Weekly news update4

Weekly news updates submitted by:Puneet kaur

Allowance doubled for staff ao tiger reserve

• In what will be a major morale booster to thousands of staff deployed in the country's tiger reserves, government has approved their long-pending demand to double their existing monetary allowance.

India’s south pole to study climate change

• India will send an expedition to the South Pole to study changes in climate patterns that have taken place in Antarctica in the last thousands of years, an official said here Friday.

Google bans phone apps used in spying

• A controversial mobile phone application, which helps a cell phone user read the text messages of others secretly, has been removed from sale by Google.

Bharti AXA gen insurance to infuse rs 60 cr by oct:official

• Bharti AXA general insurance is planning to infuse Rs 60 crore this month taking the total to Rs 460 crore and has six products in the pipeline, which are awaiting regulatory approval.

Attrition in service sector touches 35% in h1:study

• Attrition in the services sector has gone as high as 35 per cent in the first six months of 2010-11 with banking segment topping the chart, a study by Assocham has found.