Indian core industrial sector registered a growth of 5.1% in September, as compared with 2.3 per cent during August this year. It would help to improve overall industrial index production (IIP) numbers which declined in August. The six core industries contribute 26.7 per cent to IIP and the recovery of growth is a healthy sign for the economy. It is also good news for the government in the election year as it is tense over retrenchment drive by some companies following economic slowdown.

Wellington - New Zealand prime minister-elect John Key said Sunday that he wanted a fast-track swearing-in process so that he could attend an important Asia-Pacific regional summit in Peru this month.

Key, whose conservative National Party swept to victory over the incumbent Labour-led coalition in Saturday's general election, told a news conference it would be in the country's best interests if he could attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Lima on November 22-23.

Washington, Nov 9 : Wondering how to encourage your child to eat healthy? Well, the answer lies in a new study from University of Minnesota.

Researchers have found that elementary school students will eat more whole grains when healthier bread products are gradually introduced into their school lunches.

Whole grain breads are strongly recommended as part of a healthy diet, but children and pre-teens are often reluctant to eat them. Putting whole grains into school lunches might just encourage students to eat have a healthy diet.

Guwahati, Nov. 9 : The Government of Assam has decided to recruit 4,000 more police personnel in all ranks to augment the strength of the force to over 65,000 within the year as part of a counter-terrorism plan.

Revealing this here, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said this augmentation of the police force was necessary as in the last eight years; the state had experienced 605 bomb blasts, each of which had caused considerable devastation to life and property. He also added that police and other security personnel had recovered or diffused over

Kuala Lumpur  - A self-employed electrician was killed while his sibling and an employee were seriously injured when their illegally modified natural gas vehicle (NGV) exploded, a news report said Sunday.

Mohamad Hilmi Ishak, 25, was believed to have stopped at a local petrol station in the southern state of Malacca to refuel, while his brother, Rosli Ishak, 30, and their worker, Razali Zin, 31, were waiting in vehicle, when the explosion occurred on Friday, the News Straits Times newspaper said.

Investigations revealed that Hilmi had modified a cooking gas cylinder into a natural gas kit for their van and placed the tank beneath the driver's seat, covered by a sheet of canvas.

Singapore  - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the President-elect Barack Obama win in Tuesday's elections did not mean race was no longer an issue in the United States.

"People were tired, they wanted something different, and Mr Obama represented something different," the Sunday Times quoted Lee as saying.

Obama's victory marked a "historic change" for America, he said during a community dialogue on Saturday.