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AISoy 1, world's first robot designed with its own conscience and life which is capable of teaching and entertaining people who buy it, has been designed by a Spanish company

AlSoy Robotics, the first of its kind, it has been made with the objective of giving life to it along with all other emotions and also decision making capacity. This 25 cm high and 1.5 kg heavy robot will perform all the activities just as any other living being requiring nourishment, love, acknowledgment, independence and cooperation.

A recent theory says that while getting angry or crying, one is secretly manipulating others to behave in the way that he/she wants.

Our emotional tools have developed to influence others into cooperating with us. It has also been observed that anger is associated to conflicts as well as cooperation.

If someone gives us something to help us avoid some kind of penalty, we do not feel obliged whereas if the same amount was given as a favor by himself undertaking some loss, then we appreciate it.

A larger number of Indian students, applying in colleges abroad, are now giving more preference to UK over America. Fresh data shows that in 2010, UK has issued 57,500 student visas while US has issued a little less than half of it. Education consultants explain the recent sequence of race attacks as the reason behind the fall just as the number of students preferring Australia has also gone down following the recent racial attacks.

The All India Federation of Pensioner's Associations has made an appeal to the Central and State governments regarding provisions for health insurance for all their employees and retirees. Their contention is that all the pensioners, regardless of whether they retired before 2006 or later, must get an equal treatment and get equal financial benefits that they deserve.

According to a study, almost 70 percent of the poisoning cases amongst children are caused by the accidental ingestion of medicinal drugs. This kind of accidental ingestion is not only well prevalent in America, but is increasing in India as well. It can have hazardous consequences on children and can sometimes even prove fatal.

Children occasionally have easy access to their elders' medicines and finding the packaging of the medicines attractive, can many a time, out of curiosity or in a playful state of mind take in the medicines in large quantities which cause them serious harm.

Following the trend of the biggies in the sector, Corporation Bank has finally decided to raise its interest rates. The main ones have been raised by 50 basis points.

The bank in a statement filed with the Bombay Stock Exchange said, "Corporation Bank has revised its benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) from 12 per cent to 12.50 per cent with effect from August 2, 2010."