Arctic Sea ice is at its record low in the recent geologic history, a major international study has claimed.

Supermodel Cla-udia Schiffer and fashion mogul Karl Lagerfeld are at the centre of a race row over a photograph of the blonde beauty where she is made up as a black woman.

Horror movie fans’ wish to see Jennifer Aniston get butchered by a masked psycho killer in Scream 4 will remain unfulfilled as the actress is not going to be a part of the movie.

Voicing concern over the prevalence of lifestyle diseases like diabetes in lower income groups, Delhi health minister Kiran Walia on Friday said the government has decided to set up special clinics in hospitals for this purpose.

Bank deposits rates in India are expected to rise, bringing some relief to citizens who have been reeling under inflation and low returns on their savings, said the research arm of global rating agency Moody’s.

Mahindra & Mahindra on Friday said it has been shortlisted to make the final bid for acquiring troubled South Korean auto maker SsangYong Motor.
Mr Pawan Kumar, of the Ruia Group, the owner of tyre firm Dunlop, has also received approval from the bankrupt auto firm to submit its bid.

South Africa on Friday ruled out any dilution of its stand on dual-listing, which was one of the reasons for the failure of the Bharti-MTN deal last year.
“No”, said South African trade and industry minister, Mr Rob Davies when asked whether his country is prepared to revisit the stand on dual-listing.

With their chances of making the final hanging by a thread, a beleaguered India need a big win when they take on Sri Lanka here on Saturday.
Smarting from the ignominy of being beaten twice by Zimbabwe — their first back-to-back defeats against the minnows — Suresh Raina and his teammates have their backs to the wall.

India on Thursday unveiled its first indigenous vaccine against H1N1 influenza, which claimed over 18,000 lives globally and more than 1,000 in the country.
The country was earlier importing the vaccine from French company Sanofi Pasteurs for health workers and other high-risk people. The vaccine, produced by Zydus C

Viewing India as a “rising global power”, the US on Thursday pitched for a greater role for New Delhi in international affairs and in meeting challenges in South Asia, including bringing stability to Afghanistan.