iPad 3: Apple introduces new iPad with 'Retina' display, better camera

Apple's new device, named "new iPad" calls a "Retina" display,launched Wednesday, offersnew A5X chip with quad-core graphics, and a 5-megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing incredible photos and 1080p HD video.

It also has a 5-megapixel (5MP iSight ) rear camera and ultrafast 4G LTE,same as in Apple's recent launched iPhone 4S.

Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook, announced "new iPad - Retina Display" in San Francisco. The new iPad will be available in black or white through the Apple Online Store and in Apple Retail stores on Friday, March 16, beginning at $499 (US).

At 84, Parkash Singh Badal towers over all

Chandigarh: After Mandela, Badal. Did you knowthat Parkash Singh Badal, who could be Punjab chief minister for the fifth time, is the longest political prisoner in the world after South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela?

Born Dec 8, 1927, Badal spent nearly 17 years of his life injails as a political prisoner - he was booked for a civil liberty agitation, sent to jail during Emergency (1975-77) and put in prison during the Dharam Yudh Morcha days of Punjab in 1980s, fighting for the rights of Punjab and its people.

The 84-year-old four-time chief minister of Punjab, who steered his Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine to victory for a record second consecutive term, is known for his mild mannerism, wit, grounded personality and his mass connect with people despite the huge security paraphernalia around him at all times. The veteran leader is well-respected in the country.

Akali Dal-BJP create history in Punjab, surprise Congress

Chandigarh: Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance created history in the state's politics as it stunned the Congress Tuesday to retain power for a second consecutive term - the first such instance in the state in the last over four decades.
Beating the traditional anti-incumbency factor, the combine bagged a comfortable majority with 68 seats in the 117-member Punjab assembly as results were declared. It is for the first time in over four decades that a government has been able to come back to power for a consecutive term in Punjab.

Surprisingly, the combine managed to bag the same number of seats it had got in the 2007 assembly polls - 68.

The positives from the results were more for the Akali Dal as it increased its score from 49 seats in 2007 to 56 this time. However, alliance partner BJP's tally came down - from 19 seats to just 12 this time.

Watch your diet, you multi-tasking women!

March 8 is International Women's Day

New Delhi: She multitasks, balancing the pressures of work, children and home. But the modern superwoman who manages to do it all ends up neglecting her health, too busy to focus on her diet or an exercise regimen.

A busy lifestyle often leads to an erratic diet and international research indicates that women who are too busy to focus on their food intake are more likely to succumb to impulsive eating and spontaneous food purchasing. The result? Extra flab, laziness, diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
According to health expert Swati Srivastava, today's multitasking woman needs not just a balanced diet and exercise but also healthsupplements.

"Today's modern woman tries to maintain a fine balance between her personal and professional life; so a balanced diet and exercise are not enough as they require best healthsupplements to keep fit and healthy," Srivastava told IANS.