NDTV started using the 'Ra' Indian Rupee symbol in its Website Portals.

After the announcements of Indian Rupee symbol, many Indian were eager to use Ra symbol in there website. For the temporary Banglore based firm announced a font where we can use the symbol. You can download it here.

NDTV, India's leading Pvt Media firm had already started using the 'Ra' symbol in its website. You can see in their Website portals, preferably in business website where rupee is used for all the interpretations.

NDTV started using the 'Ra' Indian Rupee symbol in its Website Portals.

Apple becomes world’s most valuable brand

Global technology major Apple tops the Forbes list of the ‘World’s Most Valuable Brands’, ahead of giants Microsoft and Coca Cola. The Forbes Top 50 list of the world’s most valuable brands, compiled by the magazine, is dominated by 32 US firms. The top nine brands in the list were from the US. No Indian company features in the list.

Tech major Apple, which topped the list, “is a company that has faced setbacks before and bounced back to become the world’s most valuable brand — worth $ 57.4 billion,” Forbes noted. The magazine further said, “Apple shows just how a brand can survive and thrive even when a parent company stumbles. Apple’s sales in the late 1990s plummeted 46 per cent over a four-year stretch while the company lost money seven times over eight quarters.”

Apple becomes world’s most valuable brand

Snake venom may cure heart disease,cancer.

Japanese scientists have claimed that a number of toxins found in snake venom could help develop new therapies for chronic diseases like heart attack, stroke and cancer.

The scientists, who reported their findings in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, said that inhibiting a protein found on the surface of blood cells known as platelets may combat both irregular blood clotting and the spread of certain cancers throughout the body.

"The finding that platelets not only play a role in blood clotting but also in the development of vessels that allow tumours to flourish was quite unexpected and paves the way for new research on the role or roles of platelets," said Ms Katsue Suzuki-Inoue, the associate professor at the University of Yamanashi.

Snake venom may cure heart disease,cancer.

We'll punish WikiLeaks informers: Taliban

The Taliban in Afghanistan has threatened to behead informers who have been revealed following the explosive disclosure by WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks has put out over 90,000 uncensored intelligence documents, causing a security scare. Countries which have their forces fighting in Afghanistan are pouring over the documents to see the extent of the damage.

The Taliban on Thursday night responded for the first time since the WikiLeaks expose of the names and locations of anti-Taliban informers, Daily Mail reported on Friday.

We'll punish WikiLeaks informers: Taliban

Pakistanis regard India as greatest threat than Taliban and Al Qaeda.

Pakistanis consider India a greater threat than Taliban and Al Qaeda with a quarter viewing Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, blamed for 2008 Mumbai attacks, favourably, according to a new study.

Most Pakistanis sampled (53 per cent) said they saw India as the biggest threat to the country versus 23 per cent for the Taliban and 3 per cent for Al Qaeda, suggests the poll released by the Pew Research Centre, a Washington based think tank.

A quarter of respondents said they had a favourable view of LeT versus 35 percent who said they had an unfavourable view, while 40 percent offered no opinion about the outfit that US experts warn is trying to expand its reach beyond the region.

Pakistanis regard India as greatest threat than Taliban and Al Qaeda.

AISoy 1: the world's first robot with a conscience

Spain has designed the world's first robot with its own "conscience" and "life", which will "entertain, teach and be a companion" to humans who purchase it.

The AISoy 1, which will go on sale in August, is the first social android developed by Spanish firm AISoy Robotics, which is now bringing its creation out of the laboratory.

"It almost seems like science fiction, but it's a reality," said Diego Garcia, one of the "fathers" of the robot and head of AISoy's product engineering and development division.

AISoy 1: the world's first robot with a conscience

Khel Ratna, Highest Sport Award in India for Saina Nehwal.

Ace Indian badminton player and World No. 2 Saina Nehwal will receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour, from President Pratibha Patil on National Sports Day on August 29 at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here.

The 15-member panel on Friday took a unanimous decision to confer her with the award.

This award is due to hat-trick of wins clinching the Indonesian Open in 2009, the Singapore Open title in June, 2010, and the Indonesian Open a week later, which made her the World No. 2 after demolishing the China supremacy.

Khel Ratna, Highest Sport Award in India for Saina Nehwal.

Ideal Indian man, woman now weigh 60, 55 kg

The ideal Indian man is now five kg heavier and the ideal woman weighs 10 kg more than their ancestors in the pre-Independence era. The Centre has fixed the weight of the Indian “reference man” at 60 kg and the Indian “reference woman” at 55 kg.

These figures will now be taken as the standard weight for Indian adult. The earlier values were 55 kg for the man and 45 kg for the woman, and were fixed before Independence.

These new anthropometric values were suggested by an expert committee on daily recommended dietary allowance appointed by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Ideal Indian man, woman now weigh 60, 55 kg

Sea snail saliva could help in severe pain treatment

Scientists have developed what they claim could be the most potent treatment for severe pain – as potent as morphine.

A sea snail’s saliva contains chemicals that help the slow-moving creatures catch prey.

These chemicals are injected into passing prey with hypodermic-needle-like teeth that shoot from their mouths like harpoons.

Scientists already have transformed one of these chemicals into a pain-reliever for humans, but it has to be injected directly into the spinal cord, limiting its use.

Sea snail saliva could help in severe pain treatment

South Korea gets the fastest Internet in the world

The fastest broadband city in the world is Masan in South Korea, according to an analysis.

The data, from network giant Akamai reveals the average global net speed is only 1.7Mbps (megabits per second) although some countries have made strides towards faster services.

And Masan in South Korea stands at the top with Internet speed of 12Mbps.

At the second spot is Hong Kong with 9Mbps, followed by Japan with 7.8Mbps.

Rounding up the top 5 are Romania and Latvia with 6.3Mbps speed each.

South Korea gets the fastest Internet in the world

Asteroid, which may wipe out entire Human Species may hit 2182.

A massive asteroid might crash into Earth in 2182, scientists have warned.

The asteroid, called 1999 RQ36, has a one-in-thousand chance of actually hitting the Earth at some point before the year 2200, but is most likely to hit on September 24, 2182.

The asteroid was first discovered in the year 1999 and is more than 1,800 feet across. If an asteroid of this size hits the Earth it would cause widespread devastation and possible mass extinction, reports the Daily Mail.

Scientists say that any attempt to try and divert the asteroid will have to take place at least 100 years before it is due to hit to have any chance of success.

Asteroid, which may wipe out entire Human Species may hit 2182.

Ivy Bean, 'world's oldest Twitter user,' dead at 104

One of the oldest Nanny to tweet about her every day life is just 104 years old :P. Ivy Bean is from northern English city of Bradford, having nearly 57,000 Twitter followers around the world.

Bren loves to tweet with her warm tweet consisted of happiness and sadness.

Two weeks ago, Bean entered the hospital with jaundice, and care home manager Pat Wright took over the tweeting on Bean's account. Wright revealed that Andre called his biggest fan daily and even sent her flowers the first day she got sick.

In the past few days, Bean returned to Hillside Manor care home, but she never fully recovered from her illness. Wright informed Bean's Twitter followers Wednesday that she died "peacefully" at 12:08 a.m.

Ivy Bean, 'world's oldest Twitter user,' dead at 104

World's first 3D camcorder for home movies unveiled

The 3D revolution has so far been all about Hollywood blockbusters and major sporting events. But now, the cutting-edge technology is coming closer to home.

Treasured moments such as a child's first steps or a university graduation can be captured in 3D with the arrival of the first camcorder - capable of filming in more than two dimensions, says the Daily Mail.

Unveiled by Panasonic Wednesday, the 1,300 pound HDC-SDT750 3D model works using a sophisticated double lens.

Company spokesman Barnaby Sykes said: "Just as we have two eyes, so the 3D camcorder has two lenses side by side. The camcorder acts like the human brain in converging the two images together to create one picture in 3D."

World's first 3D camcorder for home movies unveiled

Most iPad owners are "over-achieving selfish elites"

Dubbing iPad owners as “over-achieving selfish elites,” a new survey has revealed that those who have Apple's "magical device", are six times more likely to be wealthy, highly educated and sophisticated 30-50 year olds who value power and achievement.

The survey of 20,000 people conducted by US consumer research firm MyType also claimed that they are selfish and unkind.

MyType spokesman Tim Koelkebeck gave his unflattering appraisal of iPad owners on the company's blog after the firm released the results of the survey online.

And Koelkebeck said that 96 per cent of iPad's critics don't own an iPad, but are generally independent-minded young people who "shun conformity".

Most iPad owners are "over-achieving selfish elites"

Don't eat for two, pregnant women advised.

The traditional advice that expectant mothers should 'eat for two' is dangerous, says a report by a British government health watchdog.

The watchdog, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), says it has been forced to speak out against the common advice to prevent an obesity crisis among mothers-to-be.

In a report released Wednesday, NICE suggests that pregnant women should do at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day such as a brisk walk, swimming or cycling, according a Daily Mail report.

Almost half of expectant mothers are overweight or obese, putting themselves at much higher risk of fatal health conditions such as blood clots, miscarriages and stillbirths, according to the latest statistics.

Don't eat for two, pregnant women advised.

New design unveiled for Terrafugia flying car

Terrafugia, a developer of flying cars, released a scale model and computer-generated mockups of its redesigned "Transition" vehicle on Monday that the company says bring it a step closer, engineering-wise, to a deliverable product late next year.

The design tweaks, Terrafugia explained, were based on the results of a successful test flight last year at Plattsburgh International Airport in New York. Some of the improvements include a touch-screen cockpit interface and better-optimized wings with a new folding mechanism that helps them retract for road driving. It'll still run on gas station fuel and be able to be driven at highway speed and hit 115 miles per hour in the air.

Founded by MIT-bred engineers in 2006, the company also got a big boost earlier this year when the Federal Aviation Administration granted Terrafugia, which means "escape from land" in Latin, a weight exemption that allows it to be 110 pounds heavier than the normal maximum for light sport aircraft, meaning that it'll be able to have road essentials installed on board like airbags and a structural cage.

New design unveiled for Terrafugia flying car

Mobiles have 18x more bacteria than toilet handle.

The average mobile phone carries 18 times more potentially harmful germs than a flush handle in a men's toilet, tests have revealed.

One of the phones in the test had such high levels of bacteria that it could have given its owner a serious stomach upset.

The findings from a sample of dozens of phones by Which? magazine suggest 14.7 million of the 63 million mobiles in use in Britain today could be potential health hazards, reports the Daily Mail.

Hygiene expert Jim Francis, who carried out the tests, said, "The levels of potentially harmful bacteria on one mobile were off the scale. That phone needs sterilising."

Mobiles have 18x more bacteria than toilet handle.

India agrees to buy 57 Hawk jets worth about $800 million

British Aerospace has won a Rs 3,640 crore ($800 million) order to provide the Indian Air Force and Navy with 57 additional Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers.

The final terms and conditions for the contract were signed in the presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is in India on an official visit.

India has already contracted BAE to supply 66 Hawks for the Indian Air Force. The jets are being assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics in Bangalore (HAL).

India agrees to buy 57 Hawk jets worth about $800 million

Toy story 3 breaks British box office records

Disney's 3D outing Toy Story 3 has smashed records at the box office here by scoring the highest grossing debut for an animated movie.

The third and final installment of the hit Pixar franchise pulled in .5 million (21 million pounds) over its opening weekend in Britain (July 23-25), reports contactmusic.com.

The huge takings make the new Toy Story the most successful animated movie ever at the British box office, as well as the second biggest British opening of all time after Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban in 2004.

Toy story 3 breaks British box office records

Tiger Wood to play at Bridgestone Invitational

Tiger Woods has entered the Bridgestone Invitational next week at Firestone, where he is the defending champion and a seven-time winner of the World Golf Championship.

Woods won last year by rallying to beat Padraig Harrington, becoming the first player to win a PGA Tour event seven times on the same course.

He has won every year at Firestone since 2005, except for when he missed the second half of the 2008 season following knee surgery.

Tiger Wood to play at Bridgestone Invitational