Ex-army officer acquitted in graft case
July 24th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A special court here has acquitted a retired officer of an army hospital in a 12-year-old cheating case allegedly involving bogus bills for supply of ... Read more...
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Using steroids for pumped up body? Think twice
January 13th, 2012 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The six-pack abs of actors Salman Khan and John Abraham can send many adolescents to the gym for a sculpted body. But for those ... Read more...
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Reduce size of banned drug vials to save vultures, say campaigners
September 12th, 2011 - 10:53 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Reduce the size of the vials of diclofenac, a drug for treating animals but banned in India after it was found to be the killer of ... Read more...
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New Human Blood concept perfume ‘might make you a prey to vampires’
April 22nd, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
New York, April 22 (ANI): A provocative fragrance line based on the four major human blood types- A, B, AB and O may soon have an ideal group of early adopters: vampires.Italian ... Read more...
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Now, trees can detect soil, water contaminants
April 18th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 18 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla have proved that trees can really let you know about unseen degradation of their environment.They have developed a method to detect ... Read more...
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Murray ‘ordered over 250 vials of Propofol in months before MJ’s death’
January 11th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 11 (ANI): Dr. Conrad Murray ordered more than 250 vials of powerful anaesthetic Propofol in the months before his client Michael Jackson's death, a judge was told.A court heard ... Read more...
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Michael Jackson’s Death: Truth Is Yet To Be Unfolded
January 6th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
There has been a mystery surrounding the death of Michael Jackson. Reports are trickling in that Jackson’s doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray had in fact asked one of the bodyguards to ... Read more...
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MJ employee testifies that Dr. Murray ordered him to remove evidence
January 6th, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 6 (ANI): An employee of Michael Jackson has testified that Dr. Conrad Murray asked him to collect medical vials and an intravenous bag in the singer's room before ... Read more...
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Pills found in a 2,000-yr-old shipwreck give clues to ancient medicine
December 22nd, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 22 (ANI): Scientists had discovered pills in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck around 21 years ago. Now they are trying to unravel the mystery of whether the pills were, in fact, created ... Read more...
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Like humans, bugs too have personalities
September 8th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that bugs may all look alike to human eyes, but they have their own, unique personalities.Some individual bugs, like humans, turn out to be shy, ... Read more...
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Vaccination deaths: Cause still untraced
August 25th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 25 (IANS) Four days after four infants died within minutes of receiving routine immunisation in three Uttar Pradesh villages near here, the authorities are still not clear about what caused ... Read more...
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Four infants die after immunisation in Lucknow
August 21st, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) Four infants, aged six to nine months, died shortly after receiving routine immunisation in three different villages on the outskirts of the Uttar Pradesh capital Saturday, officials said.
"The ... Read more...
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Lack of awareness killing thousands of snake bite victims
June 7th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Pradipta Tapadar
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) Snake bites claim over 3,000 lives every year in West Bengal due to lack of training among doctors and dearth of awareness among patients, despite ... Read more...
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Dennis Quaid Sues Baxter International Inc Once More
May 27th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
May 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actor Dennis Quaid has filed a lawsuit against a drug manufacturing company over an overdose of a product named Heparin that is used for blood thinning. ... Read more...
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Jackson’s Doctor Claim: He Was Hiding Skin Whitening Cream Meds
March 30th, 2010 - 2:02 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Documents, which had been sealed by the courts until the exact cause of death in the case of Michael Jackson, were released on Friday. These papers ... Read more...
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North Carolina man charged for distributing anabolic steroids through the internet
March 25th, 2010 - 3:07 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – A North Carolina man was charged for distributing anabolic steroids through the internet, prosecutors said Wednesday.Eric Davis, 36, of China Grove, North Carolina, using the alias “Triple ... Read more...
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‘MJ’s doc delayed calling 911 to conceal drugs’
March 23rd, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
New York, March 23 (ANI): Michael Jackson's personal doctor has been accused of interrupting CPR and causing delay in calling 911 while he tried to conceal drugs.Alberto Alvarez, a witness and ... Read more...
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Former registered nurse sentenced for tampering with syringes at New Hampshire hospital
March 18th, 2010 - 3:52 am ICT by BNO News
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE (BNO NEWS) – On Wednesday, a former New Hampshire registered nurse was sentenced to 30 months in prison for tampering with a consumer product and obtaining a controlled substance ... Read more...
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For sale: Two bottled ghosts!
March 3rd, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 3 (ANI): Spooky as it may sound, but online auction site TradeMe is putting two vials, which apparently contain spirits of ghosts exorcised from a house in New Zealand, up ... Read more...
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Alex Rodriguez To Be Questioned In Doctor Galea Case
March 2nd, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
March 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Anthony Galea, the Canadian physician attending the American baseball stud Alex Rodriguez is being interrogated following an investigation involving the smuggle and sell of illegal drugs ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Botox might turn out to be the next bioweapon of mass destruction
January 27th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 27 (ANI): Reports indicate that terrorists may use botox, which is used for wrinkle treatment, as a bioweapon of mass destruction.Botox is the toxin that causes the deadly food poisoning ... Read more...
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Imported swine flu vaccine will reach India in February
January 20th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Imported swine flu vaccine will finally be available in India by the third week of February but these vials are mainly for the high-risk group of medical ... Read more...
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Unemployed man kills wife, daughter before poisoning self
September 30th, 2009 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) A 38-year-old unemployed man allegedly strangled his wife to death and then poisoned his 11-year-old daughter before consuming the toxin at his south Delhi home early Wednesday, ... Read more...
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Shortage of contraceptives worries Dhaka
September 24th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 24 (IANS) The shortage of contraceptives is worrying health planners and international agencies engaged in curbing population in Bangladesh, one of the world's most densely populated nations.
The current stock of ... Read more...
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Police treating Michael Jackson’s death as homicide
July 16th, 2009 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 15 (IANS) The Los Angeles Police Department is treating King of Pop Michael Jackson's death as homicide, a media report said Wednesday.
The entertainment website TMZ.com citing "multiple law ... Read more...
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Cops “seize bags of prescription drugs” from Jacko’s home
June 27th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 27 (ANI): Cops have seized bags of prescription drugs from Michael Jackson's Beverly Hills pad, according to reports.Brian Oxman, the ex-Jackson family lawyer, has claimed that officers have ... Read more...
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Biocon unveils India’s first 24-hour diabetes drug
May 29th, 2009 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 29 (IANS) Biotechnology firm Biocon Ltd Friday unveiled a new drug to help diabetics control their blood sugar levels.
The product, Basalog, is the first diabetic drug whose effect lasts a ... Read more...
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US ‘pregnant man’ shows off his new baby bump
March 26th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 26 (ANI): Thomas Beatie, the US 'pregnant man' who gave birth to a baby girl last year, is expecting another tot in June.The transsexual, 34, has shown off his new ... Read more...
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Anna Nicole Smith’s Creepy Doctor Kristine Ehrosevich Charged
March 14th, 2009 - 12:46 am ICT by GD
Anna Nicole Smith's doctor and her former consort have been charged with three counts of felony, conspiracy and other charges for giving fraudulent prescriptions. Dr. Kristine Ehrosevich had earlier sent a ... Read more...
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Billy Bob would love to have affair with Angelina onscreen!
February 1st, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 1 (ANI): Billy Bob Thornton would love to share the 70mm screen again with his former wife Angelina Jolie.The five-times-married Oscar-winner said he was on the look out for ... Read more...
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Polio vaccine vials found dumped outside Bihar hospital
December 24th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 24 (IANS) Nearly 100 polio vaccine vials were found dumped outside a district hospital in Bihar, raising questions over the conduct of the immunisation drive to eradicate the crippling disease ... Read more...
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”Barcode chip” developed for cheap, fast blood tests
November 26th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): Getting a blood test done would soon become cheap and matter of minutes, all thanks to a new "barcode chip" developed by researchers at the California Institute ... Read more...
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Kate Moss and beau in a bloody mess
November 17th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 17 (ANI): Kate Moss apparently wreaked havoc on beau Jamie Hince after she found out that he had still kept his former girlfriends vial of blood.Sources have revealed that ... Read more...
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Moss fights with boyfriend over vial of blood
November 17th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 17 (IANS) Supermodel Kate Moss had a fight with her boyfriend Jamie Hince when she found out that he had kept a vial of his ex-girlfriend's blood as a memento.Moss ... Read more...
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1,136 camps set up for flood-affected victims in Midnapore
June 24th, 2008 - 8:39 pm ICT by ANI
Midnapore, June 24 (ANI): Nearly four lakh people affected by the flood in West Bengal have been provided with shelter in 1,136 camps in the worst affected Midnapore district. The flood ... Read more...
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