70,000 newborns in Nigeria are HIV positive
About 70,000 newborns in Nigeria are HIV positive, a top government official of the west African nation has revealed.
Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) John Idoko
British prison officer caught in bed with convict
A British woman prison officer was found naked in bed with a convict after helping him abscond from jail, a court heard. He was dubbed one of the most feared men in Scotland.
While hunting the escape
Infosys declares 440 per cent final dividend
IT giant Infosys Ltd on Friday declared a final dividend of Rs.22 per share for fiscal 2011-12, which is 440 per cent over its par value of Rs.5 per share.
In a regulatory filing Friday, the IT bellw
India has vast win-win commercial potential, says US
US Commerce Secretary John Bryson, who recently led his first trade mission to India, wants America to "deepen and broaden its commercial engagement with India where the win-win potential is vast."
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SpiceJet makes precautionary landing at Mumbai airport
Budget carrier SpiceJet said that its Ahmedabad-to-Chennai flight carrying 106 passengers and crew made a precautionary landing at Mumbai airport early on Friday morning due to a minor technical glitc
CBI assures Supreme Court that it will not arrest Nupur Talwar during pendency of her plea
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday told the Supreme Court that it will not arrest Dr. Nupur Talwar in the Aarushi murder case as long as her special leave petition is pending before t
7,563 rapes in Jharkhand in 10 years: Report
As many as 7,563 rape cases were reported in Jharkhand during the ten-year period since the formation of the state in November 2000, a local NGO Jharkhand Human Rights Movement (JHRM) has reported.
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Shah Rukh’s detention: US apologises, India talks tough
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday wondered what was the 'big deal' about the detention of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan as it 'happens all the time'.
Gay couple in UP on run after marrying
Homosexuality may have been decriminalised by a Delhi court, but a gay couple in Uttar Pradesh is running for cover as their 'marriage' solemnised 'by mistake' under the Hindu Marriages Act (HMA) is f
India concerned at North Korea’s rocket launch attempt
India on Friday voiced serious concern over a rocket launching attempt by North Korea and asked Pyongyang to refrain from such steps that adversely impact peace and stability in the Korean peninsula.