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Tobacco Giant Philip Morris Told To Pay $8m To Smoker's Widow Dated:19 Feb 2009, 0953 hrs IST, Source: AFP NEW YORK: Text: A Florida court ordered US tobacco giant Philip Morris to pay eight million dollars to the widow of a lung cancer victim on Wednesday, in a case that could set a precedent for 8,000 similar trials in the southern state. The jury rejected Elian Hess' dema..

Fiza Moves Punjab State Human Rights Commission Dated:19 Feb 2009, 1511 hrs IST, Source: PTI CHANDIGARH: Text: A day before she is supposed to appear before Mohali Police, Fiza, alias Anuradha Bali, today moved the PSHRC here seeking justice against her "runaway" husband Chand Mohammed, alias Chander Mohan. The Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) accepted her pl..

Trial of Iraq Journalist Who Threw Shoes Postponed Dated:19 Feb 2009, 1409 hrs IST, Source: AP BAGHDAD: Text: The trial of an Iraqi journalist who gained cult status for throwing his shoes at former President George W. Bush was adjourned Thursday until next month as supporters said he should be praised for standing up to the US ``occupier,'' not punished. Muntadhar al-Zei..

Moral Damages: Unfaithful Wife To Pay $250k Dated:19 Feb 2009, 0038 hrs IST, Source: AGENCIES Text: A woman in Spain has been ordered by the court to pay $250,500 in “moral damages” for the suffering caused to her husband by her illicit affair, reports the Times. The woman, who had three children by her lover, pretended for years that they were fathered by her husband, accordin..

SC Lays Down Guidelines To Courts Which Summon Doctors Dated:18-02-2009 Source: UNI DELHI: The Supreme Court directed that no consumer or criminal court in the country will issue summons to a doctor or a hospital without seeking the opinion of expert committee of doctors in case of medical negligence. A Bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and R M Lodha allowed the appeal of Dr..

Chief Election Commissioner cannot act on his own: Ashok Desai opinion During the tenure of Chief Election Commissioner B. B. Tandon, the Election Commission of India sought the legal opinion of Ashok H. Desai, barrister, senior advocate, and former Attorney-General for India, on Article 324(5) of the Constitution. The key question was whether the CEC can initiate suo motu action for the remova..

Limit of overseas borrowing The current overseas borrowing limit for Indian Companies, other than those belonging to Hotels, Hospitals and Software Sectors, incorporated under the Company's Act, 1956 is US$ 500 million per financial year for Rupee expenditure and / or foreign currency expenditure for permissible end-uses under the Automatic Route. Such corporate can also avail of ECB for an ..

Opening of bank accounts Raghuram Rajan Committee Report had observed that over 40 per cent of India's working population earn but have no savings. Some of the major recommendations of the committee include: i. expanding access to financial services; ii. freedom to banks to setup branches and ATMs; iii. creating more efficient and liquid markets; iv. greater participation of fore..

It is not surprising that the first verdict in the gruesome Nithari killings — which involved at least 19 children who were brutally murdered in a house in Noida, near Delhi — evoked so much interest and such widespread notice. The story of abduction, murder, necrophilia, and cannibalism caused a wave of horror and revulsion across a nation, its conscience deeply scarred by the utter inhumanity ..

What is it that makes us human? This is no longer just a metaphysical question for philosophers to ponder over and debate but one that biologists are now able to seriously address in the laboratory. With the genomes of more and more organisms being sequenced, it is possible to compa re genomes and study what changes have occurred – or not occurred – over time. Such research is necessarily fi..

A top UN agency has warned food prices may increase upto 30-35 per cent within the next ten years, forcing those living in extreme poverty to spend 90 per cent of their income on it, if major changes are not made in food production and processing system. A new report, released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has noted that changing the ways in which food is produced, handled and dispose..

Scientists have edged closer to developing a pill to stave off noise-induced or age-related hearing loss in humans, after vitamin supplements given to lab animals protected hearing. These supplements comprise antioxidants like beta carotene and vitamins C and E - and magnesium. Given before exposure to loud noise, the supplements prevented both temporary and permanent hearing loss in test ..

A year after British teenager Scarlett Keeling was found dead at Goa's Anjuna beach, neither the police nor the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made any significant headway in their respective investigations into the sensational murder. Scarlett's bruised body was found in Goa's Anjuna beach just before dawn on February 18, 2008. Initially, Goa police said the 15-year-old had drowned..

Press Note-: Guidelines for calculation of total foreign investment i e., direct and indirect foreign investment in Indian Companies Investment in Indian companies can be made both by non-resident as well as resident Indian entities. Any non-resident investment in an Indian company is direct foreign investment. Investment by resident Indian entities could again comprise of both resident and no..

Diamond will always be a woman's best friend but the gemstone is no longer the "world's hardest material", according to scientists. Instead, a rare natural substance, called lonsdaleite, which is made from carbon atoms just like diamond, has emerged as 58 per cent harder than the gemstone, according to a report in the New Scientist. An international team, led by Zicheng Pan at Shanghai ..