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Many fear Obama may be assassinated before making it to the White House

Many fear Obama may be assassinated before making it to the White HouseLondon, Nov 6 : Within hours after getting elected to become the first Black US President, Brack Obama was under way a military style operation as many fear that the 
44th President elect may never make it to the White House.

Obama celebrated his victory with more than 160,000 supporters in Grant Park, Chicago, from behind bulletproof glass 12ft high and 3ins thick, the Daily Express reported.

Alkali Metals Debuts At 13% Discount On BSE

Alkali Metals Debuts At 13% Discount On BSEAlkali Metals, engaged in the business of manufacturing a range of fine chemicals, has got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) at a discount of 12.62% at Rs 90 as against its issue price of Rs 103.
 
The stock is assigned the scrip code 533029 and is placed in the `B` group on BSE.

At 10.04 a.m. on the BSE, the scrip was trading at Rs 122.50, up 18.93%, and about 357,466 shares got traded within minutes of its listing. The scrip also touched a high of Rs 137.70 and a low of Rs 90.

Woman's Cancer Genome Decoded for the First Time

Woman's Cancer Genome Decoded for the First TimeResearchers have decoded all the genes in a woman’s cancer and they have identified eight new genes. Published in the journal Nature, the study, a first of its kind, could help researchers discover better ways of treating the disease.

India’s Chandrayaan successfully settles into lunar trajectory

India’s Chandrayaan successfully settles into lunar trajectoryParis, Nov 6 : Following a fifth orbit-raising maneuver, India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has successfully settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.

Chandrayaan-1 is India’s first mission to venture beyond Earth’s orbit.

After launch on 22 October, the spacecraft was first injected into an elliptical 7-hr orbit around Earth, between 255 km and 22 860 km above our planet.

Autism gene may play role in childhood language disorder

Autism gene may play role in childhood language disorderWashington, Nov 6: In a new study, researchers have discovered the first gene, called CNTNAP2, linked with a common childhood language disorder, known as specific language impairment (SLI).

The discovery of the CNTNAP2 gene, which has recently been implicated in autism, may act as a crucial genetic link between the two disorders.

SLI is the most common language disorder, in which children develop unexplained difficulties in producing and understanding language

Pak foresees more CBMs with India in near future

Pak foresees more CBMs with India in near futureIslamabad, Nov 6 : Pakistan ambassador in New Delhi Shahid Malik has expressed hope that there was a likelihood that some more confidence building measures 
(CBMs) aimed at improving Indo-Pak relations would be taken soon, because “so many channels are operating for such a long time”.

He, however, emphasised that Kashmir continued to be the core issue for Pakistan, and that it was vital to address the issue.

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