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Washington, Sept 24 : A new research has revealed that infants' babbling and cooing is linked to their hearing ability.

The research at University of Missouri showed that infant vocalizations are primarily motivated by infants' ability to hear their own babbling and infants with profound hearing loss who received cochlear implants to help correct their hearing soon reached the vocalization levels of their hearing peers, putting them on track for language development.

Washington, Sep 24 - Google's Eric Schmidt is infuriated with Julian Assange allegations that Google is tied to the US government when it comes to the openness of the Internet, which the WikiLeaks founder expressed in his new book 'When Google met WikiLeaks.'

On the eve of the book launch, Schmidt called WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange 'very paranoid.'

The book recalls an encounter when Assange met Schmidt in 2011. Assange has also said Google is basically a privatized National Security Agency, CNET reported.

However, Schmidt adamantly denied Assange's allegations.

Washington, Sep 24 - A new study has revealed that talking long "group nature walks" can help people beat stress and anxiety.

The study conducted by the University of Michigan, with partners from De Montfort University, James Hutton Institute, and Edge Hill University in the United Kingdom found that group nature walks are linked with significantly lower depression, less perceived stress and enhanced mental health and well-being.

Washington, Sept 24 : A new study has revealed the benefits of taking cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins are far greater than the risks and the diabetes risk of taking the drug was "small".

Bangalore - The Reserve Bank of India will probably wait until the second quarter of next year to loosen policy as it wants to cool inflation before trying to spur growth, a Reuters poll found ahead of a policy review meeting next week.

All but three of 46 economists surveyed over the past week said the bank would leave its key repo rate unchanged at 8.0 percent when it meets on Sept. 30.

The survey showed that the RBI is also unlikely to alter either the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR), setting banks` minimum bond holding requirements, or the cash reserve ratio (CRR) that sets the percentage of depositors` balances that banks must keep with the central bank.

Bangalore, Sept 24 : The successful Orbit Insertion Maneuver of Mangalyaan earned praise and brought relief and delight for the scientists at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The scientists are thrilled with pride after Mangalyaan's 300-day marathon covering over 670 million kilometers finally resulted in a national milestone.

"We are feeling out of this world. Everything was autonomous so we were just monitoring the space craft. The Prime Minister's speech was very inspiring," a scientist told ANI here.

Meanwhile, another scientist at ISRO described the past Mars Orbiter Mission's journey as emotional and encouraging.