It is being claimed by the Chinese engineers that a new class of low-cost fuel cells can be achieved, if the precious metal platinum is stopped being used in the cells.

A team led by Lin Zhuang at Wuhan University in Hubei province, China has been successful in developing a new membrane which is not acidic, thus makes it possible to use a much cheaper, nickel catalyst.

Satyam Computer Services is a good buy at current levels. The stock has lost over Rs 60 today and is currently trading at Rs 166. Investors can pick the stock at current levels as the fundamentals are strong. Citi rated the stock sell on basis of Corporate Governence issues and not on lower business. The company’s plan to get into other sectors has been condemned by various Institutional Investors.

Washington, Dec 17 : Hollywood actress Kate Hudson is enjoying her single status and is in no rush to get into a relationship.

The `You, Me and Dupree', who has dated cycling champ Lance Armstrong and actor Owen Wilson, said that she is trying to stay single as long as possible.

"I''m actually enjoying being single right now because I really never have been," Usmagazine quoted Hudson as telling InStyle magazine.

London, Dec 17 : Germans are fearing that their language is being eroded by waves of English and other foreign jargon.

At least 60 per cent of new words being used in Germany today are English.

After years of post-war Anglicisation and Americanisation, seven out of 10 Germans speak some English, The Telegraph reported.

But experts say there is a growing backlash against the widespread use of foreign terms in the age of globalisation, technology and immigration. Business leaders are growing tired of English "management speak".

A census conducted at Bhitarkanika National Park in Orissa this year has shown the presence of over one lakh birds.

"An estimated 1,01,293 birds, including migratory feathered guests were sighted during the annual bird census 2008, carried out in the water bodies of the Bhitarkanika National park and its nearby areas on December 11 and 12," informed Rajnagar forest (Mangrove) and Wildlife Division DFO P K Behera.

London, Dec 17 : Santa Claus' most likely age is 66- the same age as Sir Paul McCartney and Harrison Ford - according to a new UK poll.