Tata Projects bags industrial infrastructure award
Hyderabad – Tata Projects Ltd., an engineering procurement construction service provider, Friday won the Industrial Infrastructure Project of the Year Award at the Dun & Bradstreet Infra Awards 2013. According to a statemen! t by the Tata Projects here, its Rourkela Steel Plant blast... read more »
Wendy’s fires employee for leaving half-smoked joint in burger
Washington – A Wendy’s employee was arrested after a customer called 911, complaining that she had found a half-smoked blunt in her cheeseburger. According to the cops, Amy Seiber immediately admitted the blunt was hers, TMZ.com reported. The police said that Seiber claimed that she had... read more »
iPhone 5S in India costs 22.3% against GDP
Sydney – Owning an iPhone in India is equivalent to 22.3 percent against the country’s GDP, a new study has revealed. Comparing the handset price to the national average wealth for each person in a country, Mobile Unlocked revealed that India has the highest cost of owning Apple’s... read more »
FIFA to decide on Qatar 2022 World Cup dates in 2014
London – FIFA will take a decision over whether to switch the dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in December 2014. Sepp Blatter, the president of football’s world governing body, announced in October that a taskforce would look at alternative dates. According to the BBC, the... read more »
Woods’ gal Lindsey Vonn makes return to snow after `temporary setback` injury
Washington – Tiger Woods’ girlfriend and Olympic downhill racing champ Lindsey Vonn has made her return to snow after re-injuring her right knee in a recent training crash,... read more »
Majority of young girls unhappy with looks, suffer from low self-esteem
London – A growing number of girls and young women are unhappy with the way they look, a study has revealed. According to the study, a large number of teenage girls have admitted that... read more »
Men prefer women as bosses even more than women
Washington – A new study suggests that male workers appear to support women becoming CEOs even more than female workers do. The study, co-authored by Michigan State University... read more »
Why mere presence of males shortens females’ lifespans in some species
Washington – Researchers have discovered that males of the laboratory roundworm secrete signalling molecules that significantly shorten the lifespan of the opposite sex. The... read more »
Rooney claims Man U’s `imposing` win over Leverkusen sent `...
London – Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has claimed that his team’s thrashing of Bayer Leverkusen has sent shockwaves across Europe. According to the Daily Star, United produced... read more »
