Washington, December 6 : Superstar singer Shakira is reportedly in talks to perform at U. S. President-elect Barack Obama''s inauguration party on January 20.

She may perform at a celebration to be held Obama is formally sworn into office, reports Peruvian newspaper El Comercio.

The paper further states that the Hips Don''t Lie hitmaker may join stars including Susan Sarandon, Spike Lee, and Anne Hathaway celebrate Obama’s historic White House Victory in Washington, D. C.

New Delhi , Dec. 6 :The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its bid to help out the ailing economy has announced a string of measures , including a one percent point cut in short-term rates (repo rate) at which it lends and borrows from banks.

It also decided to pump in an additional of Rs 11,000 crore to help the realty and small industry sectors.

A total of Rs 3,00,000 crores has been infused into the system, since October this financial year.

London, December 6 : Courteney Cox Arquette has been chosen as the latest celebrity to exclusively represent Avon’s new perfume.

The former ‘Friends’ star has been selected for the leading brand’s ‘Spotlight’ owing to the media’s constant focus on the actress for her celebrity status and fame – that depicts the essence of the perfume.

The new women’s fragrance is set for a limited release in the UK in June 2009 and will cost buyers 16 pounds per bottle, reports Metro. co. uk.

London, December 6 : For Sigourney Weaver, best known for her roles as Lt. Ellen Ripley in the ‘Alien’ film series, the Queen has set an example on how to keep up with the hard-hitting credit crunch.

As per the actress, the movie industry royals could pick a few pointers from Her Majesty who has showed support by repeating her gowns on occasions rather than investing in a new wardrobe.

“Our behaviour is changing. Look at how we re-use and recycle. I want to see people at movie premieres wearing outfits they’ve had for 10 years,” the Daily Express quoted her as saying.

The final report CERN has been issued on the failure of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It has further informed that the device cannot be restarted before June 2009.  

It has not been much time since the LHC had commenced operating and a connection between two huge magnets burnt out. Due to this, a ton of liquid helium was released which damaged 53 of the magnets that are required to direct the proton stream around the 27km instrument.

The biomimetics researcher Rhodri Armour at the University of Bath has designed a robot dubbed as the Jollbot that is basically a spherical cage and can roll and jump in any direction.

If in case Jollbot is not able to go around an obstacle, it goes over it. In order to jump over something, the cage compresses and springs open. It is the mechanism inspired by the joints of a grasshopper’s legs.