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Study examines how e-cigarettes' reputation declined over time
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): Efforts to promote e-cigarettes as a healthier alternative to combustible cigarettes have instead backfired, resulting in a product with a reputation as bad or worse than the existing cigarette category, according to new research.
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Study reveals faking emotions at work does more harm than good
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): People often get emotional at work, but the idea of faking emotions to elicit real-life benefits may not work always. According to a recent study, faking a positive attitude to elicit real-life benefits often backfires when used with co-workers. According
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Using influence for transfer, change in posting may backfire on Bihar cops
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Bihar Police would take it seriously if any cop uses their political influence to get desired postings and transfers, the department said in an order.
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BJP's attempt to win elections through war hysteria backfired, says Pak PM
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 6 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that the BJP's "attempt to win elections through whipping up war hysteria" has backfired. He was referring to the US-magazine Foreign Policy's article which claimed that all F-16s sold to Pakistan were acc
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Lending helping hand to employees can backfire
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 26 (ANI): The idea of offering employees a helping hand can backfire, a recent study has suggested.
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UP minister refutes claims his Dalit outreach backfired
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Aligarh, (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 3 (ANI): After his outreach, featuring a meal with a Dalit family as part of a larger Bharatiya Janata Party campaign, sparked a controversy, Uttar Pradesh minister Suresh Rana has denied the claims that the dinner was an impromptu photo-op and the host w
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Shiv Sena's decision to go solo in 2019 polls will backfire: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] January 23 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said that the Shiv Sena's decision to contest the next Maharashtra Assembly and Lok Sabha polls alone would damage them.
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Apurva Asrani's Kangana starrer 'Simran' script-leaking post backfires
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 20 (ANI): It may have failed to live up to the hype, but Kangana Ranaut's 'Simran' is still making the headlines.
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Kids praised for being smart more likely to cheat: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 15 (ANI): Parents beware! A study has recently warned that praise is commonly used to reward children, but when used in the wrong way it can backfire.
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Audi ad likening women to used cars backfires in China
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Oppression is a serious issue in our society, which has recently been portayed in a commercial of Audi in China.
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U.S. gamble of supporting Al-Qaeda backfired, says Putin
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] , June 13 (ANI) : Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the United States gamble of creating and nurturing Al -Qaeda and its late mastermind Osama bin Laden to fight Soviet troops in Afghanistan, has now backfired and "That is the trap in which the United Stat
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Hung Parliament in Britain: PM May under pressure to resign
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London[U.K.], June 9 (ANI):UK Prime Minister Theresa May is staring at an uncertain political future after her gamble to call for a snap election backfired. Latest results indicated that the Conservative Party has failed to win an overall majority in parliament, and the country is now set fo
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