- In the wake of the Mangalore air disaster which claimed 158 lives, government on Tuesday said it was in the process of framing fresh regulations to ensure that safety is not compromised on account of financial distress of airlines.
- NEW DELHI: With some give and take between the Opposition and ruling parties, an agreement to end the week-long parliamentary impasse over how to discuss the prices issue was reached here on Monday.
- SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government is mulling over tough measures to enforce curfew to put brakes on the unending cycle of violence and people taking “law into their own hands.”
- The Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is now a World Heritage Monument. The 34th session of the World Heritage Committee, presently underway in Brasilia, has inscribed Jantar Mantar in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's World Heritage List. Thirty-three countries across the world had submitted 32 sites for consideration this year.
- HYDERABAD: Vice-Chancellor of Anantapur-based Sri Krishnadevaraya University P. Kusuma Kumari has been removed from her post for committing grave irregularities in the appointment of faculty members.
- BANGALORE: The Centralised Processing Centre of the Income Tax Department here has processed over 26 lakh e-filed returns in Forms 1-4 for the assessment year 2009-10. It has determined refunds in over five lakh cases. A release said refunds are being sent through State Bank of India. The status of these refunds can be checked at CPC's call centre (080-43456700) or at http://www.tin-nsdl.com/.
- Microsoft has issued a "critical" security update to fix a flaw in the way Windows handles shortcuts.The bug allowed attackers to craft booby-trapped shortcuts that allow them to take over a target computer.
- Nasa is planning two emergency spacewalks to repair the cooling system on the International Space Station.
- Keeping your heart fit and strong can slow down the ageing of your brain, US researchers say.
- A Boston University team found healthy people with sluggish hearts that pumped out less blood had "older" brains on scans than others.
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