Rumita Patel
London, Sept 17 (ANI): A new technology is under development that could replace passwords with a wave of the hand to verify a person’s identity. Intel is developing a biometric sensor that could be installed in a laptop or tablet computer to scan the unique pattern of veins in a person’s palm. The plan to…
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Chennai, Sep 17 (ANI): Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko will go ahead with his planned black flag demonstration against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse during his proposed visit to Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh. Vaiko said he had written a letter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan urging him not to invite…
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London, Sept 17 (ANI): U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said that Washington and Tokyo have agreed to set up a second missile defence system in Japan. The exact location of the system has not yet been determined. According to the Daily Express, U.S. officials, however, stressed that the radar system is aimed at protecting…
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Malkangiri (Odisha), Sep 17 (ANI): Nine employees of a Hyderabad-based private company were arrested in Odisha’s Malkangiri District for supplying explosives to the Maoists. The employees were working in an infrastructure company based in Hyderabad and had undertaken several road construction projects in the area. According to reports the Company agreed to supply explosives in…
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Mumbai, Sept 17 (ANI): The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened at 18,651.97 points on Monday morning, a 240-point jump in early trade. The 30-share index touched a high of 18,715.03, while Nifty traded at 5,636.05, up 58.40 points or 1.05 per cent. Investors will now await a decision on interest rates by…
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London, Sept 17 (ANI): Controversial Brit-Indian author Salman Rushdie has said that the fatwa against him was the ‘prologue’ to the current anti-American protests sweeping the Middle East. Rushdie was forced to go into hiding after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death in 1989 following the publication of his…
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London, September 17 (ANI): A rare 1928 Mercedes supercar, which spent 60 years gathering dust in a garage, has fetched almost 3 million pounds at an auction, it has been revealed. The S-Type Mercedes-Benz – the supercar of its generation that easily reached over 100mph – still runs perfectly despite being stuck in a ‘time…
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Mumbai, Sep 17 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday lowered the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points from 4.75 per cent to 4.50 per cent, while keeping its key rates unchanged at 8 per cent. The cash reserve ratio (CRR) or the portion of deposits banks need to park with…
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Kolkata, Sept 17 (ANI): Private buses have gone off city roads indefinitely from Monday over a demand for fare revision following the Rs. 5/litre hike in diesel prices. Taxis will join the shutdown from Thursday, while traders’ organisations and Left Front have already called for a shutdown on the same day to protest FDI in…
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Karachi, Sept. 17 (ANI): Pakistani authorities have arrested 11 Indian fishermen and seized two of their boats for violating the country’s maritime boundary. The fishermen were arrested by the Maritime Security Agency while they were allegedly fishing in Pakistani waters, officials said, adding that the men were later sent to a police station in Karachi,…
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