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Government to justify petrol prices hike
This Sunday, the government has published a big advertisement in the newspaper trailing that a small price to pay today, for a better tomorrow, which justifies the hike in fuel prices, recently.
The petrol price hike has already given way to the protests and demonstrations led by the ruling alliance partners and the opposition parties.
Brilliant Performance by Saina Nehwal at Indonesia Open
Saina Nehwal carried on with her rampaging form to win the Indonesia Open Super Series and scored a hat-trick of titles on Sunday. The ace Indian shuttler was able to find her victory over Japan's Sayaka Sato 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the final in Jakarta to expand her three-week unbeaten run and add to the Indian Open Grand Prix and Singapore Open titles that she collected in the preceding weeks.
It is the 20-year-old world No 3's three's third Super Series title on the whole.
UNSC Membership Bid BY India Supported by Britain and France
Britain and France have shown their support for India's case for permanent membership of the UN Security Council and favored deepening of joint ties between them. The support from nations came during a joint conference the new British Prime Minister, David Cameron and French President, Nicolas Sarkozy had with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, late last night prior to the G20 Summit.
This was the foremost conference Singh had with Cameron after his election, as British Prime Minister and felicitated him on his triumph.
RCOM Ready to Vend Tower Business to GTL
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications is ready to part from its tower business to Manoj Tirodkar-controlled GTL Infrastructure for a venture value of $6 billion in a cash-cum-stock transaction, which is set to create it to be the world’s largest independent telecom tower Company, said a person close to the matter.
Both the groups are probable to sign a definitive concord on Sunday to complete the transaction, which will see RCOM transferring its 50,000 towers along with $3 billion liability to GTL Infrastructure, subject to unpaid industry and regulatory consent.
Diabetic Women May Not Benefit From Omega-3
A University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study has been able to find that consuming higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids is not connected to lower heart disease risk for women suffering from type 1 diabetes.
Omega-3 fatty acids, chiefly found in fish, promote heart health by averting the increase of cholesterol in the arteries. Not much is known regarding the effect of consuming omega-3 in people with type 1diabetes, who are at much higher risk for heart disease.
Sri Lanka Series Will See Dravid and Yuvraj Making a Return to the Indian Team
Left out of the Indian squad for the Asia Cup, Yuvraj Singh made a speedy re-entry, with being named in the 15-man group that will travel to Sri Lanka to play three Test matches, early in the subsequent month.
The Punjabi left-hander had been left out of the ODI squad, so as to give him time to sort out health problems and as well think hard about the kind of attitude, with which he plays the game.
6,211-cr Capital Infusion in 5 PSBs by the Centre
To guarantee an additional Rs. 77, 637 crore in lending ability to various sectors of the economy, and to help in achieving a minimum 8% Tier-I capital by March 31, 2011, the Centre has permitted capital infusion of Rs. 6,211 crore in five public sector banks.
IDBI Bank, Central Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, UCO Bank and Union Bank of India are the five banks lined up for concoction of fresh capital, according to the statement.
Ad Showing Nitish with Modi Sparks Controversy
Political controversy has been ignited after an advertisement that showed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar holding hands was released by the BJP.
With this, the ties between Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally Janta Dal-United (JD-U) have come under immense pressure even as the BJP has kicked off its campaign for the forthcoming Assembly polls in Bihar.
Nitish, displeased by the ad, annoyingly cancelled a dinner for BJP leaders on Saturday. Modi on other hand, reportedly said that he is upset with the release.
Nithyananda Returns to his Bidadi Ashram After his Release From Jail
Nithyananda of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Bidadi was today set free from the prison in Ramanagaram after a being in police and judicial custody for 50 days. He has been charged with rape, criminal intimidation and cheating. Almost immediately after the release, the self-styled god man went back to his ashram.
He was released following instructions from the Karnataka High Court, which told Nithyananda to provide a personal bond of Rs. 1 lakh, along with two collaterals of Rs. 1 lakh each.
India Relaxes Visa Norms for Pak Nationals
The Indian Home Ministry has relaxed rules for paving way for extension of long-term visa (LTV) to a minimum of at least four categories of Pakistani nationals residing in the country.
Reality Shows for Children Banned by Human Rights in Andhra
Television reality shows have finally been prohibited by the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission. ‘Aata’, a dance reality show on Zee Telugu channel, had been for long facing a petition filed by some NGOs. The Commission at last pronounced its verdict with urgent effect and directed the police to take action against such shows on other channels.
As children in such channels were being portrayed in an “objectionable manner”, which was violation of human rights, Commission Chairman Justice Subhashan Reddy said that the panel, therefore, felt a need to check such shows.
QWERTY keypad based Samsung Intrepid
The launch of Samsung's Intrepid smartphone is fast catching analysts' opinions.
It is basically a 91 gm smartphone that measures 124 mm x 62 mm x 13 mm. Featuring 2.5 inches touchscreen capability, it displays 262K colours with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.
The Intrepid runs on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, and offers 512 MB of ROM and 256 MB of RAM with an expandable memory via microSD offers up to 16 GB storage.
LG GM730, a close resemblance to LG KT770, specs defined
The LG GM730 is tainted as a look-alike of the LG KT770, and is high on specs. Let's have a closer look on the details.
The phone that measures 109.8 mm x 56.5 mm x 11.9 mm, comes with a 3 inch TFT touch screen which offers 65k colors, with a screen resolution of 240 x 400 pixels.
Based on Microsoft Windows Mobile Professional 6.1, the LG GM730 runs a 2G network with GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 and 3G network covering HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100.
Photo and geo-tagging with Nikon GP-1
When it comes to imaging devices, a few companies come into our mind, one being the Nikon GP-1.
This Nikon DSLR is a device that offers geo-tagging of photos with aid of internet. Apart from an ability to click photos with an exuberance, this device compiles of some additional features as well.
It is better than PhotoTracker Plus in terms of geotagging as it is credited to be among the first to release the geotagging dongle, apart from the fact that it can now automatically tag the photos via GPS.



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