A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Thursday gained 64.08 points or 0.25 percent as auto stocks surged.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government will be presenting its Budget later in the day.
Good buying was observed in auto, capital goods and consumer durables sectors, while selling pressure was seen in healthcare sector.
Adults with extreme obesity have increased risk of dying at a young age from cancer and many other causes, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney and liver diseases, says a new research.
People with class III (or extreme) obesity had a dramatic reduction in life expectancy compared with people of normal weight, the findings showed.
“While once a relatively uncommon condition, the prevalence of class III, or extreme, obesity is on the rise,” said Cari Kitahara from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health in the US.
Turning emotional in Karnataka Assembly over an audio CD on the cash-for-MLC seat controversy involving him, JDS leader and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy today offered to face any probe into the issue and said he was ready to go to jail if he was guilty.
Raising the issue during the debate on revenue related matters, Kumaraswamy maintained that he had committed no crime and had only spoken about the falling standards of politics, which has landed him in a major political row.
Youth Congress workers staged a protest against the 2014-15 railway budget proposals here on Wednesday, criticizing the government for the hike in rail fares.
A protester, DA Pramodhsankar, said that the new railway budget is not in favour of the common man.
“The new railway budget is not for the common man. Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have thought of the entire country. Modi Union Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda didn’t bring the ‘good days’ with this budget,” said Pramodshankar.
Did you ever try to figure out how smart or dumb your tweet is? Well, according to a new test method for the micro-blogging site, 33 percent of people tweet at a fourth grade reading level.
The tweet test was carried out by Time magazine using a reading comprehension survey known as Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG).
It found that while teenage sensation Justin Bieber tweets like a fifth grader, US President Barack Obama tweets like a seventh grader!
ANI-Businesswire India): Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today announced that the company has enjoyed a record half-year in 2014, with sales increasing by 33 per cent worldwide compared with the same period in 2013.
Sales growth was seen in all regions, with a particularly strong performance in Europe, up by over 60 per cent, Asia Pacific up by almost 40 per cent and the Middle East up by over 30 per cent. The United States and China also saw double-digit growth. In Europe, strong performance was seen in Germany, with sales doubling.
India has the second fastest growing services sector in the world with a compound annual growth rate at 9 percent, just below China’s 10.9 percent, during 2001 to 2012, the Economic Survey said Wednesday.
Among the world’s top 15 countries in terms of GDP, India ranked 10th in terms of overall GDP and 12th in terms of services GDP in 2012, it said.
“India has the second fastest growing services sector with CAGR at 9 percent, just below China?s 10.9 percent, during the last 11-year period from 2001 to 2012,” the survey said.
Typhoon Neoguri made landfall Thursday in Japan’s southwest region, the meteorological agency said.
According to the agency, the typhoon hit Akune city in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwest Kyushu region, Xinhua reported.
The agency has warned of heavy rains over Shikoku Island.
Due to strong winds, parts of western and northern Japan would also be affected in the coming days.
The meteorological agency has also warned of landslides.
Evacuation orders have been issued to residents in Miyazaki, Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures in the Kyushu region.
Scientists have developed a novel transparent see-through wall which can allow you to ‘touch’ the person on the other side.
The wall could enhance a users shopping experience. Shoppers can not only see the products displayed at store windows but also touch them to get a feel.
In a first, biologists have identified a key photoreceptor cell deep inside the brain of birds which takes the role of eyes in humans by directly responding to light and regulates breeding activity according to seasonal changes.
This study revealed that nerve cells existing deep inside the brains of quails, called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-contacting neurons, respond directly to light.
These neurons are involved in detecting the arrival of spring and thus regulate breeding activities in birds.
A new study has revealed that having an obese sibling associated with more than double the obesity risk of an obese parent; risk even stronger among same-gender siblings.
The study led by an investigator at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital found that the risk associated with having an obese sibling is more than twice as great as that of having an obese parent, and that risk is even stronger among siblings of the same gender.
Researchers in the US have found that even a very low exposure to arsenic can cause cancer in humans, “raising the possibility that no level of arsenic appears to be safe”.
The study carried out at the National Toxicology Programme (NTP) Laboratory in the US found that mice exposed to low doses of arsenic in drinking water developed lung cancer.
“This is the first study to show tumour development in animals exposed to very low levels of arsenic, levels similar to which humans might be exposed,” said Michael Waalkes, director of NTP.
A research has discovered new genes that could be targeted in order to treat asthmatic disease, which currently affects over 200 million people worldwide.
The goal of the study was to find genes whose neighborhoods were active in diseased cells, but inactive in healthy cells. Genes that were in active neighborhoods in diseased cells were likely to contribute to disease, and could potentially be targeted with drug treatments.
A recent study has claimed that the belief of many young adults that they can replace cigarette with hookah as its not harmful to their health is wrong.
A new study had claimed that maintaining a healthy lifestyle could help in increasing people’s lifespan.
With the rise in the number of heart diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disorders, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) is working towards developing a national prevention strategy with a view to improving the population’s health competence and encouraging healthier behaviour.
The main risk factors for these diseases were linked to personal behaviour such as tobacco smoking, an unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful alcohol consumption.
Scientists have discovered a biomarker that could give pregnant mothers and their doctors the first simple blood test to reliably predict if she would develop preeclampsia, at least as early as 6 weeks into the pregnancy.
Preeclampsia is a cardiovascular disorder typically diagnosed in the late second or third trimester of pregnancy and often resulting in an early delivery, creating immediate and potentially lifelong risks to both mother and baby and it also causes high blood pressure and protein in the urine.
A teenager was charged almost 180,000 pounds for a large margherita pizza by Domino’s.
The 19-year-old from Newport, Nathaniel Bolwell, had ordered a large margherita pizza worth 17.99 pounds, but he later realized that the American restaurant chain had overdrawn 179,000 pounds from his bank account, the Mirror reported.
The shocked teenager, who was paid back two days later, said that even the “poshest meal in the poshest restaurant” with all his friends and family wouldn’t have cost as much.
Married men who keep their wedding rings on have better chance of luring women towards them in comparison to those who don’t.
IllicitEncounters.com, UK’s largest dating site for married people, conducted a survey on 2,000 members, and found that 87 percent of men still wear their wedding bands while looking for an affair, which actually works, as 68 percent of women members found such men to be sexually more appealing, the Daily Star reported.
Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees added another feather to his cap when he became only the third match referee after Ranjan Madugalle (279) and Chris Broad (245) to complete 200 One-Day Internationals (ODIs).
Crowe achieved this feat when he took to the field for the toss in the second ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Pallekele on Wednesday. In addition to 200 ODIs, Crowe has also officiated in 65 Tests and 46 Twenty20 Internationals.
China’s confrontation with the United States would be disastrous, said Chinese President Xi Jinping, while suggesting the need for mutual respect between the two countries during the annual China-U.S. dialogue in Beijing .
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement that U.S. was not looking to control China, and that China should not interpret this as any strategy, reports the BBC.
He agreed that a confrontation between the two nations would be disastrous.
President Barack Obama said that the U.S. welcomed China’s stability and prosperity.
The war in Afghanistan is causing an increase in casualties, said Georgette Gagnon, Director of Human Rights for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ( UNAMA).
The conflict in Afghanistan has caused an increase of 24 percent compared to the first half of 2013. The United Nations recorded 1,564 deaths and 3,284 injured which sums up to a 24 percent overall increase in casualties, said Gagnon.
United States is eventually withdrawing military bases spread across Afghanistan after war for more than a decade against the Taliban.
The Pakistan Army on Wednesday claimed that 80 per cent of Miramshah has been cleared during the North Waziristan operation.
The Dawn quoted Major General Zafarullah Khan, as saying that Operation Zarb-i-Azb is still on to flush out the remainder of the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, besides foreign militants. He said TTP commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur, if spotted, would be eliminated without any delay.
On Wednesday, Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, was opened for national and international media for the first time since the launch of the operation.
Katie price has taken a swing at Kim Kardashian’s sexy curves and her endless gym sessions.
When the 36-year-old glamour model was compared to ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashian’ star by her Fubar co-host Mark Dolan, she said that though she thinks that the reality star is stunning she is just not a big fan of her famous curves , the Mirror reported.
Price took another shot at the never-ending gym sessions of the wife of Kanye West and further said that she doesn’t understand why the curvy beauty wants to go to the gym always. (ANI)
The Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party moved the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday over Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s qualification as a National Assembly member.
Dawn News said PTI lawmakers Ali Mohammad Khan and Murad Saeed approached ECP on the issue.
Khan and Saeed demanded that action be taken against Sharif under Article 62 and 63 of the Pakistan Constitution.
Ariana Grande has rubbished the comparisons that have been going on between her and pop star Miley Cyrus.
The 21-year-old ‘Problem’ hit-maker said that she is annoyed by the comparisons among the girls in the industry and she is trying not to think about the comparison done between her and the ‘Wrecking Ball’ singer, the Daily Star reported.
Both Cyrus and Grande started as TV stars at a young age before making their mark in the music industry, but Grande has clarified that that’s the only similarity between them. (ANI)