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Mumbai, Aug 23 : Anil Kapoor is confident that the audiences will relate to his character in his debut TV production "24" and it will cement his place in the hearts of viewers because of its realism.

Anil plays Jai Singh Rathod, the chief of anti-terrorist Unit of India, in "24".

New Delhi, Aug 23 : The central government is planning to reduce the time frame for setting up nuclear power plants to meet increasing energy demand, Minister of State V. Narayanasamy said Friday.

Speaking at the 5th International Conference on Nuclear Energy here, Narayanasamy said the time frame for setting up a nuclear power plant must come down.

He said as of now 17 permissions had to be sought from various authorities for setting up a nuclear plant.

New York, Aug 23 : World No. 1 Novak Djokovic would probably face defending champion Andy Murray in the US Open semifinals, according to the tournament draw.

The US Open is special to Murray because the Briton earned his first Grand Slam title in New York last year beating Djokovic in the final, reports Xinhua.

Seventh seed Roger Federer would possibly encounter second seed Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals. The two super stars had their 31st meeting last week at Western and Southern Open, in which Nadal won 2-1, but they have not played each other yet at Flushing Meadows.

New Delhi, Aug 23 : India's biggest competitive advantage over countries like China, US and Japan is its young population, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor said Friday.

"India has a dynamic, productive and youthful workforce which will be 64 percent of the population by the year 2020, whereas China, US and Japan have ageing labour," said Tharoor at the launch of the Gen Next Workforce Study 2013.

By 2020, the average age of the workforce in US would be 40, in Japan 46 and in India it will be just 29, he said.

London, Aug 23 : The makers of the movie -version of "Fifty Shades of Grey", an erotic novel by British author E. L. James, are reportedly keen to rope in singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham to design the clothes and make an appearance in it.

The bosses at Universal Pictures want her to design the stars' clothes as they think that the 39-year-old fashion icon will be an ideal choice to dress the leading characters. They also want her to put in a cameo appearance, reports dailystar. co. uk.

Seoul, Aug 23 : South Korea's terms of trade improved last month as import costs fell at a steeper pace than export prices amid lower commodity prices, central bank data showed Friday.

The net terms-of-trade index for goods, rose 1.5 percent in July from a year earlier, according to the Bank of Korea. The index is calculated by dividing export prices by import prices.

The index continued to rise amid faster fall in import prices than export prices. The import price index declined two percent, and the export price index slid 0.5 percent, Xinhua reported.