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| Assange gets asylum in Ecuador |
LONDON, Aug 16: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was finally granted political asylum by Ecuador on Thursday, two months after he took refuge in the Andean nation’s London embassy while fighting extradition from Britain to Sweden.
Assange took refuge at the embassy in June to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning over assault and rape claims, which he denies, BBC... |
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| Can't be denied Hindus faced persecution: Pakistani daily |
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: It cannot be denied that “minorities, and particularly Hindus, have faced persecution over the past few decades” in Pakistan, said a daily that wished minorities would “stay and feel confident they have a place in this country”.
An editorial in the News International on Thursday said that the issue of the migration by some 200 Hindu families fr... |
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| Indian firm gets Gates Foundation grant for 'eToilet' |
SEATTLE, Aug 16: An Indian firm has won a grant of more than $4,50,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to make public toilets more accessible to the urban poor via the eco-friendly and hygienic “eToilet”.
India’s Eram Scientific Solutions Private Limited was awarded the grant as part of the foundation’s second round of Reinvent the Toilet Challenge g... |
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| Indians among illegal immigrants seek relief from deportation |
WASHINGTON, Aug 16: Thousands of young, undocumented immigrants including Indians have began applying for relief under President Barack Obama’s mini DREAM Act that allows them to work without fear of deportation for at least two years.
There are some 30,000 Indians among as many as 1.7 million youths who entered the US illegally as children who may qualify for the programme announ... |
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| Olive oil enriched diet protects bone |
MADRID, Aug 16: A Mediterranean style diet, one rich in fruits and vegetables, supplemented with olive oil for two years, may have a protective effect on your bones, suggests a Spanish study. Age-related bone mass loss and decreased bone strength affects women and men alike, and are important determinants of the risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Studies have shown that the incidence of osteoporo... |
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| New study challenges babies with moral core finding |
WELLINGTON, Aug 16: New Zealand researchers have challenged a landmark US study finding that suggested that even six-month-old children possess a moral core that permits them to judge people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’. The 2007 study by Yale researchers provided the first evidence that six- and 10-month-old infants could assess individuals based on their behaviour towards others, s... |
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| Chemical in plastic bottles aggravates heart risk |
LONDON, Aug 16: The presence of high levels of urinary Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical used in plastic products like water bottles and baby feeding bottles, may be linked to narrowing of arteries and risk of heart disease. “Our latest study strengthens a growing body of work that suggests that BPA may be adding to known risk factors for heart disease,” said David Melzer, professor of epi... |
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| Just imagine if Gandhi had Twitter and internet: T&T minister |
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Aug 16: “What would have happened if Gandhi had today’s new technology like internet, Skype, Twitter, email and facebook to challenge the British Raj,” a Trinidad and Tobago minister asked while calling for tolerance in society during an event to mark India’s Independence Day.
Minister of Communications Jamal Mohammed called for tolerance in societ... |
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| Briton held for peeping into Chinese women swimmers changing room |
LONDON, Aug 16: A Briton has pleaded guilty to voyeurism after he was caught spying on the Chinese women’s swimming team during the London Olympics in their changing room. Declan Crosbie, 25, from West Yorkshire’s Leeds city, was caught peering over cubicles as team members were changing at a sports centre. After staff started searching for his whereabouts, he hid in a cubicle and trie... |
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