Month: July 2013

Training of 500 Allahabad Bank probationary officers begins at Amity

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The Amity Institute of Training and Development (AITD) has started a three month training programme for 500 probationary officers of Allahabad Bank at the Amity Campus in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The AITD was selected by Allahabad Bank as part of the MoU signed between AITD and Allahabad Bank to undertake the challenging task of designing, developing and delivering the training program through an intensive and competitive procedure.

Duchess Kate set for expensive baby birth

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The Duchess of Cambridge, who is just weeks away from her due date, will reportedly be delivering her baby at a private hospital, where the childbirth and delivery cost can go up to thousands.

Kate’s royal birthing at the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital will apparently cost the royal family more than what is normally paid by most parents-to-be, Sky news reported.

The hospital charges 5,000 pounds for the first day of a normal delivery. (ANI)

Garlic oil may help ease adverse effects of chemotherapy and radiation

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A new study has found that garlic oil reduces the decrease of white blood cells caused by chemotherapy and radiation treatment in mice with cancerous tumors.

The findings of this study support the idea that cancer patients may benefit from consuming garlic oil as a complementary medicine to their treatments.

Further research is needed to assess whether garlic oil could reduce the adverse effects induced by other chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat cancer patients.

The study was published in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists. (ANI)

NSA whistleblower threatens to cripple US intelligence with leaks in case anything happens to him

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Sources close to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have reportedly said that if anything happens to the histleblower, a massive trove of top secret data will be revealed to the world which could hurt the US intelligence.

According to New York Post, Snowden who is currently stuck up at Moscow’s airport with a revoked passport and an indecisive Russian government is believed to have left his laptops containing all the data he gathered about the US led surveillance programme back in Hong Kong.

Hardline Muslim clerics brainwashing young Aussies into joining Syrian civil war

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Muslim leaders in Sydney are reportedly encouraging young Australians to join the Syrian civil war by provocative lectures to give their ‘wealth and blood’ to the cause. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, there has been evidence of provocative lectures given by community leaders and sheikhs, a move feared to exacerbate sectarian violence and which flouts federal laws banning the recruitment, funding, training or participation in the conflict in Syria and which carry up to 20 years imprisonment.

Sarah Palin to create ‘Freedom party’ if GOP continues to neglect conservatives

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Former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin has reportedly expressed her keenness to bolt from the Republican Party and create a new ‘Freedom Party’ if the GOP continues to ignore the conservatives. According to the New York Daily News, Palin said that if the GOP continues to back away from the planks in their platform, from the principles that built their party of Lincoln and Reagan, then there is a possibility of forming a new party.

Pak suicide bomber blows himself up at LoC

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A Pakistani suicide bomber reportedly blew himself up while attempting to carry out an attack on the Indian side near the Line of Control (LoC). According to a Times Now report, the suicide bomber detonated the bomb he was carrying before he could reach an Indian Army camp. No firing between the two armies has been reported. (ANI)

Women try to keep peace when fight erupts with partner

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When a couple get into fight, it is the woman who tries to maintain peace, researchers has suggested.

According to Ashley Randall from University of Arizona, for couples cooperating well with each other, men tend to imitate their partner’s mood, while women try to regulate their partner’s emotions, according to researchers.

The study examined 44 heterosexual couples in the US who were living together for about six years, Japan Times reported.

The scientists shot footage of each couple while they were conversing about their eating habits, exercise and other aspects of daily life.

11 things not to do with email revealed

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Our email is the simplest and most common vulnerable thing to spying eyes.

Adam Levin, founder of Credit.com and Identity Theft 911, has given 11 steps not to do with e-mail and doing which will make us vulnerable to cyber thieves, ABC News reported.

Firstly, he said that a person should never check their e-mail on an unsafe network, as a computer in an Internet cafe, library or any other business may be infected with malware to steal your passwords.

China passes law forcing kids to visit elderly parents

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China is moving a step further by perpetuating their citizens to take care of their elderly parents.

China is adding a new revision to the Law on Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly People, which was passed in December.

It enforces frequent visits to the elderly and forbids any form of domestic violence, such as insulting or discriminatory language, physical torture and abandonment.

The revision has triggered heated debates as it does not specify appropriate number of visits and neither has it specified any punishment on deferring from the law.

Boxer Amir Khan left petrified by new wife’s driving

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Boxing champion Amir Khan was shaken up after his wife took him for a road trip around his home town of Bolton in her gleaming new sports car.

Khan gifted the 72,500-pound black Mercedes SL to Faryal, 21, to celebrate their wedding, the Daily Star reported.

Faryal, who married the Brit ring king in May, is from New York and is used to American road rules.

The two-time world light-welterweight champion, 26, tweeted: “Just took Faryal for a drive in her new car.”

He further wrote that his wife normally used to drive on the opposite side of the road in USA. (ANI)

Lady Gaga sparks plastic surgery rumours

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Lady Gaga fuelled speculation that she has gone under the knife after she was pictured with a nose looking much thinner than it was before.

It seems that the 27-year-old singer, who made her first appearance since hip surgery at the TriBeCa Pride Rally in New York on Friday, might no longer like the way she was born, the Mirror reported.

The celebrity blog sites are full of speculation that the ‘Poker Face’ singer has also had cosmetic work. (ANI)

James Cameron sued by British artist over Avatar for $50m

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James Cameron has been sued by British artist, Roger Dean, for 50 million dollars over claims that the Hollywood director copied his ideas for the 3D film Avatar, which won three technical awards at the Oscars.

Dean has filed a legal action at a court in New York last week, while accusing Cameron of “wilful and deliberate copying, dissemination and exploitation” of his original images, the BBC reported.

Russian MP calls it ‘morally impermissible’ for Russia to hand over NSA whistleblower

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A Russian MP has reportedly said that it would be ‘morally impermissible’ for Russia to hand over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to the US authorities. Snowden who has been stuck up at Moscow’s Shermetyevo airport’s transit area has got his fate hanging as his passport has been revoked by the US and Russia must issue him travel documents so that he can claim for an asylum at the Ecuadorean Embassy.

Killings of two youths in J-K was ”avoidable”, says Omar Abdullah

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Referring to the death of two youths allegedly in army firing, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said such “avoidable” incidents negate attempts being made by the Centre to bridge the emotional distance between the state and rest of the country. “I do not have the words to express my grief and outrage over this gruesome incident that was eminently avoidable and needless,” Omar said in a statement issued by his office. Omar also said, “The death of two youngsters at the peak of their lives and with so much to look forward to is tragic.

25 foreigners arrested in crackdown on pornography, gambling in China

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Nearly 25 foreigners have been arrested in a police crackdown on illegal activities in Beijing.

The police warned or fined another 212 in connection with the crackdown on gambling and drug-related crimes.

According to China Daily, authorities said criminal activities ranged from pornography, gambling and since May.

The arrests were part of a wide investigation involving 4,100 people in 410 drug cases and 750 porn and gambling cases. (ANI)

Chinese university exam asks students to list ‘creative condom uses’

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A teacher at a Chinese university asked students to list at least 15 uses of a condom during a final exam.

The question, along with others from Fujian Normal University’s ‘Planning and Creativity’ course exam quickly spread online, provoking heated discussions and inspired answers from netizens.

According to Global Times, many students and teachers said they felt the question was thought-provoking.

A student surnamed Zeng, who appeared for the exam, said that he enjoyed the exam because it showed him that he was creative enough.

Ishrat Jahan case: CBI seeks more security for investigating officers

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has asked the Maharashtra government to provide more security to officers investigating the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

” We have asked Maharashtra Government to provide security to our officers,” CBI Director Ranjit Sinha told media here.

Sinha also vowed to file chargesheet in the case by July 4.

“We have given assurance to Gujarat High Court that we will file our charge sheet by July 4. We will maintain time limit,” Sinha told media here.

AAP candidate hit by speeding car, critical

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The condition of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Seemapuri assembly constituency Santosh Koli is critical after she was hit by a speeding car near the Kaushambi metro station in Ghaziabad on Sunday afternoon.

Koli, who has undergone a head surgery, is on life support.

The accident occurred near Kaushambi Metro station under Link Road police station of Ghaziabad.

An FIR has been filed against unnamed persons under Section 307, 279, 337, 338 of the Indian Penal Code at Link Road police station, Ghaziabad.

‘Outraged’ France, Germany say US bugging of EU offices ‘totally unacceptable’

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France and Germany have asked the United States to come clean over reports that its top intelligence services have been spying on key European Union offices.

A report in Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine said European Union offices in the US and Europe had been bugged by the National Security Agency (NSA).

The magazine claimed that other ‘targets’ included the French, Italian and Greek embassies in the US.

According to the BBC, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is said to be the source of the leaks.

IB officer may challenge CBI action if named in charge sheet

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Senior Intelligence Bureau officer Rajendra Kumar may challenge any possible move by CBI to name him in its charge sheet in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.

Official sources said the Home Ministry is understood to have advised Kumar, a special director in the IB, to challenge the possibility on the issue of not obtaining prior sanction from the Home Ministry to take action against him.

Former NSA, CIA director admits ‘US does conduct espionage’

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Former CIA and National Security Agency Director, Michael Hayden, has said the United States does conduct espionage on citizens and countries.

Hayden also said that the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protecting the privacy of American citizens is not an international treaty.

The revelation by Hayden comes during an interview on ‘Face the Nation’, after a German magazine cited secret intelligence documents and charge U.S. spies of bugging European Union offices.

CBI acting under Congress pressure, claim Modi supporters

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Supporters of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is coming under the pressure of the Congress-led government. “We have put these posters to protest against CBI for the way in which it is coming under government”s pressure and targeting Modi by making fake cases and showing that Ishrat Jahan was not a militant.

”BJP doubts Congress only when their leaders are questioned by CBI”: Digvijay Singh

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Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday said that expresses doubts about the credibility and integrity of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) when their leaders are questioned. “When the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) takes action against anyone associated with Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) applauds. But when someone is close to the BJP ideology and the CBI takes action, they say it is a ”Congress Bureau of Investigation.” These are the double standards of the BJP which is not new,” said Singh.