Melbourne, Mar 31 : A teenager in Brisbane, Australia, who was jailed for seven days for walking through a busy inner city street chanting “I am a f****** penis”, has had his sentence reduced on appeal. Michael Trevor Royce Collins, 18, was in Albert St on August 8 last year near family groups and children, when he was arrested by the police and taken to jail, the Courier Mail reported.
New Delhi, March 31 – The India-Pakistan World Cup semifinal got the maximum viewership rating with 67.3 million people staying glued to their television sets in the country to enjoy the showdown, a rating agency said Thursday. The match got ratings of 11.74, which is exceptionally high for a 100 overs match, Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd.
Islamabad, Mar 31: The World Bank has approved a 125-million-dollar credit for the Flood Emergency Cash Transfer Project designed to support the Pakistan Government’s Citizen’s Damage Compensation Programme (CDCP) for providing cash transfers to over one million Pakistani households affected by last year’s floods. The total programme-financing requirement for the CDCP is approximately 580 million dollars, of which the government has committed to provide 100 million dollars as counterpart funding to match the approximately 480-million-dollar donor funds.
London, Mar 31 : A UK government survey has found that nine in ten home dishcloths harbour dangerous levels of stomach bugs. Research by environmental health officers suggests that people are more at risk of catching food poisoning from their own cleaning cloths than when they eat out, the Independent reported.
Washington, March 31 : Older men with early-stage testicular cancer who opt for surveillance with regular CT scans over lymph node removal are at greater risk for secondary cancers, according to a new study. The findings indicate that physicians should consider the risk of new cancers with surveillance when discussing treatment options with their patients.
London, Mar 31: Chelsea’s plan to sell the naming rights to Stamford Bridge, their home since the club were established in 1905, for 100 million pounds has failed to get a single serious bid. It has been 17 months since chief executive Ron Gourlay announced that the club was ready to open talks on stadium sponsorship.
London, Mar 31 : Hugh Jackman has spoken out to allay fears that his second ‘Wolverine’ movie is in trouble, claiming it is still on track to be made. The project was thrown into jeopardy by the departure of director Darren Aronofsky and the recent disasters in Japan.
New Delhi, March 31 – Britain-based Vodafone Group Thursday said it would buy out its Indian joint venture partner Essar Group’s stake in India’s leading telecom company Vodafone Essar Limited for $5 billion. Essar Group holds a 33 percent stake in Vodafone Essar Limited.
Sydney, Mar 31: The achievements of Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shahid Afridi and Jesse Ryder, among others in the ongoing World Cup on the Indian sub-continent, has proven that it has been a good tournament for the mavericks, noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck has said. “Someone looking remarkably like Jesse Ryder batted capably for the Kiwis, and fielded superbly at backward point.
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