A 730-bedded private hospital having more than 100 outpatient sections has been opened in the posh Four Bungalows area of Andheri, a north-west suburb.

Named Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, the spanking new hospital was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Monday.

Jakarta - The number of critically endangered Sumatran tigers at an Indonesian national park has increased over the past few years thanks to a successful campaign against poaching, a conservationist said Tuesday.

The result of a 20-month monitoring programme showed that the population of Sumatran tigers at the Bukit Tiga Puluh National Park in Riau province had risen to 43 from 35 in 2003, said Muhammad Yunus, coordinator of the park's Sumatran Tiger Conservation Programme.

Sydney - Most Australians don't know that Australia Day marks the arrival of white settlers from Britain on January 26, 1788, an opinion poll published Tuesday showed.

Only 44 per cent of those asked were able to say the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney was what was commemorated.

A quarter of respondents to the Essential Research poll said Australia Day marked the federation of the states on January 1, 1901.

Washington, January 27: Are you a rational or experiential consumer? Well, this customer differentiation springs from a new study that suggests that people approach problems, products, and websites differently according to distinct thinking styles.

Thomas P. Novak and Donna L. Hoffman, of University of California-Riverside, say that their study suggests that consumers tend to think either rationally or experientially.

Washington, Jan 27: When it comes to buying a product, people who deliberate about decisions make less accurate judgments than people who trust their instincts, says a new study.

According to the researchers from Northwestern University and Radboud University, The Netherlands, the researchers found that better judgments can often be made without deliberation.

Washington, Jan 27: Want to get lucky? Well, then start staying close to winners, for a new study has revealed that being near a person on a winning streak could somehow enhance you own chances of winning.

The study has shed light on why, at a casino, people seem to gather around machines and people on a winning streak.

"It is common to find that people consider luck to be contagious-they are likely to believe that being near a person on a winning streak somehow enhances their own chances of winning," said author Arul Mishra (University of Utah, Salt Lake City).