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Women take longer to deliver babies than 50 years ago
Washington: Women take longer to deliver babies today than they did 50 years ago, according to an analysis of nearly 140,000 deliveries, conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers compared data on deliveries in the early 1960s to data gathered in the early 2000s. They found that the first stage of labour had increased by 2.6 hours for first-time mothers. For
Washington: Women take longer to deliver babies today than they did 50 years ago, according to an analysis of nearly 140,000 deliveries, conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers compared data on deliveries in the early 1960s to data gathered in the early 2000s. They found that the first stage of labour had increased by 2.6 hours for first-time mothers. For
Subir Roy: Dry parks, unaffordable sandesh
I didn’t believe friends in Bangalore who told us over the phone: don’t come now; it is hotter than Kolkata. They were too spoilt, I thought, by the city’s year-round good
1,500 kg gold from discarded phones?
Beijing: Believe it or not, 1,500 kg of gold, one million kg of copper and 30,000 kg of silver can be extracted from the 100 million discarded mobile phones in China. People's Daily reported
Beijing: Believe it or not, 1,500 kg of gold, one million kg of copper and 30,000 kg of silver can be extracted from the 100 million discarded mobile phones in China. People's Daily reported
Cash spills on the highway: What would you do?
Hagerstown: You're cruising along the highway when you see a bunch of green bills fluttering around like flakes in a snow globe. You get closer and you realize it's cash. Other drivers are pulling
Hagerstown: You're cruising along the highway when you see a bunch of green bills fluttering around like flakes in a snow globe. You get closer and you realize it's cash. Other drivers are pulling
Subir Roy: Didi's global financial hub
An old friend from my international banking days, now relocated in Mumbai, was on one of his “catching up with you” calls and soon began to bemoan the cost of real estate in
Grave robbers freaked out by pony-tailed mummy
London: Robbers in search of archaeological treasures in China were given the fright of their lives when they came across a pony-tailed mummy in a grave. Rummaging through what looked like old sacks
London: Robbers in search of archaeological treasures in China were given the fright of their lives when they came across a pony-tailed mummy in a grave. Rummaging through what looked like old sacks
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