Air ticket transaction fee to go soon - The transaction fee that air passengers had to pay to travel agents while booking flights on certain airlines, mostly foreign carriers, will soon be done away with.

Cant roll back oil hike Pranab - I would love to respond to the demands of the opposition members but my financial condition does not permit me to roll back the duty, says FM.

Sandisk eyes opportunity in UID project - Sandisk eyes opportunity in UID projectIn a freewheeling chat with ET, Sandisk founder-chairman and CEO Dr Eli Harari talks about Indias Unique ID project. Whats the unique ID card?

BMC’s operation clean-up - Following allegations of corruption made by a corporator against a top Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) official in a house meeting on Thursday, an operation is underway to delete the remarks from municipal records. On Thursday, when the house met for a General Body ...

Step into iron age - Silky straight hair went out last season and with it, your justification for splurging on a hair iron. But you can put it to other uses. Hairstylist Ishita Khanna, of Sangeeta and Ishita Hair Studio, tells you how. Thin, layered hair A simple trick to put some volume in scanty hair is to flip it outwards,...

Ex-tra innings - One must hand it to Sushmita Sen. Few celebrities handle their relationships with the grace and élan that this eternal diva does. Not only is the former Miss Universe extremely open about the men in her lives, unlike others, she has been able to strike a neat balance between her current...

Banglore-based start-up makes gizmo that controls power usage - The gizmo tracks your electricity consumption online so that you can use household appliances more intelligently, cutting down electricity bills. It also allows you to switch off appliances remotely through the internet. The net-enabled electricity meter-cum-switch called ‘Vidyut’ has been...

Boffins discover origins of vision - By studying the hydra, a member of an ancient group of sea creatures that is still flourishing, scientists at University of California Santa Barbara (UCBD) have made a discovery in understanding the origins of human vision. The finding is published in the...

Scientists find “mother” of all skin cells in hair - London: Scientists have found the origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns. Hans Clevers and a team of Dutch and Swedish researchers conducted a study in mice and found that the stem...

Brain scan can read people’s thoughts researchers - Washington: British scientists from University College London found they could differentiate brain activity linked to different memories and thereby identify thought patterns by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). “We’ve been able to look at brain activity for a specific...

Robots to perform Bloodless autopsies - Ever since the CSI TV series hit the airwaves, everyone knows that forensic doctors use high-tech tools in their criminal investigations and computers to reconstruct how the crime or accident happened. Less well-known, on the other hand, is that the University of Bern’s Institute of Forensic Medicine...

www.lingq.com - Learn how to speak different languages and do it for free at www.lingq.com. The Web site helps people learn a new language and socialise at the same time. You can download audio lesson, learn new vocabulary or even hire a tutor on the site...

Do we need helipads? - This is with reference to the story ‘Waiting for next bus? It could be a chopper’ (MM, March 10). While the news that BEST plans to open its depots to helicopter service within the city, may make Mumbaikars proud, the plan is more fanciful than practical. Does the BEST have adequate...

Saturday March 13 2010 - You will be looking within, tapping your potential and sharpening your skills at work. All new sources/contacts for business will prove beneficial. Finances are good and for business folks funds will flow from unexpected sources, bringing greater stability. Personal relationships will be happy and joyful....

Mostly wrong - For a typical Bollywood film, Right Yaaa Wrong has a fairly interesting story, except that the average direction and clumsy casting quite lets it down. Sunny Deol, remember him, returns as Ajay Sridhar, a deadly cop who is the ‘master of disguises’, astutely shown by the various...