Mandela and wife voted ‘heroes’

Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel have been voted Decade Child Rights Heroes by 7.1 million children, the World’s Children’s Prize foundation said.

JP Morgan may hear break-up talk in the health debate

Investors in the US are wondering just how far Congress will go toward breaking up big banks. The answer may depend on the outcome of the health-care debate.

Volvo safety, 2011 style: It brakes for walkers

This is only a test, I tell myself. So I floor the gas pedal, fighting the instinct to hit the brakes, and aim straight at Bob, who is standing directly in front of me here in a North Jersey parking lot.

Let the kids sleep on weekends

Is your child sleeping till late on weekends? Don’t worry, it may help him stay slim, says a new study. According to researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, lying-in bed till late helps school going children catch up on the sleep they miss out during a busy week and also it helps regulate their calorie intake by reducing snacking during waking hours.

Sabarimala prasadam coupons, now in a bank next door

Kerala-based Dhanalakshmi Bank has made arrangements for distribution of coupons of various offerings and prasadams of Sabarimala Ayyappa temple during the two-month long...

SEEKING A SHORTER PATH TO NEW DRUGS

What’s smaller than a breadbox, can cost $800 million or more, and takes more than eight years to research and develop? A new medicine, according to data from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development in Boston.

Turning happy hours into a global job search

A baseball game was on television, the mechanical bull was waiting to thrash and dozens of women in business suits and heels were partaking liberally of after-work drink specials at Johnny Utah’s, a bar in midtown Manhattan.

Love transcends borders

Catrin Schmitt had to make adjustments in the first years of her life with Yvi, an east German woman she fell in love with six years after the Berlin Wall came down. Catrin, from the west German city of Mainz, had to come to terms with the...

Mind over matter

Stressed? Depressed? Or worse? You wouldn’t be alone. Unstable economic times can lead to unstable states of mind. “As life becomes more unpredictable, levels of toxic.....

Time to grow

Amari, one of Thailand’s largest domestic hotel management company, is presently operating 11 properties in key destinations across the country including Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Chang, Pattaya, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai and Krabi.

The River Song

What Edmond Hillary could not accomplish, they have. An expedition on the Ganga, or Ganges, led by Swiss adventurer and CEO of Rib Expedition & Adventure Andy Leemann has covered Ganga from its source at Gangotri to the Bay of Bengal at a stretch in 35 days.

‘Extinct’ crow discovered

Ornithologists have discovered a critically endangered crow, known to science only by two specimens described in 1900, on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island.

For the nanny, little dignity or training in a vital job

Take the private, paid child care provider. “Nanny” never sounded quite right; it’s a word that has airs, ones that belong to the employer. “Baby sitter” does not do the job justice, and after that one pretty much run out of options.

French connection

The approaching winter in India is slated to have a distinctly French flavour. From December 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010, a French extravaganza — largely cultural, though business, science and technology will also have niches — will unfold in 13 Indian cities.

Quarter of homes lying empty in Dubai

Around 25% of residential units are lying empty in Dubaias the impact of the global downturn continues to hit the UAE’s property sectr, a report said. According to a report released by real estate company Collier, 71% of the respondents believed that prices had still not reach the bottom.

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