This year's Consumer Electronics Show turned out to be the largest on record, despite a slow economy and what many industry pundits agree is a dearth of genuine scene-stealers. But as with most years, avid - and hardy - attendees can always find a few gems that stand out from the inevitable tidal wave of headphones, Internet-enabled home appliances and gadget casings. Here are a few high and low moments, compiled by Reuters from the Las Vegas show …

Suriya, the brand ambassador for Nescafe Sunrise, will be the chief guest at an event organized by the company at the Besant Nagar Beach today. The event will start at around 6 pm on the Elliots Beach in Besant Nagar with Suriya participating in it. The star’s fans can catch him live in action at this event.

Couple of days back, the fourth estate was abuzz that power star Pawan Kalyan would be enacting in a 3D film to be directed by Raj Sundaram. However, authenticated reports now say all that is baseless info and Pawan Kalyan is not doing any 3D movie. It was also buzzed that BVSN Prasad would produce this 3D movie but the fresh official reports seems like putting an end to all such speculations. Pawan Kalyan is currently working on Gabbar Singh and …

The Delhi government has issued a show cause notice to Bandhua Mukti Morcha chairperson Swami Agnivesh for submitting fake bills for utilisation of a grant of Rs 18 lakh, The Pioneer daily reported. Agnivesh was issued the notice three days back on December 29 by the Revenue Department of Delhi Government. The notice says, “Further, initial scrutiny of the bills submitted by you reflect many shortcomings. For example, many bills submitted are …

The discovery of a supernova only hours after its explosion has probably solved a long-standing mystery on the origin of the brightest known phenomena in the Universe, scientists reported. On August 24, scientists witnessed the spectacular eruption of light and energy thrown off by the birth of SN 2011fe, the brightest and -- at a mere 20.9 million light years away -- closest-to-Earth supernova in over 25 years. One light year is the distance that …

Gautham Menon’s production house Photon Kathaas Productions and Eros International Media Ltd will jointly produce the Vijay starrer Yohan:Adhyayam Ondru. It is an action thriller which will be shot mainly in UK, states a press note. Gautham intends to bring out a series of films with Yohan and this will be the starting point for it. Mr. Sunil Lulla, Managing Director, Eros International Media Ltd said, “Eros continues to make advances in the regional …

India's stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bat in the fifth and final one-day international against the West Indies in Chennai on Sunday. Gambhir took over from Virender Sehwag, who was rested after making one-day cricket's highest score of 219 in the previous match in Indore. India already have an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the series. West Indies: Darren Sammy (captain), Lendl Simmons, Jason Mohammed, Kieran Powell, Marlon …

Brilliant young girl Sitara Akbar, who is only 11 years old and a resident of Chiniot, set a world record by passing O-level English, Mathmatics and Science, Geo News reported on Sunday. This is not the first time that the eleven-year-old girl from Chanab area of Chiniot had dazzled the world with her brilliance. She had passed O-level Chemistry in nine years of age, hitting a record in Pakistan. Sitara then went ahead and succeeded in setting …

The High Court in Australia Friday cleared the way for South Korea's Samsung to sell its Galaxy 10.1 tablet in the country when it dismissed iPad manufacturer Apple's bid to have a ban extended. Late last month, Samsung won an appeal against a temporary ban on sales of the Galaxy device in Australia, a rare victory for the company in its legal tussle with its US rival. But Apple immediately won a stay of the orders. However, its bid to extend the …

Shares in Samsung Electronics Co rose nearly 2 percent early on Monday after a U.S. court rejected a bid by Apple Inc to ban sales of Samsung's Galaxy line of products in the United States. The ruling deprived the iPhone and iPad maker of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies. Shares in Samsung climbed 1.5 percent minutes after the market open, versus the wider market's around 0.6 percent rise.