Everything you need to know about Neyveli General Hospital: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Neyveli General Hospital: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Pretoria, June 19 (IANS) Anti-apartheid icon and South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela Wednesday spent his 12th day in hospital -- with no official update about his condition.
London, June 19 (ANI): Women who use talcum powder regularly are at higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a new research.
London, June 19 (IANS) A new research has suggested women regularly using talcum powder to keep fresh actually increase their risk of developing ovarian cancer by almost a quarter.
Abu Dhabi, June 19 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia have held talks over a number of issues of mutual interest and explored ways to develop bilateral relations in all sectors.
Beijing, June 19 (IANS) US General Motors Co. is set to recall about 231,000 older SUVs over fire risks and has urged owners to park them outside garages until they are repaired, a media report said.
Washington, June 18 (ANI): How kids eat their food may turn out to be just as important as what they eat, according to a new study.
Islamabad, June 18 (ANI): All the major and sensitive prisons in Balochistan have been put on high alert in the wake of threats by banned religious outfits.
Washington, June 18 (IANS) A US hospital has announced that it is looking for kids for the world's first paediatric hand transplant program.
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) For young or old, a visit to a dentist was seen as a painful experience. Only bleeding gums and toothaches could push people towards dental clinics. Things have changed now as growing numbers in India, conscious of the way their teeth appear, frequent dentists to get whitening, correction or decoration jobs.
Melbourne, June 18 (ANI): An Australian woman has developed the French accent after she met with a serious car accident, during which she suffered a broken back and jaw.
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Actress Manisha Koirala, who has successfully battled ovarian cancer, maintained a vibrant and cheerful demeanour as she stepped out for a public function in New York recently.
Washington, June 17 (ANI): The head of Australian army has asked his troops to treat female comrades properly or 'get out'.
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) A minor fire broke out in the paediatric ward of the central government-run Safdarjung Hospital here Monday. No one was hurt, officials said.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): In a statement issued on Monday, Director General, CII, Chandrajit Banerjee, said "The decision of the RBI to hold policy rates on status quo is disappointing."
Abu Dhabi, June 17 (IANS/WAM) A United Arab Emirates (UAE) military training jet crashed Sunday during a routine training mission, killing the pilot, a military statement said.
United Nations, June 16 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terror attack in Pakistan that left 20 people dead, saying "no cause can justify such violence".
Singapore, June 15 (IANS) A leader of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is in critical condition after being shot at by an unknown gunman outside his home in the town of Yong Peng in the Malaysian state of Johor.
London, June 15(ANI): Men and women react differently when they are ill and doctors need to know how the symptoms vary, say researchers.
London, June 15 (ANI): An Indian radiographer who was hired by Colchester General Hospital after an interview on Skype has been sacked within two months owing to 'serious incompetence' at work.
London, June 15 (ANI): Edward Snowden, who is claimed to be a whistleblower for having exposed US NSA's intelligence is increasingly facing criticism for being a potential double agent working for China.
Washington, June 15 (ANI): If you are healthy and plan to start running for the first time, it is perfectly all right to put on a pair of completely ordinary 'neutral' running shoes without any special support, according to new research from Aarhus University.
New Delhi, June 15 (ANI): Multivision Multimedia, one of the biggest independent distribution house in the Indian subcontinent is all set to release 'The Iceman' on July 5th in India.
United Nations, June 15 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the current efforts by Myanmar's parliamentarians to "foster genuine dialogue and participation by all political parties in the reform process" in the country.
United Nations, June 15 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reaffirmed his organisation's determination to seek a political settlement to the long-standing crisis in Syria, saying "there is no military solution" to the conflict.
Chennai, June 14 (IANS) An electronic chip under the car bonnet that can tell a policyholder's driving pattern so that a car policy can be properly priced is what private general insurer Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company Ltd. is experimenting with, said a top company official.
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia Friday said every every blood donor a hero, and urged volunteers to re-build the society with safe blood transfusion.
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) India's population is expected to surpass China's around 2028, according to a UN report launched Friday.
Melbourne, June 14 (ANI): An Australian court has cleared the way for people to identify themselves as the third gender on government documents.
Melbourne, June 14 (ANI): An Australian court has cleared the way for people to identify themselves as the third gender on government documents.
New York, June 14 (ANI): Kate Middleton is reportedly considering the option of hypno-birthing for delivering her first child.
Sydney, June 13 (ANI): The Australian Defence Forces has been hit by another 'sexist scandal' when three of its personnel were accused of allegedly sending emails from their service computers, which degrade women and carry offensive and explicit content.
London, June 13 (ANI): The international community has been warned not to turn its back on Afghanistan by the commander of international forces in Afghanistan.
Amman (Jordan), June 13 (IANS/WAM) The Al Maktoum Foundation of the UAE will build a maternity hospital in Al Zarqa province in Jordan.
Johannesburg, June 12(ANI): Internet search giant Google has reportedly asked the US government to allow it to disclose 'data requests' about users' web activities to prove its non-alignment with US-run spy programme 'Prism'.
London, June 12 (ANI): A silk tie that was worn by Princess Diana, when she visited St Mary's Hospital in Paddington to see her new-born nephew Louis, Viscount Althorp, in 1994, is set to be auctioned off for 3,000 pounds.
New York, June 12 (ANI): Surgeons at the University of Kansas Hospital sealed a 3-week-old baby's life-threatening brain aneurysm with a dollop of superglue.
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) With India accounting for one-third of the global burden of cervical cancer, doctors Tuesday stressed upon spreading awareness among women to fight the disease.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Providing universal HIV testing for India's billion-plus population every five years would prove to be a cost-effective approach to managing the epidemic, even with more intensive testing for high-risk groups, a new study has revealed.
Thiruvanthapuram (Kerala), June 10 (ANI): Tension erupted when a group of policemen abused and roughed up a local journalist while he was trying to catch them abusing passengers of a bus here on his mobile.
London, June 10 (ANI): Britain's foreign secretary William Hague has said that law abiding British citizens need not worry about GCHQ surveillance programme which is in collaboration with US agencies.
Washington, June 10 (ANI): Iran has announced setting up of its first space-monitoring centre in Delijan to track objects passing in the orbit overhead, which US fears may also be used to develop long-range missiles.
Sharjah, June 10 (IANS/WAM) The US and Sharjah held discussions on bilateral relations and reviewed ways to strengthen existing ties between them.
Moscow, June 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran has opened a space centre to enable itself to monitor and observe space objects and satellites passing through the country's atmosphere, a media report said Sunday.
Beijing, June 9 (IANS) GAC-Toyota will recall 2,097 Highlander vehicles due to defective air bags, China's quality supervisor said Sunday.
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Think twice before grabbing food that is labeled sugar-free, fat-free or whole-wheat.
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Doctors at Duke University Hospital created a bioengineered blood vessel and implanted it into the arm of a patient with end-stage kidney disease.
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Paris Jackson has been transferred to the Children's Hospital Los Angeles on Thursday, following her suicide attempt on Wednesday.
Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) Senior military leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US Saturday discussed measures to improve control of the border to check militants' movement, an army statement here said.
Islamabad, June 8 (IANS) Two more people died of measles Saturday in Pakistan's Punjab province, raising the number of deaths in the region to 146, officials said.
Chennai, June 8 (IANS) Human resource services company Randstad India Saturday announced a change of guard at its helm with the appointment of Moorthy K. Uppaluri as its CEO in the place of incumbent managing director and chief executive officer E. Balaji.
Islamabad, June 8 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, has said that the Afghan issue is "not so simple and easy".
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Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) The "tables have turned" in Pakistan, said a leading daily Thursday pointing out that Nawaz Sharif is again occupying the prime minister's chair while erstwhile military strongman General Pervez Musharraf is under arrest
New York, June 6 (ANI): Michael Jackson's teenage daughter Paris Jackson was rushed to a Los Angeles Hospital on Wednesday after attempting to commit suicide by slitting her wrist, according to reports.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A new study led by an Indian researcher has found that consuming cheese and other dairy products may help protect teeth against cavities.
Florence, June 6 (IANS/AKI) A baby boy born in Italy with just one limb is being put up for adoption after his migrant parents rejected him. Hospital staff have named the baby Francis, after the pontiff.
Dubai, June 6 (IANS/WAM) Four Dubai Police personnel will be promoted in appreciation of their "act of kindness" after they rushed to donate blood to a patient in one of Dubai's hospitals.
Abu Dhabi, June 6 (IANS/WAM) UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory cable to Queen Elizabeth II on the 60th anniversary of her coronation.
Dubai, June 5 (IANS/WAM) The Algerian consul-general to Dubai called on the deputy ruler of Dubai at the beginning of his tenure in the UAE.
Pune, June 5 (IANS) Services registered their third win by defeating Sports Authority of India 6-1 in a Group C match of the third Hockey India senior men's National championship here Wednesday.
Chandigarh, June 5 (IANS) Former Haryana chief minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala, jailed in the teachers recruitment scam, Wednesday addressed party workers in Jind via video-conferencing from Gurgaon's Medanta Hospital.
Beijing, June 5 (IANS) Scientific experts and representatives from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Wednesday met here to review the progress in combatting gene and cell doping.
Nairobi, June 5 (IANS) Kenya plans to increase the country's broadband access to 20 percent by the year 2017, a top official said.
Washington, June 5 (ANI): Researchers found that obese teenagers who reduced their body mass index (BMI) by 8 percent or more had improvements in insulin sensitivity, an important metabolic factor related to the later development of type 2 diabetes.
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The government will redevelop the capital's Safdarjang Hospital at a cost of Rs.1,332 crore, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said here Tuesday.
New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday condemned West Bengal Advocate-General Bimal Chatterjee's 'insulting' remarks in the Calcutta High Court that the State Election Commission's demands were like those of a beautiful lady for, and demanded a public apology from him.
Mussoorie (Uttarakhand), June 4 (IANS) Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M. Veerrappa Moily Tuesday said exploration blocks are likely to be offered in the current fiscal after getting the necessary clearances.
Brussels, June 3 (IANS) Defence ministers from 28 NATO countries will meet Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss how to handle the growing cyber security threats that could top the military alliance's agenda in the near future.
London June 3 (ANI): A mother has defied odds of 500,000 to 1 by giving birth to her third set of twins.
London, Jun. 3 (ANI): Scientists from the UK have developed a 33p-a-day "superfoods" pill that they claim is a powerful cancer-buster.
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Depressed over her poor showing in Class 10 exam, a teenage girl committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a building under construction here Sunday, police said.
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) A nurse from Delhi who was attacked with acid here May 2 died Saturday, her family said.
Washington, June 1 (ANI): NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said he sees no direct military role in Syria for the alliance.
Johannesburg, June 1(ANI): Russia has planned to sign a new agreement to ship at least 10 MiG-29 M/M2 fighter jets to Syria.
New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): The Confederation of Indian Industry has said that the fourth-quarter growth figure of 4.8 percent was disappointing, but along expected lines.
Panaji, June 1 (IANS) Scrawny and gaunt from illness, American artist Scott Morgan wants to "live life's every moment" to the full before succumbing to terminal intestinal cancer. And when that does happen - he's been told three months from now - he wants to be cremated and his ashes to be scattered over a popular Goa beach village.
Washington, May 31 (ANI): Tibial nerve stimulation helps ease symptoms of overactive bladder, or OAB, a new study has suggested.
Washington, May 31 (ANI): United Nations (UN) has chalked out roadmaps to combat world's major challenges, especially poverty and plans to eradicate extreme poverty in all countries by 2030.
London, May 31 (ANI): Cheap inflatable leg wraps may save the lives of patients after a stroke, researchers in Scotland have found
San Juan, May 31 (IANS/EFE) Prominent Puerto Rican entertainers such as Daddy Yankee, Victor Manuelle and Tito Nieves will take part in this year's charity walkathon to benefit cancer patients at San Juan's Hospital Oncologico.
Melbourne, May 30 (ANI): Doctors from Germany have removed a pencil from an man's head after it got stuck there 15 years back.
Johannesburg, May 30 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that Syria is "disintegrating" and has urged all parties to use their influence to help stop the arms flows and persuade outside groups to withdraw fighters from Syria.
Chennai, May 29 (IANS) A CBI special court here Wednesday sentenced retired Major General A.K. Gupta and Lt. Colonel S.S. Kadian respectively to two- and one-year jail terms for abusing their official position to favour a private company in 1987.
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Indian Army chief on former Lt. General Tejinder Singh's contempt plea alleging that no action was taken against former army chief General V.K. Singh and four others for defamation.
Itanagar, May 29 (ANI): After taking oath as the new governor of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday, Lt. Gen. (retired) Nirbhay Sharma described himself as the first servant of the people.
Chennai, May 29 (IANS) Lignite mining-cum-power generator Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. (NLC) is hopeful of getting around 59 hectares of declassified forest land so that its 1,000 MW power project in Tuticorin can proceed without hitch, said a top company official.
New York, May 29 (ANI): Twin sisters in Maine, who found about their pregnancies on the same day, gave birth just hours apart at Down East Community Hospital in the town of Machias on Friday.
Shimla, May 29 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Police is set to launch a website which will list the names of sex offenders, an official said here Wednesday.
Tripoli, May 28 (IANS) Speaker of Libya's General National Congress Mohammed al-Maqrif announced resignation in a speech in the parliament Tuesday, Xinhua reported quoting state-run Libyan news agency.
Chennai, May 28 (IANS) Lignite mining-cum-power generator Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd's (NLC) plans to invest around Rs.29,000 crore during the 12th Five Year plan period (2012-2017) towards expansion, a top company official said Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 28 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today asked Chief Commissioners and Directors General of Income Tax to use latest technology and the vast information base at their disposal, to expand tax compliance and assessment.
Beijing, May 28 (Xinhua-ANI): Shortages of cancer medicine in Turkey has led to a booming black market, as Turkish health ministry and drug companies are at odds over pricing policies, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.
Islamabad, May 28 (IANS) Two female polio workers were killed when gunmen attacked a polio-eradication team in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city Tuesday, a media report said.
Washington, May 28 (ANI): Genes largely determine whether children sleep through the night, a new study has shown.
London, May 28 (ANI): In a small clinical trial at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital, five seriously disabled stroke patients have shown small signs of recovery following the injection of stem cells into their brain.
Sao Paulo, May 28 (IANS/EFE) Roberto Civita, chief of the Brazilian media conglomerate Abril and creator of the prestigious newsweekly Veja, has died, his company said Monday. He was 76.
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A fast track Delhi court Monday directed the medical superintendent of a government hospital to file a comprehensive medical report of a Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape accused Vinay Sharma, who is in hospital since May 4.
Washington, May 23 (ANI): Hulk Hogan was rushed to a hospital in Florida on Sunday after he suffered bad burns to his hand.
Washington, May 27 (ANI): Angelina Jolie's aunt lost her battle with breast cancer on Sunday, just about two weeks after the actress revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy to reduce the risk of developing the deadly disease.
Tehran, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran has deployed "large numbers" of new long-range missile launchers, the country's semi-official news agency Fars reported Sunday.
