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Goa hotel booked for French officer's drowning
PANAJI - Goa Police Thursday booked authorities of a hotel in the beach village of Anjuna for negligence after a French naval officer drowned in its swimming pool a day earlier. Orlati Vincent David, 25, a French Naval officer was posted onboard a warship which had docked at the Goa port recently and was holidaying with ... Read this article on Gaea Times at : Goa hotel booked for French officer’s drowning.
48 years after death, soldier's remains consigned to flames
AGOCHAR - Forty-eight years after an unsung soldier of the Indian Army was killed in the Sino-Indian war, his mortal remains - found in Arunachal Pradesh this month - were consigned to flames with military honours in this village Thursday. “The remains of sepoy (soldier) Karam Chand of 4 Dogra Regiment were consigned to the flames ... Original source on Gaea Times at : 48 years after death, soldier’s remains consigned to flames.
Bank Of America Unveils Free Account
CALIFORNIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Bank Of America which is considered as one of the 4 major banks of USA has adopted a new endeavor to stay ahead in the competition. The bank is offering a new free account under the name eBanking that is meant for those users who need not visit the bank branches much ... Read this article on Gaea Times at : Bank Of America Unveils Free Account.
BNP Paribas Joins OTCQX
NEW YORK, July 14, 2010 - Pink OTC Markets Inc. (OTCQX: PINK), the financial information and technology services company that operates the leading electronic quotation and trading system in the U.S. OTC securities market, today announced that BNP Paribas (OTCQX: BNPQY, Euronext: BNP), a leading European banking and financial services provider, has chosen to have its American Depositary Receipts [...]
5 Afghan health workers kidnapped in Kandahar
5 Afghan health workers kidnapped in Kandahar KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government says gunmen have kidnapped five health ministry employees in the southern province of Kandahar. Provincial spokesman Zulmi Ayubi said Thursday that members of the medical team were abducted while returning to Kandahar in a car after visiting a project in Maiwand district. He said ... Original article on : 5 Afghan health workers kidnapped in Kandahar.
Cashew seed extract could help diabetics
WASHINGTON - Cashew seed extract has anti-diabetic properties, a new study has found. The study was conducted by researchers at University of Montreal (Canada) and the Universit??? de Yaounde (Cameroun). Diabetes is caused when a person has high blood sugar because their body does not respond well to insulin and/or does not produce enough of the hormone. “Of .... Source : Cashew seed extract could help diabetics.
Teaching tools for India from veteran US educator
NEW DELHI - He is in India with his bag of education tools. Veteran US educator Samuel W. Micklus says creativity and critical thinking are key to education as opposed to learning by rote and he is about to let Indian schools know how. “Schools relying on rote system and learning by memorisation should actively .... Source article on Gaea Times at : Teaching tools for India from veteran US educator.
I'd like to act in a film: Punit Malhotra
MUMBAI - Punit Malhotra, who’s just helmed the hit movie “I Hate Luv Storys” for Dharma Productions, says he’s hoping someone casts him as a leading man next. "I won’t cast myself in my next directorial project. I can’t direct and act together. But I’d like to act in a film next. An actor ... Read more »»».
Government says Toyota investigation ongoing, no conclusions readed yet about acceleration
Gov’t has reached no conclusions in Toyota case WASHINGTON - The government says it hasn’t reached any conclusions about whether Toyota drivers may be to blame for their vehicles suddenly accelerating. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Wednesday its engineers continue to investigate possible causes of sudden acceleration in Toyotas along with the National Academy of .... Original article on Gaea Times at : Government says Toyota investigation ongoing, no conclusions readed yet about acceleration.
Don't use spoons to medicate children, warn doctors
LONDON - Medical experts have warned parents that using domestic spoons to dispense children’s medicine could lead to overdosing or getting too little medication as some of them were found to hold two to three times as much liquid as other spoons. A study looked at 71 teaspoons and 49 tablespoons collected from 25 households ... Read more : Don’t use spoons to medicate children, warn doctors.
Increased Need for Remote Patient Monitoring Drives the Data Management Systems for Patient Monitoring Markets in Europe, Finds Frost & Sullivan
LONDON, July 14, 2010 - The increased need for real-time data management and the improved receptiveness of a technology to monitor patients effectively are driving the markets for data management systems (DMS) for patient monitoring in Europe. The participants are looking for options that allow physicians to manage the massive data collected and help reduce errors caused by [...]
Shortest mercy plea decision - in six days
NEW DELHI - While the limelight is on parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s clemency petition pending for four years, the Indian president had once decided on a mercy plea in less than a week, reveals a Right to Information (RTI) reply. Activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, in a RTI filed with the president’s secretariat June 5, ... Original article on : Shortest mercy plea decision - in six days.
NY border agents: Man trying to enter US says his ankle monitor is to support Lindsay Lohan
Border agents: NY man says ankle monitor for Lohan BUFFALO, N.Y. - Border agents say a New York man tried to explain away the ankle monitor he was wearing while returning from Canada by claiming it was a show of support for actress Lindsay Lohan. Customs and Border Protection officers say they found the bracelet around Eugene ... Read : NY border agents: Man trying to enter US says his ankle monitor is to support Lindsay Lohan.
No regrets for criticising Chidambaram : Digvijay Singh (Interview)
NEW DELHI - Declaring that he has “no regrets” for his public criticism of Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s counter-Maoist strategy focussing “only on the law and order angle”, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh says he had conveyed his concerns to the “right quarters” in the Congress leadership before penning his comments. “I wrote the ... Read more »»».
India says no to US tour of Tibetan monk
DHARAMSALA - India has denied permission to Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa who is the third most respected Tibetan monk reincarnate and is recognised by both the Dalai Lama and China, to go on a two-week religious tour to the US this month. His private office here Thursday said he was denied permission without citing ... Read more »».
Behavioural economic analysis may help understand craving for booze
WASHINGTON - Behavioural economic analysis may lead to an improved understanding of craving for alcohol and other drugs, suggests new research. This method of studying how craving alters the way a person values a drug is fairly new, but according ... Read more >>.
China replaces India as preferred outsourcing destination
NEW DELHI - China has replaced India as the primary destination of outsourcing and shared services for Asia-Pacific companies, according to the accounting firm KPMG. The China Daily quoted the KPMG survey, which covered 280 senior company executives across Asia, as saying [..] Read the original article: here.
Fifteen years after conquering Old Course, John Daly off to another rousing British Open start
Daly off to rousing start at British Open ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Fifteen years after his stunning win at the Old Course, John Daly is off to another rousing start at the British Open. The mercurial American made the turn in the opening round Thursday with a 5-under 31, taking advantage of benign conditions that threatened to .... Original article : Fifteen years after conquering Old Course, John Daly off to another rousing British Open start.
Landis+Gyr and CURRENT Group Announce Industrial Partnership Agreement to Deliver Smart Metering and Smart Grid Solutions to Spain and Portugal
Cooperation agreement will enable the deployment of smart, fully open and interoperable end-to-end energy management solutions in Portugal and Spain, two of Europe's fastest growing smart grid markets. SEVILLE, Spain and ZURICH, July 14, 2010 - Landis+Gyr and CURRENT's European entity CURRENT Technologies International GmbH, have signed an agreement to deliver smart, open and interoperable energy management [...]
Obama's Maine vacation destination known as summer retreat for the well-heeled and well-known
Obama’s Maine island long visited by rich, famous BAR HARBOR, Maine - President Barack Obama’s Maine vacation destination has long been known as a place where well-heeled and well-known visitors could beat the summer heat and have their privacy respected. It has served as a retreat for the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Morgans. Obama is the latest influential .... Source : Gaea News Network.