Chicken vaccines mutate into new virus
July 16th, 2012 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 16 (IANS) Two different vaccine viruses, used simultaneously to control an acute respiratory disease occurring in chickens, have combined to produce new infectious viruses, says new research.The vaccines ... Read more...
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Ikea’s racism row over employment of security guards
June 13th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Croydon, June 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Swedish company Ikea is now involved in a racism row after it employed a number of security officers to prevent “gypsies” from entering its car ... Read more...
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Top panel warns against new trains without focus on safety
February 26th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Ahead of Minister Dinesh Trivedi's first Railway Budget March 14, a high-level panel has advised focus on safety issues, rather than the populist practice of ... Read more...
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Safety aspects of Shimla, Kullu airports enhanced
November 26th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 26 (IANS) The safety aspects of two Himachal Pradesh airports - at Shimla, a table-top airport located 2,196 metres above sea level, and at Kullu have been enhanced, ... Read more...
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Regulator identifies 11 ‘unsafe’ airports
November 24th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The government Thursday said that it had identified 11 airports which posed a safety risk to flight operations in the country. The safety aspects of ... Read more...
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iPod nanos recalled fearing battery fire
November 17th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 17 (IANS) Technology giant Apple has launched an emergency worldwide recall of iPod nanos amid fears that their batteries could catch fire, The Sun reported.The company said that ... Read more...
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Apple recalls first-gen iPod nano
November 13th, 2011 - 9:21 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Nov 13 (IANS) Apple has unveiled a worldwide replacement programme for the first-generation iPod nano music player due to overheating battery issues, telling owners to stop using the ... Read more...
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China sets up food safety risk assessment centre
October 14th, 2011 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 14 (IANS) China has set up a national centre for food safety risk assessment.The government-funded organisation is designed to offer technological support in assessing, monitoring, issuing early warnings ... Read more...
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Recycled cereal boxes pose no health risk, says UK food safety watchdog
March 9th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): A UK food safety watchdog has said that the recycled cardboard boxes used for foods, such as breakfast cereals, pose no health risk.The Food Standards Agency (FSA) ... Read more...
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Muslim girl in US pulled from basketball game as headscarf posed ’safety risk’
January 20th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 20 (ANI): A Muslim girl in the US was forced to sit out the first half of a basketball game after a referee decided that her headscarf posed a safety ... Read more...
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Cloned meat and milk ’safe for consumption’
November 26th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): Meat and milk from cloned cows is safe for consumption, suggests a panel of experts.The panel concluded that there was no material difference between meat and milk from ... Read more...
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Milk, meat from cloned cattle ’safe to consume’
November 26th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 26 (IANS) Meat and milk from cloned cattle and their offspring is "no different to conventional produce and is safe to consume", British government advisers have said.The Advisory Committee on ... Read more...
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Turkey Firm In Canada Reports Infection, Quarantine In Progress
November 25th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A case of bird flu has been reported in Canada just ahead of the thanksgiving day. The Canadian government has admitted the discovery of avian flu ... Read more...
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Washing lines considered ‘a health and safety risk’ in UK!
September 11th, 2010 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 11 (ANI): Residents in the UK have been ordered to remove washing lines from balconies for health and safety reasons.Croydon Council managers wrote to thousands of tenants telling them that ... Read more...
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Astronauts become as weak as 80-year-olds in space
August 19th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) The US researchers have found that astronauts in the prime of life, spending months in space, become as weak as 80-year-olds.
The researchers made the discovery after examining ... Read more...
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Mazda Issues Recall for 215,000 Cars Due To Loss of Power Steering
August 19th, 2010 - 12:18 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to a report by Jeff Plungis in ‘Bloomberg Businessweek’, the Mazda Corporation is recalling two hundred and fifteen thousand 2007-2009 Mazda3s and Mazda5s so that they ... Read more...
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Long space travel results in astronauts’ muscles loss
August 18th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): Spending too much flight on long space flights, result in wasting of muscles in Astronauts, which in turn reduces their capacity for physical work by more than 40 ... Read more...
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Dave Chapelle causes private plane to land early
July 5th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Pittsburg, July 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Popular comedian Dave Chapelle forced the pilot of a private plane to make an emergency landing. The pilot of the plane landed in Pittsburgh, as ... Read more...
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Pilot Makes Emergency Landing As Dave Chappelle Behaves ‘Erratically’
July 5th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Comedian Dave Chappelle is making headlines lately for a rather bizarre reason. A private flight carrying the comedy artist had to make an emergency landing after ... Read more...
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FAA urges airlines to crack down on cockpit distractions
April 26th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday called on airlines to crack down on cockpit distractions such as the use of mobile phones and laptops.In an Information ... Read more...
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Woman fined in France for driving in burka
April 24th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Apr 24(ANI): A 31-year-old woman has been fined 18 pounds for driving while wearing a burka in Nantes, France.The woman was pulled over by police and told that her face veil ... Read more...
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Etihad cancels flights to Britain, Ireland
April 16th, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, April 16 (IANS/WAM) Etihad Airways cancelled flights to Britain and Ireland Thursday and Friday as all British and Irish airports remained closed following the spread of ash from the volcano ... Read more...
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Consumer Reports: Lexus GX460 is said to be ‘unsafe’
April 14th, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Apr 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Consumer Reports has put the Lexus GX460 in the ‘Don’t Buy’ category. The magazine said that there were a number of problems in ... Read more...
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Lexus GX 460 Unsafe: Given Rare CR “Don’t Buy” Label
April 14th, 2010 - 12:01 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to reports from CNBC, Toyota has more issues than faulty break systems. That is because Consumer Reports has given the SUV a very rare "Don't Buy" ... Read more...
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Fake Viagra made of bird droppings, warns scientist
March 6th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, March 6 (DPA) The main ingredient in fake Viagra seized by New Zealand customs officers was guano - bat and bird droppings - a newspaper reported Saturday.
Other medicines intercepted contained whole ... Read more...
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UK council bans Union flag from building over health and safety risk!
February 28th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 28 (ANI): A council in the UK has stayed away from flying the Union flag over its building because of a possible health and safety risk.The Colchester borough council's Rowan ... Read more...
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Fat passenger sent off airline for not buying extra ticket!
February 16th, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 16 (IANS) An overweight passenger who required two air tickets to fly because of his heavy weight was thrown off a Southwest Airlines' flight Saturday for refusing to buy ... Read more...
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Squirrel banned from rollercoaster ride!
February 15th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): Alton Towers theme park has banned a squirrel from its rollercoaster as its pranks posed a health and safety risk.The rodent was reportedly creating problems for operators at ... Read more...
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Kevin Smith Gets Back At Southwest Airlines For Denying Him Seat
February 14th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Southwest Airlines had the privilege of having several celebrities as its fliers in its history. However, it has got a useful lesson of late. If the ... Read more...
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Sikh kids should be allowed to wear ceremonial daggers in public: Brit Asian judge
February 8th, 2010 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 8(ANI): Britain's first Asian judge Sir Mota Singh QC has said that Sikh schoolchildren should be allowed to wear their ceremonial daggers at all times in all public places. Singh's ... Read more...
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NASA delays launch of space shuttle Discovery
August 25th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Cape Canaveral, Aug 25 (DPA) The launch of the space shuttle Discovery was delayed for one day Tuesday due to bad weather conditions in the area of the launch site at Cape ... Read more...
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Swine flu vaccine could be available within weeks
July 22nd, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 22 (ANI): A vaccine for swine flu could be available within weeks, claims an Australian bio-pharmaceutical company.With world-first human trials underway in Australia, the company CSL believes it will protect ... Read more...
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Doormats are health and safety risk, warn Brit council officials
June 26th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jun 26 (ANI): British families living in a flat block have been told by council officials to remove welcome mats from their porches, as they are a health and safety risk.The ... Read more...
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Court judgement could threaten future of UK village green cricket
May 14th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 14 (ANI): A county court is to rule whether a homeowner can stop his local village cricket team playing because of the threat of players knocking a six on to ... Read more...
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Exercise safely improves quality of life in heart failure patients
April 8th, 2009 - 11:22 am ICT by ANI
Washington, April 8 (ANI): Heart failure patients may slightly reduce their likelihood of death or hospitalisation by exercising regularly, without any safety risk.This suggestion is based on a study supported by ... Read more...
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