1. Elastic electronics see better
(News/Technology)

...le membrane. In the future, these electronic membranes could be wrapped around human organs to act as health monitoring devices, say US-based developers. The new technology is described in a pa...

2. China mourns earthquake victims
(News/World)

...al later in the week, potentially triggering landslides, Chinese forecasters said. On Sunday, the World Health Organization warned that rising temperatures in Sichuan, combined with a lack of clean ...

3. New Rights For Workers Under Employment Bill
(News/National News)

...rcumcision. Workers will receive ten days’ leave if a member of their immediate family suffers a health emergency. And a 15-minute break will be made available at each of the five daily Islam...

4. Major Risks To Maldives Economy: ADB
(News/National News)

...rities” between Malé and the atolls. Despite highlighting renewed growth post-tsunami and healthy tourism numbers, the report calls for urgent changes in government policy – or e...

5. Why the Maldives are pure fantasy islands
(News/Reports & Analysis)

...ning and still sort-of twitching) and rice- paper vegetable rolls with spicy soy sauce. If you want to be healthy, then eating at Raw for a week will leave you feeling like you've been on holiday ...

6. India, Maldives Set To Prepare New Trade Agreement In Three Months
(News/Travel & Business)

... also focus on increasing Indian investment in Maldives. Areas of potential private investment include healthcare, IT and environmental research, Jaleel said. The ministers also discussed co-operat...

7. Key gene work scoops Nobel Prize
(News/Science & Nature)

...eart disease.For instance, science has gained a greater understanding of how disease can strike otherwise healthy people. The technique has also helped to shed new light on the ageing process, and on...

8. 'Gay bomb' scoops Ig Nobel award
(News/Science & Nature)

... Witcombe, of Gloucestershire Royal NHS Foundation Trust, UK, and Dan Meyer for their probing work on the health consequences of swallowing a sword. Physics - A US-Chile team who ironed out the probl...

9. Investors flock to India's booming markets
(News/Travel & Business)

...surging economic growth that is currently appreciating by more than 9% per year.   The prospect of healthy domestic growth coupled with the booming service sector that accounts for a majority o...

10. Six Senses Spas in Maldives
(News/Travel & Business)

...n with the resident certified practitioners provides guests with tailor-made programmes to achieve better health - extending to their daily diet, routine and surrounding environment. According to Ayur...

11. US$5,000 donation to the Care Society Maldives
(News/National News)

... those people that Australian culture call a ‘doer’, (he started the dream with AUD$500 and a healthy dose of inspiration from wife Diane) you know the type, meek, mild, quietly spoken and...

12. New Report Profiles Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Developments in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives
(News/Reports & Analysis)

...ess Local Loop (WLL) services to meet demand. By early 2007 fixed line teledensity was approaching a much healthier 10%. Reform of the market has been central to ensuring growth. Sri Lanka Telecom...

13. Rising drug abuse among young in Maldives paradise
(News/National News)

...sters, who comprise more than 40 percent of the population of 300,000, are increasingly turning to drugs, health workers say. "It's a tragic social crisis," said Aminath Hamzoon, a train...

14. Maldives: Inhumane Treatment of Migrant Workers
(News/Reports & Analysis)

... facilitating them to overwork their employers through day and night and give little consideration to the health and safety of the employees. What more, when their “official” work ends, th...

15. File-sharers forced to play fair
(News/Technology)

...share this program during the night with other people, until your 'TV watching minutes' credit is healthy again," he said. "If we get this right, it would mean quite a change in th...

16. Reaching the unreached
(News/Asia & Region)

Strengthening and developing community-based health workers and health volunteers to reach the unreached was one of the decisions taken by the 25th meeting of health ministers of the South-East Asian

17. Woman has second set of triplets
(News/Health)

...having triplets a second time, added Dr Hofmann, medical director of the Bethesda Center for Reproductive Health and Fertility. Casey Alexander was the first born at 1357 local time on Wednesday at ...

18. Winehouse scraps MTV appearance
(News/Entertainment)

...to BBC Radio Five Live earlier this week, Fielder-Civil's mother said she feared for the couple's health if they continued to take drugs. "I think they both need to get medical help bef...

19. World facing 'arsenic timebomb'
(News/Asia & Region)

...half of the known cases globally. Eating large amounts of rice grown in affected areas could also be a health risk, scientists said. "It's a global problem, present in 70 countries, pro...

20. W Hotels Debuts In The Island Paradise Of Bali
(News/Travel & Business)

...iving Room. In addition to W The Store, the brand’s retail component, a spa, pool and health center, guests will be able to indulge in the W brand’s signature Whatever...

21. More Lankan firms invest abroad
(News/Travel & Business)

...r software development and labour cost is very low and we sell at high prices the software specialised in healthcare and education.” He pointed out that India, by 2030 will be the ...

22. Obesity 'may be linked to virus'
(News/Health)

Scientists believe a virus may play a role in obesity, raising the possibility that medication could be used to tackle the condition. A team at Louisiana's Pennington Center found that a common v

23. Maldives strongman wants to rule on into fourth decade
(News/National News)

...e challenging times ahead. Our standard of living is going up and people want access to better education, healthcare and jobs. In fact we have 200,000-odd mobile phone users for a small population of ...

24. Darker fruits could fight cancer
(News/Health)

...t compounds from chokeberries for instance killed up to a fifth of existing cells, without impacting upon healthy ones. Working it out The researchers say their findings bring the scientific commu...

25. Middle-age spread 'happens twice'
(News/Health)

...ddle-age spread occurs in two distinct phases - casting doubt on the merits of using weight as a guide to health. They found a thickening waistline in early middle age is accompanied by a rise in wei...

26. Drug website safety fears raised
(News/Technology)

...me sites claiming to be Canadian but in fact they were Russian." He said people were putting their health in danger by buying medicines online. 'Illegal sale' The Medicines and Heal...

27. Fan vigil marks Elvis anniversary
(News/Entertainment)

...ratures even contributed to the death of one 67-year-old woman, though it was stressed that she had prior health problems. Paramedics have treated several fans for heat exhaustion and ambulances are...

28. "Tourism Master Plan" Balances Busines And Public Interest
(News/Reports & Analysis)

...ntroversial innovations are also proposed, including boutique resorts, tergeted at niche markets, such as health and well being, and the “silver” market for retired holiday makers. D&e...

29. Alzheimer's drugs remain limited
(News/Health)

...HS to fund Alzheimer's drugs in people with early-stage disease. However, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been told to rewrite guidance on how the disease is ...

30. With a high IQ comes need for special education
(News/Education)

...e intelligence distribution has a huge influence on whether our economy is vital or stagnant, our culture healthy or sick, our institutions secure or endangered. It follows that our future depends cru...