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I was hesitant about lip-lock: Kriti Sanon

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Actress Kriti Sanon, who is making her big screen debut with ‘Heropanti’, has locked lips with newcomer Tiger Shroff for the film. But she says she was hesitant about it as she comes from a conservative family.

“When Sabbir Khan (the film`s director) told me about the lip-lock scene, I was hesitant about it. I told him – `Can`t we just skip this? Is it that important?` But he said it was an important scene and it goes with the flow and it won`t look out of place,” Kriti said.

Eventually, she agreed to the scene, and says “it all went off well”.

Twitter shares hit all time low

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Twitter’s shares faced an all time low, coming to 34.40 dollars, after massive quantity of 65 million shares of Twitter stock unlocked today.

According to TechCrunch, Twitter is trading around the 34.40 dollar mark, which is slightly more than a new record low of $34 that it set earlier today.

However the normal volume for Twitter is around 13 million, against the massive 65 million, which unlocked today.

Twitter has around 569 million shares outstanding. Twitter founders

and an early investor pledged to not sell their shares, the report added.

Magnetic fingerprint of our galaxy revealed

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Researchers have created a map using data from the Planck Space Telescope.

Since 2009, Planck has charted the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the light from the Universe a mere 380,000 years after the Big Bang.

But Planck also observes light from much closer than the farthest reaches of time and space. With an instrument called the High Frequency Instrument (HFI), Planck detects the light from microscopic dust particles within our Galaxy. (The density of this dust is incredibly low; a volume of space equal to a large sports stadium or arena would contain one grain.)

Woman shot at in Lucknow for resisting chain snatcher

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A woman was shot at twice late Tuesday here when she resisted a chain snatcher, police said Wednesday.

The shooting took place around 11.30 p.m. when two men attacked Meenakshi, wife of a retired engineer, and tried to snatch her chain while she was opening the gate of her house.

When she resisted and raised an alarm, the bike-riding looters opened fire and shot her in stomach and leg.

The attackers then fled and are yet to be arrested.

Police are readying sketches of the culprits on the basis of information given by a neighbour, an official told IANS.

Odisha Police’s former intelligence chief kills self

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A former chief of Odisha Police’s intelligence wing committed suicide at his home in Cuttack town Tuesday night, an official said Wednesday.

Indrajit Jachak, 70, was found dead at his home in Deula Sahi, about 25 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, police official S.K. Patnaik said.

“He was under depression. The circumstantial evidence suggests a clear case of suicide,” Patnaik told IANS, adding the cause of his depression is not known yet.

Ram Vilas Paswan confident of LJP’s win in Bihar

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Expressing confidence, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Hajipur constituency, on Wednesday said there is a Modi and Paswan wave in Bihar.

“We are very confident that Hajipur is going to break its earlier polling record. There is only Modi and Ram Vilas Paswan factor in Bihar. There is no other factor here,” said Paswan, whose political future will be decided today in the eighth phase of Lok Sabha polls.

Link-up rumours don’t bother me: Arjun Kapoor

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Arjun Kapoor has often been linked with his co-stars and the actor said that these rumours are the price he is paying for being ‘single’ and a part of showbiz industry.

The four films old actor, who is being linked with actress’ Alia Bhatt and Parineeti Chopra, said they share a good on and off screen chemistry because he shares a comfort level with them.

SC strikes down Kerala Act that restricts dam height

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In a jolt to the Kerala government, the Supreme Court Wednesday struck down an Act that has sought to restrict the water level in Mullaperiyar dam at 136 feet.

The apex court constitution bench headed by Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, while striking down the Kerala Irrigation Water Conservation Act, said that the water level in the dam could be increased to 142 feet.

Holding that there was no threat to the safety of the 120-year old dam, the court Wednesday set up a three-member committee under whose supervision the water level will be increased from 136 feet to 142 feet.

Five more bodies recovered from troubled Assam districts

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Five more bodies were found this morning from two trouble-torn districts of Assam, taking the toll in the violence unleashed by ultras to 41.

The bodies, which were recovered from Beki river that flows from Baksa district, are yet to be identified.

“Officially, we have not identified the bodies yet but the families have identified them to be from the affected areas,” Baksa DC Vinod Seshan said.

“However, identification has to be done to ascertain whether these are the victims of the attack in Narayanguri and Hagrabari villages,” Seshan told PTI.

Coming, money transfer via Google Glass!

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With Google Glass eyewear, soon send money to your friends and relatives in a jiffy.

You just need a few gestures and a voice command.

According to the TechCrunch website, Google is planning to debut Google Wallet on Google Glass.

If this is true, as reports say internal testings are one, you can make mobile payments from within the Wallet app by simply saying “send money”.

Google would charge a 2.9 percent fee for the transactions, the website added.

Google has worked to revamp Wallet over the past couple of years.

Yawn can cool your brain

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It may look unpleasant in office meeting or in the middle of a social dinner but yawning does help cool your brain.

Yawning frequencies of people also vary with change in seasonal temperature, a research said.

“The contagious yawning is constrained to an optimal thermal zone or range of ambient temperatures. Yawning subsequently functions to keep the brain temperature balanced and in optimal homeostasis,” explained psychologist Andrew Gallup from State University of New York at Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta).

Soon, Boeing spacecraft to send astronauts in space

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Leveraging its expertise in the space-bound flight operations, Boeing has unveiled a concept of a manned spaceflight that is expected to send astronauts into space by 2017.

The new Crew Space Transportation (CST-100) vehicle, funded by NASA as part of its ‘Commercial Crew Integrated Capability’ initiative, is designed to transport crew and cargo to low-earth orbit.

To begin with, the spacecraft will be used to take astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).

Victoria-David step out in colour coordinated outfits

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Model turned fashion designer Victoria Beckham wore an outfit matching to her husband and former footballer David Beckham at Met Gala here.

The star-studded charity event took place here Monday.

The 40-year-old and David arrived at the event wearing cream-coloured outfits and posed happily for the cameras, reports contactmusic.com.

Victoria, who raises four children with David, wore a floor length gown, while her husband paired his black bow tie and trousers with a cream suit jacket.

Suzuki Motorcycle to grow scooter sales, consolidate bike business

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With the scooter sales clocking good growth in the two wheeler segment, Suzuki Motorcycle India Ltd (SMIL) is hoping to clock higher sales with its new model and also consolidate its motorcycle business, said a senior company official.

The company will also increase its distribution network to 1,000 points from the current 600 and look at exports to Latin American countries.

Energy drinks consumption linked to smoking

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Weekly consumption of sports drinks and energy drinks among teens is linked to higher consumption of other sugar-sweetened beverages, cigarette smoking, and screen media use, said a study.

Sports and energy drink consumption should be addressed as part of a clustering of unhealthy behaviours among some adolescents, the researchers noted.

“Among boys, weekly sports drink consumption was significantly associated with higher TV viewing,” said Nicole Larson of University of Minnesota in the US.

Sip coffee daily to prevent eye damage

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Your daily cup of coffee is brewing some soothing news for your eyes.

According to food scientists, a daily cup of coffee can prevent eyesight deterioration and possible blindness from retinal degeneration due to glaucoma, aging and diabetes.

“Raw coffee is, on average, just one percent caffeine but it contains seven to nine percent chlorogenic acid – a strong antioxidant that prevents retinal degeneration in mice,” said Chang Y Lee, a professor of food science at Cornell University here.

‘Lung disease linked to diabetes under-diagnosed in India’

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An infectious lung disease – melioidosis – which is linked to diabetics is grossly under-diagnosed in India, according to a British expert.

The disease is caused by a bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei, commonly found in stagnant water, soil and paddy fields, said Clive Cockram, an endocrinologist.

He said about 50 percent cases of melioidosis occur in patients who have been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus.

Two Indian-American chefs win James Beard awards

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Two Indian-American chefs have won James Beard awards named after “the father of American cuisine” and considered the Oscars of the food and beverage industry.

There is no cash reward, but a win – or even a nomination – can substantially increase the buzz for business, according to James Beard Foundation president Susan Ungaro.

Mumbai native Vikram Sunderam, the chef behind Washington, DC’s famous Indian restaurant Rasika, where the Obamas have also dined, has been named Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic.

Get creative with sarong

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Wish to hit the beach? Tie a sarong to dress up your swimsuit.

Here are two different ways to tie the perfect sarong, reports eonline.com:

1. Tips to tie your sarong to create a one-shoulder dress

* Step one: Hang your sarong vertically and hold on to the top two corners. Make sure you find a sarong that matches your height because you don’t want it to be too long or too short.

* Step two: Bring the top two corners over one shoulder and tie into a knot. Tie an additional knot to keep it from coming undone.

Leonardo DiCaprio buys $10 million apartment

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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has reportedly splurged $10 million on an apartment at the Green Delos building in Greenwich Village here.

The star has purchased a two-bedroom and two-and-a-half bath apartment on the fourth floor of the building at 66 E. 11th St., reports showbizspy.com.

The building includes amenities such as vitamin C-infused showers, purified air and water, a circulated aromatherapy air supply, posture-supportive heat reflexology flooring and dawn simulation provided by a circadian lighting design.

Is Anne Hathaway’s marriage in trouble?

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Actress Anne Hathaway, who attended Met Gala alone and left the ceremony on her own, has been fuelling speculation that her marriage to actor Adam Shulman is on the rocks.

The actress cut a lonely figure as she left the Carlyle Hotel in New York Monday alone in the back of her chauffeur driven car, reports showbizspy.com.

The duo got engaged in November 2011 and were married Sept 29, 2012.

According to a source, Hathaway is trying to scale back her A-list lifestyle to be more relatable and “is undergoing a transformation” so that she isn’t perceived as a stuck-up snob.

Woman killed as train derails in Pakistan

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One woman was killed and 20 people injured after a passenger train derailed in Pakistan Wednesday morning, media reports said.

TV channel Dunya said the train’s engine and three compartments derailed near Nawabshah district in Sindh province, Xinhua reported.

The train was on its way from Faisalabad to Karachi.

Hospital sources said they received 20 injured people and at least two of them are critical.IANS

Hyundai launches new variant of Eon for Rs 3.83 lakh

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Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday rolled out a new variant of its entry level car Eon, priced at Rs 3.83 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

The new variant, which comes with 1 litre Kappa engine, will be available along with the current 0.8 litre variants of Eon, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) said in a statement.

“Hyundai consistently innovates to meet and exceed the demands of the customer and the 1.0 litre Kappa engine now offered in Eon is an extension of our modern-premium brand philosophy,” HMIL Managing Director & CEO B S Seo said.

Here’s the secret to marital bliss

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Researchers have suggested that chances for bliss are highest when husband and wife both believe in sharing up the household labor equally.

The study also revealed that happiness won’t last long if one partner is perceived as not carrying their fair share of the load.