About 200 films will be screened in the 13th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) to be held at Thiruvananthapuram from December 12 to December 19.

The organizers hope that the festival would give a chance to the public as well as the cine artistes to understand the changes happening around the globe.

World-famous Latin American Film ace Fernando Berry will be the Chief Guest in the festival.

Deepak Sandhu, the Principal Information Officer (PIO), will be the new Media Adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. She will have a unique distinction of being the first woman to hold this post. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved the appointment of Sandhu.

She will take charge of the new assignment on Thursday.

A 1971 batch Indian Information Service officer, Sandhu will fill the slot vacated by Sanjaya Baru. Baru left the PMO four months ago to join the academic world in Singapore.

Lt Gen Jasbir Singh has been appointed as the new Director General of Infantry at the Army headquarters in New Delhi by the Union Govt.

A new study reveals that women who take epilepsy drug during pregnancy might be causing harm to their children much before they are born. The epilepsy drug can increase the risk of autism in children.

According to experts, the usefulness of the drug is defeated by the risk to the developing baby.

Foods which are apparently health- friendly may contain high levels of salt. It was found that lower fat foods had much higher level of sodium than full fat foods.

37 common supermarket items were analyzed in a research. It was found that large amounts of sodium were present in unexpected places, which includes some products that don't even taste salty. The findings of the research on different food items are as follows:

•    Four strands of Twizzlers Black Licorice Twists had 200 milligrams of sodium

Marg Limited, India’s leading Infrastructure and RealEstate development company, has received a contract from the Karnataka government.

The scope of order involves development of airport at Bijapur, Karnataka.

However, the company did not disclose the financial details of the deal.

Recently, the company laid foundation stone for the country’s first fishing harbour on a Public Private Partnership model, at Rajakamangalam Thurai in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu.