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London, Oct 5: A new study has revealed that being held or stroked for too long can be very stressful for some cats.

According to Cats Protection's survey, more than half of cat owners are -unaware of the stress being mollycoddled can give their pet, the Daily Express reported.

Cats Protection behaviour manager Nicky Trevorrow, said that space and peace is often what cats need. They are not small furry humans, so what would comfort us will not -necessarily comfort them. Owners love their -animals and want them to be happy but our research has highlighted a lack of -understanding.

New Delhi : Three of the top-10 Sensex firms added Rs 38,768.45 crore to market capitalisation last week, with IT major TCS emerging as the biggest gainer.

While TCS, Infosys and Sun Pharma saw gains in their market valuation, ONGC, RIL, ITC, CIL, HDFC Bank, SBI and ICICI Bank saw erosion in their m-cap. The cumulative loss of these seven firms stood at Rs
26,925.45 crore.

The m-cap of TCS surged Rs 18,186.79 crore to reach Rs 5,43,684.13 crore, while that of Sun Pharma zoomed Rs 11,049.34 crore to touch Rs 1,78,208.15 crore.

The valuation of Infosys climbed Rs 9,532.32 crore, to Rs 2,20,920.14 crore.

London, Oct 05 - Scientists recently discovered that there is a specific network in the human brain that helps people in using different tools or perform complex actions like inserting a key in lock.

People who are unable to button up their jacket or who find it difficult to insert a key in lock suffer from a condition known as apraxia. This means that their motor skills have been impaired, as a result of a stroke, for instance.

New Delhi - Its raining jobs in the e-commerce space as this segment could grow at 20-25 percent over the next 2-3 years in terms of jobs, salaries and growth, which in turn could create at least 1,50,000 jobs.

The current estimated size of the industry is about Rs 18,000 crore and is expected to reach Rs 50,000 crore by 2016 and as the industry grows, the demand for talent would grow proportionally.

New Delhi - Over four crore subscribers of the retirement fund body EPFO would be able to access their provident fund accounts online on real time basis using a dedicated members' web portal from October 16.

The Universal Account Number (UAN) member's portal will help Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) to monitor whether their employers are depositing their PF contributions.

The UAN members' portal is likely to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 16, a senior official said adding that in the first phase the members' accounts would be accessible and become portable for lifetime.

New Delhi : Overseas investors have pumped in a little over Rs 5,100 crore in Indian equity markets in September, making it the lowest net investment in seven months.

Foreign investors were gross buyers of equities worth Rs 93,493 crore last month, while they sold shares amounting to Rs 88,391 crore - translating into a net investment of Rs 5,102 crore (USD 845 million) for the period, as per the latest data.

This was the lowest net investment by foreign investors in equity markets since February when they had infused Rs 1,404 crore.