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New York, Aug 28 : Jessica Alba's eco-friendly baby products site, Honest Co., has raised 70 million dollars, raising the business' value to 1 billion dollars.

The firm, which sells nontoxic bath and skin-care products, dietary supplements and designer-branded clothing, gets 80 percent of its revenue online and has racked up 150 million dollars this year, the New York Post reported.

Brian Lee, co-founder and CEO, said that the funding would enable them to expand their current category offerings and availability, and develop products across many new and exciting categories.

Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 28 : A paragon of sporty dynamics, premium ambience and robust agility, the new BMW X3 was launched today at Deutsche Motoren, the BMW dealership in Noida.

The new BMW X3 is locally produced at the BMW Plant Chennai in a diesel variant and is now available at BMW dealerships across India.

Sydney, Aug 28 : In order to stay afloat from a business point of view, a struggling Malaysian Airlines has opted to cut-price flights and giveaways in order to win back the trust of its customers and crew who have deserted the airline.

Aiming for passengers from Australia and New Zealand, the airline has launched a USD 495 dollar economy class return airfare ticket to Kuala Lumpur. This comes days after its rival Air Asia launched its own sale, including flights from Australia to the Malaysian capital from USD 159 dollars and onward flights starting from USD 13 dollars.

Washington, Aug 28 : A new study has helped researchers unveil the mystery behind "moving", sailing rocks of Death Valley's Racetrack Playa.

A team of researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, brought in a high-resolution weather station to measure wind at one-second intervals, and brought in 15 rocks fitted with GPS devices to capture the movement of the rocks, CNet reported.

Wellington, Aug 28 : A new study has revealed that people who use Facebook and Twitter are less likely than others to share their opinions on hot-button issues, even when they are offline.

According to the study by the Pew Research Center and Rutgers University in New Jersey, sites like Facebook and Twitter might actually encourage self-censorship and there is a "spiral of silence" phenomenon: Unless people know their audience agrees, they are likely to shy away from discussing anything controversial, Stuff. co. nz reported.

New Delhi, Aug 28 : Responding to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tweet on Thursday, his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe said he was eagerly awaiting the former's arrival in Kyoto.

"India has a special place in my heart, eagerly waiting for your arrival in Kyoto," tweeted Shinzo Abe

"Your first visit to Japan as Indian PM will add new chapter to our strategic partnership," Abe said, adding, "Together we can do a lot for peace and prosperity in the world."