Even as the investor community is worried about the developments, Satyam Computer Services has postponed the crucial board meeting, which was to have taken place on Monday (Dec 29).

A Satyam representative said, “The meeting has been postponed to ensure physical participation by all members on the board. The idea is to have extensive discussions on all the issues, including buyback.”

It is believed that tears provide an outlet to painful and sad emotions. People suffering from any trauma are asked to cry to ease their pain. But sometimes people feel worse after crying rather than feeling comfortable. Recent research revealed that level of comfort or discomfort experienced after crying depends on the surroundings at the time of crying.

Dr Sarah Jarvis, women's health spokeswoman for the Royal College of GPs said that giving women easy access to the contraceptive pill without prescription will not stop unwanted pregnancies.  

Dr Jarvis said that failure to take the Pill regularly contributed to the UK's high rate of unintended pregnancies. Making it easier to get the Pill will also not reduce the UK's teen pregnancy rate, which is the highest in Western Europe.

Emraan Hashmi will be playing a dark character in his upcoming supernatural thriller "Raaz - The Mystery Continues", a sequel to the Bipasha Basu and Dino Morea starrer 2002 hit film "Raaz".

He will share screen space with Kangana Ranaut and Shekhar Suman's son Adhyayan in the movie. Emraan is playing a role of a painter who can foresee the future and paints the same on his canvas.

Recent research has revealed that the peppermint oil found in traditional candy canes, used for decorating Christmas trees can help in fighting germs and treat digestive disorders. Peppermint oil can act as the first line of defense against irritable bowel syndrome.

The research showed the antimicrobial activity of the two mint family Mentha villosa and Faassen's catnip -along with another non-mint herb, bluebeard.

A recent research has revealed that a cancer drug can help in reversing the transplant rejection.

Research team led by Steve Woodle of University of Cincinnati (U-C) found that drug bortezomib, used for treating cancer of plasma cells can treat rejection episodes caused by antibodies that target transplanted kidneys. It can also reverse rejection episodes that did not respond to standard therapies.

Woodle said that we found a body of literature demonstrating that bortezomib works well in suppressing transplant rejection in the laboratory.