London, October 27 : British-Irish pop group ‘Girls Aloud’ have returned to claim their victory after four years, by topping the UK charts with their new single ‘The Promise’.
All the 18 singles of the girl group, which had triumphed at the ITV1 talent competition ‘Popstars: The Rivals’, have made it to the UK Top 10.
The ‘Smash Hits’ poll winners, who have had two other crowning singles, including their 2002 debut, bagged the number one spot putting ‘Pink’s ‘So What’ in second place.
Taipei - Taiwan's state-funded Straits Exchange Foundation said Monday that China had apologized to Taiwan for the losses and troubles caused by the recent tainted milk scandal.
The foundation said it received a letter of apology to Taiwan's consumers and manufacturers Monday from the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits.
Tokyo - Asian markets plummeted to new lows Monday, with trading halted at several stock exchanges, as investors across the region stepped up panic-selling on concerns that tumbling share values would drag economies into recession.
Stocks in Tokyo nosedived, as the benchmark Nikkei 225 tumbled 486.18 points, or 6.36 per cent, to close at 7,162.9, the lowest level in 26 years. The market crisis has shaved off half the value off the Nikkei this year.
The broader Topix index of all first-section issues also lost 59.65 points, or 7.4 per cent, to 746.46.
The Bank of Japan injected 600 billion yen (6.37 billion dollars) into the money markets Monday to ease a credit crunch as stocks prices plunged.
Bangalore, Oct 27 : Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India''s maiden moon mission, on Sunday crossed the 1,50,000 km distance mark from Earth and entered deep space.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in a statement on Sunday in Bangalore, said that the milestone was reached after the successful completion of the spacecraft''s third orbit raising manoeuvre.
ISRO also said that in the coming few days more orbit raising manoeuvres have been planned to take Chandrayaan-1 towards the Moon.
Washington, Oct 27: For smokers with rheumatoid arthritis, kicking the butt might help in controlling its progression, according to a study.
Smoking is known to increase the risk and severity of RA, and its cessation has been shown to have a positive impact in slowing the progression of other diseases like coronary disease and emphysema.
The researchers conducted the study over 14,847 patients with RA based on their smoking status.
Of those, 65.4 percent were non-smokers, 22.1 percent were former smokers and12.5 percent were active smokers
They monitored the change in Clinical Disease Activity Index—a composite measure of disease activity in people with RA that assesses change over time.
London, October 27 : British-Irish pop group ‘Girls Aloud’ have returned to claim their victory after four years, by topping the UK charts with their new single ‘The Promise’.
Taipei - Taiwan's state-funded Straits Exchange Foundation said Monday that China had apologized to Taiwan for the losses and troubles caused by the recent tainted milk scandal.
Bangalore, Oct 27 : Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India''s maiden moon mission, on Sunday crossed the 1,50,000 km distance mark from Earth and entered deep space.
Nanded (Maharashtra), Oct 27 : The tri-centenary Guru-ta Gaddi 
