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Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct.5 : World championship leader Nico Rosberg has revealed that Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel called him after the Malaysian Grand Prix to apologise for their collision at the first corner.

The Mercedes driver was spun round at Turn 1 by Ferrari driver Vettel, who was attempting to pass his team-mate Max Verstappen on the inside at the start.

Earlier, Vettel had indirectly blamed his team-mate Verstappen for the incident, but it seems that he has now changed his mind after being deemed that it was predominately his fault by the racing stewards.

"Sebastian just called me actually. He apologised, which is nice. It doesn't get me back the points that I lost, but it's still nice to hear that," Rosberg was quoted as saying by Sport24.

WashingtonD.C. (USA), Oct. 5 : According to a recent research, increased exposure to community violence in minority teen boys leads to symptoms of violent behaviour while abating the signs of depression.

The results add evidence to a model demonstrating the desensitization to violence that can occur with greater exposure.

Lead author of the study Noni Gaylord-Harden said, "Community violence disproportionately impacts minority teen boys; but until now, we weren't sure of the long-term effects of repeated exposure to violence on the mental health of these children,"

"This study is unique because it is the first to test this theory of desensitization in a sample consisting entirely of males of color over a long period of time," he said.

WashingtonD.C. (USA), Oct. 5 : In a comprehensive chemical comparison between smoke and e-cigarette emissions, researchers have found that toxicant level in e-cigarette vapour was 95% less than in conventional cigarette smoke.

A comparison between the vapour from Vype ePen, a commercially available e-cigarette and 3R4F, a reference cigarette revealed substantial reductions in the e-Pen emissions for all toxicant groups measured.

Most cigarette smoke toxicants could not be detected in the e-cigarette vapour.

Memandar (Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct.5 : Kashmir Valley remained in a tense situation as terrorists lobbed a grenade at residence of Shopian MLA Muhammad Yusuf Bhat last night.

However no injuries to Bhat and his families were reported.

In fresh ceasefire violations, Pakistan forces resorted to heavy shelling and firing along LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir last evening.

Ceasefire violations were also reported from Pakistani forces in Gigriyal, Channi and Planwala areas of Akhnoor.

Pakistani forces simultaneously started unprovoked firing and shelling in civilian areas and forward Indian posts in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch and Nowshehra sector of Rajouri around 5 PM.

New Delhi [India], Oct. 5 : Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will call on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi today.

Loong, who arrived in the national capital on Monday on a five-day visit to India, had held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday.

During the talks, both countries decided to strengthen co-operation in countering threats of rising terrorism.

The two nations also inked three pacts including dealing with intellectual property rights to facilitate greater business to business exchanges and collaborations.

The visiting dignitary will also visit Udaipur in Rajasthan today, where Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will call on him tomorrow.

New Delhi [India], Oct. 5 : Visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today and discuss several issues of mutual interest.