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Multi-talented actor Omi Vaidya, known for playing nerdy Chatur Ramalingam in "3 Idiots", will be seen hosting the second season of Star Plus' popular children's music reality show "Chhote Ustaad".

The show will be judged by ace singers Sonu Niigaam and Rahet Fateh Ali Khan.

The second season of "Chhote Ustaad" will bring together raw talent from India as well as Pakistan.

The participants will be in the 8-13 years age group.

With his accented Hindi, Omi will bring in lots of fun and hilarity to the show.

Boffins have supported a common assumption that aggression and disruptive behavior increase during pubescence.

The new research conducted by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, compared to early puberty, kids experiencing mid and late puberty are three to four times more likely to participate in violence with the purpose of gravely hurting someone.

Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who entered the Hindi film industry with "Aladin", said that she loves Indian wedding ceremonies and would like to attend one.

Jacqueline said, "I am very much fascinated by the Indian weddings, I have not attended anyone so far, but I would love to attend one soon."      The 26-year-old Sri Lankan beauty was in New Delhi as the brand ambassador of wedding exhibition Shagunn, which will take place Aug 21-22 at the Ashoka hotel.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), today crawled up around 80 points during noon on the back of strong signals from other Asian bourses.

The Sensex had hit 18,167.22 during morning, but dropped slightly in following sessions, with heavyweight Infosys dragging the stock index.

The Sensex, which belled the day at 18,024.95, was trading 79.41 points up at 18,065.31 as against its previous close at 17,985.9.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broad-based Nifty stood at 5,422.35, up 0.4% as compared to its last closure at 5,400.65.

SS Netcom, the first IT solution company in the country's North Eastern region, is establishing an international call centre in Meghalaya.

SS Netcom Founder Conrad Sangma stated, "The client (an international IT company) is ready and we are in the process of streamlining the system."

In the Meghalaya Assembly, Mr. Sangma, a Wharton alumni, also serve as the youngest leader of opposition.

As per hearsays, Google might roll out its own social networking site 'Google Me'.

Mr. Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, tweeted, "Ok, umm, huge rumour: Google to launch Facebook competitor very soon "Google Me," very credible source" on June 28.

The report also said that internet giant has been exploring social networking patterns to make one of its own.

TechCrunch's tip-off leaked out that the research is to take place at Google's Dublin office and will take 60 minutes with pollsters receiving 60 Euros per survey.