This year’s best ‘dumb criminal’ tales so far (The Funny Side)
August 17th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
A thief was captured by a cop dressed as a giant banana. (This is the sort of story that columnists like me pray for nightly, so THANK YOU, GOD.) A part-time ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
The age most prone to accidental death is 40: Oz study
January 6th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 6 (ANI): An Australian study has suggested that the age most prone to accidental death in humans is 40.The findings in the survey, by a life insurer, were based on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Our ancestors were pioneers of colonisation
October 5th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 5 (IANS) Archaeological investigation of campsites up to 50,000 years old in Papua New Guinea gives a glimpse of how highly adaptable humans at the forefront of global colonisation were. ... Read more...
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Sea levels likely to rise by 1.4 meters by 2100 as polar ice melts
December 1st, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 1 (ANI): A major review of climate change in Antarctica has indicated that sea levels are likely to rise by about 1.4m (4ft 6in) globally by 2100 as polar ice ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Booker winner Arvind Adiga sacks his literary agent
October 26th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 26 (IANS) This year's Booker Prize winner, Indian author Arvind Adiga, has severed his ties with his literary agent without any explanation.Adiga wrote to Jay Mandel, a senior executive of ... Read more...
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