Aquaria Grande, the new towers in Mumbai, India, will feature swimming pools enclosed in glass instead of balconies. Aquaria Grande, the 37-storey skyscrapers were the result of a collaboration between Hong Kong-based architect James Law and Indian real estate company Wadhwa Group. The complex would have 200 apartments, three levels of car parking, a gym and sauna. But not everybody feels inspire…
…ed in the Caribbean, but in the summer months it is also a fitting description of the world’s largest swimming pool in the beach resort town of Algarrobo, just a couple of hours from Santiago. The US$ 3 million pool, which covers an eight hectare area equivalent to 6,000 backyard pools, was built using Chilean firm Crystal Lagoons’ technology as part of the San Alfonso del Mar condominium project….
India Parker from Cleveland, Ohio, was being held on $10,000 bond Saturday after reportedly confessed police she threw her daughter’s body out with the trash. India Parker, 35, is facing a charge of abuse of a corpse. India Parker is at the centre of an investigation into the disappearance of her daughter, Kaliyah, 10. The girl was reported missing Monday by the father of one of India Parke…
…ss party, a key ally of the ruling coalition, has said it will pull out of the government and withdraw support in parliament. Its six ministers are to resign on Friday. The government also announced a 14% rise in the price of diesel, which is heavily subsidized in India. That move has also prompted great anger across the country. Under the government’s proposal, global firms – such as…
…munity by giving an undertaking to a court that the pair would return. “A person who comes to court and gives an undertaking has no immunity,” Chief Justice Kabir said. The court set April 2 as the next date of hearing and restrained the Italian ambassador from leaving India “until further orders”. The Supreme Court in India has said Italy’s Ambassador Daniele Mancin…
…for vegetarian restaurants as many Indians are vegetarian. “At the moment, India is still a very small market – we just have 271 restaurants in India, and across the world, we have nearly 33,000.” The chain plans to open another vegetarian outlet in north-western India, near the Vaishno Devi cave shrine in Kashmir, which is a Hindu pilgrimage site that attracts hundreds of thous…
rters of 2012 in an estimated amount of up to 70 million Euros.” At the same time, the firm said first-quarter net income increased. Adidas’ profit was 289 million Euros in the quarter, up 38% from the previous year, and it also raised its annual sales target. It now expects sales to rise 10% this year. …
More than seven hundreds people are gathering in Mumbai University campus for India’s first Wikipedia conference. Wikipedia Conference 2011 is a three-day event, from November 18 to Nvember 20, and is part of the online encyclopedia’s plans to expand in the sub-continent. Wikipedia wants to tap into India’s growing internet population, by creating more pages in local languages,…
…s hoped the meeting could boost economic ties between the two nations. Asif Ali Zardari is officially coming for private religious reasons, to visit the shrine of Sufi saint Moinudin Chishti in Ajmer, 350 kilometres (220 miles) southwest of Delhi. However, his Interior Minister Rehman Malik and son and political heir Bilawal Bhutto Zardari are reportedly among an entourage of at least 25 people wh…
…able medicine for the poor,” said Anand Grover, a lawyer representing Cancer Patients Aid Association, adding that he was “ecstatic with the ruling”. Novartis applied for a patent in 2006 for its new version of the drug, arguing that it was easier to absorb and therefore qualified for a fresh patent. However, the Indian patent authority rejected the application based on a law aim…
Candlelit vigils have been held across India to mourn a student who has died after being gang-raped in Delhi. Thousands of people gathered in the Indian capital to express their grief and demand justice for the 23-year-old victim, who died earlier on Saturday. Six men arrested in connection with the December 16 attack have now been charged with murder. The victim’s body is being flown back…
hours for non-payment of dues. The airline’s dwindling fortunes have seen the government come to its rescue. Last month authorities approved a debt restructuring plan and said they would inject 300 billion rupees ($5.9 billion) into the airline by 2020. …
…ah Rukh Khan was detained at the airport, which serves New York City. Shah Rukh Khan’s detention by US authorities for 90 minutes at White Plains airport near New York has sparked outrage in India In 2009 the actor was detained for two hours at Newark airport and was released after India’s embassy in the US intervened. Shah Rukh Khan said then that he was stopped because he had a Muslim nam…
Tuesday morning, India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered five cases for alleged cheating against five companies, various individuals and officials and began conducting raids at 30 locations. Raids were being carried out in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Patna, Hyderabad and several other cities, a CBI spokesperson said. Officials say the CBI inquiry began before the government au…
Norwegian Swimming Federation announces that champion Alexander Dale Oen has died in the US, aged 26. Alexander Dale Oen was found collapsed in a shower late on Monday after training in Flagstaff, Arizona, Norwegian media say. Officials said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. Emergency services arrived at the scene within minutes but were unable to revive him. Alexander Dale Oen won gold in the 10…
Indian women have been raised to believe that fairness is beauty, and this has given rise to a vast and ever-growing skin-whitening industry, which is now encouraging women to bleach far beyond their hands and face. The desire for lighter skin is nothing new in India. For centuries women in South Asia have been raised with the belief that a fairer complexion equates to beauty. That the industry s…
…r, Orissa and Jharkhand in the east. An official in Orissa said the blackout in the eastern grid had been triggered by a fault and could take several hours to resolve. Railway officials said more than 350 trains were stranded, and hospitals and essential services were running on backup generators. Across West Bengal, power went at 13:00 and all suburban railway trains on the eastern railways groun…
Daniele Mancini, Italy’s ambassador to India, has been ordered not to leave the country after Rome’s refusal to return two marines charged with the murder of two fishermen in Kerala last year. The Indian court had allowed the marines to go home to vote in last month’s elections. Ambassador Daniele Mancini had personally assured the court the marines would return by March 22. On Wednes…
…n to show Indian passengers that the airline did know something about their culture. The performance took place on a flight on January 17 and was uploaded to Finnair’s YouTube channel on January 25 to mark India’s Republic Day on January 26. So far, the video clip has received more than 1.7 million viewings….
…rent. The missiles are among the country’s most sophisticated weapons. India has successfully launched Agni-V, a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead In 2010, India successfully test-fired Agni-II, an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a range of more than 2,000km (1,250 miles). The Agni-V missile was launched from Orissa’s Wheeler Islan…
hol and industrial spirits which can lead to fits, vomiting and death. India has witnessed many incidents of toxic alcohol deaths. • At least 10 people killed in Tamil Nadu in February 2010 • At least 30 people killed in Uttar Pradesh in September 2009 • Some 107 people killed in Gujarat in July 2009 Gujarat has taken the strongest action on toxic liquor with its new law, which it says is intended…
…population growth and slash-and-burn agriculture. Caecilians are very hard to spot as they live either underground or under leaf litter that lies on the soil. The new discovery was the result of about 250 soil-digging expeditions over five years that covered every northeast Indian state. “Caecilians are the most cryptic group of animals, and it’s not possible to identify whether itR…
…said it had received assurances about the men’s treatment and their human rights. Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone are accused of shooting the fishermen off the Kerala coast in February 2012. The marines had been guarding an Italian oil tanker and said they mistook the fishermen for pirates. The marines, who had been out on bail awaiting trial, were allowed to fly back to Italy for…
outside the court that he had made his arguments and “the court considered them”. “I bow to the verdict,” he added. The trial court in Mumbai had found Mohammad Qasab guilty on 3 May 2010 of murder, terrorist acts and waging war on India and sentenced him to death. In his appeal to the Supreme Court, Mohammad Qasab argued that the prosecution had “failed to prove beyo…
A massive power outage has caused disruption across northern India, including in the capital, Delhi. It hit a vast swathe of the country affecting more than 300 million people in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan states. Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said 60% of the supply had been restored and the rest would be reinstated soon. It is unclear why supply collapsed…
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Pope Francis condemns money cult in his first major speech on financial crisisIn his first major speech on the financial crisis, Pope Francis has called on world leaders to end the "cult of money" and to do more for the poor. Free market economics had…
Steven T. Miller: Acting IRS commissioner resigns over targeting conservative groups for special scrutinyActing head of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Steven T. Miller has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President…
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