Birds choose mates with same ‘market value’LONDON - Birds prefer to choose a mate who appears to be as attractive as themselves and has the same “market value”, reveals a new study. Italian coffin company unveils gothic-style calendar featuring sexy models!LONDON - An Italian casket-making company has come up with a “devilish” calendar, featuring sexy models, to advertise its range of wooden coffins. Do not define good work by awards: Nobel laureate RamakrishnanLONDON - Indian-origin scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishan Wednesday said that he is “honoured” to share 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry but added that it’s a “mistake to define good work by awards”. Jaguar Land Rover secures 500 mn pound funding: reportLONDON - Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the troubled British carmaker, has secured 500 million pounds of new finance, including a 175 million pound loan from the State Bank of India, according to reports Wednesday. Indian origin scientist wins Nobel Prize in ChemistryLONDON - Indian origin senior scientist at the MRC Laborartory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 along with two others. European markets drift lower as third quarter earnings season starts in earnestLONDON — European stock markets fell modestly Wednesday after big gains the previous day as investors prepared for the start of the third-quarter corporate reporting season. Ramakrishnan, Steitz, Yonath win Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Rooks upstage chimps in understanding physicsLONDON - Rooks are cleverer than chimpanzees when it comes to understand the basic laws of physics, according to a new study. Sikh crusader against forced marriages is Pride of BritainLONDON - A Sikh woman whose campaign helped persuade the British government to move against forced marriages has won a prestigious award that celebrates extraordinary achievements by ordinary people. Indian-origin scientist, two others win Nobel Prize for Chemistry (Second Lead, Changing Dateline)LONDON - Indian-origin scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath, it was announced in Stockholm Wednesday. Ohio teacher to set world record with 1,725-pound pumpkin!LONDON - A woman from Ohio is set to enter record books after she grew a 1,725-pound pumpkin.hristy Harp, of Jackson Township, a maths teacher, aced the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers’ annual weigh-off held last week in Canfield, reports the Telegraph. Chemical in sperm offers new weapon to fight ageingLONDON - Graz University scientists in Austria say that compound found in human sperm, known as spermidine, may prove the next weapon in the fight against ageing. Three British terror suspects co-plotted suicide attacks on transatlantic aircraftLONDON - Three Islamic terrorists co-plotted suicide attacks on transatlantic passenger aircraft along with the ringleader, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, a British court has heard. ‘RAF would have lost ‘Battle of Britain’ with Afghanistan-like shortage’LONDON - A former British commander has lambasted the equipment shortage faced by the country’s troops in Afghanistan and said that had the Royal Air Force been faced with a similar situation during the Battle of Britain, it would have lost it. Longest line of pizzas enters record books!LONDON - Foodies were delighted as the world’s longest line of pizzas measuring over 1, 500 feet made it to the record books at the Bucharest Food festival in Romania. Nicolas Sarkozy’s ‘Carla Effect’ inspires French ministers to get in shapeLONDON - Ministers in the Nicolas Sarkozy Government are increasingly falling prey to the “Carla Bruni effect”, which even inspired the French President to shed pounds. Brit septuagenarian grows new skull, 50 years after car crashLONDON - A septuagenarian Briton, who had his skull removed after an accident in the 1950s, has left doctors gob-smacked after they found out that he had miraculously grown a new skull. UK must outlaw use of burka, say protestersLONDON - Protesters have renewed calls for Britain to outlaw the burka after Italy became the latest European country to consider a ban. Hillary Mantel wins Man Booker Prize for ‘Wolf Hall’LONDON - Hilary Mantel has won the Man Booker Prize for her novel, ‘Wolf Hall’. The book set in 1520s narrates the story of Henry VIII’s adviser Thomas Cromwell’s rise in the Tudor court. Meet Americans latest love - the 1,500-calorie ‘Craz-E Burger’!LONDON - Americans are biting into the Craz-E Burger that boasts of 1,500 calories and has doughnuts in place of buns. Carla Bruni admits she’s locked in endless beauty contest with other First LadiesLONDON - French First Lady Carla Bruni has confessed to being in a never-ending beauty contest with other First Ladies across the world. London museum to host exhibition on Royal IndiaLONDON - A glittering exhibition exploring the opulence of India’s royal courts will bring together more than 250 objects, including thrones, gem-encrusted weapons and a 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom I. Largest ring around Saturn discoveredLONDON - An enormous ring around Saturn - by far the largest of the giant planet’s many rings - has been discovered by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. German police discover ‘terror cell’ found in cradle of 9/11 - HamburgLONDON - German intelligence services have reportedly discovered a new Islamic terrorist cell operating from the port of Hamburg - the same city from which the devastating 9/11 attacks on the United States were secretly conceived and planned eight years ago. Hilary Mantel wins 2009 Man Booker Prize
Hilary Mantel wins Booker prizeLONDON - Hilary Mantel, author of the historic novel Wolf Hall, Tuesday received the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction. 3 British men accused of participating in terrorist plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flightsLONDON — A British prosecutor accused three men Tuesday of conspiring with the mastermind of a plot to kill thousands of airline passengers by blowing up their trans-Atlantic flights using liquid explosives. Hanged Ky. census worker’s body released; police still not saying if death was homicideLONDON, Ky. — Authorities have released the body of a part-time census worker but were still providing little information about the death of Bill Sparkman nearly a month after the substitute teacher was found in a remote Appalachian forest with a rope around his neck and the word “Fed” scrawled on his chest. British Airways says it is shedding 1,000 jobs, will reduce size of cabin crews at HeathrowLONDON — British Airways PLC says it is shedding 1,000 fulltime jobs and putting 3,000 more employees on part-time work and reducing size of cabin crews at Heathrow in an effort to get the troubled airline’s finances back in order. New find near Stonehenge could show evidence of riverside funeral complexLONDON — The discovery of a small prehistoric circle of stones near Stonehenge may confirm the theory that the mysterious monument in southwest England was part of a massive funeral complex built around a river, researchers said Tuesday. |
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LONDON - Indian-born scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath, it was announced in Stockholm Wednesday.
LONDON - British writer Hilary Mantel has been named the winner of the 50,000 pound Man Booker Prize for “Wolf Hall”, a rip-roaring historical novel set in Tudor England.
