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Ill effects of Cigarettes have been well advertised around the world, even then there are those who haven’t yet given up the habit. In an attempts to dish the bud out of the lives of the many addicted, constant efforts are being made. Also the research regarding cigarettes and its consumption are made on regular basis in and around the world.

In the 3rd edition of the Cigarette Package Health Warnings: International Status Report published by Canadian Cancer Society, it is stated that out of the 198 countries only 63 have used the pictorial warning on the cigarette packs including India. However, the number has increased from 34 in 2010. In the chapter ‘Tobacco Atlas’ of the report, its claimed that India has the lowest per capita consumption of cigarettes per annum estimating to 99 cigarettes, whereas Japan accounts to the highest number with 2028.

The report says, “There has been tremendous progress internationally in implementing package warnings, with many countries increasing warning size, more countries requiring picture warnings, and an increasing number of countries on their second, third or even fourth round of picture warnings. The worldwide trend for larger, picture health warnings is growing, with many more countries in the process of developing such requirements,” as reported by Hetal Vyas for TNN.

As informed by Dr Upendra Bhojani, faculty, Institute of Public Health, Bangalore, about the picture warning, he said “India might be doing better than other developed countries like Germany, Italy, Spain and Japan or even its best competitor country China when it comes to 'displaying' pictorial warnings on the tobacco product packets, but 'the pictures are either very small or meaningless.”

The latest 21.5-inch iMac and the Mac mini that were unveiled with the iPad mini are now available in India. Apple's 21.5-inch iMac starts at Rs. 85,900 and the Mac mini starts from Rs. 39,900.


Apple’s all-in-one PC is now in its seventh generation and is a whopping 80% thinner than the sixth-gen iMac. The refreshed iMac also includes third generation quad-core Intel Core i5 processors that can be upgraded to Core i7, 8GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, and the latest generation Nvidia GeForce graphics processors that according to Apple deliver up to 60 percent faster performance.

The fruity giant has also implemented Fusion Drive, an “innovative new storage option” that gives customers the performance of flash and the capacity of a hard drive by combining 128GB of flash with a standard hard drive to create a single storage volume that intelligently manages files to optimize read and write performance.

The Lava Xolo A800, is available online in India, listed at online retailers such as Infibeam.com, for Rs. 11,999.

A dual-SIM Android device, the Xolo A800 supports both GSM and CDMA networks. It features a 4.5-inch IPS LCD display, with a resolution of 960x540 pixels. The Xolo A800 is powered by a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek processor, and runs on Android 4.0 ICS.

Other features of the Lava Xolo A800 include an 8MP autofocus camera with LED flash, along with a front-facing VGA camera. The device runs on a 1,600mAh battery that will deliver roughly 5.8 hours talktime on 2G networks, and 7 hours of video playback time.

The Xolo A800 features 4GB of built-in storage with microSD card slot expandability, 512MB of RAM, as well as 3G/Bluetooth/GPS with A-GPS/USB 2.0/Wi-Fi connectivity.

The Lava Xolo A800 was first rumoured at the end of November, and was expected to feature a 5-inch display, and be priced at roughly Rs. 13,000.

Indian Telecom minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said inter-circle Mobile Number Portability (MNP) facility is likely to be made available in the country by February 2013. The inter-circle MNP will allow users to switch service providers even when they move from one state to another.


"For the timely implementation of the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012, the Department of Telecom has finalised broad agenda for next three months from December 2012 to February 2013," says Sibal at the 'India Telecom 2012' in New Delhi.

Besides nationwide MNP, the government is set to finalise some major initiatives by February 2013 such as approval of spectrum assign and pricing , single licence, M&A guidelines, approval of guidelines for spectrum sharing and fund for R&D and manufacturing,minister said.

As per the current MNP system, a subscriber can switch to a different service provider only within his/her circle without changing phone number. However, the new National Telecom Policy 2012 brings MNP implementation on a nationwide level. Read more about the NTP 2012 here.

The NTP 2012 also envisages nationwide free roaming, which according to the minister, is going to be available in the country from next year. The decision is likely to come into effect from March-April 2013. "Roaming will be free in 2013. We have to get Cabinet approval and then it comes back to us. And then it will be floated,” said Sibal on Wednesday.

The government's efforts to implement free roaming at a national level may lead to tariff hike by all major telecom operators. The industry estimates about 8-10 percent reduction in revenues margins if the free roaming comes into effect.