Actor Nandita Das’s directorial debut Firaaq, which deals with the impact of violence on human psyche and relationships, is ready for release on March 20.
The film has bagged acclaim and awards in international film festivals.
The critically acclaimed actress, who already proved her guts with exceptional performances in ‘Fire, ‘Earth’ and ‘Bawandar’, said that she is not ambitious in any way.
Virility drug Viagra has many side effects including wonky willies flatulence, toothache and hiccups!
A health regulator reported that Viagra is responsible for 109 deaths in the UK.
In Britain, the drug is prescribed over a million times each year, and therefore the number of fallouts reported is very small with only about 1,000 reports listing over 1,500 side effects.
After rallying for three successive days, the Sensex, on Tuesday (Mar 17), ended the day on a negative note followed by banking, IT and oil & gas stocks.
Among the BSE Sectoral indices BSE IT index remained the top loser, the index declined 2%. Among the other major losers were BSE Bankex index (down 1.6%), BSE Oil & Gas index (down 1.3%) and BSE Teck index (down 1.2%).
After opening at 8,942.01, down 1.53 points, BSE Sensex remained lackluster all through the day. It also hit a high of 9,024.12.
To add more to its wardrobe, Acer recently has launched the new 10.1-inch Aspire One D150 laptop in the Indian market.
The latest version of the Acer Aspire One comes with a 10.1 WSVGA LCD display featuring Acer CrystalBrite technology. Moreover, the laptop has the ability to put 2 GB of memory.
The new 10.1-inch Aspire One D150 laptop packs in the new edition of the Atom processor N270 having a slightly higher clock speed of 1.60GHz, and backs memory at a fast rate.
The Aspire One also packs in an Intel 945GSE chipset with Intel GMA950 graphics.
Indian IT firms termed BJP's tech vision as a good opportunity for IT firms, facing the heat of global slowdown and tight financial conditions.
Bharatiya Janata Party recently announced its IT vision document, after consultation with heads of leading IT firms, in which the party committed to create 12 million IT-enabled jobs for rural Indian segment by increasing the use of technology in different economic domains.
Housing finance firm, LIC Housing Finance (LICHF) slashed home loan interest rates by 75 basis points, covering all existing customers who have availed loans at different maturities.
LICHF Chief Executive Officer, RR Nair, said, "The incremental cost of funds has come down to around 8.25-8.75 per cent, as against over 11 per cent in October. So we have decided to pass on the benefits to existing customers."
The new home loan interest rates would be applicable from April 1 in the range between 10-10.50 per cent across various maturities as compared to earlier interest rate of 10.75-11.25 per cent.