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It is OK to physically hurt you wife legally if you are in UAE

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According to Highest court of UAE, a man can beat his Wife and children as long as he leaves no marks on their body.

UAE's highest court said this while giving it's verdict in a case where a man beat up his wife and adult daughter. The court said the man was guilty of harming the women but noted that Islamic codes allow for discipline if no marks are left.

It added that children who have reached adulthood  cannot be hit.

"Although the (law) permits the husband to use his right (to discipline), he has to abide by the limits of this right," an Abu Dhabi daily quoted chief justice Falah al-Hajeri as saying in the ruling released on Sunday. The man's daughter was 23, hence too old to be disciplined in this fashion, it noted.

Teachers being sacked for flirting with their students on social networking site.

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In the past six months, at least 3 teachers from public high schools in New York for making indecent remarks while dealing with students on Facebook, according to media report.

One of the reason for a teacher got sacked for commenting "This is sexy", under some of their Facebook photos.

Other reasons include flirty comments and physical relations.

- IANS Inputs

Age no limit to 100 year old Indian Film fighter, to pursue PhD

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Bholaram Das who is one of the Indian Freedom Fighter had marked his 100th birthday this weekend, show age is no limit to study.

Bholaram Das follow the ideology of Gandhi Ji.Bholaram Das has enrolled in a PhD program at Gauhati University in Assam making him the oldest university student in India.

"In my 100 years, I have done many things in the sphere of society, politics, governance and religion," said Das, dressed in a suit, tie and white Gandhi cap at his birthday celebration.

Rooney should try to learn from legendary sachin : Britain Media

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"Learn how to turn expectations into inspiration", says column written, former England cricketer Ed Smith to Football player Wayne Rooney.

In an article headlined 'Sanctuary of crease lets Tendulkar reveal genius,' Smith had written, "Twice last week, sportsmen have proved me spectacularly wrong. First, Sachin Tendulkar reached 14,000 Test-match runs. And that's not the amazing part.

"It took him fewer innings to get from 13,000 to 14,000 than any other 1,000-run chunk of his career. A case could be made that he is at his best now, at 37," the newspaper noted.

The article said Tendulkar and Rooney were destined for rare greatness, even from teenage. Tendulkar has gone on and done it.

World's longest Tunnel under Swiss Alps [Pics]

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Yet an another engineering excellence,the world`s longest tunnel has taken shape deep beneath the Swiss Alps as fifteen years of hard work of boring, drilling and carving through solid rock comes to a close.

The 57-kilometer (35.4-mile) Gotthard Base rail tunnel will form the lynchpin of a network between northern and southeastern Europe that could shift truck freight onto rail and de-congest the Alps in central Switzerland when it opens in 2017. The Swiss tunnel has reclaimed the record from Japan's 33.5-mile Seikan Tunnel as the world's longest excluding aqueducts.

With its completion passengers will ultimately be able to speed from the Italian city of Milan to Zurich in less than three hours and further north into Germany, cutting the journey time by an hour. The project carries a price tag of 9.74 billion swiss francs ($10.25 billion.)

Unable to bare the Mastery of Sachin tendulkar, CWG Australian athletes shows frustrations on Washing Machine at CWG village.

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After India white washing of Australian cricket team in Test cricket with 2-0, it is reported that some of the Australian athletes showed their True sports spirit by creating ruckus at CWG village.

An Australian athlete was sent home for disciplinary reasons amidst allegations that some of their sports persons indulged in hooliganism and damaged property at the Commonwealth Games Village.

The Australian High Commission has admitted to damage to a washing machine but denied it was in reaction to Australia's loss in the cricket Test series against India.

The High Commission said in a press statement: “There were indeed some spirited celebrations involving the Australian team and a number of other teams at the athlete's village.”

12 year old Muslim girl leads the major Hindu festival Dussera Celebration in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Dussera is one of the major Hindu festival which is celebrated across all over India from a period of 9 long days each day representing distinct goddess form.

This time a 12 year old girl from Muslim background is leading the Navrathi festival which is being held at Maa Vaishnav Devi at jammu.

Mahapara Mogul, is gona dresses up as Mata Vaishno Devi for the festival.Mahapara, a sixth standard student, is one of the first Muslims to lead the nine-day Navratra festival at Katra - the base camp of the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine.

Her father Mohammd Yousuf, the owner of an eatery, said when Mahapara expressed her desire to take part, he was initially surprised, but fully supported her, even her decision to fast for all nine days.

US President Obama to visit Sikh Shrine Golden temple in his upcoming India's tour.

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How sikh are important to india and the world they will be knowing soon.

USA president Barack Obama will be the Golden holy shrine of Sikhs during his first visit to India this November. He will visit the Golden Temple and offer prayers at Harmandar Sahib, the sanctum sanctorum.

"Obama will visit the Golden Temple. US embassy officials and security officers have been coming here at regular intervals for weeks. We are cooperating with them," SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar told IANS.

"We have started preparations (ahead of the visit). Security has been beefed up in Amritsar district," Amritsar's Deputy Commissioner K.S. Pannu told IANS.

"Obama will visit Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) and Khalsa College. But there could be last minute changes. The final plan is yet to be sorted out," said Pannu.

What is worrying security agencies is that Obama is arriving on a Sunday, which attracts the highest number of devotees. The rush could be even more this time as Diwali falls Nov 5, making it a long weekend holiday till Nov 7.

"So far it has not been decided in which hotel President Obama will have his lunch," the official added.

Mukesh Ambani will move to his modest $ 1 Billion home 'Antila' with his wife, 3 children and 600 Staff members

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Indian Billionaire and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani's new 27-storey Mumbai skyscraper named 'Antila' likely sets a record as the world's most expensive residential home, according to ‘Forbes’ magazine.

The Mukesh Ambani family with their staff members will be joining their 19,500-square-foot new home by the end of this month.

Noting that the home is worth 630 million pounds, or $ 1 billion, as reported by 'The Telegraph'

"Given the enormous gap between the Antila's sale price and the known closing cost of any home sold in recent years, there's an awfully good chance that this is the most paid for a home, ever," Forbes said noting the highest price paid for a home in 2010 was somewhere between $ 47 million and $ 72 million for Le Belvedere, in Bel Air.

Delhi Common Wealth Games official Website was allegedly attacked repeatedly traced to China

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After the Happy ending of 2010 Delhi CWG, post-mortem of the games begins. Before the games started it was surrounded by many controversies of irregularities.

During the ongoing games there was a complaint of inefficient working of the official Delhi Commonwealth Games Website due to which the people couldn't access the Games Time table and schedule and ticket availability.

Investigation revealed that the Official website was attacked repeatedly until the the end of the games which route was traced to China.

Sources tell CNN-IBN that within two hours of the Games opening ceremony, the website faced massive cyber attacks, possibly from China. India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERTIN) had to set up a special cyber control room at the games village. But the cyber attacks continued till the end of Games.

Can't stop watching T.V? Then try to learn controlling now itself or may face psychological problems

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New study published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers in the UK found children who spend a lot of time in front of television and computer monitors had more psychological difficulties than their counterparts who weren't in front of these devices.

Scientists from University of Bristol's Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, looked at 1000 children, between 10 and 11 years, and noted the time they spent on recreational activities, including both sedentary time and time spent on moderate to vigorous activities and then they arrived at the conclusion.

The youngsters also completed a questionnaire that asked them about their strengths and difficulties. The questions were designed to assess their psychological well-being.

The data found children who looked at television or computer screens for more than two hours scored high on having psychological difficulty, regardless of how much time the children participated in physical activity.

India's TATA donates US$50 million,first in the school's 102-year history.

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India's Tata Group makes some generous donation of whopping US $ 50 Million to Harvard Business School which is the largest gift from a foregin donor in the schools history. Harvard official said that this donation will fund a new academic and residential building on the business school's Boston campus for its executive education programs.

Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons Ltd. and a graduate of the school's advanced management program, made the announcement Thursday with business school Dean Nitin Nohria and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

Harvard hopes to break ground next spring for the new Tata Hall.

Waking may help you to prevent memory loss and Alzheimer's disease from coming.

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Many know that Regular walking keep and fit and healthy but Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that men and women who walk at least six miles (about 9.5km) a week are mentally sharper in later life than those who don't walk much.

Our brains, according to the researchers, decrease in size as we age, but regular exercise may protect it in later life and could cut the risks of memory problems by half, the Telegraph reported.

For their study, the team studied 299 dementia free elderly individuals and recorded the distance they walked each week.

For nine years, brain scans were carried out to measure their brain size, and four years further on they were tested for cognitive impairment.

Watermelon helps to lowers blood pressure

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Watermelon is abundant in vitamin A, B6, and C, apart from fibre, potassium and lycopene, a powerful antioxidant has been found to lower pre-hypertension, a precursor to cardio diseases, shows a study.

Study on the health benefits of watermelon was conducted by Assistant professor Arturo Figueroa and Professor Bahram H. Arjmandi of the Florida State University.

Their study found that extracts of watermelon, given daily for six weeks, lowered blood pressure in a group of pre-hypertensive men and women aged between 51 and 57 years, reports the American Journal of Hypertension.

LOVE(143) is a drug, researchers proves via science.

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We has seen that the love they expected, if not received leads to hell lot of pain and uneasiness and some time which also lead to life ending consequences.

But science tell some thing new about LOVE. Researchers says LOVE is a drug, acts as a painkiller. They came to this conclusion by studying the Brain scans suggest many of the areas normally involved in pain response are also activated by amorous thoughts.

Stanford University researchers gave 15 students mild doses of pain, while checking if they were distracted by gazing at photos of their beloved.

The study focused on people early in a romance, journal PLoS One reported, so the "drug of love" may wear off.

Cellphone Address verification in India becomes a hell for the subscribers, over 25+ lakhs connections are said to be disconnected.

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Due to misuse of cellphones and prevent the misuse of sim cards from terror activities, Center Indian Govt had tighten the neck of the all the Indian cell operators to submit with the latest address proof of the cell users.

It is said that so far, nearly 30 lakh cellphone subscribers have been disconnected from their respective networks across the country due to either incomplete or unverified customer details.

There has be some news in some states where subscriber verification where the operators claimed that the involvement of police has been creating problems, came up for discussion in a meeting of telecom operators, led by Bharti Group chairman Sunil Mittal, with the Union home secretary G K Pillai on Wednesday.

Microsoft reveals report on number of computers infected with Botnets, Top Infections include US, S Korea, Brazil

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Report complied by Microsoft shows the how botnets are prevalent in Windows PCs.

In the US alone more than 2.2 million PCs were found to be part of botnets, networks of hijacked home computers, in the first six months of 2010.

While Brazil had the second highest level of infections at 550,000 and highest number of infection in South Korea where 14.6 out of every 1000 machines were found to be enrolled in botnets.

The research was undertaken to alert people to the growing danger from the malicious networks.

According to study, your weight may increase if you sleep with 'lights on'

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Do you think is there any connection between Sleeping with light on and weight gain? But the science shows there is a link.

According to the study carried out by researcher at the Ohio State University, Too much light at night appears to lead to weight gain, based on studies of mice .

The researchers found that mice exposed to a dim light at night over eight weeks had a weight gain that was about 50 per cent more than other mice that lived in a standard light-dark cycle.

“Although there were no differences in activity levels or daily consumption of food, the mice that lived with light at night were getting fatter than the others,” said Ms Laura Fonken, the lead author of the study and a researcher at the Ohio State University.

Read the entire article from Studyinghealth.blog

Newborns with jaundice are more likely to develop autism: Study

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In a study published in the US journal 'Pediatrics' had found that Infants born with jaundice are at much greater risk of developing autism.

This was concluded from full-term infants born in Denmark between 1994 and 2004 who had jaundice were 67 per cent more likely to develop autism.

Neonatal jaundice is usually caused by elevated production of bilirubin, a substance found in bile that results from the normal breakdown of red blood cells.

Jaundice is seen in 60 per cent of term infants and usually resolves within the first week of life, but prolonged exposure to high bilirubin levels is neurotoxic and can cause lifelong developmental problems, the study says.

Unhappy with Blackberry solution, Indian Govt set new deadline to give access to its Encrypted Communication system.

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Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the Business smartphone BlackBerry , has been given a new deadline of January 31 by the Indian government to get access to all its services, according to a report.

The Indian Govt. want RIM to complete access of its messaging and mail service to country's intelligence agencies.

Before this BlackBerry under pressure and therefore had granted India's government manual access to its Messenger service and has promised automated access by January 1, enabling authorities to track such messages in real time, the country's top interior ministry official had said on October 1.

The BlackBerry maker says its system is designed so that only the sponsoring business or organization has the technical capability to grant such access.