The BSE Sensex lost a further 240 points to close at 9,329, thus sliding for the fourth consecutive session. The weekly sensex loss was taken to 771 points or 7.6% by the Friday's fall. Due to the day's slide, the investor's lost up to Rs 53, 000 crores with BSE market capitalization now at Rs 30.1 lakh crore.

It has also been learnt that the advance tax collections for the quarter were 22% less on a yearly basis. According to the market players, the government's announcement that advance tax collections were lower pointed to lower profitability for the corporates and hence the slide in the market.

On Friday, the country's leading passenger car maker, Maruti Suzuki announced that it had started to export its newly launched small car A-star to Europe.

M.M. Singh, the company's managing executive officer (production) informed, “This dispatch of first consignment of A-star from Gurgaon railway station is a quantum leap for Maruti Suzuki towards the company's future as a small car manufacturing hub for Suzuki, Japan.”

The first batch of A-star exports has left in an especially designed wagon from the Gurgaon railway station for Mundra port in Gujarat.  

A patent application for software that lets users control computers and phones using swipes of their fingers has been filed by Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone and iPod Touch media player.

The users would be able to insert spaces, line breaks and uppercase characters by swiping the screen rather than pressing keys via the Apple's system.

The family of the UP PWD engineer, killed by workers of the BSP for refusing to give donation for the Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday, refused the compensation from the government.

Manoj Gupta was beaten to death by the BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari when he refused to give donation for Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday.

Tiwari was arrested for the killing and has been charged under the National Security Act (NSA) and Gangster Act. The post mortem report of the engineer showed two head injuries, wounds all over his body and fractures in one arm and both legs. Probe by CBI is being continuously demanded by the family of the victim despite Mayawati's refusal.

Meanwhile the political unrest over the killing continues.

On Friday, the honorable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met the chiefs of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, who briefed him on the country's defence preparedness.

Other than this, the pay and service conditions in the armed forces against the backdrop of dissatisfaction over the Pay Commission's recommendations were also discussed by the services chiefs.

Bollywood’s naughty hottie Salman Khan turned 43 on December 27, 2008.

Salman, the most eligible bachelor in the Indian cinema, was born on December 27, 1965 in Indore.

Bollywood’s true muscleman made his acting debut in the 1988 film Biwi Ho To Aisi where he played a supporting role.

In 1989, Salman Khan played the lead actor in the flick 'Maine Pyar Kiya'.