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The injured including three children were shifted to LTMG hospital at Sion where they are reported to be out of danger. Gangurde suffered nearly 70 per cent burns while Lata was burnt on her right limbs. Their children Rahul, Sushil and Poornima who were also injured were shifted to the Wadia hospital for children at Parel.

Atomic clocks for spacecrafts

Atomic clocks with near absolute precision would be put in spacecraft by 2002 AD to avoid any time error due to gravitationalforces, according to french Nobel laureate Prof Calude Cohen-Tannoudji.

Delivering the first Homi Bhabha lecture series on Manipulating atoms by light8217; at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research TIFR on Monday, Cohen-Tannoudji said the prototype of the clocks compact and portable with higher precision had already been built and tested. The finer version of it would be ready within two years, he added.

Threats against Zakhm shows

After the ruckus over the controversial film Fire, now it is the turn of Mahesh Bhatt8217;s Zakhm. Mumbai Youth Association MYA in a letter today to proprietors of theatres in the metropolis screening Bhatt8217;s last directorial venture have warned them to stop showing Zakhm within 48 hours or face litigation. The letter claimed that Hindus in the movie, set against the backdrop of Mumbai communal riots were projected as militants, fanatic and fundamentalist8217;. Additional commissioner of police Rakesh Maria said that routine security has been provided to the cinemahalls, where the film is being screened. 8220;It is only as a precautionary measure,8221; he said.