Srinagar, Nov 17 : Polling today began on a dull note due to severe cold in ten assembly segments in the first of seven-phase elections in Jammu and Kashmir amid unprecedented security arrangements.

Over 600,000 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in this phase to choose 10 representatives in the most-keenly fought Assembly elections in the State''s political history despite boycott call by separatists.

Key Sonawari constituency in Bandipora valley has the highest number of candidates among the 10 seats while Nobra constituency in Leh district has the least.

Washington, Nov 17 : A team of scientists has discovered a new class of exceptionally effective catalysts that can open up a vast new scientific platform to researchers in medicine, biology and materials, which would be faster, cleaner and more efficient.

The discovery was made by a team of Boston College and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) scientists, who found catalysts that promote the powerful olefin metathesis reaction.

Melbourne, Nov 17 : Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is emerging as an unlikely saviour of the US publishing industry, for literary agents are considering signing her for book deals.

It is reckoned that Palin may make 10.8 million dollars by revealing about the recent election campaign.

While many journalists and politicians are also expected to write books on this year’s presidential election, Palin''s personal account of her tumultuous introduction to national politics is widely regarded as the tale most likely to repay a multi-million-dollar advance.

New Delhi, Nov. 17 : Green and nuclear is the only way forward for India’s energy requirements in the years to come.

This was the unanimous conclusion of the panelists at a session titled “Fuelling India’s Future: Will it be Green and Nuclear?” at the 24th India Economic Summit, jointly organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and World Economic Forum in New Delhi.

Clean technologies such as nuclear, bio fuels, wind and solar need an increased focus, to ensure energy security for India, concluded the panel. According to the panelists, solar energy has the potential to get energy to the remotest village in India and replacing the costlier, more inefficient grid power.

Washington, Nov 17 : Daniel Craig has revealed that British royal Prince Harry would be his ideal man to play movie spy James Bond.

The 007 actor insists the prince would be the perfect replacement as the womanising secret agent because he mixes his dashing looks with a hint of naughtiness.

"I think Prince Harry would make a fantastic James Bond. He''s suave, and just a little bit dangerous,” Contactmusic quoted him, as saying.

London, Nov. 17 : A school in South Wales has been asked by a court to pay 76,000 pounds as legal costs to a Sikh girl who was banned from wearing a religious bracelet.

According to The Sun, fifteen-year-old Sarika Watkins-Singh won a High Court case after being suspended over the silver Kara bangle, which the school said broke its jewellery rules.

The Aberdare Girls School in South Wales may now have to pay her costs too.

Yesterday local Labour MP Ann Clwyd blasted governors for “wasting taxpayers’ money”. She said: “I told them they’d lose.”

In the wake of this verdict, schools in Britain will struggle to enforce rules about uniform, a teachers’ union has warned.