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Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 5 : Looks like it's time for Gigi Hadid to add another feather to her success-cap!

The Victoria's Secret model has been named a co-host with stand-up comedian and actor Jay Pharoah for the 2016 American Music Awards, reports Entertainment Tonight.

The reports further say that 'Dick Clark Productions' and 'ABC' announced that Hadid and Pharoah will lead this year's annual music awards show on November 20.

The 21-year-old model expresses that she was "so excited" to host the 2016 AMAs with Pharoah.

"Jay is known for his spot-on impressions so I can't wait to take the stage with him to show my goofy side and celebrate this year's nominees!" she said in a statement.

New Delhi [India], Nov. 5 : A team of doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI) performed a lifesaving heart transplant on a 61-year-old male recipient suffering from ischemic cardiomyopathy.

The donor was a 55-year- old ex-serviceman who had met with a road accident and was brought to Fortis Hospital, NOIDA in a critical condition. After sustained efforts to revive the patient, he was declared brain dead by the Emergency Response Team and a battery of Neuro Surgeons.

The family overcame their grief and came forward to donate the organs of the departed, following counselling.

The team of highly skilled doctors who carried out the heart transplant was led by Dr Z S Meharwal, Director, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, FEHI.

Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 5 : Human consciousness is a topic philosophers have long struggled to define.

Now, a team of researchers led by neurologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has pinpointed the regions of the brain that may play a role maintaining it.

"For the first time, we have found a connection between the brainstem region involved in arousal and regions involved in awareness, two prerequisites for consciousness," said researcher Michael D. Fox. "A lot of pieces of evidence all came together to point to this network playing a role in human consciousness."

New Delhi [India], Nov.5 : The Centre has fined Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and its partners BP and Niko nearly slapped a nearly Rs.10,000 crores for pumping out gas that flowed to the Krishna Godavari-D6 Block from an adjoining field owned by ONGC.

Reliance and its partners have been given a month to respond to the notice issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

According to reports, all three partners sought 1.47 billion dollars for producing nearly 338 million British thermal unit in seven years ended March this year. After deducting about 72 million dollars royalty paid on the gas produced and adding an interest at the rate of Libor plus 2 per cent totaling nearly 150 million dollars, a total demand of 1.55 billion dollars was made on RIL, BP and Niko.

Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 5 : Looks like the Brangelina divorce case is not reaching a solution any time soon.

The latest turn in the issue is that Brad Pitt is seeking joint physical custody of his six kids- Maddox Jolie-Pitt, 15, Pax Jolie-Pitt, 12, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, 11, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, 10, and twins Knox Jolie-Pitt and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 8, reports E! Online.

As part of a temporary custody agreement, Angelina Jolie had earlier asked for sole custody of the children she shares with Pitt, only allowing the actor visitation rights.

Pitt had been under investigation over the last few weeks regarding an alleged mid-air altercation on a private plane with eldest son Maddox.

Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 5 : Food Hero, a social marketing campaign designed to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income families in Oregon, has been found effective to help them eat more nutritious meals through fast, tasty, affordable and healthy recipes.

The initiative, by the OSU Extension Service in 2009, includes several components, such as a website with information in both English and Spanish; Food Hero recipe taste-tasting events in schools and communities across Oregon; and a library of healthy recipes that have all been taste-tested and many approved by children.