Drinking four cups of coffee a day may endanger health in under-55s, a large study on over 40,000 individuals has claimed.

Scientists in China have unearthed a nearly complete skeleton of a “Jurassic rat” — a 160 million-year-old creature — which they say is one of evolution’s most successful mammals.

Actress Lisa Robin Kelly, who played Laurie on hit sitcom That ‘70s Show, has died. She was 43. The actress apparently passed away in her sleep on Wednesday night, reported Ace Showbiz.

Roger Federer put aside his recent struggles with a come-from-behind win over veteran Tommy Haas on Thursday, booking a quarterfinal against long-time rival Rafael Nadal at the Western & Southern Open.

Stung by the International Olympic Committee’s directive to bar chargesheeted persons from contesting the elections, the Indian Olympic Association has questioned the implementation of such a provision when the law in the country allows such people to contest Parliamentary elections.

Attributing the four per cent plunge of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex to global factors, finance minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the market should not be “so sensitive” to data flowing from the US but reflect Indian conditions.

It was bloodbath in markets Friday with Sensex crashing 769.41 points, the biggest fall in four years, to end at 18,598 on fresh concerns about US stimulus withdrawal and rupee plunging to record low of 62, draining investor wealth by Rs two lakh crore.

For the first time, a squad of 125 specially trained CISF personnel will guard Pragati Maidan, the sprawling exhibitions facility in the heart of the city, in view of possible threats to the events held there.

In his bid to make a comeback into the Indian team, senior opener Gautam Gambhir will be plying his trade for the English county side Essex for the remainder of the English domestic season representing them in first-class as well as Pro-40 matches.

India A captain Cheteshwar Pujara is a satisfied man after his team won the tri-series beating Australia A in the final but had a word of caution for the senior team stating that Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Co. might not get as flat tracks that they got during this series.