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Gone are the days when chubbiness was regarded as a sign of loving parents or a flourishing household. Now, like in the West, being overweight in urban India is becoming a sin. On top of that, India is sitting on an epidemic of lifestyle diseases. All this has shifted the public perception towards food.  Read More →

New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Actress Sonam Kapoor has urged Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil to ban the manufacture of glass-coated strings (manja), used for flying kites, in the entire state as many birds die after getting entangled in them. ‘I humbly request your support for the recent ban on ‘manja’ in... 

India and China together took 2.4 million tonnes – more than 50 percent of South Africa’s 4.9 million tonnes of coal exports in February, a record proportion, exporters said.  Read More →

Wall Street rose at the open on Wednesday as a slew of new corporate deals and a surge in bailed out U.S. financial stocks boosted investor sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 16.71 points, or 0.16 percent, at 10,581.09. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 2.45 points, or 0.21 percent, at 1,142.90. The... 

Man-eater Mallika Sherawat, long distance from LA, opens up on her Hissss-story. Ever since it was launched, your home production, Hissss, has been an eagerly anticipated film but it’s been in the making for a while now.  Read More →

Washington, March 9 (ANI): Engineers at the University of Utah have come up with a new computer-controlled, motorized handrest that will help doctors, artists and others control scalpels, brushes and tools more accurately over a wider area with less fatigue.  Read More →

Geetanshu Trehan’s superb knock of 43 went in vain as Vampire XI lost to Samsung XI by four wickets in the inaugural Vampire BAS Trophy held at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, on Sunday. Samsung XI skipper Surinder Singh won the toss and decided to field first.  Read More →

Shares in Fame India opened up 4.98 percent to 86.45 rupees, hitting its upper circuit, on Monday after Reliance MediaWorks said it has made an offer to acquire 62.08 percent in it at 83.4 rupees a share, countering a bid by rival Inox Leisure.  Read More →

London, February 20 (ANI): Apple has decided to pull the plug on its application called Wobble iBoobs after receiving “numerous complaints” from customers.  Read More →

Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) With a Padma Shri and quite a few hits tucked under his belt, Saif Ali Khan is set to launch his second production venture and spy thriller ‘Agent Vinod’ and says the delayed project is very much on.  Read More →