Qayam Ali Cyber security sleuths have alerted e-banking users in the country against the infectious and destructive activity of a “worm” virus which attacks and steals personal login secrets and passwords of an individual.
The virus, of the deadly Trojan variant, has been identified and named as ‘Cridex’ and is considered notorious as it can assume as many as six aliases to perpetrate its activities.
An international study has documented one of the most rapid biological transitions ever with the extinction of a unique New Zealand penguin and its replacement by another breed.
Study leaders from the University of Otago said Tuesday that the team used carbon dating and ancient DNA analysis of archaeological penguin remains to determine that the process happened within just a few decades.
Direct-selling FMCG-company Amway India said its upcoming plant in Tamil Nadu will become operational by the end of 2015, a company official said on Tuesday.
The company also said that plans were afoot to turn the Rs.550 crore unit into a manufacturing centre catering to international markets.
Unveiling its latest protein product here, chief marketing officer Sundip Shah also said that the company was hoping to double its sales of the protein segment from the current Rs.300 crore by the next five years.
Beyonce has topped the list of celebrities who flaunted their precious jewels as she wore a 10 million dollar worth emerald ring at 2015 Grammys.
The ‘Crazy in Love’ singer donned in Lorraine Schwartz diamonds including 80-carat Colombian emerald-diamond chandelier earrings and over 100-carats of emerald and diamond rings, E! Online reported.
The American pop-star opted for Monique Pean open collar necklace worth 132,680 built with white gold and diamonds.
Deputy CLP leader T Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir, has offered his two-month pay to clear salary dues of the staff of historic Makkah Masjid and Royal Mosque at Public Garden.
In a letter to Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Mr Ali expressed regret that the state has completely neglected the affairs of the Mecca Masjid and Royal Mosque. Though the staff at these two mosques had not got paid in the last three months, the state government has not released funds for their maintenance.
RBI Deputy Governor H R Khan on Tuesday said though the country’s forex kitty was at an all time high of USD 330 billion, there should be no complacency as no amount of reserves may be enough to fight extreme volatility.
“Foreign currency reserves have improved. Right now we’re at USD 330 billion, highest ever. But there is also a view that no amount of foreign exchange reserves can cushion when there is extreme volatility or external shocks,” Khan said, days after weekly data showed an over USD 6 billion jump in forex to an all-time high.
Including a probiotic drink in your diet could help prevent insulin resistance, a major characteristic of diet-induced diseases such as type 2 diabetes.
Excessive consumption of high-fat foods can lead to insulin resistance and diabetes.
“We are already aware that excessive consumption of high-fat foods, even for a short period, can lead to the development of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes,” said Carl Hulston from the Loughborough University.
It can perhaps be called ageing with confidence, and no wonder you will if you can stay clear of the many ailments that usually accompany the onset of old age.
Indeed, as you approach 60, debilitating diseases like cancer, dementia, Parkinson’s or stroke start to test your body’s failing defences. However, a study has found that the elderly in Britain these days are increasingly healthy, for whom the age of 60 does not carry a sense of foreboding any more.
Children exposed to tobacco smoke from their parents while in the womb are predisposed to developing diabetes as adults, warns a new study.
“Our findings are consistent with the idea that gestational environmental chemical exposures can contribute to the development of health and disease,” said lead author Michele La Merrill, an assistant professor of environmental toxicology at University of California, Davis.
Reports of trafficking in young women by deceitful agents whisking them away to far off lands like Dubai, Malaysia and Singapore and forcing them in flesh trade have come to light. Pathetic tales of young women and unskilled youths having pushed into flesh trade or into hazardous work will make you think twice for going abroad.
Beyond the belief but true there are almost 1.51 lakh insanitary toilets and insufficient community hygienic toilets in urban areas of Telangana state.1,65,318 insanitary toilets are identified in six cities, 62 towns and nagara panchayats, some 9,680 insanitary toilets have been converted to sanitary toilets and 4,017 demolished.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government of Iran and its people on the eve of the 36th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
“On behalf of the government and the people of India and on my own behalf, it gives me great pleasure to extend to Your Excellency and to the friendly people of Iran warm greetings and felicitations on the occasion of the 36th Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran,” President Mukherjee said in his message to Iran’s President Dr. Hassan Rouhani.
In what can bring in huge embarrassment for the Congress, Congress leader Shahshi Tharoor today wrote on Twitter account that: “I think that hanging of Afzal Guru was both wrong &badly handled. Family should have been warned, given a last meeting & body returned.”
Tharoor’s remarks came after five Jammu and Kashmir lawmakers called Guru’s hanging a ‘mistake’. The Congress MLAs have given a written undertaking admitting that not allowing his family to meet Guru was a mistake.
Alps Electric, which has its headquarters in Tokyo, supplies about 40,000 types of electronic parts to more than 2,000 manufacturer companies worldwide.
The company has been expanding their bases in overseas regions in order to supply their products and services quickly to the customers.
Alps forayed in Malaysia in the late 1989 with paid up capital of US$13.63 million. The company has been actively expanding its manufacturing and sales offices in ASEAN regions, including Thailand, India and Indonesia for over 25 years.
The Delhi High Court has sought to know from the central and city government why it cannot provide publications on homoeopathy free of cost in jail to a prime accused in 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts.
Justice Rajeev Shakdher asked both governments to inform about the problem in providing the free publications to the accused for study.
The court also asked the government to inform it about the status of case of Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, lodged in a Mumbai jail.
With total funds of USD 4.1 billion, Indians rank 16th on the new leaked HSBC list of Swiss bank account holders from over 200 countries, while people from Switzerland itself are on the top.
The list, made public by an international body of journalists ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists), comprises over one lakh HSBC customers and their bank accounts with balances totalling over USD 100 billion.
There are more than 19,000 clients not associated with any country, ICIJ said.
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service was on Monday suspended by authorities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir over arrest of a driver from the other side of the LoC following recovery of narcotics from his vehicle.
The Karvan-e-Aman (Peace Caravan) Bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad has been suspended indefinitely, official sources said.
The sources said the decision was taken after PoK authorities conveyed their decision to suspended travel and trade along the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road till the issue regarding the arrest of their driver is resolved.
The new 450-bed emergency block to come up at Niloufer Hospital, initiated about four years ago is not yet completed. According to sources it may take some more time to get in working mode.
Niloufer Hospital at present constitutes of 500 beds, with an emergency wing having 250 beds. Niloufer Hospital assumed to be a top government-run institute for children. Children and pregnant women from all over the state are referred to the hospital.
MP K Kavitha said “the government had taken an initiative to take over the sugar factory and help sugarcane farmers to reap benefits, talking to media persons here on Sunday.
Nizam Sugar factory was set up by the Nizams about 80 years ago and was earning profits till it fell on hard times leading to its privatization. The factory was privatized in 2002 by Telugu Desam Government after it began incurring losses.
You would think that nothing would give parents more pleasure than reading their kids a bedtime story, but it turns out that over 1/3rd of parents are too tired and busy to do it.
A study of 1,000 families, commissioned by sat-nav firm Tom-Tom for a children’s book promotion, revealed that while fathers were often tied due to working late or a long commute, mothers were simply too tired, the Daily Express reported.
A four-member Japanese delegation visited Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) and had a brief discussion with Vice-Chancellor K Viyyanna Rao here on Sunday, about the number of employment opportunities for the youths who are aware of the Japanese language in their country.
The team interacted with the principals, deans, heads of departments at ANU to explore the various possibilities of introducing Japanese language centre in ANU .
S. Madhusudhana Chary Assembly Speaker Telangana on Sunday said the TRS Government would soon take a favorable decision to regularize the services of contract employees who played a key role in achieving statehood for Telangana, in the State while releasing a calendar brought out by Anti Retro Viral Therapy Centre and Aids Control Employees here.
Muslims should “broaden their mental horizon” by striving to set up more modern educational institutions, Shia cleric Moulana Kalbe Sadiq said.
Sadiq, who is also the vice-president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), said Muslims should strive to setup more modern educational institutions to provide quality education to them and broaden their mental horizon.
Speaking at a function at Morna town here yesterday evening, he said there is no place for violence and atrocities on human in Islam.He also said it is the duty of humans to help others in problem.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to make his first official visit to the US later this year to push for “new model” of major-country relations, amid strong American Asia-Pacific military push, which officials here say is aimed at containing the communist country.
Arrangements are being made for Xi to pay his first state visit later this year to the United States, China’s ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai told state-run China Daily.
While the date has yet to be released, discussion is ongoing between Beijing and Washington for Xi’s expected trip,
Goa Congress today condemned the recent police action in Delhi against Christians who took to streets over attacks on churches, and questioned the silence of state BJP MLAs from the minority community over the issue.
“The police action against the peaceful protesters is condemnable. This clearly indicates the communal psyche of the (Narendra) Modi-led government. The safety of minorities is again in question under the current rule,” Goa Congress unit spokesman Sunil Kawthankar told reporters here.