A recent study showed that number of teenage girls getting pregnant in England and Wales have risen for the first time in five years.

Report revealed that number of underage births has fallen because of increased use of abortion in last ten years but Britain has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in Europe.

In 2007 there were 41.9 conceptions for every 1,000 under-18 girls as compared to 40.9 the year previously and the first rise since 2002.

The employees of central government have yet another reason to cheer as the Union Government has announced to hike the dearness allowance of employees and pensioners by 6 percent from existing 16 per cent to 22 per cent with immediate effect.

The new DA rates would be applicable from January 1, 2009 according to Home Minister P Chidambaram, who was addressing a press conference after the cabinet meeting.

Tata Consultancy Services would continue to provide IT services to Singapore Airlines for another three years, providing all basic application solutions to the airlines for its efficient working. The airline chose the Indian IT firm in a formal vendor selection process under existing terms and conditions.

Nano, the cheapest car in the world, is all set to hit Indian roads by the end of March, turning Ratan Tata's dreams to produce 'the people's car' into reality.

The company will organise a function on 23 March in Mumbai to launch Nano in the presence of renowned personalities from business, political and social sector.

The company said in a statement, "The car will be on display at Tata Motors dealerships from the first week of April. Bookings will commence from the second week of April."

The second seeded Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles handed a straight-set mauling to UAE’s Hamoud Abbas and Mahmoud-Naden Al Baloushi.

With this win, the Indo-Bahamian pair has now advanced into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championship.

The Bhupathi & Knowles pair were at ease throughout the match and hardly had any trouble to overpower their rivals 6-3, 6-1 in the $2,233,500 event. This was the 50th win for this Indo-Bahamian pair.

The King Khan aka the Bollywood legend Shah Rukh Khan has got another reason to be back in the news.

Though he may be recovering at his home following arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder, but when it comes to biz, it seems that no-one is as serious as our “Badshah Khan”, and why not he shouldn’t be when the second season of IPL is all set to start with a bang from April 10.