Saturday, September 19, 2009 LONDON: Its vivid colour is clearly designed to appeal to youngsters, but this watch is really aimed at their parents. For its key selling point is a satellite positioning system that locates the wearer to within ten feet. The makers claim the GPS tracking device will offer anxious parents peace of mind and allow children the independence to go out to play on their own. However critics have said the 'tagging' is a step too far in the climate of paranoia over child safety. Parents will be able to see their child's location on Google maps. Safe zones can also be set up in which children can play. An alert will be sent to the parents if the child strays out of that area.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in
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