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BlackBerry Q10 US launch in June: Selling well in Canada, UK

BlackBerry Q10 US release date is still away while in neighbouring country Canada and in UK, the handset has already been launched and doing brisk business. This must be one of the best news for Ontario, Canada based company that has been struggling to increase the lacklustre sale of its full touch screen handset BlackBerry [...]

This is going to be one of the most amazing videos ever. Time-lapse video of massive sun burst was recorded on camera by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory May Day acquired a whole new meaning after the biggest star of our solar system spewed a massive wave of super hot plasma into the open space for [...]

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The U.S. carriers AT&T and Verizon have lowered the prices of LG Google Nexus 4 and HTC DROID DNA in a sweeping movement. These two top-of-the-line handsets are now available for discounted prices of $49 on two-year data contracts. For a while after their releases late last year, these two devices had been hot products. [...]

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Dhaka, July 7 (IANS) Train services on two routes in northwest Bangladesh were suspended Saturday after a bomb-like object was found lying on a rail track in Dinajpur, along the border with India’s West Bengal state. Residents of Bochaganj sub-district saw a box connected by two wires that was lying on the rail track around [...]

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Everyone is interested in being in touch with near and dear ones. Here are some of the best iPhone and iPad apps for social networking It is a time when social media has gained huge importance in the life of everyone. Social media sites have received large attention over the last few years. Today, with [...]

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The Anna team seems to be in disarray. After two prominent members of team Anna left the group, a third prominent figure of the group Delhi Archbishop Vincent M. Concessao has distanced himself from the group. “As he is the leader of a community that has its members in various parties, he may not join [...]

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(Nvonews.com) The SC has pulled up state governments and Union territories for not providing toilets in government schools. The Apex Court set a deadline of Dec 31 for the construction of toilets in all government run schools. Temporary facilities must be provided by Nov 30, in case permanent services cannot be enabled, Justices Dalveer Bhandari [...]

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JAIPUR (NVONEWS): If the Government wants to bring Muslims at par with other communities of India, then reservation is the most effective way. That was the message from the Muslim Reservation Conference in Vidyadhar stadium here. The speakers at the conference agreed that reservation should be provided in every field for the Muslims. As the [...]

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NEW DELHI: What are the things you can get for 32 bucks? Let me see: you can have a single piece of shawarma, (or) you can have a half litre of coke, or maybe you would like a couple of gulab jamuns? Yeah, one of any of these things. You certainly can’t have a cup [...]

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LONDON, (IANS): Facebook has been accused of promoting ‘rape culture’ by activists after refusing to remove pages joking about sexual assault, a media report said. The claims came after the social networking site refused to remove pages that feature jokes and apparent confessions of sexual assault posted by users, Daily Mail reported. A petition titled [...]

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Only one incident of Sati has been registered in Chhattisgarh in 2008. As for the other crimes against women, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has recorded 185312, 195856 and 203804 cases in the country in 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively. This was revealed by the Minister of State (I/C) of Women and Child Development [...]

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Tarit Mukherjee writes: “More blood, more life” is this year’s theme of the World Blood Donor Day, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO).  Every two seconds someone needs blood. Our blood helps more than one life at a time. Accident victims, premature babies, patients undergoing major surgeries require whole blood, where blood after testing is used [...]

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ABHINAY KUMAR SHARMA writes: The World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies initiated World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) in 2004. It takes place on June 14 each year and provides an opportunity for a united, national and global celebration on a day that has particular significance-the birthday of [...]

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Vidya Bhushan Arora writes: We are living in an ageing world. Over the past few years, the world’s population has witnessed a growth in the number and proportion of older persons. According to a UN paper, such a rapid, large and ubiquitous growth has never been seen in the history of civilization. The World Health Orgnization (WHO) has [...]

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