South Korea’s burgeoning MERS outbreak should be a reminder to the world that a virus some may have written off can trigger significant disease and major disruption, a World Health Organization expert says. The outbreak in that country has now infected 126 people, 11 of whom have died. And it may be a while yet before South Korea’s health officials manage to stop spread of the virus, said Peter Ben […]
Millions of Americans would kill for a job that pays them a living wage. So it’s great news that some pockets of the country are creating lots of exactly those kinds of jobs. Since 2010, there are 28 U.S. metropolitan areas where at least half of the new jobs created pay a living wage, according to analysis from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists. That’s encouraging because the economic recovery since […]
Here is the list of Countries that issue visa on arrival to Indian citizens: Bolivia – 90 days Burundi – 30 days; obtainable at Bujumbura International Airport Cambodia – 30 days Cape Verde Comoros Djibouti Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau – 90 days Guyana – 30 days provided holding confirmation, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs Indonesia – 30 days Jordan – 2 weeks, must hold US$ 3000 Kenya – 3 months […]
Rio de Janerio: Pets have outnumbered children in Brazilian households, according to an official report released on Tuesday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), a media report said on Wednesday. There are 52.2 million pet dogs in Brazil, while the number of children aged 0 to 14 is 44.9 million, which indicates a margin of over 7 million numerically, reported Brazil’s G1 news website. Some 44.3 percent […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended greetings to the people of Telangana on the occasion of their Statehood Day. “My best wishes to the people of Telangana on the occasion of their Statehood Day. My best wishes for the State’s development journey,”Prime Minister Modi tweeted. Narendra Modi ✔@narendramodi My best wishes to the people of Telangana on the occasion of their Statehood Day. My best wishes […]
A new cliff-side glass walkway has opened to the public in eastern China with an added novelty factor – it plays musical notes as visitors walk. The path stretches for 180m (590ft) along the side of a mountain in Shiniuzhai National Geopark, and features special double-layered glass, the China Daily website reports. It’s fitted with pressure sensors which play 70 different notes, so anyone brave enough to cross the path […]
VANCOUVER – Vancouver’s economy could suffer a $1.2-billion blow in the case of a major oil spill caused by Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, concludes a new report released by the city. The report, conducted by the University of B.C.’s Fisheries Economics Research Unit, examined the potential economic costs of a 16-million litre spill in Burrard Inlet, the body of water bordering to the city that is busy […]
Hyderabad: Hyderabad may be become the city in India to be entirely covered by Google Street View after the Internet services giant Google gets permission from the union home ministry. The company agreed to a request made by Telangana government in this regard, said a statement by the state government here on Tuesday. Telangana Information Technology Minister K. Tarakarama Rao, who is currently on a visit to the US, held […]
A Chinese boss has taken 6,400 of his staff on a four day holiday to France that finished with a world-record breaking human chain in the Cote D’Azur. Tiens Group Company Chairman Li Jinyuan, 57, who is featured on the Forbes list of billionaires, booked 4760 rooms in 79 four- and five-star hotels in Cannes and Monaco, in addition to 146 buses, for his employees, News.com.au reported. After some sightseeing, […]
NEW DELHI: The capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been adjudged the world’s best airport for the year 2014, under the category of handling 25 to 40 million passengers per annum, officials said on Saturday. Airports Council International (ACI) presented the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award to IGIA at a ceremony of the ACI Asia-Pacific/World Annual General Assembly on April 28 in Jordan. “We are honoured to represent an […]
