The Hindustan Times back issues from Thursday, May 8:
Inflation to be eased within two months: minister
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 8 -- Inflation, currently at over 7.5 percent, should ease in the next two months as steps are being taken to bring down prices, the government assured Thursday. Union Minister of State for ...
Thales, Samtel form joint venture for avionics
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 8 -- French defence and aerospace major Thales and the city-based Samtel group Wednesday announced a joint venture to design, manufacture and sell avionics systems in the Indian market. Samtel ...
Madonna's French kiss gets tongues wagging
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Controversial and outspoken pop superstar Madonna has got tongues wagging again after kissing a girl at a concert in Paris. Thesun.co.uk reports that Madonna pulled out a female fan from the ...
Toonz Animation short-listed for Global Tech Showcase
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 -- The city-based Toonz Animation India Ltd, one of the premier animation studios in Asia, has been short-listed for the Global Tech Showcase 2008 (GTS-2008), an international business event ...
Himachal Pradesh fails to meet income tax target
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Shimla, May 8 -- Himachal Pradesh's income tax department has failed to achieve its target of collecting tax worth Rs.4.8 billion ($120 million) during 2007-08, said officials. The IT department officials ...
Paris Hilton wants to have a baby
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Socialite Paris Hilton wants to have a baby because she thinks she will be a good mother since she loves caring for "beautiful animals". Thesun.co.uk reports that after her friend Nicole Richie ...
Airtel crosses five mn subscriber mark in northern states
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chandigarh, May 8 -- Telecom major Airtel Thursday said it had crossed the five million subscriber base mark in three northern states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Much of the growth has taken place ...
Work begins on Rs.35 bn Andhra industrial park
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, May 8 -- The work on a Rs.35 billion industrial park, including a luxury bus building unit of the Britain-based Caparo group of Lord Swraj Paul, began Thursday in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore ...
McCartney to give away his album online
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, May 8 -- Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has announced that he will give away his current studio album "Memory Almost Full" free online. Perezhilton.com reports that the album has been out for ...
Malaysian woman allowed reverting to Buddhism
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, May 8 -- In a landmark decision, a Malaysian court Thursday allowed a Chinese woman who had converted to Islam to revert to Buddhism. In what is being described as a first for Malaysia, Judge ...
Garlands of currency: wedding party's joy is RBI's headache
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 8 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is in a fix as its directive to discourage people from using garlands made of currency notes - a common feature in north Indian weddings - seems to be falling on deaf ...
'Tashan' director plans another whimsical film
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 8 -- The backlash against his directorial debut "Tashan" notwithstanding, director Vijay Krishna Acharya is set to direct his next film and wants to show critics that his convictions as a filmmaker are ...
Indian equities continue to tumble
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 8 -- The Indian equities market continued to tumble Thursday afternoon with no sign of recovery. All indices were trading in the red. Banking, capital goods and IT led the downslide as all other ...
I-Flex to provide technology solutions to Bahrain Bank
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 8 -- Mumbai-based I-Flex Solutions announced Thursday that it would provide technology solutions to Bahrain's TAIB Bank.I-Flex would implement Reveleus Basel II Solution to compute regulatory ...
Rahul Bose hopes to make an impact in US with latest starrer
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 8 -- The Rahul Bose starrer "Before The Rains" will be released in the US Friday and the actor says he and director Santosh Sivan are expecting to make an impact beyond the song-and-dance formula with this ...
US asks India to open markets ahead of talks with Kamal Nath
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- The US wants advanced developing countries like India, China and Brazil to open their markets to finish the Doha round of world trade talks before President George Bush leaves office next ...
Indian markets on downslide as oil price hits new high
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 8 -- The Indian equities markets, which opened in the red Thursday, soon slipped sharply with selling pressure all around, especially in IT, banking, realty, capital goods, public sector undertakings, ...
Sensex opens over 200 points down as oil touches new high
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 8 -- Indian equities markets opened in the red Thursday, thanks to a fresh high in international crude oil prices. Oil touched $122 a barrel Wednesday. The market sentiment was also hit hard by the ...
Vitamin D reduces mortality rate in kidney patients
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Activated vitamin D administered to patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) reduces mortality by a fourth, according to the latest findings. The findings are based on ...
Why Madonna's Malawian toddler David's biological dad gave him up
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Yohane Banda has opened up about just what compelled him to hand over his son David to music icon Madonna, and to let her adopt the little boy. Banda says that poverty, and the loss of two ...
Scientists develop tiny 'nanoworms' to destroy tumours
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- A collaboration between UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT scientists has resulted in the development of 'nanoworms' that could be the next generation of bio-devices to trace and destroy ...
'Rave Party' not just about Scarlett Keeling: director
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 8 -- Director Prabhakar Shukla, who is attracting media attention with plans to make a film on British teenager Scarlett Keeling who was raped and murdered in Goa, says the film is not just about her but ...
Dungeon girl implored pal to visit her in letter - days before sex ordeal began
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Cellar girl Elisabeth Fritzl implored a friend to visit her - just before her rapist father Josef imprisoned her in the dungeon. In a touching letter to an old school friend, which was ...
Obesity may boost dementia risk by up to 80%
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that being obese can increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease by as much as 80 per cent. Their analysis of ...
Growth rates of breast cancer tumours faster in younger women
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- A new approach to estimate tumour growth, developed by scientists at the Department of Etiological Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, has indicated that the growth of breast cancer tumours is ...
Nepal Maoist chief attends meet honouring Hindu icon
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, May 8 -- Nepal's Maoists fought a bloody war for 10 years to unseat the king, once revered as the incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu, and establish a secular, classless republic. However, their chief Prachanda ...
Myanmar death toll may surpass 100,000
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Yangon, May 8 -- The death toll in Myanmar due to devastating Cyclone Nargis may surpass 100,000 while at least 95 per cent of the buildings in the Irrawady Delta region have been destroyed, said a top US ...
Bangladesh polls by December, but political snags persist
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 8 -- Bangladesh's Election Commission has said it would hold the long-stalled ninth general election by December, but major political parties refuse to participate until their jailed leaders are ...
British Queen honours singer Malkit Singh
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Popular bhangra singer Malkit Singh has been made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) by the British Queen in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. "I have worked very hard on my music. And ...
Deadly new super bug genome sequenced
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge and University of Bristol have made a breakthrough in the fight against a new "superbug" that kills one in three of its victims, by ...
Illicit opium tract destroyed in Shimla
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Shimla, May 8 -- Himachal Pradesh police has destroyed opium worth crores of rupees in the international market near the state capital Shimla. The Police claimed that it had destroyed illegal poppy cultivation ...
Man arrested for Indian student's murder in Britain
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Police have arrested a 24-year-old man for the murder of an Indian student in Britain's Birmingham city. "A 24-year-old man has today been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently ...
Block brain enzyme to reduce waistline
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Just by blocking a brain enzyme, medical scientists reduced appetite and prompted weight loss, even as the blockage improved the body's ability to handle blood sugar levels. "We believe we ...
Lack of foreign doctors poses risks to British healthcare: BMA
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- The British government's attempts to restrict career opportunities for foreign doctors could threaten patient services in Britain, the British Medical Association (BMA) says. "International ...
Future robots will perform surgery in remote locations
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Robots may possibly play more complex roles in future such as performing surgeries in remote or dangerous locations like the battlefield or in space. Duke University engineers have taken ...
Kutcher spent a whole decade sozzled
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Actor Ashton Kutcher, who is married to Demi Moore, says he spent so long being drunk that he didn't have to research for his role in "What Happens in Vegas". He believes he couldn't have asked ...
Movement of iron "snow" helps to maintain Mercury's magnetic field
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- New scientific evidence has suggested that the movement of iron "snow" helps to maintain Mercury's magnetic field. According to researchers from the University of Illinois (U of I) and ...
Too much or too little weight gain puts pregnant mothers, babies at risk
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- While pregnancy and weight gain go hand in hand, a report by an Indian-origin researcher has cautioned that too much or too less than the recommended amount of weight gain during pregnancy might ...
Nitrates in fruits and veggies protect against gastric ulcers
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Here's another reason why you should eat more fruits and vegetables, for a new study has revealed that nitrates found in them may protect stomach against gastric ulcers. Food nitrates have ...
Sobhraj asks Nepal Maoists for justice
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, May 8 -- After having approached the UN, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Nepal's King Gyanendra, yesteryear's crime mastermind Charles Sobhraj has now appealed to radically different quarters for ...
Sri Lanka hopeful of Indian help to overcome rice crisis
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, May 8 -- Sri Lanka has expressed hope that neighbour India would relax its decision not to export non-basmati rice and thus rescue the island nation from a looming rice crisis. "If there is severe rice ...
Sharif, Zardari lunch date in London to restore judges
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 8 -- Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, leaders of the main partners of Pakistan's ruling coalition, are scheduled to meet over lunch in London Thursday to discuss the fate of judges sacked by President ...
A firm handshake can help you land a job
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Never mind polishing your resume and work on the handshake instead to get that job - at least that's what a new research suggests. According to University of Iowa researchers, a firm ...
Pak by-polls now to be held on June 26
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 8 -- Following protests from political parties, Pakistan's Election Commission (EC) last evening announced a new schedule for the by-elections, which will now be held on June 26. Earlier, the EC ...
Do you love or hate your BlackBerry?
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, May 8 -- BlackBerry users can't agree on whether they love or hate the device, but they are sure of one thing: it gives them very little time off work, or what is known as "corporate downtime". The use ...
Why men seek mama's clones for wives
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, May 8 -- They might be high-achievers who earn eight-figure salaries and run huge business empires, but when it comes to marrying they want someone like mother. According to a new study of men who ...
Eminent environmentalist questions viability of Indo-US nuke deal
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Bodhgaya, May 8 -- Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna has questioned the viability of the controversial Indo-US nuclear deal by leading a peace march in Bodhgaya A regional group called 'Sarva Seva ...
Robert kept our onscreen relationship sexually charged: Paltrow
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow said her scenes with Robert Downey Jr. in "Iron Man" were "sexually charged". Thesun.co.uk reports that Paltrow revealed she enjoyed the on screen ...
Platypus genome holds key to mammalian evolution
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Scientists have decoded the genome of one of the most unusual creatures in existence - the duck-billed platypus. And now they know why it is part bird, part reptile and part mammal. The platypus ...
Canadian cops play midwife, help deliver baby on roadside
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Montreal, May 8 -- Two Canadian cops on patrol helped a woman deliver a baby on roadside here Wednesday. The 35-year-old woman, who was traveling in a car with her husband, suddenly went into deep labour pain ...
US seeks Indian help to reach Myanmar cyclone victims
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- The US has asked India and five other countries to use "whatever leverage and influence they might have" with Myanmar to allow America to provide assistance and experts to the cyclone ravaged ...
Bangladesh court allows trial of Sheikh Hasina
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 8 -- Bangladesh's Supreme Court (SC) Thursday allowed trial of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, upholding the caretaker government's right to invoke the stringent Emergency Power Rules (EPR). A ...
Some anti-obesity drugs might disrupt neural development in kids
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have warned that new anti-obesity drugs may interfere with neural development in kids. The study suggests that anti-obesity drugs ...
Cheap Indian cars coming, warns Canadian minister
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 8 -- Nano, Tatas' small car with a price tag of just $2,500, is already being viewed as a threat to the North America auto market even before its launch in India. With BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India ...
Indian-American scientist develops arsenic-resistant Bt rice
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- The presence of arsenic in the soil in parts of eastern India and Bangladesh has adversely affected rice production, as also the health of people who eat the contaminated rice. Scientists now claim ...
I can't match my father's acting range, says Mithun's son
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 8 -- National Award winning actor Mithun Chakraborty's son, Mimoh, who is debuting with "Jimmy", releasing Friday, says he won't be able to match his father's versatility ever. "Daddy's acting range ...
Multi-linguistic skills may help avoid pitfalls of mental aging
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Kids who speak a second or third language may have an unexpected advantage later in life, a new study has found. According to Tel Aviv University researchers, knowing and speaking many ...
US, Gulf armies conclude joint military exercise
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, May 8 -- Military forces from the US and four Gulf countries have concluded a joint exercise that started April 20, WAM news agency reported Thursday. The armies of the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, ...
NASA spacecraft spots giant dust devils on Mars
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has spotted two whirling dust devils, towering nearly a kilometre high, at the exact spot where the Phoenix Mars lander is due to touch down in a few weeks ....
Christie's sale of South Asian masters to fetch $7 mn
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Christie's sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art here June 11 will feature 112 works including noted Indian artists like F.N. Souza and Tyeb Mehta. It is expected to fetch more than 3.7 ...
Crawford was boring during peak of fame
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 8 -- Former supermodel Cindy Crawford thinks she missed out on the fun during her peak time because she was too sensible. Contactmusic.com reports that she insists she is much wilder now, as a ...
Royal friend Dev Anand to visit Kathmandu
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, May 8 -- As Nepal's cornered King Gyanendra awaits a countdown to the abolition of his crown, will his last days in the endangered royal palace be livened up with a visit by India's legendary film actor Dev ...
Plants cope with stress too
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- Plants, very much like humans, have to cope with stress - and scientists are in the process of developing plants that handle stress better, says a new study. For plants, stress comes in the shape ...
Hillary Clinton will make Indo-US ties stronger: aide
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 8 -- A day after Hillary Clinton suffered a near knockout blow in the US presidential race, one of her close aides said if elected she would make bilateral relations with India much ...
Zardari says Musharraf's impeachment may harm economy
May 08, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, May 8 -- PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that while the ruling party the PPP does not recognise President Pervez Musharraf as a constitutional president, the country's economic conditions may ...