The government on Thursday decided to ask the 13th Finance Commission to map the road for achieving fiscal deficit targets by including off-budget subsidies like oil, food and fertiliser bonds estimated at over Rs 100,000 crore (Rs 1,000 billion) in the Budget.

The Union Cabinet took a decision to this effect following an announcement by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the Budget 2008-09. "Having regard to the need to bring the liabilities of the central government on account of oil, food and fertiliser bonds into fiscal accounting and the impact of its various other obligations on the deficit targets, the commission may review the road map for fiscal adjustment," Information and Broadcasting P R Dasmunsi told reporters.

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S ounds unbelievable, doesn't it? But there's a catch and it is the fact that the Telugu actress is acting as a director in the Tamil film. There, it all becomes clear now.

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The call came when I was shooting a Malayalam movie in Dubai. We were shooting under a tight schedule and they couldn't do a single day without me. That is when I got this call for making an appearance in Kuselan. My part seemed interesting because they told me that it was Rajni Sir's idea that we come up with a character like that. I did not have any second thoughts other than asking my directors whether they would let me go or not. They obliged and I was off for five days.

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Being single when you reach middle age could mean more than having the house to yourself - it could increase your risk of dementia.

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Swedish research, presented at a US conference, found that marriage or having a partner halved the risk of developing dementia. The Alzheimer's Research Trust said the results were worrying, given the high divorce rates in the UK.

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HDFC Bank has challenged the Bombay High Court judgement in a debt recovery case in which it was held that an insolvency notice cannot be issued on the basis of a recovery certificate issued by a Debt Recovery Tribunal.

The case relates to recovery of Rs 29 crore (Rs 290 million) from Kishore K Mehta of Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. The insolvency proceedings against individual defaulters are similar to winding up procedures against companies. In both the cases, the court-appointed receivers take charge of the assets and auction the same to recover dues.

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I started singing at a very young age. I would participate in my school and college singing competitions. I learnt a lot under the tutelage of my grandfather. Later, I started singing on a professional level and released about 15-20 cassettes in Punjab. I also worked as a playback singer in many Punjabi films.

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] heard it and wanted it to be a part of Boom .  He was completely floored. Yeh gana bachche bachche ki zubaan par hai [Even children know this song] . But I was hugely disappointed when I didn't receive the IIFA award for it. I was called because I was nominated but I wasn't aware of the politics and 'settings' rampant here.

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However, one of the researchers warned that schizophrenia is so complex genes alone will only ever partially explain the illness at best.

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Mental health charities said genetic studies should be matched by work to reduce the known risk factors. Scientists have suggested that an individual's risk of schizophrenia is roughly half dictated by their genetic make-up, and half by other factors during their lives.

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T he market has remained in a weak state of mind, has come off its intra-day high and has finally ended the day sharply in negative territory. IT, Auto, Metal, Healthcare, Oil, Psu, Realty, Banks, Consumer Durables & Capital Goods have ended positive in varying degrees while FMCG has ended in negative territory. Volume registered a noticeable increase (read as turnover) while the undertone seemed panicky.

Trading Range - The Sensex opened at 14085.53, moved up to an intra-day high of 14153.12, declined to an intra-day low of 13727.14 and closed at 13791.54. Review/Outlook - The Sensex has had a weak trading session, has had a negative opening, has moved just one way, has faced selling pressure even at lower levels, has come off from its intra - day high and has finally ended sharply in negative territory on higher volume. Volatility can be the order of the day; an intra-day upside (seems like a possibility) could come in above the 13802 level while significant resistance at higher levels (14066) - would limit the upside. The outlook has turned neutral again while resistance comes in at the 15300+ level and support comes in at the 12780 level.

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] , said at their home in Ludhiana that the event management company, which took his son to the Maldives, informed him at around 2000 hours that the singer had died due to drowning in the swimming pool of the hotel where he was staying.

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Trials of the drug, known as rember, in 321 patients showed an 81% difference in rate of mental decline compared with those not taking the treatment.

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The Aberdeen University researchers said the drug targeted the build-up of a specific protein in the brain. Presenting the results at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, Professor Claude Wischik said the drug may be on the market by 2012.

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] may again raise short-term lending rate and mandatory cash reserves by 25 basis points each in its mid-term review slated for October 24 to bring down inflation to 7 per cent by this fiscal-end, financial sector experts said on Tuesday.

The United States-based investment bank Goldman Sachs said: "We expect a tightening bias will remain in the policy in the near term and now expect a hike of 25 basis points in the repo rates and CRR respectively by end October." In its first quarterly review of the credit policy, RBI increased short term lending rate (repo rate) by 0.5 per cent with immediate effect while cash reserve ratio was increased 0.25 per cent that would come into effect from August 30. Echoing views of the investment banker, Crisil's principle economist D K Joshi said RBI could raise repo rate by another 25 basis points by October as a pre-emptive measure to curb liquidity and anchor inflationary expectations.

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T hey say fame is a fleeting moment -- one day you're a hero and the every next moment your image is crushed into small bits. Now, a leading PR practitioner, who believes that public recognition gets decayed after 15 months, has come up "fame formula" to calculate the shelf-life of a celebrity career.

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Mark Borkowski said that a study of a host of celebrities showed that any specific boost to fame is sustained for about 15 months. Borkowski concludes that people who are pushed into the limelight in this era can expect their initial fame to last for 15 months.

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Scientists have found further evidence that taking commonly used cholesterol- lowering statins may protect against dementia and memory loss.

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The study, published in Neurology, found that statins - normally taken to reduce heart disease risk - may cut the risk of dementia by half. A quarter of the patients took a statin, and in total 130 went on to develop dementia.

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Currently, the answer appears to be "yes" despite the fact that e-mail IDs can be spoofed (faked) and IP addresses (your computer's identity when surfing) manipulated with ease.

Security agencies recently discovered that the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the sender of the e-mail -- warning of the Ahmedabad blasts -- originated in a flat in Navi Mumbai that was rented by a foreign national, who has been implicated in the case. However, experts note that cyber-terrorists could have remotely hacked into the computer and sent the e-mail via a trojan. A trojan is the oldest way of tricking you to load a programme that gives a hacker access to your computer.

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] show. Sajid Khan and his bizarre takes on Bollywood hamming -- not to forget his alter ego pun-master Kishen Jhoothani -- make for tremendous viewing, and have great rewatchability.

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Sajid Khan's debut film might have been a blockbuster, but the complete claustrophobia that comes from listening to two people who made the film constantly showering themselves and their film with glowing adulation is just plain horrible. Sajid talks about Ritesh's best work, and then shows us a horrifying scene from Heyy Babyy that involves three grown men eventually touching a baby's feet after wailing like mad, after which Ritesh -- who spent a few minutes trying not to visibly squirm -- talks about how well Sajid directs it. All we get is Deshmukh thankfully being casual, but bombarded by a bunch of questions about his own films and lines from films that he's just quoted, and Khan seems to have completely lost his edge, poor chap. What passes for comedy now is Sajid calling a glass of water battery-water, Ritesh saying he needs to drink it because his internal battery needs a recharge, and then both of them lapsing into a Kader Khan impression. If that even sounds remotely like fanboy slacker-movie fun, it's not.

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A drug used to lower blood pressure could prevent or delay thousands of Alzheimer's cases, US research has suggested.

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People taking angiotensin receptor blockers were up to 40% less likely to develop dementia than those taking other blood pressure drugs. The number of people in the UK with dementia is expected to soar to 1.7 million over the next two decades.

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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority may soon allow pharma companies to increase prices of over 70 medicines, including some antibiotics and imported life savers.

The authority will consider price revision applications of these medicines at a meeting scheduled for July 31, following representations from companies asking it to hike prices. The move is the first in a series of measures being worked out by the recently formed Department of Pharmaceuticals to help ease margin pressures on the domestic pharma firms, which have been hit by a steep increase in raw material costs.

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Babul Ka Aangan Choote Na ? Those of you following the serial must be wondering about the fate of the lead female protagonist Aastha Ranawat ( Aastha Chaudhury ), whose character has taken a 360 degree turn in the serial by suddenly ditching Shubh Ranawat (Siddharth Shukla) and marrying his elder brother Swyam Ranawat (Rahil Azam).

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While Chaudhury chose to remain tightlipped about the unfolding events, sources close to the production team revealed that in the serial, Aastha has been kidnapped by Payel (ex-flame of Swyam and Aastha's look-alike) and is taking revenge on him. "It is very difficult. It has been almost eight months that I am working throughout the day -- no less than 15 hours day. However, since the feedback has been so positive I do not mind. I am also trying to put in my best and am enjoying my work thoroughly," Chaudhury says.

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Children carrying the first gene that has been clearly linked to obesity find it harder than others to tell when they are full, London-based researchers say.

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They studied over 3,000 children to see whether the FTO gene impacts on the ability to burn calories or appetite. The researchers found those with copies of the gene's risky variant were less likely to have their appetite "switched off" when they should be full.

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D oes your cable TV operator ever give you a bill when he comes to collect his monthly payment? Chances are he doesn't. But if he does, does the bill explain the charges under various heads like subscription fee, service tax and entertainment tax, among others? If the draft recommendations prepared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the cable TV industry are accepted, then he will be obliged to offer you a proper bill in lieu of the payment. The move is aimed at bringing greater transparency into the cable TV network business, and ensure the service provider pays his taxes.

Talking of transparency, the cable operator, who used to register himself at the local post office for Rs 500 a year, will now have to submit various documents including an ID proof, PAN number and Income Tax Returns and pay Rs 10,000 to get a five-year licence from the district post office. In fact, if the recommendations, released for the cable and broadcasting industry's feedback last week, are cleared, the cable operator will have to ensure that your idiot box remains snow-free. (The Bureau of Indian Standards has prescribed a television signal strength that the cable operator must deliver.) Each receipt issued by the cable operator will now have to have a contact number for addressing complaints.

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). All of them are very ambitious.  Bobby wants to make money without working, Lalbhai wants to be a good businessman but always loses money, Gaurav wants to open is own advertisement agency, Shruti wants to open her own boutique, Manik wants to be a supermodel and Ashima wants to become a television star and then enter Bollywood.

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The six get a call from dying man called Jaiswal (Prem Chopra), who nominates all of them to his wealth. Unfortunately, the six soon realise that the company is in huge debt, and it is up to them to bail the company out. Whether they manage to pull it off or not forms the rest of the story. Money Hai is not all about comedy, as you might expect from a Govinda starrer. It has a heavy dose of drama in the second half, which is a tad boring.

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California has become the first US state to ban restaurants and food retailers from using trans-fats, which are linked to coronary heart disease.

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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said the new legislation, which will take effect in 2010, represented a "strong step toward creating a healthier future". Some cities, like New York City, Philadelphia and Seattle, have already banned the fats. Many food makers and restaurant chains have also been experimenting with replacements for oils and foods that contain them.

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S o you thought that privatising airports would mark a new beginning in traveller service and amenities? Well, yes - and no. Visits last week to the four cities that have new, private airports provided abundant evidence of how things have improved in the domestic terminals: more spacious passenger concourses, more check-in counters, better conveyor belts, brighter lighting, improved flooring, nicer toilets, free porter services (they even refuse tips), better food options, quality shopping areas, easier movement to and from cars, more parking space, more taxis and bus shuttles, and a great deal else. You can see that when the work is completed, the country will no longer need to be embarrassed about its major airports.

There is still a lot of work to be done in Delhi and Mumbai, so they look bombed out in places. Delhi in particular looks chaotic. Work is behind schedule, so the inconvenience to passengers is lasting longer than it should. But a new runway is to be commissioned soon, and that means less time spent circling over the city. The relief is that the horror stories about the time taken to get to the Bangalore and Hyderabad airports seem overblown. I got to a city hotel from the Bangalore airport in 36 minutes at 8 pm, and got back to the airport the next day in 40 minutes just before the evening rush hour. Not bad at all. Hyderabad took longer, about an hour, but you can see that an 11-km elevated track is being built to take you up to the national highway, from where it is a smooth run.

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The film begins in 1994 with Dhanalakshmi and Balaji, two school-going children, who are the best of friends. Dhanalakshmi's father remarries after her mother's death and her stepmother is very unkind.

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People who take blood have been warned not to get the patient to tightly clench their fist during the procedure.

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UK researchers who examined 200,000 blood test results found clenching then relaxing the fist could raise potassium levels, potentially confusing results. A UK expert said clenching was an outdated practice and staff taking blood should not ask patients to do so.

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Get Quote ] have been shortlisted to manage about Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion) in provident fund of about four crore employees annually.

"Three asset management companies, including HSBC, ICICI Prudential and SBI have qualified in the financial bid round," a member of the Finance and Investment Committee (FIC) of Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) told PTI. He said HSBC and ICICI Prudential have been selected as they quoted the lowest fee of one basis point, or 0.01 per cent, of the fund to be managed.

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After conquering Toronto and Trinidad, the Unforgettable Tour is all set to debut in the US.

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Life expectancy for people with HIV has increased by an average of 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to better HIV treatment, a study says.

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Researchers said it meant HIV was now effectively a chronic condition like diabetes, rather than a fatal disease, the Lancet reported. The study found a person now diagnosed at 20 years old could expect to live for another 49 years.

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] said that rising costs of fuel and raw materials are the biggest worry for the automobile industry. Tata also warned of tough times for the company as its market share slid in the last financial year.

] Suzuki has already announced its results, posting a dip of almost 7 per cent following the spiralling input costs. On the sales count, however, Tata Motors saw a growth of 11 per cent in domestic sales. It sold more than 57,000 passenger cars in the first quarter ended June 30.

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Ladies and gents, welcome to the silly superstar season in televisionland, with three of the country's biggest stars appearing at least three nights a week. We've heard the hype, sat through the inevitable promos, and read all about the rumoured mega-crore deals -- the 'rumoured' bit being exactly how much they're getting, not that they're as massive -- and we've been ready.

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Each of them has turned out to be a disappointment, leaving channel heads scratching their heads and wondering what to do about those starry overheads and dipping ratings. Well, they have themselves to blame for not having thought things through. ] and his Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai , a good concept so badly messed up by the production house that the star turns up every other day jiving with a housewife while his brand value plummets.

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Scientists have pinpointed a gene mutation as a major cause of a rare side effect of the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins.

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They hope the discovery could lead to a simple test to identify patients at increased risk of myopathy - severe muscle pain and weakness. This would also enable higher doses of statins to be safely prescribed to patients not at risk of the condition.

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While the commercial vehicle business of Eicher Motors Ltd will be transferred to the joint venture company Eicher Motors India Ltd, the sales and distribution network of Volvo India will also be merged with the JV firm, he said.

The approval to bring in the FDI is subject to compliance with RBI and SEBI guidelines, besides subjected to approval of the relevant high courts for the demerger of distribution business of Volvo India, he said. "Eicher shall be holding the balance 54.4 per cent equity of the company and shall act as an operating cum holding company," the spokesperson said.

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A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, suggest scientists.

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The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, found 41 million fewer sperm per millilitre of semen after just one portion every two days. The authors said plant oestrogens in foods such as tofu, soy mince or milk may interfere with hormonal signals.

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The current law prohibits such first time clinical trials in India unless it is tested in the country of origin or it is developed within the country.

The move, initiated by the office of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), comes a year after the health ministry's technical advisory body on such matters � the Drug Technical Advisory Board -- recommended grant of permission to conduct phase I clinical trials in India. The matter has been in the cold storage due to concerns expressed by various public interest groups over the possible misuse of such permission. Phase I trials, or introduction of an investigational new drug in a small group of healthy humans, is carried out to understand its action and side effects before the drug can be given to larger number of patients in phase II and phase III trials.

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Devendra Banhart has recruited his girlfriend/actress Natalie Portman to star in the video for his new single, Carmensita.

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Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists.

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Eight-year-olds who were smaller at birth were more likely to have "vascular resistance", reported the European Heart Journal. None of the 140 eight or nine year olds tested in this study would showed any actual signs of heart disease, a condition which normally emerges far later in life.

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) The state of California's own statistics show that, in 2006, the state consumed 20 billion gallons of diesel and petrol as transportation fuel, a more than 50 per cent increase over the past two decades. But even more interestingly, 20 billion gallons a year tops the transportation fuel usage of the entire nations of China or India! Chew on that for a while, and allow it to truly sink in: California alone uses more petrol and diesel for fuel that any other country in the world, save the United States as a whole, which used a whopping 136 billion gallons, or 44% of the world's transportation fuel consumption.

Of course, listening to US politicians , talking heads and media reports, one wouldn't know it. They constantly inundate us with stories of India and China and their rapid growth, and what it portends for the developed world. The two emerging Asian giants have been blamed for everything from food shortages to rising fuel prices to global warming. But instead of worrying why Indians need two roti s per day rather than one, or why our rapid development has led to increased vehicles on India's roads, perhaps it's time for America to do some soul searching and ask a few questions of itself.

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We celebrate the singer-turned actor's birthday by asking readers to send it their favourite Himesh songs.

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The National Aids Trust said as many as half of all early-stage infections, often marked by severe flu-like symptoms, are being missed.

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A GP specialising in sexual health said doctors should always be open-minded to the possibility their patients had HIV. There are approximately 7,000 new HIV infections in the UK every year, and as many as 50% are estimated to be passed on by people who are in the early stages of their own infection.

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] has taken various initiatives to infuse a green element into its business, by offering solutions that would help the company and its customers optimise energy efficiency and deal with waste, according to Anurag Behar, chief eexcutive, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering and Corporate VP for Social Initiatives.

Currently an estimated 70 per cent of the Leed certified buildings were lit by energy efficient Wipro products, he said during the launch of `eco chapters' at the Wipro Campus on Tuesday. The company aims at becoming a carbon neutral, water positive organisation, achieve a defined level of biodiversity foot print, set new standards in recycling waste and facilitate employees achieve a hgiher ecological footprint in their personal lives, he said.

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After dazzling the Toronto crowd on Sunday, the Bachchans turned their attention to Trinidad, Spain as part of the first leg of their Unforgettable tour. Clad in glittering attire, Abhishek and wife Aishwarya took to the stage with gusto. Amitabh Bachchan and Preity Zinta too took to the stage amid applause.

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The tobacco plant - responsible for millions of cancer cases - may actually offer the means to treat one form of the disease, a study suggests.

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The National Academy of Sciences study suggests they could be used to tackle a form of lymphoma. UK specialists said while "potentially exciting", more research would be needed to test how well the vaccine actually worked.

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India, South Africa and Argentina, key members of NAMA-11 alliance at World Trade Organisation, on Monday rejected a move by developed countries to limit the flexibility on tariffs and imports of developing countries to protect their domestic industry and farm sector.

"We reject any attempt to further constrain the already limited flexibilities in the modalities text, particularly the very recent anti-concentration proposals," a NAMA-11 communique said. Meanwhile, the US and the European Union is pressing the developing nations to make concessions in opening the markets to ensure a global trade deal.

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] sounds devastatingly like Jaspinder Narula. Music directors Sajid-Wajid channel an Aqua kinda sound with such plasticky loyalty that I'm surprised nobody, in the middle of all the banal English chorus, says anything about Barbie or Doc Jones. It's a cheery enough wannabe track, and Shaan sings it with gusto. It's pretty basic, but at least it's happy -- and Chauhan's ooay-ooay-o's are kinda fun.

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Scientists are hailing a new drug to treat aggressive prostate cancer as potentially the most significant advance in the field for 70 years.

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Abiraterone could potentially treat up to 80% of patients with a deadly form of the disease resistant to currently available chemotherapy, they say. The Institute of Cancer Research hopes a simple pill form will be available in two to three years.

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in India -- from its first mention four years ago in a Bollywood blockbuster in 2004 to the two instances this year regarding its encounters with two corporate houses -- Mittals and Ambanis.

MTN possibly first found its mention in India in a super-hit Hindi movie named Aitraaz , meaning objection, which had stars like Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor. The movie, incidentally a court-room drama, had its lead actors asserting their Aitraaz to each other over issues like relationships, illicit affairs and other allegations and had the main protagonist, played by Akshay, as an employee of the South African mobile firm MTN when he meets the antagonist, whose role was essayed by Priyanka.

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T he new Batman movie The Dark Knight smashed a lot of box office records, what with an earning of 155.3 million dollars in its opening weekend.

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, WALL-E and Kung-Fu Panda , to name three recent supersize hits, made in their respective opening weekends. The movie's performance on Friday also set new records as Hollywood's biggest-ever opening day and biggest-ever single day.

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Scientists have found a way to overcome the problem of the human body rejecting animal parts used in transplants.

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The work, by the University of Leeds, means the use of animal tissue such as blood vessels, tendons and bladders may become common in surgery. For instance, chemically treated heart valves from pigs have been transplanted into patients for more than a decade, but have a limited life span as they are inert and cannot be populated by the patient's own cells, and ruling out any possibility of repair to damage.

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The US, Australia, Canada, France and Japan had the highest five-year survival rates, while Algeria had the worst, Lancet Oncology reported.

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The UK faired pretty poorly, trailing most of its western European neighbours - although the data is from the 1990s since when survival rates have risen. The research was carried out by more than 100 scientists across the world led by Professor Michel Coleman, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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Concerned over leakage of sensitive data on price rise, the government has decided to release the inflation figures on Thursdays against the current practice of announcing it on Fridays.

Henceforth, the wholesale price-based inflation data would be released at 5 pm on every Thursday, a commerce ministry official said. The decision comes in the wake of a few instances where the sensitive data was leaked before the official announcement, the official said.

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In a damage control exercise, actor-turned-Member of Parliament, Govinda has called a press conference on Wednesday night to clear the confusion after a Mumbai-based tabloid claimed that the actor has a poor attendance record in Lok Sabha, and that it was doubtful whether he attend the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on July 22.

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The obesity crisis could deepen as the womb chemicals of increasingly overweight mothers set their baby's future risk, say US scientists.

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A study, in the International Journal of Obesity, showed mice genetically prone to obesity getting fatter generation by generation. Our genes alone do not fully explain why we turn out the way we do - why some people will develop cancer or Alzheimer's disease, while others become obese.

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DG Shipping had on May 15 barred operations of all categories of vessels that are more than 25 years old. The move that probably was aimed safety of operations of cargo vessels has hit the oil industry hard.

Offshore supply vessels and multi-purpose supply vessels among others provide logistic and operational support to oil and gas exploration and production in offshore areas. ONGC has over 100 such vessels supporting oil and gas production from fields like Mumbai High and aiding exploration in new prospects. Similarly, Reliance has 40-plus vessels that are helping it bring to production its largest gas field in Krishna Godavari basin.

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Me , spoke to Patcy N about her book, and why youngsters would love to read it.

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I met Abrar in 2004, and finished writing a year ago. He was sick even when I met him. He would say I am getting senile but he can remember things with ease.   Sometimes, he would get agitated. Sometimes, he would get animated and would perform. So it was a lot of fun.

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Women remain confused about the right way to check their breasts for early signs of cancer, says a charity.

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Experts say there is no evidence that rigorous monthly "self-examination" reduce breast cancer deaths and it can lead to unnecessary biopsies. The Department of Health has not endorsed breast self-examination since the early 1990s, but US authorities still do.

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Soaring inflation and market volatility notwithstanding, Indian investors have emerged most optimistic in Asia and many of them believe the economy has improved in the second quarter of 2008, says a survey.

According to a survey conducted by Dutch financial services major ING, 76 per cent of Indian investors believe the economy would improve in the third quarter while 71 per cent felt that economy had improved in the second quarter. "Despite market volatilities, rising oil prices and inflation, the ING Investor Dashboard Sentiment Index for India continues to reflect highest level of investor optimism across Asia. ...a lot more investors claim that the economy has improved in the last quarter," the survey conducted in association with research and analysis provider TNS said.

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Sakkarakkatti (Lump of Sugar), produced by Kalaippuli S Thaanu, and starring debutant Santhanu, the offspring of talented director K Bhagyaraj.

The story revolves around five friends who grow up together -- and then, at the right time, love blooms between the hero and heroine. What will win the final round: friendship or love? That's the question this movie (hopefully) seeks to answer. In the meantime, the makers promise a feast of music for this romantic film. So let's see if the soundtracks deliver the promise.

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Sex infections continue to rise with experts issuing a stark warning over the behaviour of young people.

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There was a 6% rise in sex infections in the UK in 2007 compared to 2006, but this comes at a time when the numbers being tested is rising rapidly. Half of the total were in people aged 16-24, despite the fact they represent just one in eight of the population, the Health Protection Agency said.

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Inflation may be flirting with double-digit figures, but Indians living in metros seem to be an optimistic lot with most of them expecting the employment scenario as well as the economic conditions to improve in the near term.

Knowledge services firm Boston Analytics' Consumer Sentiment Index (BACSI), a monthly barometer of consumer opinion regarding current state and future expectations of the macro economy, household financial conditions and consumption, has registered a nearly 3 per cent increase in the level of over all optimism in June. BACSI for June stood at 96.9, up 2.9 per cent from the previous months reading of 94.2. The rise is attributable primarily to improvement of sentiment related to consumption plans, employment and expectations from the future state of economy.

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A chemical used by bacteria to invade other cells may boost the chance of successful rehabilitation from spinal and brain injury, research suggests.

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They found the treatment increased the length of time that the nervous system was responsive to rehab. After damage to the nervous system, patients go through a rehab programme to try to regain some of the neurological function that they have lost.

Full Story: Lab boost for spinal injury rehab

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Amid concerns over lesser number of students taking up science as a career, a new study has shown that while the percentage of students taking up pure sciences remained static at 21, there was a 17 per cent increase in job opportunities in the field.

In all 27,791 Science and Technology vacancies were advertised in the year 2005 and 32,362 vacancies in 2006, the study conducted by the 'Manpower Management Centre' for the Centre's Department of Science and Technology said. The increase in S&T job opportunities in 2006 over 2005 works out to nearly 17 per cent, it said.

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Tabu was earlier considered for the role but the makers felt that she would not suit the role.



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Their study, published in the journal Neurology, looked at 121 people aged over 60, around half of them in the early stages of the disease.

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Those with Alzheimer's who were less fit had four times more signs of brain shrinkage than those who were fit. Some 700,000 people in the UK are living with dementia, with this number predicted to grow quickly over the next two decades, as the proportion of older people in the population increases.

Full Story: Exercise 'slows down Alzheimer's'

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The World Intellectual Organisation on Tuesday called on India to become a signatory to the two Internet treaties which will provide for global protection of the rights of copyright holders, performers and producers of phonograms.

The WIPO Copyrights Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, collectively termed as Internet Treaties, were negotiated in 1996 under the auspices of WIPO. But India is yet to sign them. "India has got huge information, film and entertainment industries. For its own benefit, the country must become a signatory to the two treaties. It would ensure a strong protection about the use of creative works on the world wide web not only in that country but also abroad," director of Copyright Law at WIPO Jorgen Savy Blomqvist told PTI in Geneva.

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T he world premiere of The Dark Knight on July 14 in New York saw quite a few Hollywood stars walk down the red carpet.

Christian Bale was spotted with his wife Sibi Blazic, along with Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Danny DeVito, Ethan Hawk, Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, and many more. Late actor Heath Ledger's family also made their way to the film's premiere.  His father Kim Ledger and stepmother Ines bypassed the red carpet and ducked into the theatre to watch their late son play The Joker in the latest Batman film.

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Mothers-to-be who eat nuts every day may increase their child's risk of developing asthma by 50%, claim Dutch researchers.

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The results, published in a US journal, suggest that potent allergens found in some nuts might prime the foetus to be allergy-prone. The factors during pregnancy, or early life, that cause some children to develop asthma while others are unaffacted are still unclear.

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The timeline for submission of consolidated financial results may be extended by two months from the end of a quarter against the current stipulation of one month, a committee set up by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed.

Companies with global operations and having a large number of subsidiaries will benefit as they feel a month's time is too short to submit the consolidated results. Sebi on Friday proposed changes to certain provisions of clause 41 of the listing agreement after considering the views of its committee on disclosures and accounting standards.

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Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams , a sort of self-requiem that has since dominated the Youtube circuit and inspired several spin-offs. The key to a fulfilling life, argued Pausch, is to accept that we have a limited time on Earth to make our most innocent fantasies into reality.

. And, ultimately, it's this hearty message -- to embrace life before it's too late -- that makes the film so thought-provoking, vivacious and full of fun. Of course, the message alone isn't enough. And this one, wrapped in layers of humour and beautifully crafted, delivers the entire package. The result: A smash-hit and a feel-good summer blockbuster. Alas, to Mr Ping's infinite chagrin, noodles are of secondary importance to poor Po; he'd rather eat than make them, which results in an oversized gut and a lack of motivation. What occupies his mind most is Kung Fu. But he just can't seem to act on it, and, with his father's encouragement, he's almost entirely buried his greatest dream under layers of self-loathing and disappointment.

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Using patches instead of pills could cut the risk of one of the lesser-known complications of hormone replacement therapy, a study of 1m women says. An Oxford University team reported the rate of operations for patch-wearers was substantially lower than for those having HRT in pill form. The gallbladder is a small organ, attached to the base of the liver, which stores and concentrates bile, a substance which helps the body digest fat.

Full Story: HRT study 'highlights pills risk'

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Adding to the woes of the government, the inflation on Friday inched towards 12 per cent mark while the industrial growth nosedived to 3.8 per cent amid fears that RBI could take more price control steps that could make the borrowing further costlier.

The unabated rise in inflation is bound to impact the economic growth though it might not be severe, said Subhashish Gangopadhyay, adviser to Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Reflecting the pressures on economy, industry grew by 3.8 per cent in May on the back of five per cent in April. The fall is sharper compared the level of over 10 per cent in the same period a year ago.

Full Story: Inflation up, industry down; growth targets may go awry

I mean, sure we get that handheld films are fun to watch and all, but there's a time and a place for everything -- and there's a reason Bryan Singer and Sam Raimi aren't putting out-of-focus shots out there.

Hancock has a great premise -- that of a superhero more given to alcohol than even Tony Stark; nope, this guy's a true-blue, stubble-sporting bum -- and the most perfect of leading men for the job, but thanks to a rather melodramatic back-story and ending, it's eventually a disappointment. , of course. Even when resembling a particularly repellent piece of trash and flying in the air while guzzling liquor from the bottle, the man positively reeks of charisma. Always a fine actor, Will usually steers clear of the unsavoury characters, but this film demands him to threaten a geriatric woman with menace, and he manages that pretty good too.

Full Story: A Hancock and bull movie

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More Britons are failing to recognise they are overweight, research shows A comparison of Great Britain household surveys from 1999 and 2007 show the number of people classed as clinically overweight or obese has increased. One expert said the results were "disappointing" in light of greater awareness of the problems of obesity among the general public. In each of the surveys adults were asked to give their height and weight which was used to calculate their BMI.

Full Story: Adults misjudge weight problems

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India's industrial growth plunged to 3.8 per cent in May, as compared to 10.6 per cent a year-ago, due to poor showing of manufacturing and electricity sector.

Industrial output, as measured by Index of Industrial Production, grew by just 5 per cent in the first two months of this fiscal, against 10.9 per cent during the same period last year. Rising interest cost led to drastic deceleration in manufacturing growth to 3.9 per cent in May, compared to 11.3 per cent in a year-ago period. Manufacturing has a weight of over 79 per cent in IIP.

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She will play Naagin, in a film called Naagin: The Snake Woman, to be directed by Hollywood director, Jennifer Lynch. The film also stars Irrfan Khan, playing a policeman, who tries to pin down the Naagin and destroy her legendary powers.



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Some women in countries where abortion is restricted are using the internet to buy medication enabling them to abort a pregnancy at home, the BBC has learned. Women in Northern Ireland and over 70 countries with restrictions have used one of the main websites, Women on Web. A British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology review of 400 customers found nearly 11% had needed a surgical procedure after taking the medication.

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G erman luxury car manufacturer Audi plans to launch more luxury car models in the near future, a top company official said.

"We already have five models in India. We plan to launch more luxury car models in the Indian market, including the small car A3 at an appropriate time," Audi India's managing director Benoit Tiers told reporters after launching the new Audi A4 sedan in Mumbai on Thursday. Audi India commenced its business activities in 2007 and presently has five models -- Audi A8, Audi Q7, Audi A6, Audi A4 and Audi TT.

Full Story: Audi A4 sedan at Rs 36 lakh!

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A new form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) may have been uncovered in a handful of patients in the US. Ten people have so far died from a fast-advancing form of fatal dementia called PSPr, New Scientist reports. Patients develop the trademark brain damage associated with CJD - the type not linked to BSE - but scientists believe there may be a genetic cause.

Full Story: 'New CJD type' discovered in US

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Poor performance in almost all core areas of the infrastructure sector, including petroleum refinery products and power, has led to a steep fall in six core infrastructure industries to 3.5 per cent in May, against 7.8 per cent in the corresponding period last year.

During April-May 2008-09, the growth rate of these core industries declined to 3.5 per cent against 6.9 per cent during the same period last fiscal. According to official data released on Wednesday, the petroleum refinery products registered a poor growth of 0.1 per cent in May, compared to 14.9 per cent last year.

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W e have seen them take off from comics to the big screen in a big way. From Superman to Iron Man, these super strong and noble characters are here to stay.

] . While we await the drunken hero to save the world, let us test your IQ on the more popular ones. The correct answer is A .  This 1990 film was directed by Albert Pyun and starred Matt Salinger as the eponymous character. Initially, the makers considered getting two different actors for the role of Captain America and his alter ego Steve Rogers. Finally, it was decided that Salinger could play both roles.

Full Story: Do you know you superheroes?

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A code of practice to regulate the use of electronic chips to screen embryos is to be drawn up by the European Fertility Society's ethics task force. Doctors already use so-called gene chips to screen DNA for lethal diseases, but in principle they could also test for less serious conditions. Task force chairman Professor Guido De Wert said the technology should be used to improve only fertility treatment.

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Telecom companies are likely to have new accounting norms soon for recording transactions such as issuance of life-time validity cards and full value pre-paid cards.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is in the process of clarifying the procedure for accounting of these peculiar transactions for which there is no precedence. "We will issue explanations and clarifications as to how to record certain transactions which are innovative in nature," ICAI President Ved Jain told PTI.

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] look-alike Harman would steal the show with his cool dance moves, the victory cup goes to Imran.

started with a great opening, and is still doing well, according to trade analysts. The film is steadily heading to becoming a big hit. Unfortunately, Love Story 2050 neither got a good start at the box office, nor with the critics. One of the reasons for the failure, according to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, is that the Indian audience is still not open to sci-fi. "Science fiction is not everyone's cup of tea. Secondly, the film did not do well because of its music. If it is a love story, the music has to be good. And of course, people don't like the film," he says.

Full Story: And the winner is: Jaane Tu

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The complementary therapy has been used for centuries in China to aid female fertility and it is now available privately via some NHS clinics.

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But the London-based researchers told a European fertility conference an analysis of 13 trials covering almost 2,500 women did not show any benefits. Acupuncture is the most popular complementary therapy used by IVF patients because it is thought to improve blood flow by relaxing a patient, and therefore increasing the chance of an embryo implanting.

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UAE and other Gulf countries are facing a surge in the prices of rice due to a supply shortage owing to India's ban on export of non-basmati rice varieties in March this year.

The shortage of rice has led to a food crisis in the UAE, where inflation has climbed above 11 per cent, media reports said. India had, in March this year, banned export of non-basmati rice to check rising prices of the food grain.

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Frozen is better than fresh when it comes to transplanting embryos in IVF treatment, a study shows.

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Danish scientists found babies born after a frozen embryo was thawed and implanted had higher birth weights than those born from fresh embryos. A European fertility conference heard frozen embryo babies did better because only the most robust embryos survived the freezing and thawing process.

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H eadlines about the rising cost of conventional fuel only bring a smug grin to the face of Chetan Kumaar Maini, a grin that has got wider these days. It's a sweet period indeed for Maini, especially since his electric car, Reva, has finally got an official toehold in New Delhi.

"I got a call from the Delhi government one day and they asked me 'what do you need to launch here?' I had only 25 days to set up my showroom," he says. That, as you may know, is in the bustling Lajpat Nagar market in the Capital, also the address where Maini meets us - handling a steady stream of curious prospective customers all the while. Maini's tryst with automobiles began when, at the age of 13, he took to go-karts and started fiddling around with them. He moved on to doing mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, where he also finally decided to specialise in solar-electric vehicles.

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A London hospital has been referred to health watchdogs after concerns that too many liver transplants are being given to foreign patients.

The Healthcare Commission was alerted after 72 non-British EU nationals were given new livers in four years at King's College Hospital. Of those, 37 were given to Greek and Cypriot nationals in what were classed as "private" operations.

Full Story: Concerns over foreign transplants

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I drive 30 kilometres every day to work, one way, using a fuel-guzzling hatchback, and the petrol price hurts. Actually, more than hurt, it bleeds, especially when I have to drive across traffic-jam-packed roads to appointments.

Yet, like most of my colleagues, people just like you and me, I've never-ever considered a battery-operated vehicle, the kind you charge with an extension cord connected to a power supply point in your home. I mean, would I seriously consider a commuting vehicle that comes inbuilt with limitations of speed, or distance, or both? I'd need to be mentally challenged to chance being stranded in the middle of somewhere for want of an electric charge, or of a mechanic who can handle electric vehicles.

Full Story: Beat the fuel hike, buy an electric car!

Automobile giant General Motors will invest Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 10-12 billion) to set up a power train (engine and gear box) manufacturing facility at its Talegaon Plant near Pune.

The company is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Maharashtra government for the purpose within fortnight or so. The power train plant will have a capacity to produce 2 lakh units per anum. Besides using the facility for manufacturing engines and gear boxes for the Spark model, the Talegon facility will be also used for export, sources in the Maharashtra government said.

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The country's largest real estate company, DLF,  has seen its share price drop over 70 per cent from a high of Rs 1,225. The share price of the company was hammered even after the realtor announced a plan to buy back its shares earlier this week.

The company's board is meeting on July 10 to finalise the details of the buyback offer, a year after it debuted on the stock market. In both good and bad times, we will do things that are good for the company and its shareholders. We are not a company that decides strategy on the basis of newspaper articles or  analyst comments.

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July 05, 2008 15:25 IST Britain has become the favourite haunt of Indian tourists, who spend more money here than visitors from the United States, according to latest industry estimates.

Indian visitor numbers rose from 205,000 to 367,000 in 2006 and are expected to increase at a greater rate. The average spend by an Indian tourist is 793 pounds, compared with 710 pounds by an American tourist. Last year, VisitBritain, a government agency, issued a tourist map of sites featured in Bollywood films to coincide with the International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony which was held in Yorkshire.

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A woman said to be 70 years of age has given birth to twins in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state after taking IVF treatment.

Omkari Panwar has no birth certificate but if her age is proven it would make her the world's oldest mother. The twins, a boy and girl both weighing 2lbs, were delivered one month early by Caesarian section.

Full Story: Woman in India gives birth to twins 'at 70'

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I f Anish Kapoor isn't written of by the Indian media, you can't really blame it because the 54-year-old, for all his celebrity status in the West - where his following is huge - has nothing to show for it back home. But for Kapoor it is London, where he moved when he was 18, that is his home.

It is also where he derives his creative instincts from, though his work, he has always claimed, is an amalgamation of the sensibilities of the East and the West, with an Indian influence that is more than apparent when you go looking for it. But then, any work is open to any interpretation� The reason why Kapoor hasn't shown in India is because he is so big. Not his status -which is huge too - but his works, giant sculptures wrought from quarried stone, or polished stainless steel, commissions for which clutter his calendar over the next years. The Mumbai-born, Doon School-educated lad is one of Britain's best-known sculptors working in what has been described as a new international style. They are, on the surface, simply wrought, gently curved, usually monochromatic forms that have a scale that astonishes.

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Children conceived using donor sperm or eggs or through surrogacy do as well emotionally as those conceived naturally, research suggests.
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The Cambridge University study which followed children up to the age of seven found little difference in family relationships between the two groups. There has been concern that donor conception children may have more emotional problems than those conceived naturally, that parents may behave less positively towards them or that the child may not feel fully accepted as part of the family.

Full Story: Donor children 'emotionally well'

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n the 19th century, Brothers Grimm of Cinderella fame rewrote Sleeping Beauty, the fairy tale classic first written by Charles Perrault. As it would happen, the Brothers Grimm's version found more acceptance than the original by the French author and was translated in many languages.

As I stood there in front of the unpronounceable Hotel Dornronschenschloss, a castle hotel built in 1341, I could picture the princess, the towers and even the wall of thorns that formed themselves around this very castle, the inspiration for the Brothers Grimm version. As the story goes, it took a prince to finally free the sleeping princess from the shackles of time. If Volkswagen India thinks the Jetta is just such a prince, they have a wry sense of humour putting us journalists up at such a place.

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The government on Saturday approved the proposal of bringing industries with ten or more employees under the ambit of Employee's Provident Fund (EPF) against the earlier limit of twenty or more workers.

The decision on revision in the rate of interest of the EPF corpus fund for the year 2008-09 was deferred till the next meeting of the EPFO. A high-level meeting of board members of Central Provident fund chaired by Union Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes decided that the industries with ten or more employees will have to contribute towards the EPF accounts from now on.

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An American man who was born female but subsequently underwent gender reassignment has given birth to a girl, US media have reported.

Thomas Beatie, 34, is legally male but kept his female reproductive organs after having breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest. Both Mr Beatie and his daughter are reported to be doing well in a hospital in Bend, Oregon.

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Women who get a replacement kidney from a male donor are more likely to reject the new organ, scientists suggest.

Swiss researchers looked at almost 200,000 operations, finding an 8% increase in the chance of failure when male kidneys were given to women. The idea of the "sex" of donor tissue influencing how it is received by the recipient's immune system is not a new one.

Full Story: Gender 'impacts on transplants'

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July 04, 2008 16:07 IST Money and power being "natural bedfellows" is not necessarily true in the British business world, except for steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal who figures right on the top of a new 'Richest Power List', compiled after combining two separate rankings of the most powerful and the most richest in the UK.

Giving Mittal company on the new list, compiled by the Times newspaper, is another Indian-origin executive Arun Sarin, the world's top mobile firm Vodafone's outgoing CEO, who has made it to 24th in the combined list, even though he does not figure among the top 1,000 richest persons in the UK.

Mittal, with an estimated fortune of 27.7 billion pounds, had also topped this year the Sunday Times Richest List, which has been combined with the Times Power 100 list to make the 'Richest Power List'.



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T he Sensex opened 33 points higher at 13,127. Nervousness in the early trades saw the index slip into red to a low of 13,028.

The index, thereafter, rebounded into the positive zone and moved higher on the back of sustained buying in realty and capital goods stocks.

The index touched a high of 13,510 -- up 482 points from the day's low. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 361 points at 13,454.



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series, Main Hoon Na and Maqbool among others) is a fun-filled, engaging entertainment. Rarely do you feel bored as four friends narrate the love story of the protagonists -- Jai and Aditi -- to a bored newcomer, who joins the group by the time the film ends.

] , making his debut) and Aditi Mahant (Genelia D'Souza), are best friends, who don't realise that they are in love with each other. Their parents, friends and even you would believe that they are made for each other. But they are so besotted with each other's friendship that they even venture out to find a perfect partner for the other one. When Meghna (Manjari Fadnis) enters Jai's life, Aditi begins to feel the pangs of love (or is it jealousy?).

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A Nobel Prize-winning scientist has hit out at what he terms the "moral corruption" of the medical industry.

Britain's Sir John Sulston says that profits are taking precedence over the needs of patients, particularly in the developing world.

Sir John shared the 2002 Nobel Prize for medicine for his work on the genetics controlling cell division.



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Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests.

The researchers found high tofu consumption - at least once a day - was associated with worse memory, particularly among the over-68s.

Soy products are a major alternative protein source to meat for many people in the developing world.



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July 04, 2008 16:53 IST Belying fears of economic slowdown impacting government revenue, direct tax collections have gone up by 38.6 per cent in the first quarter this fiscal at Rs 57,373 crore (Rs 573.73 billion) compared to Rs 41,391 crore (Rs 413.91 billion) in the year-ago period.

"The growth in direct taxes has been maintained despite much larger refund pay-outs at Rs 11,578 crore (Rs 115.78 billion) against Rs 7,302 crore (Rs 73.02 billion) during the corresponding period last fiscal," said a finance ministry statement.

Analysts said robust tax collections are expected to help the government maintain fiscal deficit at 2.5 per cent during 2008-09 despite increase in expenditure in the election year.



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Government should take up an initiative to set up syndicate of oil consuming countries to lobby for price band mechanism to deal with rising crude oil prices, said a survey of 300 CEOs of top Indian companies.

Oil consuming nations should form a syndicate for collective bargaining in crude oil prices, which would strengthen their position in the crude market, the survey by industry body Assocham said.

About 83 per cent of the business leaders agreed that India along with other developing nations should stress on the need for price band mechanism in oil trading, Assocham President Sajjan Jindal said.



Full Story: Oil imports: Govt asked to lobby for price band

Tu Bole track floats Dolby-exploitingly from speaker to speaker, with just the film's name for on-screen company, a smile is thrust almost forcibly upon you. This is a film about 'feel,' your gut says -- and damn, it feels good.

Jaane Tu special -- as is the case with most films about friendship -- is a rock-solid ensemble cast that is mouthwateringly perfect. Take a bow, casting director Pakhi, this is a helluva nice set of good actors, with refreshingly unfamiliar faces. There's Imran, smooth enough to look like he shaves thrice a day, and a disarmingly natural actor who grows on you sneakily. Before you know it, you're totally buying his act. And it's a simple, candid, relatable act -- no frills, no fuss, no muscles, no attitude. For an actor to generate Like is much harder than to strike Awe, and Imran does laudably well in this regard. It's a solid, restrained acting job carried off with more dazzle than is evident. Heck, I don't know if he can bowl as fast as his namesake, but he could certainly wheedle his way out of the match even before the toss.

Full Story: What would you do if I sang out of tune?

Ahem. Now, if that's a bit of subversion from a disgruntled scriptwriter, nicely done. Albeit inadvertent, that line is one of the two high points of this ridiculous movie -- the other point being a deftly ingenuous fight-dodge sequence up, down and across a stairway. That's it, and if neither of these unspectacular slices of celluloid have you thrilled, forget this film. There's nothing else on offer.

] , this significantly untalented child tragically does everything in his power to accentuate the similarity with the star. From angular sideburns to v-necked bodyfitting t-shirts to dance moves and even accent replication methodical enough to be the work of a mimic, he tries to be Hrithik. Oh, and Priyanka must have been seriously smitten to sign on this script. Or act this inanely dotty. She's a singularly attractive actress with considerable talent and charisma, but this is a performance calculated to send her into what-was-I-thinking convulsions. I say this gingerly, wishing not to be misunderstood, but her train wreck acting job is far more suited to pornography than actual cinema. No no, she doesn't shed clothes -- far from it (and, on that note, I kinda wish) or look cheap, but she overacts and overpouts in every single scene, far more a 'naive babe in the woods' cliche from a babydoll fantasy than anything with a brain. It's devastatingly bad.

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Two doctors who live near a maternity hospital were caught out when their baby was suddenly born in the bath.

Nicola, 34, was having a bath in their home when her baby decided to come into the world, helped by an ambulance crew who arrived just in time to help.

Their unexpected water baby, Ava Lavinia, was safely delivered weighing almost 7lbs 3oz, and is doing well.



Full Story: Doctors' own water baby shock

July 04, 2008 17:58 IST As a measure to increase productivity and reduce costs amid rising jet fuel prices, low cost airline GoAir has reduced the number of flights to various sectors.

The company said it has reduced its operations to 800 flights a month in the ongoing lean season from about 1,000 flights earlier.

"We have reduced in the actual scenario and environment our flights to about 800 a month during the upcoming low season," a company statement said. GoAir is also planning to restructure its fleet into a younger one by replacing older aircraft.



Full Story: GoAir cuts down number of flights

Denmark is the happiest country in the world, according to the latest World Values Survey published by the United States National Science Foundation.

The survey asked people two simple questions about their happiness and their level of satisfaction with life.

Puerto Rico and Colombia completed the top three happiest nations. Zimbabwe was found to be the least happy, with Russia and Iraq also in the bottom 10.



Full Story: Denmark 'world's happiest nation'

July 04, 2008 18:01 IST In the wake of rising cost of living, a coalition of prominent non-governmental organisations is trying to change Malaysians' spending habits by organising a "Buy Nothing Day" later this month.

"Buy Nothing Day" to be observed on July 16 is not a protest of any sort, but a day of self-reflection in relation to consumerism, organisers the Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (FOMCA), said.

FOMCA president N Marimuthu said the day would be the start of a four-year-long National Consumer Campaign, aimed at changing the mindset of consumers.



Full Story: How about a 'Buy Nothing Day'

"You remind me of my youth. I love you beta ," Sanjay told his daughter, when she rushed into his arms in the Bahamas.

In the Bahamas, Trishala spent some time alone with her dad during which he asked about her college work and showed great interest in the projects she was working on. Trishala, on her part, went all out to shower her dad with affection. The teenager, who is a second year student at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, has also expressed a desire to join films. She has had her portfolio shot and aunt Enna has promised to help launch her film career. Trishala has yet to speak to her dad about her movie plans.

Full Story: Sanjay Dutt's tearful reunion with daughter in the Bahamas

Trishala talks about her dad, Sanjay Dutt, and his wife of four months, Manyata.



Full Story: 'There was no tension between us'

Children growing up alongside the rise of social networking websites may have a "potentially dangerous" view of the world, says a leading psychiatrist.

He told the Royal College of Psychiatrists annual meeting people with active online identities might place less value on their real lives.

And the West London Mental Health NHS Trust expert added this could raise the risk of impulsive acts or even suicide.



Full Story: 'Mental risk' of Facebook teens

Children as young as four should be given compulsory sex education, two leading sexual health charities say.

The Family Planning Association and Brook told BBC Newsbeat more should be done to cut abortion rates and sexually transmitted infections among teenagers.

They argue gradual education from such a young age would help children not to rush into sex when they were older.



Full Story: Call for sex lessons at age four

July 04, 2008 18:05 IST Indian chartered accountants may be seen practising in Pakistan as well as other SAARC countries and vice-versa in two to three years.

A proposal to give mutual recognition to CAs in one another's nation was mooted by South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), a body of SAARC.

The SAARC body has already developed a common course for the purpose called minimum common sallybus, President SAFA Syed Shabbar Zaidi told PTI .



Full Story: SAARC nations may open doors for CAs

Aside from clich�d dialogue, megabuck sets and an outlandish storyline, director Harry Baweja's launchpad for beta Harman has nothing to offer, besides maybe a remedy for insomniacs. Yes, it is long and boring -- I mean slap yourself in the face, stick a pin in your thigh boring.

Let's cut to the chase. The plot revolves around an NRI bade baap ka beta Karan Malhotra, whose father is busy managing a business empire in Australia and never has the time for him. Deprived of his father's love, 23-year-old Karan spends his time looking at the stars, talking to his dead mother, wrecking the odd sports car to get back at his dad and vacationing with friends -- no, he doesn't have a job. do that sort of thing?). Anyhow, all sorts of magical feelings of love and innocence awaken -- boy meets girl, in typical Bollywood style he plays the naughty lovable lad, pursues her and bam, they're joined at the hip forever.

Full Story: This Love Story is boring!

More cases of the most dangerous type of malaria than ever before are being brought back to the UK from trips abroad, official figures show.

A Health Protection Agency study identified 6,753 cases of falciparum malaria diagnosed in the country between 2002 and 2006.

Experts said many of the cases arose from visits to west Africa made by people visiting relatives and friends.



Full Story: 'Deadliest' malaria rising in UK

Global retail major Marks & Spencer's proposal for 51 per cent foreign direct investment in single brand retail business is among the 28 proposals totalling Rs 1,327.7 crore (Rs 13.27 billion) that have been approved by the government.

"Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board in its meeting held on June 24, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has approved 28 proposals of FDI, said a finance ministry statement.

The approved proposals relate to ministries and departments of chemicals & petro-chemicals, industrial policy & promotion, information & broadcasting, urban development, tourism and economic affairs.



Full Story: Govt approves 28 FDI proposals for Rs 1327.7 cr

] on Friday increased floating home loan rate by 0.5 per cent across all tenors with effect from June 27.

For home loans up to Rs 30 lakhs (Rs 3 million) for 20 and 25 year period, the interest rate has been increased by 0.5 per cent to 11 per cent against 10.5 per cent, SBI said.

Equated Monthly Instalment for 25 years would go up from Rs 945 to Rs 980 per lakh while for 20 years EMI would go up by Rs 35 to Rs 1,035.



Full Story: SBI floating home loan rate up 0.5%

Images ] blog is quite touching, as he reminices about his one-time co-star Smita Patil.

Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na , said that he loved the film, especially Prateik Babbar's cameo in the film. Prateik, the son of Smita Patil and Raj Babbar, made Bachchan nostalgic and took him down memory lane.

Full Story: Amitabh: Smita Patil's son was impressive in Jaane Tu

irls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole's stunning figure has been voted the UK's 'ultimate fantasy body' in a new poll.

The singer took top spot in the poll commissioned by slimming aid Zotrim  with 15 percent of the votes. Following close on her heels in second place was X Factor judge Dannii Minogue, who raked in 11 percent of the votes.

Full Story: UK's ultimate fantasy bodies!

A new treatment programme for cancer patients suffering clinical depression significantly improved their quality of life, according to researchers.

The study, by a team at the University of Edinburgh, was published in the Lancet medical journal.

Half were given the new strategy - depression care for people with cancer - while the rest received standard care, either from a GP or hospital specialist.



Full Story: New way to tackle cancer depression

More evidence has emerged that a chemical imbalance in the brain may play a key role in cot deaths.

Researchers found low levels of serotonin triggered changes in heart rate and body temperature that led to sudden death in tests on mice.

The research, by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Italy, follows similar findings in 2006 in the US.



Full Story: Brain imbalance 'cot death key'

The price rise spiral continues unabated with provisional data of year-on-year wholesale price index-based inflation for the week ended June 21 seen rising to 11.62 per cent, putting pressure on the government and the central bank to take further measures to cool prices and dampen inflationary expectations.

The latest level is much higher than the 4.32 per cent inflation recorded in the corresponding week last year and a step up from 11.42 per cent for the week ended June 14.

This will be the eleventh straight week of a sharp upward spiral in the WPI. The current financial year 2008-09 began with a final inflation rate of 7.71 per cent, rising in quick succession to 7.95 per cent and continuing on an uptrend ever since. The sharpest spike was recorded for the week ended June 7, when inflation rose to 11.05 per cent, on account of an increase in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas.



Full Story: Inflation seen at 11.62%

International tourism grew by 5 per cent in the first four months of this year as compared to the same period last year, despite insecurity in some parts of the world, the UN tourism body has said.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization, however, expects the sector to grow at a slower pace in the current year because of the economic crisis facing the world.

Fluctuation in tourism demand will be contingent on 'how the economy evolves and consumers react, both of which are directly interrelated to oil and food prices,' said UNWTO Secretary-General Francesco Frangialli.



Full Story: Tourism grows globally, despite security concerns

I got a chance to act in a mythological show, which doesn't come one's way often. I am doing a cameo for three episodes.

Amba wanted to marry Bhishma after King Shalva and King Vichitravirya rejected her proposal, but due to his oath to remain a bachelor throughout his life, he couldn't marry Amba. So she held him responsible for her plight and wished to take vengeance by killing him. As an actor, we should try different kinds of roles. Doing a mythological will add to my portfolio and help me mature as an actor.

Full Story: 'The boys are looking hot in Mahabharat'

Apparently, it will take the game to the highest level of physical and mental challenge, making it more gritty and edgy than before.

Describing the experience, Bedi claimed that the contestants were blindfolded and taken to the sets. Then they would wait to see their reactions. One of the particularly terrifying stunts were being surrounded by snakes. "I hate snakes. And I was surrounded by 70 snakes. I was almost dead! I screamed at the top of my voice, became hysterical and cried on television, which I have never done before. There were a few contestants, who loved the snakes and were even petting them.

Full Story: 'I was surrounded by 70 snakes'

An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, has given birth to a female baby, US media have reported.

Thomas Beatie, 34, is legally male but kept his female reproductive organs after having breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest.

Both Mr Beatie and his daughter are reported to be doing well in a hospital in Bend, Oregon.



Full Story: US 'pregnant man' has baby girl

In Italy, athletes have to undergo ECG tests, and scientists writing in the British Medical Journal said this had detected heart problems.

UK campaigners have called for the widening of testing of UK sportspeople, and even routine testing of teenagers.

While cardiac death in the young is unlikely, it can strike without warning, and affect elite athletes as well as ordinary young people.



Full Story: Sporting 'heart screening' call

The BSE mid-cap Index will include shares of Allied Digital Services, Cals Refineries, Century Plyboards, Gammon Infra, Hindustan Oil Exploration, Indiabulls Securities, Jai Balaji Industries, Jet Airways, Jindal Drilling, Puravankara Projects, Rain Commodities, S Kumars Nationwide, Shriram City Union Finance, Thermax and Thomas Cook India.

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Full Story: BSE to revise mid-cap, small-cap indices

July 03, 2008 19:56 IST Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in equities on Thursday offloading equities worth Rs 606.92 crore (Rs 6.06 billion) amid the Bombay Stock Exchange ending 571 points down.

FIIs invested in equities worth Rs 3,090.22 crore (Rs 30.90 billion), and sold equities worth Rs 3,697.14 crore (Rs 36.97 billion), resulting in a net sale of Rs 606.92 crore.

However, domestic institutional investors were net investors in equities worth Rs 526.10 crore (Rs 5.26 billion), provisional data available on the BSE show.



Full Story: FIIs sell equities worth Rs 607 crore

Reader Tushar Gorde sends us some photographs.



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T elevision's most beloved pals, Friends , might be there for you on the 70mm screen sooner than you think.

The highly anticipated film production of the famous television series has finally been given the go-ahead, according to reports.

The cast are said to have agreed to the project after witnessing the box office success of Sex and the City , another hit television series given the movie treatment.



Full Story: Friends all set to hit the big screen

A Nigerian woman who says she fears for her life if removed from the UK is not considered to be "at risk," according to Home Office documents.

Kemi Ayinde, her partner Taiwo Salami and daughter were living in Cardiff before being taken to a Bedfordshire detention centre on 17 June.

In a letter seen by the BBC refusing her asylum claim, the Home Office said there was state protection in Nigeria.



Full Story: Woman 'not in danger' if removed

An 11-year-old Romanian girl is to have an abortion in the UK despite being cleared to have one in Romania.

The girl is 22 weeks pregnant after being raped by an uncle, who has since gone missing.

Abortion is illegal in Romania after 14 weeks, but a government panel last week decided she could have a termination because of exceptional circumstances.



Full Story: Romanian girl in UK for abortion

Land degradation is on the rise in many parts of the world and is affecting more than 20 per cent of all cultivated areas, a new United Nations report says.

The study involving data taken over a 20-year period shows, the phenomenon is increasing in severity and extent, with more than 20 per cent of all cultivated areas, 30 per cent of forests and 10 per cent of grasslands undergoing degradation.

The degradation of land has direct consequence on an estimated 1.5 billion people  or a quarter of the world's population  the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned.



Full Story: Land degradation affects over 20% cultivated areas: UN

The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 134 points at 13,531, and continued to drift lower in early trades. The index is now down 621 points at 13,044.

Tata Steel and Reliance Infrastruture have slumped over 9.5% each to Rs 670 and Rs 715, respectively.

HDFC has plunged 7.5% to Rs 1,885. DLF has shed 7% at Rs 394, and Jaiprakash Assocaites has tumbled 6.5% to Rs 135.



Full Story: Weakness continues, Rel Infra slumps 10%

and was convinced that if there was a character I wanted to play, it had to be Bhishma. I sent an SMS to Ekta and told her that I wanted to play Bhishma. She agreed.

I respect Ekta Kapoor's creative judgments, and I like working with her. I only take up projects that excite me and feel passionate about. When I was approached for Mahabharat , I had informed Balaji that I wanted to finish my current projects and then start with this show and they agreed.

Mahabharat . The character is larger in magnitude and I am proud that I am playing Bhishma. At the same time, I'm very scared and nervous too.



Full Story: Ronit Roy: Nervous about playing Bhishma

With lyrics penned by the prolific Vairamuthu, almost all the songs have a strong rural flavour, their intensity and tone varying only slightly. The stirring beats by Vidyasagar, however, lend energy to the tunes.

... starts off with a typical bang, thumping in your eardrums -- a mixture of nadaswaram and percussion. Extolling the virtues of Muniyandi, guardian deity and the soul of villages, Tippu's strong voice suddenly slips into romantic passages and softer tones. And then its back to detailing the antics of college-kids who escape from their headmasters. The lyrics remind you a little of the number Sakthivelu ... from Kovil . More often than not, the beats drown out the voice, which perhaps is the idea.

Pottakuruviyo... starts off differently enough with strains of guitar. Haricharan and Mahathi begin this romantic number in seductive tones. The lyrics leave you in no doubt about the rural flavour. A rather novel flute interlude reminds you of why you like Vidyasagar. And then it's back to the urumi and flute.



Full Story: Muniyandi...has rural flavour

The secret of how the cold sore virus manages to persist for a lifetime in the human body may have been cracked by US scientists.

The herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) can lie dormant in facial nerves, emerging periodically to cause sores.

A Duke University Medical Center team may have uncovered how it can reactivate itself from a dormant state.



Full Story: Cold sore virus secret revealed

The analysis of more than 900 people aged 90 or over, published in the journal Neurology, found it was far less likely in men of the same age.

The reasons are not clear - although older women are more prone to stroke and heart disease, both risk factors for dementia.

There have been few studies looking specifically at dementia in very old people, even though increases in life-expectancy mean that this is a fast-growing group.



Full Story: Oldest women hit hard by dementia

Britain has become the biggest foreign investor in India with an investment of �560 million, according to a report on investment flows by the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC).

The report, prepared by the CBC and UK Trade and Investment, a government agency, said that when investments made by British companies through Mauritius, the British Virgin Islands and Cyprus were included, it outstripped the United States as the leading investor, with over �8 billion of investment.

"A large part of investments made by British companies is routed through Mauritius or other tax-friendly jurisdictions such as Cyprus. Including these indirect investments will make the United Kingdom the top investor in India," said the report, released on Wednesday.



Full Story: UK is the largest investor in India

Spiralling oil prices will exert huge pressure on India's balance sheet of inflows and outflows of resources resulting in a three-fold increase in the current account deficit to 4.7 per cent of the country's GDP in fiscal ending 2009, a Goldman Sachs report said on Wednesday.

The global investment bank has also forecast further weakening of rupee to 43.9 against a dollar in three months and 44.1 in six months.

However, "there are significant upside risks in the near future to our three, six and 12 month targets," the report said, adding "our forecast of double-digit inflation till end -2008 hurting sentiments and weak portfolio flows will continue to put depreciating pressures on the Indian rupee".



Full Story: Oil prices to hit India's current a/c deficit

W hat started out as a simple venture in remaking a simple story from Malayalam to Tamil has now turned into a massive exercise of glitz, glamour and superstars.

, under the aegis of K Balachander's Kavithalaya and Seven Arts, even the music being a hit isn't far off.

Tuned by G V Prakash Kumar, with the lyrics penned by Vaali, Pa Vijay and others, it is interesting to see if Kuselan touts an aural fare on par with the rest of the movie's stature.



Full Story: Kuselan's music has interesting tunes

Smita Nandy has sent us a photograph.

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Theme parks, museums and other leading holiday attractions are serving up child meals loaded with sugar, salt and fat, a survey has found.

It said not one of the 397 meals tested fully met guidelines from the School Food Trust.

The survey tested 397 meals aimed at seven to 10 year olds from 220 attractions, including wildlife parks, leisure centres, heritage sites and farm parks.



Full Story: Child food 'poor' at attractions

People who smoke the strongest form of cannabis - known as skunk - may be more at risk of psychosis than those who use milder forms, UK researchers claim.

In a study of 300 people, those who had suffered an episode of psychosis were 18 times more likely to have smoked skunk than other cannabis users.

A Royal College of Psychiatrists meeting heard they were also more likely to use cannabis every day.



Full Story: Skunk 'psychosis risk' warning

T ruckers across the country stopped ferrying goods on Wednesday, as part of an indefinite strike to push for abolishment of toll tax and rationalisation of duty of diesel. Meanwhile, tax authorities said that they were thinking of providing relief to transporters on service tax.

The strike that started in the early hours of today was called by the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC), which claims the support of all state transporters' association with a combined fleet size of 48,00,000 trucks.

Talks this morning between the apex body of transporters and the Union Highways, Road Transport Minister T R Baalu to thrash out a solution collapsed. "We will continue with the indefinite strike," AIMTC president Charan Singh Lohara said the meeting.  On Wednesday, he had said that truckers want the advalorem duty on diesel to be replaced with a fixed rate of duty on per litre of the fuel.



Full Story: Truckers' strike to hit economy

] , have been named among top 100 best-performing infotech companies in the world by US magazine BusinessWeek .

The BusinessWeek 's latest annual list 'The Infotech 100', which ranks firms on the basis of shareholder return, return on equity, total revenues and revenue growth, has ranked telecom major Bharti Airtel at the 21st position followed by Reddington India (55th) and RCom (66th).

] , has been ranked 12th ahead of global IT giants IBM and Microsoft, which are at 13th and 23rd position, respectively.



Full Story: 6 Indian infotech cos among world's top 100

and its sequel Aparajito , novels by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, at the age of 11 but saw the trilogy by Satyajit Ray much later. And I have no qualms in stating that I liked the novel more than the film.

I stand by my opinion even at the risk of getting sneered at by avid Ray fans.

Having said that, I must admit there was something missing in the novel -- a lithe, tall, poem-chanting protagonist Apu, who made his appearance first in Apur Sansar, the last part of the Ray trilogy.



Full Story: 'A National Award calls for a lot of lobbyism'

to the goodie-goodie brother Sahadev in Kahani Hamare Mahabharat Ki, Jatin Shah has done it all.

When my character started developing negative shades, they started hating me. So I took Sahadev's role to get a positive image. Hopefully, they will start liking me again," Jatin smiles.

Apart from the epic, Jatin is also getting ready for a reality show titled Kabhi Kabhi Pyaar Kabhi Kabhi Yaar in which participants have to dance with their real and reel life partners.



Full Story: 'I took Sahadev's role to get a positive image'

Adopting just a couple of elements of the Mediterranean diet could cut the risk of cancer by 12%, say scientists.

A study of 26,000 Greek people found just using more olive oil alone cut the risk by 9%.

The diet, reports the British Journal of Cancer, also includes higher amounts of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and less red meat.



Full Story: Mediterranean diet 'cuts cancer'

The European Commission is poised to unveil a healthcare package that could give patients new rights to seek medical treatment elsewhere in the EU.

Patients would not have to get their doctor's approval for non-hospital care abroad, officials are quoted as saying.

Only costs similar to those in a patient's home state would be covered. About 1% of operations performed in the EU involve people from other countries.



Full Story: EU plans cross-border healthcare

Contrary to the government's earlier assertions, state-owned banks will take a hit of almost Rs 11,000 crore, or nearly 15 per cent of the revised countrywide loan waiver package of Rs 71,600 crore.

The central government's exposure remains at over Rs 60,000 crore, the original amount proposed in Budget 2008-09.

The additional Rs 11,000 crore is on account of unapplied interest, penal interest and other charges that the banks will have to bear. Rough calculations show cooperatives account for Rs 32,000 crore or 45 per cent of the total loan waiver and relief scheme, commercial banks Rs 26,000 crore (36 per cent) and regional rural banks Rs 13,000 crore (18 per cent). Their additional exposure will be roughly the same proportion.



Full Story: Farm loan waiver will cost banks Rs 11,000 cr

The markets are nearing the bottom and the worst will be over soon. That's the overwhelming mood among a range of brokers, research analysts and fund managers, according to a poll conducted by Business Standard on a day the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex shed 499 points to close below 13,000.

Over 90 per cent of the 25 market participants in this dip-stick survey said the immediate bottom could come between 12,500 and 12,700 for the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index and 3,600 and 3,800 for the National Stock Exchange's Nifty.

Most respondents believed crude oil prices, which have risen 38 per cent between April and June, the biggest quarterly increase in nine years, and India's political stability will determine the course of the markets.



Full Story: Worst will be over soon: Brokers, analysts

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nglish singer songwriter Amy Winehouse is being immortalised in wax at the world famous Madame Tussauds museum.

The wax model, which was created by a team of 20 sculptors for some months, costs 100,000 pounds.

Winehouse is said to have insisted that her towering trademark beehive be perfectly recreated, and she even asked for her saucy 'sailor' tattoos to be engraved on the figure.



Full Story: Amy Winehouse gets immortalised!

The King's College London study concluded that troops tended to blame poor health on multiple jabs, even when they had not had them.

But writing in the British Medical Journal, psychologist Dominic Murphy said those studies were flawed as they relied on troops' own recollections.

He said there was no association between multiple vaccinations and poor health when the jabs were recorded objectively from medical records.



Full Story: Jabs 'did not make troops unwell'

Eating a poor diet when pregnant or breastfeeding may cause long-lasting health damage to the child, animal studies suggest.

The offspring of rats fed fatty, processed food had high levels of fat in their bloodstream and around major organs even after adolescence.

The study, by the Royal Veterinary College and London's Wellcome Trust, features in The Journal of Physiology.



Full Story: Mother's junk food 'harms child'