But Milly's decision backfired when the attending nurse accidentally killed her newborn baby. "Two hours after delivery, I requested to see my baby but she was dead because the nurse had laid her face-down," the 39-year-old mother of six said.
Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra, said scientists in Texas, one of the United States' top producers
July 03, 2008 9:40:34 AM IST Scientists at the University of California, San Diego claim to have isolated more than two dozen promising and novel compounds from which new "designer drugs" might be developed to combat Avian flu. The researchers
Legislators in the city of 6.9 million passed late Wednesday a new law, which will allow officials to issue spot fines of 1,500 Hong Kong dollars ($192) if they breach new anti-smoking rules introduced two years ago. Three thousand officers
The agreement would facilitate exchange of information related to the national technical qualification tests, support skill training for competitors of the national and international skill competitions, develop and validate e-learning modules with IT interactive technology in the specified skills as
The state, which was the last one to introduce the value added tax (VAT) from January this year, targets Rs 19,556 crore from the new levy in 2008-09. "Tax collections during the VAT regime were better compared to the non-VAT
The MCGM has issued a notice to Glaxo Smithkline(GSK) on Wednesday asking it to pay the money as the land is owned by the civic body, MCGM Commissioner Jairaj Phatak told reporters here. GSK had transferred the MCGM-owned land earlier
According to the new standard, tomatoes may come in one of four varieties - round, ribbed, oblong or elongated - or cherry tomatoes and cocktail tomatoes. They must be whole, clean, free from foreign smell, free of pests and fresh
Rated amongst the top world-class zinc mines, Rampura Agucha recently expanded its ore production capacity from 3.75 million tons to 5 million tons per annum, a statement from Hindustan Zinc said.
Over 20 statues including those of Osho, Radha-Krishna, Shankaracharya, Ramkrishna Paramahansa would be kept on dispay in Goa's wax museum. These statues have been sculpted by Shreeji Bhaskaran who owns the museum and also is the force behind Ooty's Wax
Belying fears of economic slowdown impacting government revenue, direct tax collections have gone up by 38.6 per cent in the first quarter this fiscal at Rs 57,373 crore (Rs 573.73 billion) compared to Rs 41,391 crore (Rs 413.91 billion) in
Oil consuming nations should form a syndicate for collective bargaining in crude oil prices, which would strengthen their position in the crude market, the survey by industry body Assocham said. About 83 per cent of the business leaders agreed that
