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New Delhi [India], Oct 12 : India's largest online marketplace Snapdeal has announced the appointment of Parul Batra as Vice President- Corporate Communications.

A seasoned communications professional with a career spanning over 17 years, Parul joins Snapdeal after successful stints at Google and NDTV.

At Snapdeal, Parul will anchor the public relations mandate for the company, helping drive the company into its next phase of deeper connect with users, as it focuses on partnering them in their journey to a better life.

New Delhi [India], Oct. 12 : A team of doctors at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh successfully performed a rare hip replacement surgery to correct the fractured neck of the left femur of a 102-year old patient recently.

Within 48 hours of the injury, the patient was back on his feet.

The team was led by Amite Pankaj Aggarwal and Umesh Deshmukh.

The patient, Mangal Das Puri was rushed to the emergency with complaints of pain in the left hip region.

The patient expressed his inability to bear weight on left lower limb.

The patient used to walk without support before fall.

Doctors examined his condition to find out that there was a fracture on the left proximal femur (fracture neck of femur).

London [UK], Oct. 12 : 'The Social Network' star Jesse Eisenberg and his longtime girlfriend, Anna Strout are reportedly looking forward to a new addition to their lives.

The 33-year-old actor is expecting his first child with the beauty, reports the Daily mail.

The 'American Ultra' star reportedly started seeing his girlfriend in 2002 until their split in 2012.

During the break, The 'The Double' actor dated his 26-year-old co-star Mia Wasikowska.

In December 2015, the couple got back together and went public with their on-again romance in January 2016 when they went to a basketball game together.

The actor's rep did not return calls to DailyMail.com about the pregnancy news.

Mumbai [India], Oct. 12 : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that he would only share the credit of the surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and added that the major share of the success goes to the latter for apt decision making and planning.

"I will only share the credit, major share goes to the Prime Minister. This should settle the nerves of many people," he said.

Parrikar also took a jibe on the cynical criticism surrounding the strikes and said that doubters can also share the credit for the success of the same.

"I understand that people are satisfied," said Parrikar speaking on the sidelines of the MET 2016 (Materials Engineering Technology) conference in Mumbai.

Singapore/New Delhi [India], Oct 12 : Global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes Seedstars World successfully concluded its Singaporean round during Seedstars Singapore.

The event took place at Collision eight, where eight selected startups were invited to present their ideas in front of the local jury panel.

Telehealth platform designed to improve access to healthcare for rural communities, Graphene Healthcare was selected the best startup amongst all for its high impact solution.

The company is now set to participate at Seedstars Summit taking place in Switzerland in March 2017.

Washoington D.C.[USA], Oct. 12 : A new study shows that recitation of Shakespeare's rhythmic language with physical gesture improves social and communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Children with ASD often have trouble understanding non­verbal behavior in social interactions and struggle to communicate.

Many avoid eye contact and miss visual cues, making it difficult to maintain peer relationships and share enjoyment of mutual interests.

Results showed better language skills and recognition of facial expressions in children with ASD.