AQABA (Jordan): A Frenchman who lost all of his limbs in an accident braved hot weather and sharks on Thursday to swim across the Red Sea from Egypt’s Taba to Aqaba in Jordan as part of a global challenge. Using prosthetic limbs with flippers attached, Philippe Croizon, 44, left Taba at 6.30 GMT and arrived [...]
Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s ousted leader, has been the subject of death speculations since he was sentenced to life in prison on June 2, the New York Times pointed out. Mubarak was already falsely rumored to have died on June 12, Sophos reported. As the world holds its breath over the announcement of Mubarak’s “clinical death” [...]
London: Hari Harilela, one of the most known Indian origin entrepreneurs in Hong Kong who founded a billion-dollar enterprise, has been honoured with a honorary doctorate in Business Administration by the Edinburgh Napier University. He was conferred the honour on in recognition of his outstanding contribution to business and higher education at the university’s summer [...]
Kolkata: Rain or sun does not bother them, neither does the cacophonous traffic nor the incessant clamour of a packed city. Their dream is to get World champion Vishwanathan Anand to visit their “club”, the concrete railing under a busy flyover where a clutch of chess aficionados concentrate on games over which rulers once traded [...]
Mumbai: Over 12 hours after it broke out, the massive fire that swept through the top floors of the Maharashtra government secretariat killing three persons was doused early today. However, fire brigade officials said the cooling operation will continue for the next two days. “The fire has been doused, but the cooling operation will continue [...]
London, Jun 22: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, currently holed up in Ecuador’s embassy here, today expressed fear that he may be sent to the US to face possible criminal charges punishable by death for publishing some 250,000 leaked American diplomatic cables. In his first public comment since launching his dramatic political asylum bid on Tuesday, Assange said [...]
It’s been about two months since I began writing this column. Ever since, I’ve been itching to write this line, “I have lost weight.” Yes, you read it right, as much I find it hard to believe as well, I have indeed lost weight. When a few friends told me that I did look like [...]
Mumbai, Jun 22: Following yesterday’s fire at Mantralaya, the state secretariat, reconstruction of documents in damaged files was the government’s top priority, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said here today. Chavan told reporters here that 2.25 lakh files had been digitalised and 3.18 crore papers had been scanned prior to the incident. “Hard disks of damaged computers [...]
Amy Silverste The antibacterial chemicals present in soap, toothpaste and other personal-care products may be contributing to childhood food and environmental allergies, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. In recent years, researchers have struggled to understand why rates of childhood allergies continue to increase. From 1997 to 2007, prevalence of food allergies increased [...]
Sydney: Scientists have discovered a secretive and exotic species of mosquito, which, unlike others of its kind, do not require a blood meal before laying eggs. Researchers found that rather than breeding in ponds, pools or wetlands, the culex molestus mosquito has adapted to life underground, particularly in septic tanks and disused stormwater pipes. Unlike [...]
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Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena Just a few days ago, when Mumbai Indians played the Sunrisers in Mumbai, I found myself standing on Marine Drive, outside ‘D’ road, along with my brother, waiting for our sons to amble out after the match (which to the pride of this city’s dwellers, MI won). It took several moments for the [...]
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