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Jet fuel gets cheaper

Jet fuel gets cheaperPublic Sector oil marketing companies today announced to cut aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by 11 per cent following steep decline in crude oil prices in the international market. Crude oil prices fell to a four-year low of around $40 a barrel last fortnight following slow demand due to global financial crisis.

Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) contributes 50% of the operational cost of an airline. ATF demand has fallen by over 5% to 0.37 million tonnes in November as compared to a year-ago period. However, demand for petroleum products rose by 1.6% in November to 10.9 MT.

Public sector banks announce sops for SMEs, home buyers

Public sector banks announce sops for SMEs, home buyersThe state owned banks has finally announced special relief measures for home loan buyers and small scale enterprises (SME) after deliberations of more than a week. All 28 state-owned banks have revised home loan interest rates at 9.25% below Rs 20 lakh and
8.5% for loans up to Rs 5 lakh.

The move would prove helpful to lower and middle-income class besides increasing demand in the reality sector. Reality sector is facing the heat of global slowdown with significant decline in growth rate.

Kushboo to dance with Vijay in Villu!

Yesteryear actress Khushboo is going to shake legs with Vijay in a song of its forthcoming flick Villu. 
 

Malayalam superstar Mohanlal is now Lt.Col in Territorial Army

After cricketer Kapil Dev, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has been conferred with the honorary title of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army.

Territorial Army (TA), is a citizen's force of the Indian army.

According to sources, the veteran actor had a fascination for the armed forces and wanted to join the army after college.

The 48 year old actor has also donned the roles of army officers in two of his flicks- KeerthiChakra and Kurukshetra.

Since then he has taken a fascination for the Indian Army. He has huge fan following not only among south Indian men of the forces but even among the North Indians.

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan enjoyed coldest night together

Bollywood Hotty Kareena Kapoor has experienced coldest night of her life while shooting for Karan Johar's home production with beau Saif Ali Khan in Philadelphia.

According to sources, the couple spend their coldest night in heavy snowfall with a unit of 80 people.

Karan Johar's untitled flick is related to terrorism and is directed by Rensil D' Silva.

The sources further revealed that Bebo (nickname of Kareena Kapoor) has also experienced similar type of cold while shooting in mountainous terrain of Ladakh with the perfectionist Aamir Khan for the movie ‘3 idiots’.

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor relations have always been the talk of the town.

Immune system works more actively at night

Immune system works more actively at nightA new research shows that the immune system kill bacteria more actively at night as compare to the day time. Shirasu-Hiza and her colleague David Schneider conducted the study on laboratory model organism, Drosophila melanogaster and found that the specific immune response known as phagocytosis oscillates with the body's circadian rhythm.

Study on fruit flies revealed that those sick with bacterial infections lost their healthy circadian rhythms, which paces the human body's healthy eating and sleeping cycle.

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