Abu Dhabi, June 02: The Federal National Council (FNC) on Tuesday held its 11th session chaired by Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al Ghurair, the Speaker of FNC, in the presence of Dr Mohammed Anwar Gargash, State Minister of FNC Affairs, Social Affairs Minister, Mariam Al Roumi, Minister of Education, Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qutami, Minister of Labour and board member of Emirates Identity Authority, Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, and a number of officials.
Dubai, June 02: The Indian Media Forum (IMF) in the UAE has sent a memorandum to Indian authorities urging them to conduct an inquiry into the state of affairs of low-budget carrier Air India Express and rectify the frequent problems faced by the airline.
Pune, June 02: While official estimate says 23 lakh HIV+ people, study by international experts says 17 lakh
Is it possible for six lakh HIV positive people to disappear overnight? That is exactly what has happened, if you compare National Aids Control Organisation’s (NACO) officially released estimate of people living with HIV in India with a new study by international experts.
JAAGO RE: Members of an NGO Wake Up Pune performing a street play on HIV awareness. File pic
New Delhi, June 02: In a shocking case of corporal punishment, a student’s mother dies of shock on hearing that her son was brutally beaten by a teacher, according to news channel.
On hearing the treatment meted out to her son, Rattanpreet’s mother decided to take the matter up with the school authorities, but unfortunately died of cardiac arrest soon after entering the school premises.
—-Agencies
Dubai, June 02: A Syrian newscaster, Yaman Shawaf, played the Good Samaritan in rescuing a two-year-old baby in the parking facility of the Mall of the Emirates on Tuesday evening. The Chinese baby was saved from suffering grave consequences after he had been locked in his mother’s BMW car.
The tragedy happened as she returned to her car after finishing shopping and put the baby in the back seat of the vehicle, while trying to put the grocery bags in and all of a sudden, the door was locked. The baby then started crying.
Abu Dhabi, June 02: The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has asked families visiting the Corniche to use Gates 4 and 5, and individuals to use Gate 6 on a temporary basis as Gates 1, 2 and 3 will be closed till June 30 for development works in the area, where new water games and services will be added.
According to the Consultant of Investments and Assets at the municipality, Rashid bin Ali Al Umairah, the partial closure was because of the development works undertaken to make the beach a world-class recreational avenue fitted with state-of-the-art services.
Washington, June 02: Eighty percent of Americans do not know the speed of their home Internet broadband connection, but most are satisfied with its performance, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
The survey, conducted for the US Federal Communications Commission, which is seeking to bring high-speed Internet to the entire United States, found that 71 percent of men and 90 percent of women do not know their home broadband speed.
Younger broadband users tend to be slightly more aware of their connection speed than older users, the survey found.
Washington, June 02: The Obama administration walked a fine line in response to Israel’s lethal raid on a flotilla trying to break the blockade of Gaza, calling on Israel to let more aid into the beleaguered territory but stopping short of condemning the U.S. ally for using deadly force.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton supported a U.N. Security Council statement that condemned the “acts” that cost the lives of nine pro-Palestinian activists off the Gaza coast. But U.S. officials did not say whether they blamed Israel or the activists for the bloodshed.
Mumbai, June 02: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recovered by over 106 points in opening trade today, after yesterday’s tumble, on emergence of buying by foreign funds amid a firming Asian trend.
The 30-share index, which had lost 372.60 points in yesterday’s trading, bounced back by 106.06 points, or 0.63 per cent to 16,678.09 points.
Stocks of auto, consumer durables and realty sectors were in the positive zone with gains up to 1.32 per cent.
Likewise, the wide-based National Stock Exchange’s Nifty rose by 31.40 points, or 0.63 per cent, to 5,001.60 points.
Mumbai, June 02: The Indian rupee appreciated by 11 paise to 47.05 a dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today, helped by gains on the stock market.
The rupee had closed lower by 80 paise – the biggest single-day fall in 15 months – at 47.16/17 against the dollar in yesterday’s trading on a sudden bearish turn in equities.
Forex dealers said fresh capital inflow into equities by foreign funds provided support to the rupee.
Washington, June 02: At the beginning of high-level U.S.-India talks, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday the United States has a deep strategic interest in forging strong ties with India and nurturing its emergence as a global power.
The comments by Undersecretary of State William Burns are an attempt to deal with fears in India that relations with the United States have slipped as the Obama administration pursues cooperation with India’s neighboring rivals, China and Pakistan.
Jaipur, June 02: The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Rajasthan is working on the theory that there is a link between the group which carried out the bomb blast at Ajmer Dargah in October 2007 and the forces behind the Malegaon blast almost a year later as well as the explosions at the Makkah Masjid in Hyderabad.
It has identified the contacts and after their recent arrests is in hot pursuit of the person who manufactured the bomb used in the blast at Ahat-e-Noor on the Dargah premises.
London, June 02: Jogging a couple of days a week can significantly improve memory, say researchers.
The study led by Cambridge University showed that running triggered the growth of hundreds of thousands of new brain cells in a region that is linked to the formation and recollection of memories.
“We know exercise can be good for healthy brain function, but this work provides us with a mechanism for the effect,” the Telegraph quoted Timothy Bussey, a behavioural neuroscientist at Cambridge and the study’s senior author as telling.
New Delhi, June 02: Women can cut their daily calorie intake by almost a fifth if they simply take a herbal diet pill, a research reveals.
The supplement has also been shown to help those with a sweet tooth, reducing the temptation to indulge in sugary snacks.
Zotrim, which is based on three South American plants, was tested by scientists at the University of Liverpool.
They found that women who took the pill with their breakfast had a much lower appetite at lunch time, cutting their calorie intake by 17.6 per cent, reported.
London, June 02: A new research suggests that “boring and repetitive” household chores raises the odds of giving birth prematurely.
Exercise, however, is good for both mother and unborn child. Dailymail.co.uk reports that the study involved data collected from almost 12,000 new mothers about how much they had exercised during pregnancy including housework.
The findings showed that mentally unstimulating work, including doing jobs around the house day-in day-out, increased the chances of giving birth at least three weeks early by up to 25 percent.
New Delhi, June 02: Two men were arrested Tuesday on the charges of vehicle thefts and snatching women’s chains and bags, police said.
Deepak, 20, and Gurmeet, 23, were arrested from Aurobindo Marg in south Delhi.
“We received information about the duo. They were arrested in the early hours Tuesday when they reached Aurobindo Marg,” a senior police officer said.
During interrogation it was found that the two men had committed 30 robberies, snatchings, vehicle thefts and other such crimes.
New Delhi, June 02: The government is thinking of setting up a National Social Security Fund with an initial corpus of Rs. 1,000 crore for workers in the unorganised sector, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday.
“We are also considering the establishment of a National Social Security Fund with an initial corpus of Rs. 1,000 crore for unorganised sector workers,” he said in his opening remarks while releasing a report on the government’s performance in the first year of its second term.
Washington, June 02: U.S. stocks fell Tuesday after oil giant BP declared that its most promising effort yet to cap an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had failed.
Shares of energy companies fell more than any other group as trading resumed after a long holiday weekend. BP declared Saturday that its “top-kill” procedure, aimed at sealing a ruptured wellhead on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, was unsuccessful.
Haryana, June 02: Three MBA students were Tuesday suspended by the vice-chancellor of the Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) here for ragging their juniors, officials said.
The three students – Aman Redhu, Surender Bishnoi and Anil Dalal – were accused of physically harassing and intimidating two junior students of the Institute of Management Studies and Research (IMSR) here.
London, June 02: Theo Walcott has been left shell-shocked after the England manager Fabio Capello axed him from his 23-man World Cup squad.
The Arsenal winger has always said that he could not take his place at the finals for granted, but he did not see Capello’s rejection coming. The 21-year-old, the surprise inclusion in Sven-Goran Eriksson’s squad for the last World Cup in Germany, has been left devastated.
New Delhi, June 02: A 11-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding truck in west Delhi, police said Tuesday.
The incident occurred late Monday in Nangloi area, an official said.
“We got to know about the incident around 12.15 a.m. Mahender was crossing the road with his elder brother when a truck hit him,” the police official said.
Mahender was killed on the spot and the truck driver fled with the vehicle, he added.
“We have registered a case and are trying to trace the driver,” he said.
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Lucknow, June 02: Unable to repay his loans, a lawyer here committed suicide after killing his daughter and seriously injuring his teenage son, police said Tuesday.
Prabhat Sinha, 50, attacked his children and hung himself three to four days back but the incident came to light Tuesday when his neighbours approached the police after a foul smell started emanating from his flat.
London, June 02: A big bottom is good for you because it raises the levels of good cholesterol that protects against hardening of arteries and also cuts the risk of diabetes, say researchers.
Scientists also claim people with lots of moles are years younger biologically than those with mark-free skin. They may retain their youthful looks for longer and could also be at lower risk of a host of age-related diseases, such as heart disease or osteoporosis, reports dailymail.co.uk.
London, June 02: Dermatologists have found that the way to a smoother face is to use a normal moisturiser than opting for techniques like botox or facelift.
Dry skin doubles the speed at which wrinkles develop and in the study measuring the speed of wrinkle development, experts have found that women with well hydrated facial skin develop persistent wrinkles slower than those with dry skin, reports express.co.uk.