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Health officials are disturbed as the cases of swine flu in the country are going up with the monsoon.

Around 548 new H1N1 cases were reported during the last week, the highest for the current year.

The health ministry said that 38 individuals lost their lives because of the deadly virus between July 19 and 25.

While the four southern states and Maharashtra continued to be severely hit, West Bengal and Delhi also joined the list of flu cases.

Maharashtra remained on top as it reported 230 Swine flu cases this week, accompanied by Kerala with 108 cases.

Wipro Yardley, the heritage personal care brand from Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting, has rolled out its first soap brand in the Indian market.

The primary range was launched in five striking fragrances such as Red Roses, English Rose, Jasmine, Sandalwood in addition to the extremely popular English Lavender.

Yardley's high-tech plant situated in UK will make Wipro Yardley soaps and import to India.

According to an industry lobby, the total sales of personal computers, which comprise desktops and laptop computers, witnessed an increase of 18 percent during the last financial year at over 8.03 million units.

The industry projects that the total sales of personal computers will hit 9.35 million units mark in the existing fiscal, recording a 16% increase.

Media and entertainment company Eros has inked a strategic alliance with music label T-series through which T-series can exclusively exploit the music and audio visual rights of upcoming Eros Films.

The announcement was made by a T-series representative.

The music and audio visual content of flicks under the Eros banner will be now distributed by T-Series on all platforms, which comprise all physical formats, radio, TV, cellular phone and digital formats.

Not everyone have faith in Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan's dancing expertise.

But Sallu's choreographer for his upcoming flick "Dabangg" said that the actor has become technically strong and even gives his own inputs.

Choreographer Shabina Khan Ansari said, "This is not the first time I am working with Salman. I've worked with him even earlier when I used to be an assistant with Ganesh Acharya. But now he has changed; today he is technically stronger. He also gives his inputs for steps."

According to new research, boozing can lessen the risks of developing rheumatoid arthritis.

The research group from Sheffield University discovered that people with rheumatoid arthritis, who said that they consumed alcohol on over ten days during the last month showed less damage to their joints, less swelling, less pain, puffiness and impairment as compared to those who never boozed alcohol.

The discoveries showed that alcohol lessens the body's immune response, dampening down symptoms.