Archive for the ‘News’

  • தேசியச் சின்னங்கள் பற்றிய கருத்து பகிர்வு
    எமது உயிரினும் மேலான தேசியச் சின்னங்கள் பற்றிய கருத்து பகிர்வு. தேசியம் என்பது மக்களின் சிறப்பான மன எழுச்சியாலும் செயற்திறனாலும் தோன்றி...
    by VanniOnline at August 5th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
  • Cricket Star Smashin’ Sachin is everywhere
    India’s Sachin Tendulkar scored a double-hundred against South Africa in a one-day match on Feb. 24, 2010. For the 1.5 billion people who follow cricket — making it, by some reckoning, the world’s second most popular sport after soccer — it was a moment of history So guess who’s all over the Indian media this morning? dominating the front, inside...
    by Nilanie at February 25th, 2010 at 01:02 pm
  • Study: 2 soft drinks per week raises pancreatic cancer risk
    U.S. researchers have found people who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, media reports said Tuesday quoting findings in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Researchers tracked 60,524 participants in the Singapore Chinese Health Study over 14 years. Over that time, 140 of the volunteers developed pancreatic...
    by Nilanie at February 9th, 2010 at 05:02 pm
  • Air France to charge obese passengers for two seats
    Obese passengers who are unable to squeeze into a single seat on an airliner are to be charged double to fly with Air France From next month seriously overweight flyers will be asked to pay for two seats, or not be allowed on board for “safety reasons”, the airline announced yesterday. “People who arrive at the check-in desk and are deemed too large to fit into a...
    by Nilanie at January 22nd, 2010 at 09:01 pm
  • Rice Responsible for Asians’ Alcohol Flush?
    The alcohol flush reaction is an unpleasant response to alcohol that is relatively common in people of Asian descent. Now researches suggest Rice may have caused the reaction. Chinese Scientists believe that  a Mutation caused the Gene to occur about 10,000-7,000 years ago..Now the interesting part is that the Gene  developed at those places where distrubtion of a...
    by Nilanie at January 21st, 2010 at 03:01 pm
  • Tiger Woods’s wife ‘refuses to visit’
    Elin Nordegren has reportedly refused to visit her husband Tiger Woods in rehab following his affairs. The golf star recently entered Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Mississippi in a reported six-week program. The National Enquirer claims that Nordegren has been too busy consulting with divorce lawyers to visit Woods. The global sports icon is said...
    by Nilanie at January 18th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
  • Wishing You A Happy Pongal
    “Warm thoughts reach out, to all those who are held dear, as the auspicious festival that marks the beginning of the harvest season, draws near. As the festival of Pongal is here, hoping it ushers in good days, that are filled with happiness and cheer, and the fervor it symbolizes, stays with you throughout the year. With best wishes.” Team Voice Tamil
    by Voice Tamil at January 14th, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • ‘TOTAL DISASTER’ IN HAITI
    A powerful earthquake struck Haiti’s capital on Tuesday with withering force, toppling everything from simple shacks to the ornate National Palace and the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers. The dead and injured lay in the streets even as strong aftershocks rippled through the impoverished Caribbean country. Associated Press journalists based in Port-au-Prince said...
    by Vaaman at January 13th, 2010 at 10:01 am
  • Thousands pay last respects to Pirapaharan’s father
    Thousands of people, including men, women, and children Saturday paid their last respects to the remains of late Thiruvengadam Vellupillai, father of LTTE leader Mr. V. Pirapaharan, at Theeruvli in Valveddiththu’rai (VVT) near the memorial monument of Lt. Col. Kumarappa, Lt. Col. Pulenthiran and Col. Kiddu. Mr. Velupillai passed away while he was being kept in isolation...
    by Vaaman at January 11th, 2010 at 01:01 pm
  • கண்ணீர் அஞ்சலி
    தோற்றம்; -10. 01. 1924 மறைவு-07.01.200 திருவேங்கடம் வேலுப்பிள்ளை ஆயிரம் ஆயிரமாம் ஆண்டுக்கு முன்னர் ஆண்டபரம்பரையின் உணர்வை முப்பதாண்டு காலத்துக்குள்...
    by Thurai at January 9th, 2010 at 12:01 pm