Washington, Nov 10 : Scientists have determined that the estimated temperature rise in India will far exceed the increase in projected rainfall by the end of the century.

According to a report in ENN (Environmental News Network), this makes it all the more important for the country to address the impact of climate change on its agriculture, water resources and health “right away”.

If India makes no efforts to cap its current emissions of greenhouse gases, then the country could face a temperature increase of four degrees Celsius by 2100, according to Kankicharla Krishna Kumar, head of the new climate change research centre at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).

Taipei  - A Taiwan rooster has been spared the fate of being killed, cooked and eaten because of its good looks, the chicken's raisers said Monday.

In February, the Shifang School for Mentally Retarded in Taichung, central Taiwan, bought 20 chicks to raise, intending to sell them when they grew up to raise funds for the cash-strapped school, Wei Cheng-feng, executive director of the school, said.

Shanghai  - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga blamed clueless ball kids for his opening loss at the Masters Cup, with the petulant French player perhaps finding excuses for his own rookie mistakes on court.

A debutant at the year-end event, the hyper-fit 23-year-old who won the Paris title a week ago said he "lost energy" waiting for hardd-working ball kids to fetch him his towel frequently between points as he went down in Gold group play to Nikolay Davydenko in three sets.

"When I ask for my towel, my towel didn't come," lamented Tsgona, "When I ask for a ball, the ball didn't come. That's it."

London, Nov 10 : Hollywood actress Dame Helen Mirren may have made waves with her toned body, but at 63 she no longer feels sexy.

The ‘Coming Through’ actress, who was recently pictured looking absolutely toned in a two-piece, revealed that she does not look sexy anymore and would rather prefer a comfortable nightie to a well-toned body.

“The camera lied, it just happened to catch me at the right angle. In truth, I look c**p!” the Daily Express quoted Mirren, as telling Good Housekeeping magazine.

Washington, Nov 10 : A new study has revealed that women with a history of serious mental illness are much more likely to have babies that are stillborn or die within the first month of life.

For the study, researchers at the Centre for Women''s Mental Health at The University of Manchester examined almost 1.5 million births in Denmark between 1973 and 1998, including 7,021 stillbirths.

The risk of stillbirth and newborn deaths from any cause was at least twice as high for mothers admitted with a serious psychiatric illness than for women with no such history.

Singapore  - The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has proposed the creation of an integrated Asian stock market, its chief executive officer Hsieh Fu Hua said Monday.

He called on the ASEAN Exchanges and Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) to forge links that can be extended to the entire Asia-Pacific region.

"These multilateral gateways in trading, clearing and settlement will then help us create a single and more significant Asian marketplace," he said at the 12th general meeting of the Asia-Pacific Central Securities Depository Group in Singapore.