The very well known World Champion Viswanathan Anand has managed to retain his title. Anand, born on December 11, 1969 in Chennai, is the son of 

Vishwanathan, who is now a retired general manager, Southern Railways.

His friends call him ‘Vishy’ and he learnt to play chess from his mother Susheela at the tender age of six, and since then he had developed great love for 

the game. His mother had been a great source of inspiration for him. 

It was recently made official that the Indian arm of Japanese auto major Toyota Motor Corporation would be launching a global small car by 2010-11. The car would also be exported to overseas markets in both developed and developing countries, other than being launched in the domestic market. 

This strategy adopted by Toyota is quite similar to other auto majors. The main motive of all these companies is widening their market share tremendously through the launches of their own small cars. 

Recently, Shivender Mohan Singh, CEO and managing director of Fortis Healthcare, announced, “Fortis Healthcare is eyeing acquisitions and is in talks with more than two players in south and west India. The company is hoping to close the transactions in the current financial year.”

The first satellite of Venezuela, which was build with Chinese technology and launched from China, recently blasted into orbit, marking Venezuela’s entry into space age. 

This satellite has been named after Simon Bolivar, the hero of South American Independence. Hugo Chavez, The President of Venezuela said, “The communications satellite Venesat-1 is a construction of socialism and a symbol of Latin American integration.” 

Thousands of software developers have now got access to an early build of Window 7, by getting the code at this week's Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. As of now all major hardware manufacturers have their copies, and many more will get it at WinHEC, the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, which is due to open in Los Angeles on 5th November.