Distracted Indian-origin doctor kills two patients after prescribing medicine overdose
An Indian-origin doctor in the UK killed two elderly patients suffering from ulcers after prescribing them ten times the normal dose of morphine while he was preoccupied surfing the Internet.
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Chicken comes before egg in Sri Lanka!
A hen in Sri Lanka defied all odds when it hatched an eggless chick, giving a new twist to the age-old question of whether the chicken or the egg came first.
Instead of passing out of the hen's body
London to be last marathon for 101-year-old Indian origin runner
A 101-year-old runner, who was born in India but moved to Britain in the 1960s, has revealed that this Sunday's London Marathon will be his final long distance race.
Fauja Singh has completed eight m
NRI doctor 'kills' two patients after prescribing medicine overdose
An Indian-origin doctor in the UK killed two elderly patients suffering from ulcers after prescribing them ten times the normal dose of morphine while he was preoccupied surfing the Internet.
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Drogba gives Chelsea edge over Barcelona
Didier Drogba hit a first-half, injury-time winner as Chelsea edged defending champions Barcelona 1-0 in their Champions League semi-final first-leg clash at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
The goal ca
A Dickens to recite a Tolkien’s book of verse
Literary what-ifs are an interesting exercise: What would collaboration between J.R.R.
Tata bows out of Cable & Wireless bid race
Tata Communications said on Wednesday it would not make a bid for Britain's Cable & Wireless Worldwide, opening the door for a possible offer from Vodafone for the company.
Vodafone, which in Februar
Mahatma Gandhi glasses sold for £39,780
Mahatma Gandhi’s round steel-rimmed spectacles were sold for a record £39,780 at an auction Tuesday by specialist Mullock’s in Ludlow, Shropshire. They were expected to fetch £10,000-£15,000.
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Gandhi’s glasses sold for £39K, charkha for £30K
A pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s distinctive round steel-rimmed spectacles were sold for a record £39,780 at an auction conducted Tuesday afternoon by Mullock’s at Ludlow in Shropshire.
Patchett nominated for Orange 3rd time
American writer Ann Patchett, who earlier won the Orange Prize for Fiction for her book Bel Canto, has again been shortlisted for the prize, exclusively for women writing in English for her latest boo