Family jailed for life for killing three daughters
January 30th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 30 (IANS) Three members of an Afghan family in Canada have been sentenced to life in prison for killing their three teenaged daughters and dumping their bodies in ... Read more...
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Facebook use, less socialising could make people sadder
January 18th, 2012 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 18 (IANS) While logging into Facebook account many times a day in office or at home may have turned an irresistible habit for a lot of people, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Social networking may promote alcohol use
December 13th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 13 (IANS) Social networking may be promoting alcohol use among young people in so subtle a manner that users are not even aware of it."It (social networking) ... Read more...
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‘Summers for making money, winters for making merry’ (Postcard from Lahaul and Spiti)
November 2nd, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Keylong (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 2 (IANS) When bone-chilling winds sweep through its vast expanse and snow blocks it off for five months, the mountain district of Lahaul and Spiti comes ... Read more...
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Socialising with friends can help you slim
September 7th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A busy social life with lots of friends could be helpful in being slimmer than spending hours on a treadmill, scientists have found.According to scientists, who ... Read more...
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Robbie Williams has fatherhood dreams
July 10th, 2011 - 8:03 am ICT by IANS
London, July 10 (IANS) Singer Robbie Williams wants to become a dad soon.The "Take That" star, who is married to the US actress Ayda Field, is hopeful of starting ... Read more...
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China forbids army from online socialising
May 31st, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 31 (IANS) China has forbidden all its military personnel from socialising on internet, viewing it as a threat to the integrity of its military secrets, the China Daily ... Read more...
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Thin may get heavy if they socialise with obese
May 1st, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 1 (IANS) Socialising with people heavier than yourself can make you put on weight, researchers claim.
Scientists James Fowler and Nicholas Christakis examined 32 years of data collected ... Read more...
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Net times for Agra’s league of seniors
February 6th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, Feb 6 (IANS) For senior citizens of the city of the Taj Mahal, some of them well over 70-years-old, a new world of learning has opened up that ... Read more...
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Brits spend more time driving than socialising with friends, family
January 28th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 28 (ANI): Britons have become so dependent on their cars that most spend more than one working day (10 hours) every week driving.This compares to just 3.7 hours spent walking, ... Read more...
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Feeling unfocused at work? You’ve got ‘New Year blues’
January 16th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Jan 16 (ANI): Barely back at work and hate it already? Well, chances are you have a case of post-holiday blues.According to experts, post-holiday blues are common in the early part ... Read more...
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Jemima uses Twitter to campaign against being called ’socialite’
January 14th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 14 (ANI): Jemima Goldsmith hates being called a socialite but it looks like she has failed to persuade all her Twitter fans.The glamorous ex-wife of Pakistan cricketer Imran Khan had ... Read more...
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Eat, gamble, enjoy - this Himachal town is happily cut off!
January 3rd, 2011 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Keylong (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 3 (IANS) What would you do if you were stuck in a snow- covered place and cut off from the rest of the world for five ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Post New Year’s Day, 7 in 10 Brits claim of plan to lose weight
January 2nd, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 2(ANI): A new survey has revealed that after the merriment of Christmas and New Year's Day, seven in 10 Britons claim they have a plan to lose weight.The research was ... Read more...
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Indoor cricket coach in Australia slept with 14-yr-old girl club member
December 2nd, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 2 (ANI): An indoor cricket coach and umpire, who scattered rose petals over his bed on a Valentine's Day in order to bed a teenage girl who was a member ... Read more...
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Technology is ‘killing traditional face-to-face conversations’
November 22nd, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22 (ANI): A study has concluded that people are unhappy with the lack of face-to-face time they spend with friends and family.The incessant march of technology is to blame, with ... Read more...
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Cartoonist maps world of social networking
October 20th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 20 (IANS) A cartoonist has created a map which imagines websites as countries and shows their size based on how popular they are.
Randall Munroe, a university graduate ... Read more...
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You don’t mess with the ISI and expect friendship
July 15th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashIslamabad, July 15 (ANI): Mr. G.K. Pillai isn't here, but he might as well be.The Indian Home Secretary's comment on the eve of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's ... Read more...
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John to sport a moustache in ‘Kaakha Kakha’ remake
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. JhaMumbai, June 2 (IANS) John Abraham is playing a cop in the Hindi remake of Tamil action movie "Kaakha Kakha" and may emulate Suray, who played lead role ... Read more...
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Economist brings ‘Mahabharata’ in English for GenY
May 22nd, 2010 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Economist Bibek Debroy has literally taken on a task of epic proportions in his new avatar as a translator of the "Mahabharata", with the first ... Read more...
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Addicts of the virtual world could have behavioural problems
April 18th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Richa Sharma
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Is your child hooked on to social networking sites or online gaming sites and exhibiting worrying behavioural changes? Maybe it's time you intervened and ... Read more...
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WAGs declare war on Capello, prepare to head for World Cup
April 8th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 8(ANI): England's football WAGs have said they will head for the World Cup in South Africa this summer, challenging coach Fabio Capello's strict rules for them.Wayne Rooney's wife, Coleen, ... Read more...
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Dolphins don’t like to swim with humans: Study
March 18th, 2010 - 4:19 am ICT by IANS
London, March 18 (IANS) Though humans wouldn't miss a chance to swim with dolphins, the aquatic mammals don't return the sentiment.
British experts have found that dolphins suffer at the hands of tourists ... Read more...
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Goa MP advocates death for those who rape minors
January 27th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 27 (IANS) Those who rape minors should be sent to the gallows, Congress MP Shantaram Naik said Wednesday following the alleged rape of a nine-year-old Russian girl at a Goa ... Read more...
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Kidney transplant patients must avoid public gatherings
January 6th, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) As Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh Wednesday resigned as general secretary of the party on health grounds, doctors here said that people who have undergone a kidney ... Read more...
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Strauss says England are in S.Africa to make runs, not friends
November 20th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Johannesburg, Nov.20 (ANI): In an indirect rejoinder to South African cricket team coach Mickey Arthur, England captain Andrew Strauss has said that his team is in South Africa to make runs and ... Read more...
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Asthmatic women feel worse than male counterparts
November 10th, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): Asthmatic women are more anxious, face difficulties in napping and are more tired during the day than their male counterparts, concludes a new study.However, females with asthma tend ... Read more...
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Fury over Malaysian MP’s call to ban beer and condoms in convenience stores
October 19th, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 19(ANI): Zulkifli Noordin, a Malaysian MP known for his firebrand politics, has been lambasted by opposition party members for urging a ban on the sale of beer and condoms ... Read more...
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WAGs declare war on Capello following their World Cup ban
September 12th, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 12 (ANI): England's WAGs have blasted coach Fabio Capello after he banned them from the World Cup in South Africa and laid down strict rules for them.Capello insisted that ... Read more...
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Capello warns WAGs World Cup in South Africa is no holiday
September 11th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 11 (ANI): England coach Fabio Capello has laid down strict laws for WAGs, and is determined that team takes the World Cup in South Africa seriously.England's last trip to ... Read more...
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YouTube videos, sex, porn top children’s Internet searches
August 12th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 12 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that watching YouTube videos, looking up "sex", socialising and searching for search engines are the popular activities children perform on the Internet.
The ... Read more...
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Ronnie Wood’s wife Jo says Kate Moss helped her cope with marriage split
July 14th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 14 (ANI): Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood's estranged wife Jo turned to supermodel Kate Moss to get through her split from her husband.The rocker dumped from his wife of 23 ... Read more...
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Symonds knows he has no place in Australian team
June 9th, 2009 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 9 (IANS) Andrew Symonds has come to terms with the sad realisation that he no longer fits into the Australian cricket team.
The troubled all-rounder is expected to announce his retirement ... Read more...
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Symonds mourned absence of ‘beer and mate’ culture in next-Gen Oz mates
June 9th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 9 (ANI): Controversial Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds has admitted that he has certain issues with the new young players of the national squad, due to which he is unable ... Read more...
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Invention of cooking drove humans to evolutionary heights
June 3rd, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 3 (IANS) The invention of cooking, even more than agriculture or the advent of tools, is what drove humanity to civilisational and evolutionary heights.
Richard Wrangham of Harvard University, ... Read more...
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