayward pedestrians
November 12th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 12(ANI): Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo's all-new S60 compact sedan equipped with the ground-breaking technology to avoid hitting wayward pedestrians will be sold in Australia from 2010.The new S60 will ... Read more...
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AI pilots de-rostered by DGCA
September 5th, 2009 - 9:47 pm ICT by IBNS
Mumbai, Sept 5 (IBNS) Pilots of the Boeing 747 Air India (AI) flight, whose left engine caught fire Friday at the Mumbai airport, have been de-rostered by the Directorate General of Civil ... Read more...
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Fuel leakage caused the fire on AI flight
September 4th, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by IBNS
Mumbai, Sept 4 (IBNS) Initial reports have confirmed that a leak in the fuel tank of the Boeing 747 Air India flight triggered the fire in its left engine Friday.“Oil was ... Read more...
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Australia’s fires taken as a portent of global warming
February 11th, 2009 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Sonja Parkinson, whose Kinglake home was among more than 750 houses destroyed in Saturday's blaze north of Melbourne, blames state authorities in Victoria."We saw the fire and heard the roar over the ... Read more...
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Flames spark deadly fight-or-flight decisions in Australia
February 9th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 9 (DPA) Kinglake was a picture-perfect high-country town 100 km north-east of Melbourne that was home to 600 people. On Saturday a forest fire barrelled through and now it's little ... Read more...
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Volvo S60 concept brakes itself to avoid pedestrians
January 14th, 2009 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Jan 14 (DPA) The new Volvo S60 concept unveiled ahead of the Detroit Auto Show later this month features a revolutionary new driver safety system which brakes the car automatically to ... Read more...
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‘Governments should make road safety a priority’
November 10th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Nov 10 (IANS) Deaths in traffic accidents daily worldwide are comparable with those in any major natural disaster, an international safety expert has said and called on governments to make ... Read more...
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Polished granite slabs are not silent killers, say experts
October 12th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 12 (ANI): Slabs made of polished granite do not emit such amounts of radiation as to be termed silent killers, says an American expert.Mike Brennan, a radiation health ... Read more...
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UN bio-safety meet agrees on liability deal
May 17th, 2008 - 12:05 am ICT by admin
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Bonn (Germany), May 16 (DPA) A UN conference on bio-safety reached a preliminary agreement Friday on liability for environmental damage arising from the use of genetically modified organisms in farming. The accord ... Read more...
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