A third of the world’s nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition released Tuesday. “If children eat poorly, they live poorly,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta […]
Holed up alone in a suburban British house thousands of miles from home, cannabis farmer Cuong Nguyen spent months carefully nurturing his plants, one of thousands of Vietnamese migrants working in the UK’s multi-billion dollar weed industry. Cuong — who is now 41 — slipped into Britain illegally, […]
The Libra Association, created by Facebook to launch its new cryptocurrency, has announced its 21 founding members after defections by previous supporters including Visa and Mastercard. The announcement on Monday came as the planned Libra global currency faces swelling criticism from regulators, and reported warnings from the Group […]
China’s consumer inflation accelerated at its fastest pace in almost six years in September as African swine fever sent pork prices soaring nearly 70 percent, official data showed Tuesday. Authorities have gone as far as tapping the nation’s pork reserve to control prices of the staple meat, as […]
New Delhi, Oct 15 Â Delhiites woke up to a pleasant Tuesday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 20.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. The humidity level was recorded at 86 per cent. The weatherman has forecast mainly clear skies throughout the day. The maximum […]
Sivakasi(TN), Oct 15 :Â This Diwali will see green crackers taking centre-stage with the country’s fireworks hub here rolling out the eco-friendly varieties which have reduced emission of harmful chemicals and low sound in line with the Supreme Court order. After a gloomy 2018 in the wake of the […]
Mumbai, Oct 15 :Â The Indian rupee opened on a cautious note and fell 10 paise to 71.33 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday as concerns regarding US-China trade talks kept investors edgy. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said US and Chinese officials will […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 15 :Â As the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala gears up for yet another annual pilgrim season next month, major political parties in Kerala are keeping their fingers crossed to know whether the women’s entry issue will have any impact on the October 21 bypolls to five […]
Wayanad(Ker), Oct 15 :Â A 44-year-old estate worker was attacked and killed by a wild elephant at nearby Thirunelly on Tuesday. The deceased, K C Mani, was found seriously injured at the estate and was being rushed to a hospital when he succumbed to injuries, police said. Mani, is […]
Thane, Oct 15 :Â An undertrial prisoner allegedly attempted suicide by jumping from the roof of a barrack in the Thane Central Jail of Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday. Deepak Horilal Gupta, 26, who was facing charges of rape and criminal intimidation, on Monday urged the jail authorities to […]
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