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Bollywood megastar Aamir Khan on Friday backed away his resignation from the copyright team, framed by Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal to bridge disparities between film makers

Reliance Life Insurance has unveiled a new unit-linked insurance plan, which assures high returns and targets policy holders from one month babies to 65-year oldsters.

A company declaration said, "The new plan has been developed with the objective to maximise returns for policyholders and guarantees benefit at the highest asset value ever achieved by the fund during the entire policy term of 10 years."

Under the novel insurance plan, the insurance premium paid by the holder, excepting the charges, get invested in a fund and units are allocated based on NAV. On matureness, it promises proceeds based on number of units multiplied by the maximum net asset value.

Goods news for affluent 007 aspirants: a car key priced over 20,000 pounds has been unveiled.

British researchers have fabricated a machine that can “smell” cancer.

Brainchild of academics at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, the Breathotron notices chemical alterations in a patient’s inhalation, which medical doctors said could indicated they have a tumour and provide an earlier judgment than is possible currently.

Study lead researcher, Professor Hugh Barr stated that this is an important development that could significantly influence the method cancer is diagnosed in the coming time.

“Instead of using our eyes, the Breathotron allows us to use an ‘­enhanced nose’ to try to sniff out the early stages of cancer,” Prof. Barr added.

The well-known film director Roman Polanski has proved his determination yet again after winning the Silver Bear for best director at the Berlin Film Festival for his new film, The Ghost Writer.

The Ghost Writer, which was screened at Berlin, is the tale of a writer hired to finish the autobiographies of a former British PM.

Polanski could not receive the prize himself as he is presently under house arrest in Switzerland and fighting his banishment to United States over a 1977 illegal sex case.

On his behalf, Alain Sarde, the film’s producer, took the prize.

"I am sure Roman will be very happy," Alain said.

Researchers have produced Reconcile, an anti-depressant medicine for dogs.

Reconcile can be utilized to handle a canine compulsive disorder in which defective genes associate with anxiety to create excessive licking, mewling and tail-chasing.

And recalling dogs’ taste buds, the medicine comes in a beef-flavoured chewable form and is also likely to control compulsive pacing, jawing and trickling.

Prozac, which has been utilized to treat compulsive behaviour in human beings, works by escalating the brain’s intensities of serotonin, a mood-lifting chemical.