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Brit daredevil completes 2400ft skydive without parachute
British stuntman Gary Connery has become the world's first skydiver to leap 2400 feet and safely land without deploying a parachute. The 42-year-old daredevil dived from a helicopter in a death-defying feat before landing in an area containing 18,600 cardboard boxes. The father of two, who is a veteran of 880 sky dives, 450 base jumps and dozens of film and television roles, jumped on Wednesday above

UNICEF stresses importance of breastfeeding
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday voiced alarm at the decline of breastfeeding across East Asia, and stressed the need to ensure that mothers understand the long-term benefits of this importance practice for the survival and development of their children.

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First Look: 'Dark Knight Rises' promises violence

This isn't your father's Caped Crusader.

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Rongali Bihu begins in Assam
The people of Assam celebrated Rongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu on Friday across the state.

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Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital Nadiad Awarded the IMC RBNQA Trophy 2011
Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH) Nadiad was on Friday presented with the Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award (RBNQA) 2011 for excellence in the healthcare category. The Award consists of a brilliant Trophy and a Citation. It is one of the most prestigious Quality Awards in the country. The IMC-RBNQ Awards are modeled along the lines of the Malcolm Baldrige criteria of the USA and follow a rigorous process of training and evaluation. The unstated mission of the IMC RBNQA Trust is to catalyze India into a global power. MPUH is the first hospital in Gujarat to win this coveted Quality Trophy. The trophy was presented by the Member of Parliament and former Union Minister of State for External Affairs Dr. Shashi Tharoor, at a glittering function at the YB Chavan Auditorium on Friday evening, following the culmination of the two-day ‘Making Quality Happen Conference’ at IMC Mumbai. During the conference, a 30-minutes’ presentation was made by Dr Mahesh Desai, Medical Director & Managing Trustee of the hospital, highlighting the quality initiatives and best practices followed at MPUH and the results thereof. The idea behind the conference is to encourage similar organizations in various sectors of the Indian economy to undertake their own quality and performance improvement efforts, and evolve core values from ‘managing for improvement’ to ‘managing for innovation’.

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Yahoo layoffs to begin next week: Report
Yahoo Inc will begin layoffs of thousands of employees next week and will announce a plan to restructure the company the week after that, according to a media report.

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