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DLF defers projects, reduces manpower

DLF defers projects, reduces manpowerThe ongoing world economic crisis has widely impacted the real estate sector. The largest real estate company in India, DLF has announced various measures to cut costs and reduce unnecessary expenses. DLF would terminate services of some of company's employees and stop working on some of its projects.

Unitech and Parsvnath Developers also retrenched their staff last month in line with cost cutting drive due to global meltdown.

Toronto Nurse Loses Her License for having Sex with Psychiatric Patient

According to disciplinary panel, the Toronto nurse, who admitted to having sex with a patient while she worked there, will lose her license. Formerly employed at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the nurse admitted in an agreed statement of facts presented today at her disciplinary hearing that "she sexually abused the patient by engaging in sexual intercourse... among other things" during the man's inpatient and outpatient treatment. She was fired in 2007 when the affair came to light and the five-member disciplinary panel will now order a formal reprimand and recommend revocation of her professional license by the College of Nurses of Ontario.

HTC & Idea Cellular Launch ‘Touch Pro’ and ‘Touch Viva’ Smartphones In Indian Market

HTC & Idea Cellular Launch ‘Touch Pro’ and ‘Touch Viva’ Smartphones In Indian MarketHTC, a global leader in mobile phones and IDEA Cellular, India’s major telecom services provider, have jointly launched two new smartphones, named HTC Touch Pro and HTC Touch Viva in the Indian market.

The phones were launched at an event held at Mumbai, India.

Aimed at business customers, the HTC Touch Pro T7276 is a mixture of rich functionalities and better technologies.

Vitamin B3 Increases Immunity against Skin Cancer

Vitamin B3 Increases Immunity against Skin CancerAccording to new research from the University of Sydney, Nicotinamide (VitB3), a vitamin found in meats, nuts grains and cereals may be more effective than sunscreen in preventing skin cancer. The water soluble vitamin B3 works to protect the immune system and prevent damage from both UVA and UVB radiation and can be taken in tablet form or added to sunscreen.

Rahul Gandhi against ‘local’ quota in Maharashtra

Rahul GandhiThe move made by the Congress government in Maharashtra, in which they asked the manufacturing sector to reserve 80 per cent jobs for locals, was criticized by AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, just after one day of its announcement.

On Tuesday, Rahul said, “For me every citizen … should get equal opportunities throughout the length and breadth of country.”

When he was asked to give his take on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray’s anti-outsider campaign, he replied, “He is advocating regionalism, to which I’m strongly opposed.”

Alienware Area-51 750i Desktop PC Starts at $1,049

Area-51® 750i desktopThe Area-51® 750i desktop has been launched by Alienware, Dell's premier high-performance PC gaming brand. The system, that has been developed around its namesake NVIDIA nForce® 750i SLI® motherboard, provides a combination of performance and flexibility that would definitely appeal to a broad range of users.

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