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Mumbai: The rupee recovered by 14 paise at 62.20 against the US dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on fresh selling of the American currency by exporters.

New Delhi: Forty more deaths due to contagious swine flu were reported in the country taking the toll to 703 as the virus continued to spread its tentacles to new states, including Mizoram, with the number of cases crossing the
11,000 mark Thursday.

This prompted Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth to chair a high-level meeting during which he asked the states to ensure setting up of necessary helplines and round-the-clock functioning of outbreak monitoring cells.

Those infected with H1N1 virus are 11071, a new high in recent years, with number of cases showing increase in states Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi and Telangana.

New Delhi: In a possible case of corporate espionage, the Delhi Police have detained two Petroleum Ministry employees and three others for allegedly leaking confidential government documents.

As per reports, the Delhi Police carried out raids at Shastri Bhavan and nabbed the two - one a peon and the other is a clerk.

However, they are said to have had access to the offices of senior officials in the ministry. Of the the other three, one has claimed to be a journalist.

Media reports said that the detained men are being questioned and will be put under arrest. The reports added, the five have allegedly leaked official documents to business houses.

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given instructions to ensure sufficient medical supplies and necessary treatment to patients affected by the H1N1 virus , Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth on Thursday said there is no need to panic as there is sufficient stock of medicines for supply.

"There has been an increase in the cases on swine flu in the past few weeks and there have been a few deaths as well. However, the government is trying its best to tackle it. The whole situation has been reviewed. The Prime Minister has given instructions to ensure that medicines are available and that patients get the necessary treatment," said Seth.

Washington, Feb 19 : Breathometer and Uber are reportedly teamingup to make sure that inebriated people go back home safe and sound.

Los Angeles: 'Homeland' star Morena Baccarin has nabbed the female lead role in 'Deadpool', an action movie based on the Marvel character.

Tim Miller is directing the action-adventure project, which stars Ryan Reynolds as an assassin who undergoes a procedure to cure his cancer that ends up leaving him twisted and scarred but also imbued with superpowers, according to Hollywood Reporter.

TJ Miller and Gina Carano are already attached to the project, which is eyeing a March shoot and is slated for an early 2016 release.

Baccarin, 35, was one of a handful of actresses shortlisted for the role of Reynolds' character's love interest. The character grapples with falling for a man with a hideously scarred face.