Chennai Sept 4 ( truthdive) Warning; Beware of highly opinionated semi-imaginary genetically modified report U.S health department is moving in the direction of recommending the genetically altered fish safe for eating. The Food and Drug Administration of USA will hold public meeting from September 19 on the Genetically altered fish before the approval. But even [...]
US delegates to visit China to ‘reduce military and economic tensions’
Beijing, Sept 4 (ANI): The White House has said that the US Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon and National Economic Council director Lawrence Summers would be on a three-day visit to China starting from Sunday and meet Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo to “discuss a wide range bilateral and international [...]
Britain’s most confusing roundabout has 58 sets of traffic lights!
London, Sept 4 (ANI): A roundabout in Britain, which is said to be the most confusing, has 58 sets of traffic lights and the council wants to add more. There are already fifty-eight sets of lights controlling traffic around the Milbrook roundabout, and road campaigners have called for traffic lights to be removed in a [...]
2.5 million children, 1.4 million pregnant women still affected in flood-hit Pak: Report
Islamabad, Sep 4(ANI): Over 2.5 million children under the age of five, and about 1.4 million pregnant and lactating women in Pakistan have been affected by the devastating floods in the country, a report released by an international anti-poverty agency has said. The Actionaid report said that there was an urgent need for nutrition assistance, [...]
Shanghai sets up 3,600 condom outlets for migrants to promote ‘safe sex’
Shanghai, Sept 4 (ANI): The Shanghai administration has set up over 3,600 condom outlets in areas having high concentrations of migrant workers for distributing free contraceptives in a bid to promote safe sex in China’s business capital. Condoms and other contraceptives were previously only dispensed for free to locals holding a ‘hukou’, a permanent residency [...]
US military exchanges ban video game allowing Taliban to take pot shots at US soldiers
Washington, Sep 4 (ANI): The “Medal of Honor” video game, which reportedly allows players to assume the role of Taliban fighters to kill US soldiers, will not be stocked at military exchanges as it includes depictions of violence toward American troops in Afghanistan. Many service members looking forward to the October release of the new [...]
Pak Taliban militants stoking sectarian fires: Malik
Islamabad, Sep 4(ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said that militants in the country were trying to stoke sectarian fires. Malik said that after taking a beating in their strongholds in the country’s northwest, the militants were now adding a religious color to their activities to whip up sectarianism. “Sectarianism that has been [...]
Taliban using ‘stolen’ British Army machine guns against Nato forces in Afghanistan
London, Sep 4 (ANI): The Taliban have reportedly stolen dozens of machine guns used by the British Army in Afghanistan and are using them against Nato forces. Commanders in Helmand are asking serious questions about a cover-up, after the 59 Minimi machine guns were not reported missing for almost a year. The theft was revealed [...]
Game of strip-Monopoly almost lands one in actual jail
London, Sept 4 (ANI): When three people in Britain decided to play strip-Monopoly, they never thought that it could almost land one of them in an actual jail. Gary Williamson, 22, his girlfriend Leah McDonnell, 20, and her friend Micha Robinson, 20, were playing the game, which involved removing items of clothing rather than paying [...]
Brit woman driver fondles self while overtaking lorries
London, Sept 4 (ANI): A woman driver in Britain has been taken to court after she was spotted performing a sex act on herself while overtaking lorries on the M6. Miranda Chapman, 43, a mum-of-four, from Appleby-in-Westmorland, is said to have pulled down her trousers and knickers to pleasure herself. She was spotted by trucker [...]
Non-professional beauticians in Pak using homemade low quality creams
Islamabad, Sept 4 (ANI): It has emerged that non-professional beauticians in Pakistan are using homemade low quality creams and non-sterilised instruments, thus putting the health of their clients at risk. Authorities are not bothered that the number of beauty saloons and barbershops are using unbranded stuff, which causes hepatitis-C and skin-related diseases, the News reported. [...]