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Los Angeles, July 17 : Model Lucy Mecklenburgh has won the best bikini body 2013 leaving behind the likes of singers Rihanna and Beyonce Knowles.

The 21-year-old, who recently had a breakup with Mario Falcone after he cheated on her, looked stunning after she got into a healthy eating and exercise regime.

Rihanna bagged the second position in the poll conducted by the website holidayplace. co. uk, reports thesun. co. uk.

While reality TV star star Khloe Kardashian, who recently shed almost a stone, was third, singer Beyonce Knowles came joint fourth with actress Jessica Alba.

New Delhi, July 17 : The revision in gas rates from April next year will boost investor sentiment in a sector where investments have almost dried up, Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Wednesday.

Speaking at an industry association Assocham seminar here, the minister said with the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons finding the current rate of $4.2 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) uneconomical to produce gas from deep-sea fields, gas price revision will be a booster to augment investment in the oil and gas sector.

Mumbai, July 17 : If "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" has been a life-changing experience for Farhan Akhtar, who plays the title role in the film and has learnt the lesson of forgiveness from Milkha Singh, he hopes the Olympian's biopic would help open the mind of federations, who start nurturing talents.

"Milkhaji taught me that you couldn't move on in life with the baggage of negativity and illwill. You can't be the Flying Sikh with that entire burden," said Farhan.

Mumbai, July 17 : The Reserve Bank Wednesday opened a three-day borrowing window of Rs. 25,000 crore to help mutual funds meet their financial needs.

The central bank said that "as a contingency measure", it had decided to conduct a special repo under which banks could raise funds totalling Rs. 25,000 crore at 10.25 percent interest.

Mumbai, July 17 : A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Wednesday closed 98 points or 0.49 percent up on the hope of better earnings season and global cues.

Good buying was seen in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), consumer durables and IT sectors; while baking index (bankex) tanked substantially followed by metal and auto sectors.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 19,928.95 points, closed at 19,948.73 points, up 97.50 points or 0.49 percent from the previous day's close at 19,851.23 points.

Mumbai, July 17 : Katrina Kaif, who turned 29 Tuesday, has new found admirers in young actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Siddharth Malhotra who hope to share screen space with the actress some day.

"Who doesn't want to work with Katrina! She is awesome, she is a good actor and she is beautiful," Ayushmann said at the screening of "Ship of Theseus".

Katrina is currently shooting for "Dhoom 3" with Aamir Khan and "Bang Bang" with Hrithik Roshan.