UIDAI introduces special blue coloured 'Baal Aadhaar' for children below the age of 5
Tech2 News Staff • 7 years agoThe Baal Aadhaar will be linked with his/her parent's UID. A biometric update is mandatory at age 5, at age 10 and again at age 15.
Delhi Metro fare hike comes into force today as DMRC rejects Arvind Kejriwal's request
• 7 years agoTravelling on Delhi Metro will pinch your pockets from Tuesday with the decks cleared for another fare hike, which will lead to an increase of Rs 10 for all travels beyond 5 km.
Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn: A 25-year old Bollywood rivalry, almost too subtle to notice
Abhishek Srivastava • 8 years agoSenior industry insiders recall that the Akshay Kumar-Ajay Devgn rivalry started during the making of Rajkumar Santoshi’s Khakee.
Dow closing in on 20,000; Nasdaq hits record high | Reuters
• 8 years agoBy Tanya Agrawal The Dow and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Tuesday, with the blue-chip index just 13 points shy of the 20,000 mark, a level it has never scaled.Goldman Sachs, which was up about 1 percent, gave the biggest boost to the Dow.U.S.
Placenta shots and fake names - South Korean president's treatments raise eyebrows | Reuters
• 8 years agoBy Jack Kim and Nataly Pak | SEOUL SEOUL At the start of President Park Geun-hye's term, physician Kim Sang-man was a frequent guest at Seoul's Blue House, exempt from thorough security checks, giving injections derived from human placenta to South Korea's most important patient.Park's frequent medical and cosmetic treatments, including shots administered without the supervision of her official doctors, have been revealed in detail during investigations into a sweeping corruption scandal that is poised to cost her the presidency, raising questions over their safety and efficacy.It has also fuelled criticism that doctors not appointed by the presidential office treated her over an extended period and continued to do so even after medical staff at her official Blue House residence became aware. "We're talking about the president, not just anybody, so the official doctor has to be consulted and then make the decision," said Shin Hyun-dai, who served as a Blue House doctor for former President Roh Moo-hyun from 2003 to 2008
Firefighters gain ground on Southern California wildfire | Reuters
• 9 years ago
Fund managers to bet on mid-caps: Reuters poll
Fp Archives • 11 years agoMUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian asset managers plan to increase their holdings of cheaper mid-cap shares in coming months, signalling increased confidence about the economy and the outlook for inflation despite looming general elections, according to a Reuters poll. The survey conducted January 3-7 shows 10 out of 16 fund managers expect to increase their allocation to mid-cap companies in the January-March quarter.
Kejriwal: Delhi's unconventional chief minister
Fwire • 11 years agoNew Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) It surely was an unusual setting for such a high-level official meeting. Seated in the living room of his modest apartment at Kaushambi, a suburb of Delhi, where Arvind Kejriwal and his family have been staying for around a decade, was the chief minister, sitting cross-legged on his sofa at home, a shawl draped around him and a woollen cap swathing his head and ears.
Beyonce releases new album on iTunes, with track feat daughter
Fp Archives • 11 years agoBeyonce released her fifth self-titled album exclusively on iTunes early Friday.
'Blue' could be Microsoft's new, low-cost version of Windows
Ram • 12 years agoWindows 8 is barely two months old and we already have rumours of Microsoft working on a new version of the operating system...