Mirpur, Oct 21 : India and Pakistan are due to open cross border trade from today. Truck loads of commodities from both the countries will cross the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir. It is being described as yet another confidence building measure between the two neighbours.

The decision to allow limited trade, taken only last month, symbolises attempts to solve the Kashmir dispute by creating ‘soft borders’ allowing free movement of goods and people.

Islamabad, Oct 21: Financial Adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Tareen has said that the government has devised an action plan that would help bring in 3 to 5 billion dollars in foreign re

Trinamool Congress chief, Mamata Banerjee has demanded apology from TATA chief Ratan Tata. She criticized him for his derogatory remarks in his letter.

TATA has written an open letter to the people of the state describing circumstances that led to relocation of his dream car project from the state. The letter was published in all leading newspapers of Kolkata. He specifically mentioned the negative role of Trinamool in Singur pull out.

Florida (United States), Oct. 21: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday accused his republican rival John McCain of launching an "ugly" bid to stave off defeat, while campaigning along with Hillary Clinton in the crucial swing state of Florida.

With just 15 days to go before the election, Obama implored supporters to flood early voting stations in the state and vote for him rather than McCain.

In 2000 and 2004, the state had voted Republican.

London, Oct 21 : Being environmentally aware is one thing, and being obsessed with it, is another, say US psychiatrists, who warn that extreme environmental awareness may be creating a generation of “carborexics”.

In a new survey, it was found that seven per cent of Americans come into the category of “dark green”— hard core recyclers and carbon footprint worriers.

However, scientists claim that there is a thin line between these behavioural traits qualifying for eco-leadership or bordering on the obsessive-compulsive.

A report in the New York Times detailed all manner of lifestyles that might be considered carborexic.

Recently NASA experts told that outer space smells like fried Steak and like a hot metal and welding of a motorbike.

All these strange smells were reported after the astronauts came back from space walk.

Now, Steven Pearce of British fragrance firm Omega Ingredients, commissioned by NASA will reproduce these smells in the laboratory with the aim to help the astronauts to prepare for their missions. Hopefully, these smells would be created by the end of this year.