Washington: Dip a piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, it morphs into a real battery. Crumple the piece of paper and it still works. These are some of the newest ways of storing power, says Stanford University researcher Yi Cui, assisitant professor of material science and engineering. Stanford scientists [...]
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London : Britain has tightened immigration rules from January for Indian IT professionals seeking to move to the UK under inter-company transfers. From next year, workers in this category will need to have 12 months experience instead of six months as at present with their employer before they can be transferred to the UK, official [...]
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New Delhi: No Bollywood hits, walking on the wrong side of thirties and going the business way. A perfect recipe to be written off for an actress. The critics may be wondering about the future of Preity Zinta but the dimpled beauty says she does not bother as “only big stars get written off”. “I [...]
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The Badshah of Bollywood was at his wittiest when he shared his aspiration of becoming a porn star. The actor was here to launch management guru Arindam Chaudhuri’s new book ‘Discover the Diamond in You’ when he revealed his desire. “I always wanted to be porn star. I am going to work with all the [...]
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New Delhi : As the Babri report raises a storm in Parliament for yet another day, now a searing attack from the BJP. The party has called the report a dud and entirely devoid of credibility. “It is a report which is devoid of any credibility, its futility media has referred to as the dud [...]
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Tokyo: Japan’s government agreed on a $81 billion stimulus package on Tuesday, aimed at preventing the economy from tipping back into recession as deflation persists and a strong yen threatens exports. Economists said the 7.2 trillion yen plan, equal to about 1.5 per cent of gross domestic product, would not provide a significant lift to [...]
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Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was on Monday conferred the Asian Film Cultural Award for completing 40 years in the entertainment industry. Receiving the award from Bollywood director Ramesh Sippy, Bachchan said, “I am most grateful to Kiran Shantaram, who has an old association with me for many, many years, has given me the opportunity to [...]
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Washington : Welcoming India’s decision to reduce troop strength in Jammu and Kashmir, a top US military official has said “de-tensioning of that border” is absolutely critical to the long-term stability of the region. “I really do believe that “de-tensioning” that (Kashmir) border is absolutely critical to the long term stability in that region. And [...]
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San Francisco: An annual security report being released on Tuesday by technology titan Cisco warns that banks and online social networks are prime targets for increasingly sophisticated cyber crooks. “Criminals have been taking note of the large crowds in social-networking sites,” said Cisco security researcher Scott Olechowski. “They steal them with various techniques.” Tactics used [...]
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Washington : The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday issued a final ruling that greenhouse gases posed a danger to human health and the environment, paving the way for regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles, power plants, factories, refineries and other major sources. The announcement was timed to coincide with the opening of the [...]
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