Vijay Kumar Holds Great Win silver in 25m rapid fire pistol e

At the 2012 London Olympics, Army marksman Vijay Kumar gave India the second medal from the Royal Artillery Barracks winning the silver in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol event. The 26-year-old army subedar from Himachal Pradesh fought stiff opposition from five other top marksmen to finish second in an exciting finale after he found the target 30 times out of 40 attempts in the sequence comprising eight rounds of five shots each.

According to Vijay Kumar's father his son had promised him a medal before he went into the finals of the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event at the London Games. He threw both hands in the air and pumped his fists as he was welcomed on to the platform to collect India's next shooting medal of the Games. In the qualifying round, Vijay clocked 585, finishing fourth, with stage scores of 293 and 292 at an average of 9.750 at the Royal weaponry quarters.

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Why women live longer: Clues from Fruit flies

By a study in fruit flies, Scientists believe they have revealed a clue to why women tend to live longer than men. Mitochondria are inherited only from mothers, never from fathers, so there is no way to weed out mutations that harm a male's prospects. Through the age of 85, there are just about six women for every four men in the UK, and by 100 the ratio is more than two to one.

According to Dr Dowling, if a mitochondrial mutation occurs that harms fathers, other than has no effect on mothers, this change will slip through the look of natural selection, ignored. All animals have mitochondria, and the affinity for females to outlive males is frequent to many different genuses.

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Samsung lawyer defends press release that infuriated judge

Samsung's lead lawyer in its patent trial with Apple has secured his decision to approve the release of a statement containing facts the judge had ruled unacceptable in court. Samsung had hoped to current evidence in court that showed it had intended the F700 phone, which Apple alleges is a copy of the iPhone, in 2006 before the iPhone was announced.

According to the report from website The Verge, the judge had turned into livid while Apple lawyers brought the press release to her notice. Contrary to the representations Apple's counsel made to this court, Samsung did not issue a general press release and more prominently, did not violate any court order or any legal or moral values. However, Judge Lucy Koh had said that these facts should not be shown to the jury since they had been presented too late in the authorized procedure.

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