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Monthly News December 2013

I have lost a great friend, says actor Satish Shah
I have lost a great friend, says actor S...

I have lost a great friend, says actor Satish Shah

Mumbai – Actor Satish Shah, who is in a state of shock after he heard about the death of veteran Bollywood actor Farooque Sheikh late Friday in Dubai, said he has lost a great friend. Satish Shah told IANS: “I got a call from his wife. She said it was a massive heart atrack. He passed... read more »

Dianna Agron learns from De Niro, Pfeiffer
Dianna Agron learns from De Niro, Pfeiff...

Dianna Agron learns from De Niro, Pfeiffer

Los Angeles – “Glee” actress Dianna Agron says that she learnt to make “smart choices” in her career from her A-list co-stars Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. The 27-year-old stars alongside the screen legends in “The Family”. “I feel like a lot of people want... read more »

Thousands of people displaced in South Sudan: UN
Thousands of people displaced in South S...

Thousands of people displaced in South Sudan: UN

Geneva – The escalating violence in South Sudan has left hundreds of thousands of people in the country displaced, and the total number was expected to climb even higher, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Friday. Statistics from the UN body... read more »

Ferrer, Djukovic win semifinal in Abu Dhabi
Ferrer, Djukovic win semifinal in Abu Dh...

Ferrer, Djukovic win semifinal in Abu Dhabi

Dubai – David Ferrer won the semifinal against his fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal clear in two sets, while Serbia’s Novak Djukovic was victorious over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Friday, the second day of the Mubadala World Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Ferrer beat... read more »

Bell rues `bad habit` of repeated failures of England top-order batsmen to `cash in`

Bell rues `bad habit` of repeated failures of England top-order batsmen to `cash in`

Sydney – England batsman Ian Bell has said that the repeated failure of England’s top order to cash in on starts has become a match-losing habit’. Each of England’s... read more »

India to become world's third largest economy by 2028: Report

India to become world’s third largest economy by 2028: Report

Beijing – India will overtake Japan in 2028 to become the world’s third largest economy, a new report has found. The London-based Center for Economics and Business Research... read more »

Twitter stocks jump 2.5% post Christmas day

Twitter stocks jump 2.5% post Christmas day

Washington – Twitter’s shares reportedly jumped 2.5 percent following Christmas and traded at another all-time high of 71.65 dollars per share. The microblogging site made its... read more »

Washington - A new study has suggested that more mid-life job stress means more health problems during old age. The research from Finland found that both physical and mental job strain were linked to illness later in life, Fox News reported. Mental job strain is generally a result of tight deadlines, high demands and having little control over one’s work, while physical strain includes sweating, breathlessness and muscle strain. Lead researcher Mikaela von Bonsdorff explained that occasional feelings of job strain are not necessarily a bad thing, but persistent high job strain has been identified as a health hazard. The new findings come from a study of more than 5,000 middle-aged Finnish public sector employees who were initially surveyed about stress at work in 1981.The researchers combined that information with data from national hospital records spanning the next 28 years. It was found that with higher strain in midlife, days in the hospital for both men and women tended to increase, especially for physical strain, but for mental strain, the link was only clear among men.

Mid-life job stress could raise health problems later in life

Washington – A new study has suggested that more mid-life job stress means more health problems during old age. The research from Finland found that both physical and mental job... read more »

How tweaking `hybrid vigor` gene generates higher tomato crop yields

How tweaking `hybrid vigor` gene generates higher tomato crop yie...

Washington – Researchers have determined a way to produce more tomato fruit without sacrificing that unique and necessary bushy plant shape. The study by CSHL researchers has revealed one... read more »