No smoking, less oil, less salt and more excercise frisking came as a surprise to the employees of a company in Nagpur. It was not a security check. Cigarettes, gutka and tobacco packets of the employees were confiscated. It was not a blanket ban but the restrictions were as good as a ban. Unhealthy food was taken off the menu following tobacco. who estimated 17.5 million
An old, broken-down television was shipped from London to Nigeria. Hot on its trail were journalists from the newspaper, The Independent and from Sky News. The TV had been fitted with a tracking device (a global positioning system, gps) and deposited by the team in Basingstoke
Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez is known for political stunts. But he has outdone himself this time. In the second week of May, Chavez launched Vergatorio: costing US $15 it
The mayor of a Brazilian town has provoked complaints after he installed cameras in a health centre to monitor the quality of service to the public. The cameras send images and sound from the reception and a pharmacy directly to the offices of the mayor of Foz do Iguacu and other senior officials. Mayor Paulo MacDonald said the move was to improve efficiency, and has suggested the
Children chasing down each other for their favourite mangoes, old people walking gently through the rows of Badami, Raspuri, Senduri mango trees, some concentrating on picking mature mangoes, animated discussions about organic farming. Such scenes were witnessed at Organic farmer Vittelenahalli Ramkrishnappa
