Around a dozen ‘Kannada’ movies have been chosen for ‘International Film Festival of India IFFI-2008’ as ‘Kannada Film Industry’ is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
International Film Fest will begin on Saturday (22 November) in Panaji, Goa with ace Bollywood beauty ‘Rekha’ doing the honours.
Girish Kasaravali’s Gulabi Takies, Umashankar's Banada Neralu, Abhaya Singh's Gubbachchi will be showcased in Indian Panorama film section.
Kannada 'Putti' has been picked out for documentary film section.
A new study in the November issue of Journal of American Geriatrics Society revealed that parents who live to be 100 may pass on the "good genes" to their children. The study which is the first to examine the health of centenarian offspring, found that these children tended to live longer and were substantially less likely to develop diabetes or suffer a heart attack or stroke over four years.
Former Indian Captain, Sourav Ganguly has been nominated as a member of the BCCI's Technical Committee. Gavaskar is the Chairman of the committee, which generally makes recommendations to the BCCI on the playing conditions and the structure of the domestic game. At a recent meeting in August, the committee had allowed state associations to pick four 'guest players' [those from areas outside their jurisdiction] in their squad, including one from overseas, from the 2008-09 season onwards. Earlier, only three such players were allowed. 
In what is being seen as a revolutionary innovation that will allow patients, paralyzed in accidents which damage the spine, to relearn how to move. A group of engineers in the UK have contributed to the development of a micro technology that could well enable amputees to move artificial limbs through the power of their brains. 
Technology giant Nokia has launched the special edition of ‘Nokia N96’, which has Bruce Lee’s image on the phone, in Hong Kong.
