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‘Antioxidant in red wine, chocolate fails to reduce cancer’

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This may come as a rude shock to those who consume red wine, dark chocolate and berries for anti-cancer benefits. Research reveals that diets rich in antioxidant “resveratrol” fail to reduce deaths, heart disease or cancer.

The ‘resveratrol’ compound is found in red wine, dark chocolate and berries.

People who consume a diet rich in resveratrol live no longer and are just as likely to develop cardiovascular disease or cancer as those who eat or drink smaller amounts of the antioxidant, researchers claimed.

Sense of purpose could add years to your life

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Researchers have said that feeling that you have a sense of purpose in life may help you live longer, no matter what your age.

The research has clear implications for promoting positive aging and adult development, says lead researcher Patrick Hill of Carleton University in Canada.

Hill said that their findings point to the fact that finding a direction for life, and setting overarching goals for what you want to achieve can help you actually live longer, regardless of when you find your purpose.

Even neighbour’s foreclosed property can give you BP

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Are you living next to a property that is caught in legal tangles? Go get your blood pressure checked as living near foreclosed property may increase your risk of higher blood pressure, an alarming research indicates.

Foreclosures are legal courses of action that are taken against people who can not make house payments.

Neighbourhood environment is an important social determinant of cardiovascular health, including blood pressure, researchers said.

Jaguar Land Rover global sales up 30% in April

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Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Monday reported 30 percent increase in global sales for April at 37,171 units.

The company’s sales were up 72 percent in the China region, 19 percent in North America, 25 percent in Asia Pacific and 27 percent in Europe, JLR said in a statement.

“April sales continue the positive momentum we saw in the first quarter of 2014. Alongside the F-Type, all three Range Rover models delivered record April sales performances reflecting the global appeal of our strongest ever vehicle line up,” JLR Group Sales Operations Director Andy Goss said.

RBI bought $7.78 bn in spot forex market in March

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The Reserve Bank of India was a net buyer of dollars worth USD 7.78 billion in the spot forex market in March.

As per the data of Monthly Bulletin for May 2014, the central bank purchased USD 8.75 billion in March while it sold USD 970 million during the month.

However, in February, RBI had sold a net USD 530 million in the spot forex market.

For the entire 2013-14, there were net buys of USD 8.99 billion, showed the data.

RBI sells and purchases dollar in the market to check currency volatility.

Indian Hotels to open new Taj in Dubai this year

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Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) will open its new Taj hotel here in the fourth quarter of this year.

Taj Dubai is located in the Burj Khalifa downtown area and surrounded by architectural landmarks like the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall and Business Bay.

The hotel will comprise 296 guest-rooms, including the Taj Club rooms, 20 junior and 14 luxury suites, a statement released here said.

The two theme suites – The Tata Suite and The Maharaja Suite – occupying the top floors will comprise private dining, living areas and views overlooking the downtown area.

Taxi driver held for trying to molest American tourist

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A taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly trying to molest an American tourist on the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Sunday night when the victim was on way to Rishikesh from Delhi in a taxi, SP (city) Sharvan Kumar said.

The taxi driver stopped the car near a roadside eatery and tried to molest her. The woman managed to flee from the spot and reached Rishikesh by another vehicle.

Based on her complaint, an FIR was lodged and a case registered against taxi driver Samey Singh who has been arrested, he said.PTI

Diesel price hiked after polling ends

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After a brief hiatus, diesel prices were today hiked by Rs 1.09 a litre, excluding state levies. The monthly increases in diesel rates, which had been put on hold just before India began voting to elect a new government, were back no sooner than polling ended today.

The hikes, effective from midnight tonight, are excluding state sales tax or VAT and actual increase will be higher and will vary from city to city, the oil companies announced.

Rupee up 45 paise against dollar in early trade

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The rupee became stronger by 45 paise to 59.60 against the US dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market amidst exit polls forecasting the BJP-led NDA forming the government at the Centre.

Increased selling of the dollar by banks and exporters amid sustained foreign capital inflows also supported the rupee, dealers said.

Besides, strong rally in domestic equity market in opening trade also helped the rupee post gains but dollar’s strength against other currencies overseas limited the gains, they added.

Plants that survive on metal!

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This plant species has a unique lifestyle – it eats nickel for a living – and can be a crucial entrant in the field of green technologies.

This species can accumulate up to 18,000 ppm of the metal in its leaves without itself being poisoned, said scientists from University of the Philippines, Los Banos.

Such an amount is a hundred to a thousand times higher than in most other plants.

The new species called Rinorea niccolifera reflects its ability to absorb nickel in very high amounts.

Beatles themed cafe makes 7000 calorie tower sandwich

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A Beatles-themed cafe has created an epic 7000 calorie snack sandwich and has challenged fans to consume it.

The sandwich was prepared with 30 rashers of bacon, 20 slices of bread, six tomatoes, two lettuces and a pound of butter, the Daily Star reported.

According to the challenge, the winner who devours the whole sandwich while listening to the Fab Four’s hits will be offered free breakfast for the entire week at Cafe 23 on Liverpool’s famous Penny Lane.

Tess Smith, manager, said that the Fab Four are around us in high spirits and wished the challengers best of luck.

Thousands of houses destroyed as cyclone hits Jalpaiguri in W.Bengal

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Cyclone and heavy rainfall destroyed thousands of houses in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.

Most of the houses with thatched and tin roofs were blown away along with the strong winds on Sunday.

“Heavy rainstorm enveloped the area due to which 3500 houses were destroyed and Bhutan border check post has been completely destroyed after heavy rainfall,” said a resident, Muhammad Shami Ahmad.

Severe storm and hail storm uprooted the trees which led to the blockage of the National Highway.

Yoga can ease stress for pregnant women

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Practicing yoga during pregnancy can help you reap health benefits like stress reduction and a decrease in a woman’s fear of childbirth, according to researchers.

A new report from Manchester University researchers finds that it can ease stress and reduce women’s fear of childbirth by a third, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

In addition to its many other health benefits for pregnant women, including reduced cortisol levels, less difficult birth plus more full term and healthy weight neonates, pregnancy yoga is a low cost intervention too.

‘Next decade to be golden era of entrepreneurship in India’

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Simply amazed by the quality and scale of startup companies being launched in India in the last few years, top Silicon Valley experts have said that next decade is going to be “golden era” of Indian entrepreneurship.

“Culmination of cloud, internet bandwidth, big data and mobility, I think has spawned the golden age for India,” M R Rangaswami, one of the most influential technology executives, said yesterday.

“That (golden era) is possible,” said Vinod Khosla, an Indian-American businessman and venture capitalist.

Sensex, Nifty hit new high on Lok Sabha exit polls forecast

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Riding on the exit polls forecast that shows a stable govt led by BJP coming to power at the Centre, the benchmark BSE Sensex hit yet another record high of 23,921.91 in opening trade today on heavy fund inflows.

All the sectoral indices led by oil and gas, PSUs, power, banking, realty and capital goods sectors were trading in the positive zone with gains up to 2.21 per cent.

The 50-share NSE Nifty also breached the psychological 7,100 mark for the first time by surging 101.95 points, or 1.45 per cent, to trade at a new high of 7,116.20.

Rare twins born with one body two heads

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A conjoined twin with one body and two faces was born to an Australian couple who have welcomed the birth.

The twin has separate brains and identical faces but share a body, describing their girls as ‘little Aussie fighters’, a report said Monday.

Sydney couple Renee Young and Simon Howie came to knowat a 19-week ultrasound that their babies would be born with a rare condition called diprosopus, Woman’s Day magazine reported.
“Even though there is only one body, we call them our twins,” Howie told the magazine. “To us, they are our girls and we love them.”

Renouncing Islam can put an end to marriage: HC

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Construing a 75-year-old law, the Delhi high court has held that a woman who had embraced Islam after marriage but reverted to her original faith can annul the marriage due to apostasy, which is defined as the renunciation or abandonment of one’s religious or political beliefs.

Real estate rally has little to keep you going

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Investors need to be a little careful about the latest rally in real estate stocks, advance largely by the expectation that a business-friendly government will assume power.

Real estate companies such as Unitech, HDIL, DB Realty and Indiabulls Real Estate have surged 25-80% in the past three months, stimulating expectations of more to come.

Health care system face trouble due to shortage of nurses

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As nurses play a crucial role in patient recovery and post-surgical procedures, the health care system across the country is affected by the severe shortage of nurses.

Though the Medical Council of India recommends a nurse-patient ratio of 1:3, the reality is far different. According to T Dileep Kumar, President of Indian Nursing Council, said that across the country, the ratio is anywhere between 1:20 and 1:50. “In most district hospitals, it is between 1:20 and 1:30,” he added.

Fathers may pass stress to kids via sperm

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Men may not only pass traits to their offspring, but some stress too! Stress alters the expression of small Ribonucleic acids (RNAs) in male mice and leads to depressive behaviours in later generations, a new research suggests. “Trauma is insidious. It not only increases a person’s risk for psychiatric disorders, but can also spill over into the next generation,” researchers said.

Low intensity earthquake hits Jamnagar

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A low intensity earthquake hit areas near Lalpur taluka of Gujarat’s Jamnagar district on Monday morning, state disaster management officials said.

The epicentre of the earthquake, measured at 3.4 on Richter scale, was registered 16 kms north-east of Lalpur town, which is close to some of India’s largest petroleum refinery complexes.

The tremors were felt by locals at around 11.36 AM today, said the officials. Since it was a low intensity earthquake, no casualty or damage to property was caused by it, they said.PTI

Ultra-fast robot arm can catch objects on the fly: scientists

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Scientists have developed a new robot arm capable of reacting on the spot and grasping objects with complex shapes and trajectories in less than five-hundredths of a second. With its palm open, the robot stands completely motionless and within a split second it suddenly unwinds and catches all sorts of flying objects thrown in its direction – a tennis racket, a ball, or a bottle.

Forcible sexual relation between husband-wife not rape: Delhi court

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Sexual relations between a legally wedded husband and wife, “even if forcible, is not rape”, a Delhi court said while acquitting a youth who was accused of marrying a 21-year-old girl after serving her a sedative-laced drink and raping her.

“It is evident that the prosecutrix (girl) had willingly and in full senses solemnised her marriage with the accused and the marriage was registered in the office of Registrar of Marriages, Ghaziabad, on March 4, 2013. The parties engaged in physical relations with each other after the marriage.

Others’ opinion doesn’t matter to me: Himesh Reshammiya

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Actor-singer Himesh Reshammiya says no amount of controversies and criticism affects him as long as he continues to deliver hits.

The actor-singer-composer has often been ridiculed for his nasal style of singing. But he says, “I don’t care”.

“I have seen success…if there is no success in your life, then controversies and criticism affects you. As long as you are (I am) delivering hits, I don’t care what others are talking about me,” he said here.

Full-year profit of ‘Nissan’ jumps 14.0% to $3.8 billion

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On Monday, Japanese auto giant Nissan said that its full-year net profit jumped 14.0 percent, boosted by a weaker yen, cost-cutting efforts and brisk sales.

According to Japan’s second-biggest automaker which says that it earned 389.0 billion yen ($3.8 billion) for the fiscal year to March, after sales rose 20 percent on the previous year to 10.48 trillion yen.