Indian currency gained 3.66% against the US dollar for the week ended Nov 7, 2008, as against the last week’s figure of Rs 49.46.

The Indian rupee surged marginally at the opening of the week, afterward, in the mid week it bounced back from its early losses. While, at the end of the week, it ended on a flat note as compared to its last close on Thursday, Nov 6, 2008.

London, Nov 9: Foreplay – the ‘naughty’ things done before getting on to sex –is overrated, finds a new study based on 2,300 women.

According to the survey, when it comes to the likelihood of having an orgasm, foreplay has little or no significance.

On an average, the duration of intercourse is 16.2 minutes on average, and it is the clincher.

The research’s findings suggest that sex therapists, who emphasize the value of foreplay, may have that been getting it wrong.

Washington, Nov. 9 : A terrorism expert has said that the Bush Administration has begun a classified review of its policy in Afghanistan, where the situation is said to be quite grim.

According to Peter Bergen, a terrorism expert with CNN, the review has been on since September 20 and is being monitored by Lt. General Douglas E Lute, a senior National Security Council official, who is responsible for Afghanistan and Iraq.

Though no definitive conclusions have been reached by representatives of the 24 government agencies involved on matters pertaining to Afghanistan, they are in unanimous agreement that a “dire situation” in that country exists, reports the Daily Times.

Washington, Nov 9: Mothers reluctant to breastfeed their infants following the threat of the exposure to chemical agents measured in human milk might be putting their kids at a greater health risk, say researchers.

The researchers said that not breastfeeding an infant typically poses more of a threat than does exposure to any of environmental pollutants measured in human milk.

Bengaluru, Nov. 9 : India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft achieved an important milestone when it took to the skies by night on November 7.

Lahore, Nov. 9: Pakistan’s defence forces should be subordinate to the political leadership, according to the country’s Chief of Army Staff, General Asfaq Parvez Kayani.

National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani revealed General Kayani’s views on the relationship between the defence forces and the civilian establishment in an interview to the Newsweek.