A recent study by NASA has indicated the presence of methane gas on Mars, suggesting microbic life underground. Well, Methane is powerful greenhouse gas on the Earth, but its presence on Mars could be indicator of life that originates from biological processes.

So, if methane is on Mars, there's possibility of life as well, but according to the study, methane on Mars could be coming from changes in rocks.

A report by UNICEF has revealed that Indian women are not keeping right gap between their children. The report states that it has been seen that generally an Indian woman gives birth to her second child with 31 months of delivering her first child, which severely endangers the health of mothers and decreases the children's chances of survival.

According to UNICEF, the figures of maternal and infantile mortality are shocking and the figures are unchanged over last 17 years.

After witnessing a huge loss of over 300 points yesterday (Jan 15), Indian equities, today (Jan 16) opened the day positively after gaining 78.91 points at 9,125.65, as against its last closure in which it lost 323.75 points (3.45%).

Metal, oil & gas and banking stocks were in limelight.

A fair amount of buying was seen across midcap and smallcap segments. BSE Midcap and Smallcap index gained 0.96% and 0.62% respectively.

Stock market analysts have maintained ‘buy’ rating on Balrampur Chini stock with a short term target of Rs 55 in 3-4 weeks.

According to analysts, interested investors can purchase the stock between Rs 49-50 with a stop loss of Rs 45. If the stock market remains positive in the coming days, the stock pricing becomes more attractive, and reach above Rs 58 within the said time period.
 

Comverse, a supplier of software and systems enabling network-based billing and VAS, has made announcement that Bharti Airtel, India’s largest cellular provider, has deployed its SMS Router network in order to maximize network performance, handle speedily increasing SMS text messaging traffic and enable introduction of unmatched SMS-related services.

Bharti, which presently has over 80 million subscribers, said that Comverse SMS Router solution will help it to raise the effectiveness of their subsisting SMS infrastructure and improve service availability.

According to a new research article, enough amount of Vitamin D intake may reduce the risk of diabetes and other diseases like heart disease, cancer and osteoporosis. By taking Vitamin D, the complications in a diabetic patient can be reduced.