Scottish graduates told to dumb down their CV’s
July 27th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Edinburg, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scottish graduates have been told to ‘dumb down’ their CVs to find jobs. Job centre staff of Scotland says that employers do not want cleaners in their ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Tourists to London might be foxed by local language
July 17th, 2012 - 10:06 am ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) With thousands of foreigners coming to London for Olympics (July 27-Aug 12), many tourists might be left baffled by Britons' evasiveness and superfluous words with double ... Read more...
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Brits increasingly swapping ‘TV dinner bites with PC bytes’
March 7th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 7 (ANI): A new survey reveals that an increasing number of Britons are replacing TV dinners with PC dinners.It found three-fifths of people have settled down to eat their evening ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Half of Italians cheat on their partners: Study
October 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 27 (ANI): An Italian survey has revealed that 55 per cent of men and 45 per cent of women cheat on their partners.According to the research, three fifths of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chinese ‘afraid of aging process’
September 25th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 25 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that people in China are among the most fearful of getting old.According to Bupa, a British healthcare organization, which asked 12,262 people ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Tariff wars eat into revenues, telecom industry grew 2.5 percent
July 11th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Tariff wars ate into the revenues of telecom operators in 2009-10, with the industry logging only a modest 2.5 percent growth, having grown even in the year ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Mumbai outpaces Bangalore as Biotech city with higher revenue: Survey
June 17th, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 17 (IANS) India's financial capital Mumbai has beaten Bangalore to second place in Biotech revenue generation also, though the IT hub-based Biocon earned highest revenue of Rs.1,180 crore (Rs.11.8 billion) ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Britons lack even basic wine knowledge
April 9th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 9 (ANI): Britons lack basic knowledge of wines, according to a new study.The survey of 2,000 drinkers, which was conducted for the launch of a 2.99poubnds iPhone app called WINEfindr, ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Married couples less likely to split up than cohabiting pairs
March 26th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 26 (ANI): The Office for National Statistics has revealed that couples who are married are less likely to split up than those who live together.Analysis of Census results found that ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
United Nations and NGOs appeal for aid in Niger
February 11th, 2010 - 5:47 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – United Nations and its non-governmental organization partners on Wednesday underscored the need for aid in Niger, citing severe food shortages.With 7.8 million people in Niger – or ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
55 million Americans hit by swine flu
January 16th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) An estimated 55 million Americans were infected with the H1N1 swine flu from the time the disease first emerged in mid-April until mid-December, and about 11,200 ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
6 of 10 Brits believe Lockerbie bomber was released for oil, not terminal cancer
August 28th, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug. 28 (ANI): A whopping 61 percent of British nationals believe that the Gordon Brown Government released Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi for oil and not on "compassionate grounds," ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Intelligent soldiers more likely to die in wars
December 20th, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 20 (ANI): A study of government records in Britain has shown that Scottish soldiers who gave their lives defeating the Third Reich during WWII were more intelligent than those ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Research reveals patterns in activities of terrorists preparing for an attack
July 20th, 2008 - 11:06 am ICT by ANI
Washington , July 20 (ANI): Analysis of an extensive terrorism database housed at the University of Arkansas in the US has revealed patterns in activities of terrorists preparing for an attack, ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Half of British armed forces want to quit
July 10th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 10 (IANS) Nearly half of the soldiers and officers of the British armed forces have considered quitting more than once due to poor pay and morale, a new study has ... Read more...
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Only 20 percent professional colleges in rural India
March 4th, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Rural India, where 65 percent of the population lives, has less than 20 percent of the country's professional colleges to fulfil their skill-based educational needs. Human Resource ... Read more...
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