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Rajan Bharti Mittal, vice chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises, has been appointed as the president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

The 50-year-old Rajal took over the charge from Harsh Pati Singhania after the conclusion of FICCI's 82nd AGM, which was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Harsh Singhania is the MD of JK Paper Ltd.

Before taking new charge, Mittal was its senior vice president.

Quantum computing - a novel model in data processing, which may complement classical PCs, could shortly become a truth with scientists successfully producing a circuit utilizing neutral atoms.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison produced the circuit by exercising delicate control over a pair of atoms within a straightforward seven-millionths-of-a-second window of opportunity.

Love story "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge", one of the biggest smash hits of Bollywood, has attained yet another record after finishing 750 weeks of continuous play in a theatre.

This Sunday, the heartwarming film will complete 750 weeks of continuous screening at the Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai.

Directed by Aditya Chopra and featuring the ideal pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, the film opened to jam-packed houses and rave reviews throughout the world way back on October 20, 1995.

As Rahul Mahajan's hunt for his perfect 'dulhaniya' on TV is in the final stage, he is leaving no stone unturned to make the event more special.

Apart from stylish ornaments and dresses, he has purchased a cordiform, 2.5 carat solitaire for his perfect bride.

Rahul, together with close pal and Bigg Boss contestant Sambhavna Seth, spent hours searching for the ideal ring.

The UN Environment Programme declared that a group of independent researchers will appraise the functioning and the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) following mistakes being discovered in its 2007 study on global warming.

The IPCC has been confronting criticism since it was detected during the last month that it had incorporated an alarmist declaration regarding the disappearance of Himalayan glaciers in 2007 report.

A new study has concluded that to look attractive, simply pair yourself up with a hot partner.

Scientists had 30 male and 30 female volunteers who all described themselves as straight, rate how attractive they found photos of 36 men and 36 women.

In all 144 pictures of men and women paired together were shown to the participants and quizzed how desirable they would find long-term relationships with members of the opposite sex in the pictures.