Britons feel country getting overcrowded
London, Nov 8: Nearly eight out of 10 people in Britain feel their country has turned an overcrowded place, a survey has revealed.
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Inflation? What’s that, asks KBC’s only woman crorepati
Giridih (Jharkhand), Nov 8: She could well be the only housewife in India who is not bothered by price rise.
China has 49,000 centenarians: Survey
Beijing, Nov 8: China has around 49,000 people over 100 years of age, says a new survey.
UAE’s RCA distributes sacrificial animals in Syria
Damascus, Nov 7 (IANS/WAM) The Red Crescent Authority (RCA), in coordination with the UAE Embassy in Damascus, distributed sacrificial animals here on Eid-ul-Zuha Monday.
‘Odisha’ it is – with sweets and shrugs!
Bhubaneswar, Nov 5: As the state formally changed its anglicised name of Orissa to Odisha, people distributed sweets, burst firecrackers and went about altering their letterheads and signboards Saturday.
Power of positive thinking: Girl saves mother with love letters
London, Nov 5: A little girl in Britain saved her cancer-afflicted mother’s life through her affectionate letters after doctors declared there was hardly anything which could be done to cure the lady.
South Africa gifts one ton oranges to ‘seven-billionth’ baby
Kaliningrad (Russia), Nov 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) South Africa’s Citrus Growers’ Association has granted a gift certificate of a ton oranges to the mother of newborn Pyotr Nikolayev from Kaliningrad, who is being recognised as the seven-billionth person.
UK Indian laced wife’s food with steroids to make her fat
London, Nov 3: An Indian-origin man in Britain laced his wife’s food with steroids in a bid to transform her into a fat, stay-at-home mother, a court has heard.
Uruguayan woman saves Chinese, gets award
Beijing, Nov 3: A non-governmental organisation in China will reward a Uruguayan woman with 3,000 yuan (around $470) for saving a drowning Chinese woman.
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