ITC, the Kolkata-based multi-business conglomerate, has decided to take on rival PepsiCo in the ready-to-eat snacks market with its extra offerings on the smaller price packs, sources said.

In an attempt to consolidate its market share, ITC plans to offer 33 per cent extra on its Bingo chips in the Rs 5-Rs 10 packs in the next four-six weeks. This move follows PepsiCo division Frito-Lay's 33 per cent extra in Lay's and Kurkure at the Rs 5 and Rs 10 price-points.

Beware of fake bank websites!! Fraudsters are sending spam e-mails to people posing as banks and force them to click on links that take you to fake websites. The purpose is to decoy customers into revealing their user ids, passwords and PINs. The information thus collected is in turn supplied to fraudsters who commit identity thefts.

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When it comes to mobile phones, Indians stand out as the most loyal consumers. A latest study on consumer mobility, the first of its kind in the Indian market, reflects that consumers have high preference over their existing handset brand and operator services.

The study has been conducted by Boston-based ICT research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics. It notes that an ultra-low cost handset strategy can then provide benefits, including potential brand loyalty and sustained competitive advantage to handset vendors.

The findings say that that nearly 53% consumers are definite to retain their handset brand during upgradation and more than 80% are unwilling to switch between operators in the coming years. Handsets with higher memory and good entertainment features are still priced quite high in India.

Amazon Rainforest

Mainly located in Brazil, this destination will amaze your beyond your wildest dreams. See how life would have adapted without being colonized by humans. As the world's largest tropical rainforest, it sprawls across much of the north. The mighty Amazon and other enormous rivers wind though this vast green area of towering trees and steamy jungles. Where else would you find 75% of the world's plant and animal species in only 3% of the world's area? The forest is always alive here. Mountains covered in a blanket of clouds and fog rise high in the north. Broad white beaches line glistening seashores.

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A Pain in the Royal Horse: 5 Sex Rumors About Royalty

Long before Prince Charles proved that love is blind by cheating on his beautiful wife with Camilla Parker-Bowles, blue bloods had already proudly renounced monogamy. Over the centuries, they've coveted their neighbors' wives countless times, sure, but what about their neighbors' livestock? It's time to separate the perverted facts from the perverted fiction about royal sex lives.

1. Catherine the Great (1729 - 1796)
The reign of Catherine II, the German-born czarina of Russia, began when she overthrew her alcoholic, incompetent, and purportedly impotent husband, Frederick (the not so Great), in 1762. If there was one thing Catherine the Great would not stand for, it was impotence.

The telecom world is buzzing with one word, 3G. What is 3G?

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One day a girl licked the envelopes and postage stamps instead of using a sponge. That very day the lady found a cut on her tongue. A week later, she noticed an abnormal swelling of her tongue. She went to the doctor, and they found nothing wrong. Her tongue was not sore or anything.

An illusionist, magician and a master entertainer... David Blaine's reputation far exceeds his numerous feats. From roadside magic to spending seven days in a transparent coffin 6 feet under the ground, this 35-year-old American has done it all and gone through all as well.

Blaine's death-defying performances have earned him tremendous fan following world-over. His latest act promises to be a nail-biting thriller. Imagine hanging upside down from a thin wire with no safety net and five stories up for at least 60 hours -- Gives you goose bumps, doesn't it? That's exactly what Blain will attempt this stunt on September 22. He risks blindness in the stunt.