Dubai, Jan. 21: The International Cricket Council has announced the referee and umpires who will officiate in the upcoming ODI series in Sri Lanka and Australia.

The five-ODI series between Sri Lanka and India will get underway in Dambulla on 28 January. The head of the playing control team for this series will be Chris Broad of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.

Brian Jerling of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires will stand in all five matches along with local appointments.

The diet of pregnant woman has direct affect on the fetal health, said a new study.

The study team has researchers from Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.

The study, which was conducted on both lean and obese nonhuman primates, revealed that offsprings of mothers those who had high-fat diet during pregnancy experienced increased risk of having NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease).

Beijing, Jan. 21: China has urged the United State to take concrete steps to put bilateral military ties back on track after relations were derailed because of Pentagon''s arms sales to Taiwan last year.

The Barack Obama administration should clear the way for improved military ties, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday.

Washington, Jan 21 : American actor Jamie Foxx has given up his trademark diamond earrings to protest against the use of conflict gems in jewellery.

The Oscar-winner, famous for wearing big stones in each of his ears, has ditched them after learning about the history of jewels mined in warzones and sold to fund conflicts or profit warlords.

"I now wear cubic zirconia. I used to wear real diamonds, but there''s too much issue about blood diamonds," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

Jerusalem, Jan. 21 : Israel has expressed its concern that the Hizbullah will launch a terror attack against an Israeli or Jewish target ahead of the first anniversary of arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh''s assassination.

Mughniyeh, the commander of Hizbullah''s military forces, was assassinated on February 12, 2008 in a car bombing in Damascus.

While Israel did not claim responsibility for the assassination, Hizbullah has declared its intention to avenge Mughniyeh''s death by striking at Israel.

Lucknow, Jan. 21: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh on Wednesday said that he will campaign for the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Kalyan Singh met SP leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh here, and announced that he would be electioneering for the `cycle symbol' in the Lok Sabha polls scheduled to be held in March -April this year.

However, Mulayam Singh Yadav said that his (Kalyan's) decision is only based on the friendship that the two of them share, and it should not be looked as any political alliance.

"He (Kalyan) will campaign for me only as a friendly gesture. This is new friendship not an electoral alliance," said Singh.