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Compared to high heels, flip-flops don't even look remotely hazardous.

But health professionals are admonishing of the risks of their prolonged use like the risk of shin splints and joint pains.

Regular complaints comprise twisted ankles, but a few have broken their arms or wrists after falling as their flip-flops caught on rough ground.

Specialists said that flip-flops force people to alter the style they walk so that when taking a stride they press down the outside of their foot, rather than their heel, leading to long-standing damage.

The 30-share index Sensex fell 32.87 points to 17,959.13 during the opening trade, on account of profit booking witnessed at upper levels together with weak worldwide signals.

Meanwhile, the broad-based Nifty eased by 8.95 points to 5399.55 during the opening trade.

The scrips trading in the pessimistic terrain were telecom, technology, select auto and select financial companies.

The top losers in the list comprised Tata Motors, Ambuja Cements, Idea Cellular, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, RCom, Bharti Airtel, PNB, ITC and Infosys.

HCL Technologies has announced an increase of 18.6% in its annual revenues that stood at Rs 12,565 crores as against last year.

Indian IT giant recorded a 2 per cent growth in its net income, which has crossed Rs 1,303 crores this year.

The company declared their annual financial outcomes for fiscal year (FY) 2009-10 and also for the fourth quarter (Q4) on Thursday

For the fourth quarter as well, the company declared a 11.4% (quarter-on-quarter) and 17.8% (year-on-year) growth in revenues that amounted to Rs 3,425 crores.

Stock market analyst Salil Sharma has maintained 'hold' rating on Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) stock with short term target of Rs 394.

According to analyst, the interested investors can buy the stock with stop loss of Rs 371

Today, the stock of the bank opened at Rs 378 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 45.29 and 8.80 respectively.

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 384.50 and a low of Rs 163 on BSE.

With companies going ga-ga about 3G technology in India, the latest to join the league is Vodafone. As the company is all set to roll out its 3G enabled services by the first quarter of next year.

The telecom major is waiting for the spectrum allocation currently and is planning to launch its services initially in nine circles. As recently only during the spectrum sale the company had bagged 3G in nine circles including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (East) and West Bengal.

The character essayed by Pooja Pihal a. k. a Shravani of ‘Pavitra Rishta’ is annoying people because of her shouting. Her unleash of anger on Archana (Ankita Lokhande) and Manav (Sushant Rajput) in the show is earning her irritation of the audience. But the truth is that the actual Shravani, that is Pooja, is not what is portrayed in the show. In fact, she is exactly opposite to what she is in the show.