Washington, November 11: Britney Spears and late Heath Ledger have been nominated for the People''s Choice Award.
While Britney won the nomination for her guest appearance in ''How I Met Your Mother'', late Heath Ledger and co-star Christian Bale in ''The Dark Knight'' are being considered for favourite on-screen match-up.
‘The Dark Night’, directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan, is also in the nomination list with for favourite movie and favourite cast categories, reports the People magazine.
Washington, Nov 11: Researchers in the US have designed a new rear spoiler for bluff-backed vehicles that can reduce drag and lift significantly, which could improve fuel consumption as well as vehicle handling.
The rear spoiler has been designed by Inchul Kim of Metacomp Technologies, in Agoura Hills, California, along with Xin Geng and Hualei Chen of the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
According to the researchers, a traveling vehicle experiences two main aerodynamic forces.
Onboard Air India One, Nov. 11: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday, ruled out any immediate cut of fuel prices, saying that such a measure could not be considered till oil PSUs stop making losses.
Speaking to the media team accompanying him on his return home from official visits to Oman and Qatar, Dr. Singh said that there were "limits to which government can go on subsidising".
Lahore, Nov 11: A few Afghan-based money exchange firms are facilitating illegal export of US dollars from Pakistan to Afghanistan, thus causing a massive devaluation of the Pakistani rupee against the US dollar, said State Bank of Pakistan Governor Shamshad Akhtar in a communiqué to the country’s Interior Adviser Rehman Malik.
She requested to investigate the matter and ensure that more vigilance was exercised on currency smuggling.
According to rough estimates, some 4-5 million dollars per day are being smuggled to Afghanistan, while the rising demand of the dollar has also increased its value against other currencies.
A handbag containing Rs 35,000 together with a bank passbook has been found this morning, by a mobile team of the 4th IRB posted at Thenggu Chingjin of Koirenggei led by Jemandar Dikambou.
The team found the blue colour bag lying at Diamond Gali in Imphal’s Paona bazaar around 10.30 am today.
After checking the bag thoroughly the IRB group showed the bag to reporters and announced that the real owner could produce suitable proof that the money belongs to him and collect the money.