Paper money contaminated with bisphenol A
August 11th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) Currency notes may be contaminated with the toxic substance bisphenol A (BPA), known to cause male infertility.Kurunthachalam Kannan and Chunyang Liao from the Wadsworth Centre, New ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Swamy seeks sanction to prosecute Karunanidhi
February 7th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Feb 7 (ANI): Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Monday submitted a petition to Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala seeking sanction to prosecute Chief Minister and Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) ... Read more...
Posted in National |
2G scam: Karunanidhi sends legal notice to Swamy, it will land in dust bin, says Swamy
February 6th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Feb.6 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Janata Party are at war, at least verbally, over the 2G scam.While DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi said here ... Read more...
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Argentina facing scarcity of paper money
January 13th, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Jan 13 (IANS/EFE) Argentina is facing a huge scarcity of paper money as a result of which the country has outsourced a printing order for five billion pesos ($1.25 billion) ... Read more...
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Till receipts contain high levels of ‘cancer chemical’: Study
December 9th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 9 (ANI): A new study has found that till receipts and paper money contain high levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical associated with cancer and early puberty.The chemical mimics ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Digital wallets will subsume paper money in 30 years: Sam Pitroda (Interview)
September 11th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) With some five billion mobile phones in use today globally and over 10 billion credit and debit cards issued each year, tech evangelist ... Read more...
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Salvation Army now accept credit cards
December 13th, 2009 - 9:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Jacksonville, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Moving on with the times, some Salvation Army kettles in Florida will now accept credit cards for donations. But that doesn’t mean that they will stop ... Read more...
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Most US bank notes carry whiff of cocaine
August 17th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) You may be carrying a whiff of cocaine in your wallet, purse or pocket if you have US bank notes.
In what researchers describe as the largest, most ... Read more...
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90 percent of US paper money contains traces of cocaine
August 17th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 17 (ANI): In a new analysis, scientists have found traces of cocaine in up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, particularly in large cities such ... Read more...
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Scientists use nanomaterials to grow ‘flying carpets’ and ‘nano kites’
July 30th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): Scientists at Rice University are using nanomaterials to grow 'flying carpets' and 'nano kites'.Led by Rice University chemist Bob Hauge, the team describes a method for making "odako," ... Read more...
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Soon, a greedier, meaner Monopoly to hit shelves
July 20th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 20 (ANI): A new greedier and meaner version of the popular board game Monopoly has been announced, and it is already being predicted to become a best-seller.Monopoly City, touted as ... Read more...
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