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Indians in UAE want
‘long, cumbersome’ voting procedure to be simplified
Dubai, Jan 12: The Indian community living in the UAE feels
the procedure to exercise their franchise is too
complicated, and has urged the government to simplify the
voting process.
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China’s Internet users top half a
billion
Beijing, Jan 12: China’s Internet users are estimated to have reached 505
million, up front 485 million at the end of June, according to a survey.
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US says no deal concluded yet for
opening Taliban office in Qatar
Washington, Jan 12: The United States has said that Afghan and Taliban
statements show there is support for opening a Taliban political office in
Qatar, but stressed that nothing has been concluded as yet.
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Intel in talks
with Apple, Windows over use ‘Medfield’ chips in mobile
devices
London, Jan 12: US computer chip giant Intel has said that
the company is in talks with Apple and other mobile phone
manufacturers about the use of Intel''s chips in mobile
handsets.
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Muscat to stage hit Indian play in
English
Dubai, Jan 12: Muscat will see the staging of a hit Indian comedy-suspense-drama
play in English, ‘See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil’ on Jan 27.
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Facebook starts displaying paid
adverts in users’ news feeds
London, Jan 12: Facebook’s paid adverts, also known as ‘sponsored stories’, have
now started appearing in user’s news feeds.
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India demands
apology over Clarkson’s ‘tasteless, offensive’ jokes on
country’s culture, people
London, Jan 12: The Indian High Commission in London has
formally complained to the BBC, accusing Top Gear presenter
Jeremy Clarkson of offensive behaviour for making jokes
about Indian people and culture.
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High heels to be
blamed for flat feet but a cure is around the corner
Washington, Jan 12: Gradual “stretching out” over time of a
tendon near the ankle bone from wearing high heels and
standing or walking for long periods may cause flat feet, a
new study has found.
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Steve Jobs now
immortalized in comic book
Washington, Jan 12: Apple’s visionary co-founder Steve Jobs
has been immortalized again, this time in a new comic book
that documents his life.
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Rare hot blue stars discovered in
neighbouring galaxy’s hub
Washington, Jan 12: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a large, rare
population of hot, bright stars inside the hub of the neighbouring Andromeda
galaxy.
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NASA’s Hubble
solves mystery on supernova explosion in nearby galaxy
London, Jan 12: With the help of NASA’s Hubble Space
telescope, astronomers have finally solved a longstanding
mystery on the type of star that caused a supernova seen in
a nearby galaxy.
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7.7 mm frog in New
Guinea is world’s tiniest vertebrate
Washington, Jan 12: A scientist has recently discovered two
new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which is now the
world’s tiniest known vertebrate, averaging less than
one-third of an inch.
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How star forming
galaxies starve to death
Washington, Jan 12: Young and active galaxies evolve into
‘red and dead’ elliptical galaxies as their central super
massive black holes and their jets starve them of their
star-forming gas, a new study has revealed.
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3 smallest planets
outside solar system found
Washington, Jan 12: A team of astronomers has discovered the
three smallest confirmed planets ever detected outside our
solar system.
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What makes alcohol
so addictive
Washington, Jan 12: Drinking alcohol leads to the release of
endorphins in areas of the brain that produce feelings of
pleasure and reward, a new study has claimed.
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