South African cricketer Wayne Parnell spoke exclusively to CNN-IBN and denied even drinking at the party. ...
11:55 PM, May 21, 2012
Hyderabad: Hyderabadis may be facing water woes but a good number of them, particularly youngsters with pocketful of money, are guzzling beer like theres no tomorrow. Beer sales, say wine dealers, are shooting up at the same pace as the mercury, creating new records. The dealers hold individual records, so to speak but statistics furnished by the Andhra Pradesh Beverages Corporation Ltd (APBCL) give a good overall picture. According to...
12:56 PM, May 21, 2012
London: Women in highflying jobs drink twice as much than those in manual jobs, according to UK's official statistics, reflecting a startling "cocktail and business card culture" which is on the rise. Figures from the Office of National Statistics in the UK showed that women in top positions, such as managers in large companies, drink a bottle of wine a week on average, around 11.2 units, compared with 6.2 units...
03:36 AM, May 21, 2012
Patna: Shortage of infrastructure in schools in Bihar was a 'major challenge', state Minister for Education PK Sahi said on Saturday adding there was no drinking water facility in around 13,000 government schools. Addressing a seminar 'Right of Children and Law', Shahi said several schools had no toilets, even for girl students. "We have laid stress on improving infrastructural facilities in schools and ensuring quality education," he said. Implementation of...
04:49 PM, May 05, 2012
London: British scientists claim they are developing a unique device which can turn used toilet waste into drinking water. A team at Manchester University, led by Sarah Haigh, says the innovation -- which has been funded by billionaire Bill Gates -- could transform the lives of millions of people in the third world. In fact, the scientists plan to have a prototype ready to demonstrate by 2013, the 'Daily Mail'...
05:40 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Jammu: In order to address the need of drinking water of Jammu, the state government will tap water from Chenab river. Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din said that to provide adequate drinking water to Jammu city, the government has envisaged a scheme for lifting of water from river Chenab. He said once the project report would be completed same would be submitted to Asian Development Bank...
05:29 AM, Feb 26, 2012
New Delhi: In the upcoming budget to be presented on the March 16, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation may see a hike in allocation that could be anything between 40 to 60 per cent, which means that the allocation could go up from approximately Rs 9500 crore to at least Rs 14,000 crore. Speaking at the 2nd meeting of National Drinking Water and Sanitation Council, the minister for Drinking...
09:59 PM, Feb 21, 2012
HYDERABAD: Here is some good news for teetotalers and bad news for boozers. The traffic police will now get tough with drunken drivers. Besides detaining the vehicle, the cops will book a case against the culprits under Section 185 of the IPC and impose a penalty of Rs 1,000. Introducing the latest hand-held breath alcohol analysers, funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) here on Thursday, C V Anand, Additional...
04:03 PM, Oct 28, 2011
Actor Imran Khan has stirred up the controversy on the right age to drink after he filed a Public Interest Litigation at the Bombay High Court against the Maharashtra government's move to raise the age limit on drinking from 21 to 25. ...
10:42 PM, Sep 14, 2011
London: Want to know the secret to a long and healthy life? All you need to do is to follow a four-step plan: No smoking, regular exercise, not being overweight, and eating a Mediterranean-style diet daily, says a new study. Researchers claim following these simple steps could "substantially reduce" one's risk of early death. And, this is the first time, they have been able to calculate exactly how many years...
12:42 PM, Aug 03, 2011
Washington: Female teens may be particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of binge drinking. Heavy alcohol use has been linked with diminishing mental processes among both adults and adolescents, particularly in tasks of spatial working memory (SWM). SWM is the ability to perceive the space around you, which is critical to logical thinking and reasoning, said study co-author Susan F. Tapert, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San...
11:43 AM, Jul 18, 2011
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What is the right age of drinking alcohol? Much has been debated over the last week but the issue still remains on 'a high' after ...
11:35 AM, Jun 19, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra's Social Welfare Minister Shivajirao Moghe hit back at celebrities who criticised the Government's decision to increase the age-limit for drinking alcohol to 25 years. He said movie stars should be creating awareness on the dangers of alcohol consumption. Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Imran Khan and Raveena Tandon have voiced their concern about the debatable topic of what is the right age limit for the consumption of alcohol....
07:47 AM, Jun 19, 2011
Actor Imran Khan is doing more than just acting, he filed a PIL against the Maharashtra government's decision to raise the age limit for alcohol consumption from 21 to 25. ...
09:16 PM, Jun 17, 2011
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