An Indian expat from Sharjah became the latest multi-millionaire of the Big Ticket raffle after winning 15 million dirhams ($4 million) in a big money draw here.


Indian expat wins $4 million Abu Dhabi raffle


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Facebook is facing criticism from breast cancer survivors after the social network banned an ad campaign run by an Australian breast cancer non-profit, citing nudity rules.


FB slammed for banning breast cancer non-profit's ads


The Boeing 737 charter jet that was seen floating on the St. Johns River in Florida after crashing, was reminiscent of the January 2009 emergency landing of a now-defunct US Airways jet in New York's freezing Hudson River.


Boeing 737 crashing into river reminiscent of '09 Hudson River incident


With dreadful memories of cyclone, 'Aila' which wreaked havoc in Sundarbans about 10 years back, thousands of people along with their domestic animals took shelters in the relief camps and flood centres in the islands as severe cyclonic storm Fani approached West Bengal causing intense intermittent rainfall and destroying houses.


Scared after 'Aila', thousands in Sundarbans take shelters ahead of Fani


Cyclonic storm Fani, now situated in Odisha about 340 km southwest of Kolkata, has triggered intense rainfall and winds in West Bengal destroying 50 houses in East Midnapore district.


Cyclone Fani to enter Bengal by midnight (2nd Lead)


A solid-gold toilet is set to be installed in one of the UKs grandest palaces, while allowing the general public to use it, the media reported on Friday.


Useable gold toilet to be installed at British palace


An elderly Australian couple signed for a package containing 20 kg of methamphetamine worth $7 million, which had accidentally been shipped to their house, police said on Friday.


Meth accidentally shipped to elderly Australian couple


As a precaution against cyclone 'Fani', the Indian Railway has cancelled 223 trains in the Bhadrak-Vizianagaram section, along the coastal lines of Odisha on the Kolkata-Chennai route till May 4, officials said.


Cyclone Fani: 223 trains cancelled till Saturday


A 21-year-old youth infected with the Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, popularly known as bird flu, has died here, becoming the first case of bird flu death in Nepal, the government informed on Friday.


First bird flu death reported in Nepal


Mitigating the use of household fuels could reduce air pollution-related deaths in India by approximately 13 per cent, which is equivalent to saving about 270,000 lives a year, an India-US joint study has stressed.


Reducing dirty fuels can help India curb air pollution


Three MBA students, including a girl, drowned while taking a swim at the Mulshi Dam here on Thursday morning, police said.


3 MBA students drown in Maharashtra dam


Pakistan's national carrier learnt a lesson just how seriously airline meals are taken, following a backlash  after its latest advert, bearing a photo of a cheese omelette, sausages and beans, promised that the airline's breakfast will "serve you a taste of home".


PIA's breakfast isn't Pakistani enough, flyers feel


A woman, said to be in her mid-50s, burst out at a younger woman at an upscale restaurant over her "short" garments and said such girls should immediately be raped, according to a video of this incident which has gone viral on social media.


Woman abuses younger woman at Gurugram shopping mall


Japan on Wednesday welcomed its new Emperor Naruhito who pledged to fulfil his role as a "symbol of the state and unity" and said he would follow the course charted by his father at a ceremony to formally recognise his accession to the throne.


Japan welcomes Emperor Naruhito, new era begins


The Tamil Nadu government has decided to propiate the gods for rain with special prayers and playing certain ragas in temples that it administers.


TN temples to have special ragas, prayers for rains


Built with an aim to shorten the travel time, the 302-km-long Agra-Lucknow Expressway is actually cutting short people's lives. In just 90 days, 36 people of lost their lives, 222 others were injured in over 400 accidents on the Expressway, an RTI query revealed.


Killer road: 36 dead, 222 injured in 3 months


Japan's Emperor Akihito formally abdicated on Tuesday during a historic ceremony in Tokyo, becoming the country's first monarch to stand down in two centuries.


Akihito abdicates, Naruhito to ascend on Wednesday (2nd Lead)


The French police have handed out 447 fines for harassment of women in the street since the new "outrages sexistes" legislation came into effect eight months ago.


447 fined in France for harassing women in the street


Puducherry government employee K. Subramanian was long teased by his wife S. Amsavalli who used to ask him which one is "bigger", passing or failing in an examination, as per the famous exchange between comedian pair Senthil and Goundamani in a Tamil movie.


Puducherry man settles pass or fail argument with wife!


The story of dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their coach, trapped for over two weeks in a cave in northern Thailand last year, will be told by Netflix following a deal between several producers, here on Tuesday.


Netflix to stream Thailand cave rescue story


Close to the India-Pakistan border near Rajasthan's Pokhran lies a village named Khartoli where residents are slowly succumbing to cancer, perhaps paying the price for the two nuclear tests conducted in its vicinity. However, none of the officials concerned have so far paid attention to their health travails.

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