New Delhi, October 02: Some African countries like Kenya and Uganda are unable to sustain their HIV and AIDS prevention programmes due to the global economic recession and India should take lessons from that as it is home to the world’s third largest HIV population after South Africa and Nigeria, says a UN official.
Johannesburg, October 02: Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named captain of both World ODI and Test Team of the year at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards here Thursday night.
For the second consecutive year Dhoni was selected as the captain of the ODI team that also includes his compatriots Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh.
Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh were selected in the 12-member Test squad.
Dhoni skipped the awards ceremony at the Sandton Convention Centre but his teammates, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj and Gambhir were present at the occasion.
Washington, October 02: US President Barack Obama said initial talks with Iran Thursday were “constructive” but cautioned Tehran must take concrete steps to assure the world its nuclear activities were peaceful and that US patience was “not unlimited”.
Obama made the remarks hours after talks led by EU (European Union) foreign policy chief Javier Solana with Iran and included representatives from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the US concluded in Geneva.
Washington, October 02: Anthropologists took the wraps off the oldest known human ancestor Thursday – a 4.4-million-year-old Ethiopian skeleton named Ardi, which challenges many long-held assumptions about how humans and apes evolved.
“It’s not a chimp. It’s not a human. It shows us what we used to be,” said paleoanthropologist Tim White of the University of California-Berkeley, co-director of the research group that discovered and analysed more than 110 specimens of the 4.4-million-year-old species Ardipithecus ramidus.
Buenos Aires, October 02: A former governor in Argentina was sentenced to 25 years in prison for human rights abuses during the military regime between 1976 and 1983, officials said Thursday.
Some 18,000 people had disappeared in Argentina during the military regime, according to an official estimate. Human rights organisations put the figure at 30,000.
Juan Carlos Colombo was the governor of Formosa province from 1976-1981 under the military regime. He was promoted to general in 1977.
One of the greatest men in the history of India is unarguably Mahatma Gandhi. The way he gave shape and character to India’s freedom struggle is worthy of a standing ovation. He sacrificed his own life for the sake of his country. The respect that he earned for himself despite leading a simple lifestyle is much appreciable. Mahatma Gandhi played a pivotal role in the freedom struggle of India. His non violent ways and peaceful methods were the foundation for gaining independence from the British. Read about Mahatma Gandhi’s role in freedom struggle of India.
Mumbai, October 02: Freedom is the theme of this Saturday’s episode of TERE MERE BEACH MEIN. Hosted by Farah Khan, the celebrity guests are Neil Nitin Mukesh and Abhay Deol. The episode highlights the lives of these actors who lived within the rules laid by their family and yet took career decisions that may have resulted in a lot of flak for their families.
The handsome and charming Neil Nitin Mukesh recalls how he had made his father mad at him by signing Johnny Gadar as his debut film. The negative role in it made his father upset.
Mumbai, October 02: We are talking about Bharti of Bhaskar Bharti, Ragini Khanna who is back on the sets after her 3 days of official holidays. The actress has been keeping unwell and was advised rest.
“I was recently admitted in the hospital for a day due to dehydration but now I’m fine and am reporting on the sets today,” said Ragini.
Elaborating more on her condition she explains, “I am fine now and is eagerly waiting to hit back to the sets. I got official holiday after 6 months of this hectic shooting schedule.”
Mumbai, October 02: Today is a significant day for our nation as it is a birthday of our dear “Bapu” i.e. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. As we all know that Gandhiji is also known as “Father of Nation’, but do you know why? We called and asked our favorite tele stars about why Gandhiji is known as Father of Nation?
Here are some replies which we received from the celebs,
Munich, October 02: The first of two planned satellites for Germany’s defence forces blasted off late Thursday from the European space launch centre outside Kourou, French Guiana, officials said.
The satellite separated from its rocket and was placed into orbit about 30 minutes after launch.
The satellites, both weighing 2.5 tonnes and code-named SatcomBw, will provide communications links to troops in Afghanistan and German Navy vessels in distant seas.
German defence forces already operate sensors from space that can peer through clouds and make radar images of the ground.
Mumbai, October 02: Julia Roberts visited the Taj Majal in Agra on Saturday. On Sunday she was back shooting a stone’s throw away from Saif’s ancestral home in Pataudi.
In fact for the first time the Pataudis are allowing a unit to shoot in their home.
Saif’s mom is very angry at the way her son is referred to as the “Chote Nawab’ in the media.
“Saif is a grown-up man of 36. There’s no Chote or Nawab in his personality. He wants to be known as an actor, though he comes from a royal family.”
New Delhi, October 02: Mugdha Yardi was shattered when she was detected with breast cancer and thought the diagnosis must be wrong. It was not, and her worst fear came true. Now she has overcome her disease and is helping others do the same. With one out of every 22 Indian women sufering from breast cancer, she has plenty to do.
“I was pretty healthy and couldn’t have thought of such a menacing disease when this thing (breast cancer) happened to me in 2001 at the age of 40 and my life was thrown upside down,” Yardi told IANS on phone from Pune.
Washington, October 02: The United States has named an official to promote substantive discussion between the Dalai Lama’s representatives and the Chinese government and support initiatives to safeguard Tibet’s unique culture.
As Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero will coordinate the US government’s policies, programmes and projects on Tibetan issues within the context of US bilateral relationship with China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Thursday.
Mumbai, October 02: Riya Sen is one actress who’s been notching up a lot of air miles! Well, the sexy actress has been busy shooting and walking the ramp all over the country
The petite lady was spotted in Shimla, Manali, Pune and her own hometown Kolkata. Whether it’s shooting for a film or walking the ramp, the beautiful bong beauty is just everywhere
Mumbai, October 02: National award winner Prakash Raj has been witnessing heavy downpour of offers from B-Town producers and directors. It all happened with his spellbinding performance in Prabhu Deva’s Hindi remake of “Pokkiri’ titled “Wanted’.
The characterization of Ghani Bhai has seemingly impressed not merely the audiences, but leading filmmakers of Hindi film industry as well. Now, they are approaching him to play the villainous role in their flicks.
Nevertheless, with his hands full of offers with 12 South Indian projects, Prakash Raj turned down their offer.
London, October 01: A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a woman’s badly decomposed body dumped in a suitcase.
Care worker Leah Questin was last seen on September 12 leaving a Tube station
The remains of Leah Questin were found in the case in a dried-up pond on farmland in Cliffe, near Rochester, Kent, last Thursday.
Ms Questin was a 37-year-old care worker who lived near Cricklewood, north London, but was originally from the Philippines.
The 35-year-old suspect was arrested at an address in Lewisham, south east London, this morning.
London, October 01: Research suggests that Britons are addicted to the internet – even though broadband quality has been ranked behind countries such as Bulgaria and Latvia.
Shopping and social networking are reasons why we spend time online
An average person in the UK is clocking up more than 30 hours a week online, according to a study by independent price comparison service uSwitch.com.
On a typical working day, a person now spends an average of five hours using the internet.
London, Ocotber 01: British legal history is made today as a new Supreme Court takes over from the House of Lords as the highest court in the land.
The Supreme Court will be housed in the newly refurbished Middlesex Guildhall
For the first time, cases will be broadcast live, in a move some legal experts believe could pave the way for more widespread televising of legal proceedings.
It also marks the end of an almost century and half association with Parliament, as Law Lords and the court itself shifts from the Palaces of Westminster to a refursbished former court house nearby.
London, Ocotber 01: A survey has suggested that many workers would rather have flexible hours or time off for their birthday than a pay rise or a bonus.
Surveyed workers wanted official ‘gossip time’ and breaks for sporting events
It seems UK employees, recognising the tough year experienced by most businesses are happy to swap cash for a bit of consideration.
Workers called for a return of a proper lunch break, rather than having to eat at their desks, a survey of 1,500 adults by Kellogg’s showed.
London, October 01: One of Britain’s most prestigious art galleries has removed a nude photo of actress Brooke Shields as a child after a police warning about obscenity, the Guardian newspaper said.
The Tate Modern had been planning to include the photo of Shields, aged 10, wearing heavy makeup and taken from the knees up, in its new Pop Life exhibition which opens to the public today.
England, October 01: Children who eat too many lollies are more likely to become violent criminals as adults, new research finds.
The study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, followed more than 17,000 children over four decades.
The British researchers found of the children who consumed lollies and chocolate daily at the age of 10, 69 per cent were later arrested for a violent offence, the Associated Press reports.
But while the researchers said the results were interesting, more studies were needed to confirm the link.
Washington, October 01: A US judge has issued an arrest warrant for an Australian security co-ordinator embroiled in a kickback scandal in Afghanistan.
Scott Anthony Walker, accused of conspiring to solicit kickbacks from private security vendors in Afghanistan while working for an American engineering company joint venture, left the war-torn country on May 20 this year after US Government investigators questioned him.
Washington, October 01: Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue: An American Life, has become a best-seller – more than six weeks before it’s released.
Going Rogue will be released November 17, yet pre-orders on Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com have pushed the book to the number one position.
The Associated Press reports the book is out-selling Senator Ted Kennedy’s True Compass and Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, his first novel since The Da Vinci Code and one of the year’s most anticipated releases.
London, October 01: Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms as teenagers, British scientists said.
Researchers from four British universities studied 6356 12-year-olds and interviewed them for psychotic-like symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions.
Around 19 per cent had mothers who smoked during pregnancy.
Just over 11 per cent, or 734 of the total group, had suspected or definite symptoms of psychosis.
Washington, October 01: Papua New Guinea tribesmen have demanded an apology from American political satirists who used their traditional dress in a witchdoctor slur against US President Barack Obama.
In the offending image, a headshot of Mr Obama was superimposed on a photograph of a PNG Highlands region man in full traditional costume, supposedly to portray the black President as an African witchdoctor.
Damien Arabagali, Hela Gimbu Association chairman, said PNG’s Foreign Affairs Minister and Cultural Minister would have to take up their demand.