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4,000 Mumbaikars may dump R-Infra for Tata Power

Vikas — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:12:52 +0000

Several commercial and residential customers of Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) in Mumbai are planning to shift their electricity connections to Tata Power Company (TPC).

Around 4,000 restaurants in Mumbai and its suburbs say the shift to TPC would work out to be over 50 per cent cheaper for them. The restaurants which have sought a change of supply include fine dining and mid-size restaurants and fall under R-Infra and TPC’s licence areas.

Women prisoners keen to wed Rahul Mahajan

Vikas — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:02:06 +0000

Rahul Mahajan, son of the late BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan has a new fan following - women inmates of the Central Jail here - with nine of them wanting to participate in the TV show “Rahul Dulhania Le Jaayega”. The show where 33-year-old...

Why mosquitos like to bite humans

Vikas — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:17:31 +0000

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered why mosquitoes like to feast on the blood of humans. They have identified a dominant odour naturally produced in humans and birds that attract the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes,...

Heart disease at 30? Blame lifestyle

Vikas — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:44:24 +0000

“We have completely westernised our lifestyle. Fast food has become the staple diet for majority of youngsters. They take soft drinks in place of water and spend hours sitting in front of computers. Our sedentary lifestyle has made us more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases,” N.K. Pandey, cardiologist and chairman of Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, told IANS Saturday, the eve of World Heart Day.

Why does a woman's heart skip a beat?

Vikas — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:34:01 +0000

Empowerment at the price of a healthy heart? More Indian women than ever before are joining the workforce, their hearts are skipping more than just a beat and it’s not always because of a man. It’s part of the global picture, which has women accounting for 15-20% of heart disease.

Dr Ashok Seth, chairman of Delhi’s Escorts Hospital, says, modern women face more stress than their mothers and grandmothers. “More of them are coping with high-pressure jobs, and also looking after their homes, giving them heart disease 10 years earlier.” Seth warns women to “pay more attention to themselves” because heart disease is likely to be the number one killer within five years.

Scientists discover deadly plant that eats rats

Vikas — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:34:30 +0000

British scientists have discovered a deadly plant that eats rats, and is believed to be the largest meat-eating shrub.

Slumdog leads nominations for World Soundtrack Awards

Vikas — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:22:53 +0000

t looks like Slumdog Millionaire has not yet ended its award winning spree. After eight Academy awards and four Golden Globes, the Mumbai based potboiler is leading the nominations for the 9th World Soundtrack...

A step closer to 'synthetic life'

Vikas — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:05:20 +0000

In what has been described as a step towards the creation of a synthetic cell, scientists have created a new “engineered” strain of bacteria. A team successfully transferred the genome of one type of bacteria into a yeast cell,...

Woman marries 7 times in 45 days

Vikas — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:59:24 +0000

A 25-year-old Egyptian waitress, ‘addicted to men’ and had allegedly married seven times in 45 days has been arrested by the police in Hurghada on charges of...

Passenger strips naked, punches another on US flight

Vikas — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:53:33 +0000

Authorities say a St Louis-bound Southwest Airlines flight was forced to return to Oakland International Airport after a male passenger stripped, hit another passenger and fought with crew...