The indefinite strike by thousands of executives of public sector oil companies from Tuesday till December 2, has been deferred by one week.

In a press release, Amit Kumar, President, Oil Sector Officers Association (OSOA), said an understanding had been reached between the association and the Union cabinet. He said that the association has received assurances from the central government that their demand for wage revision will be taken up for consideration by the Union Cabinet in this period.

“The Cabinet will meet on November 20 to take up the proposal for higher wages for PSU staff. In view of this, we have deferred the strike by one week,'' said Kumar.

In order to show their unity with Sri Lankan Tamils and also to protest against the unending Lankan civil war, an eight-hour fast was observed by top South Indian actor Vijay and his fan organizations on Sunday.

However, it was a silent protest with no inflammatory speeches.

Veteran director and Vijay’s father S A Chandrasekar inaugurated the agitation.

Powered by a good batting performance, Lahore Badshahs registered a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Hyderabad Heroes in the third and crucial final of the second edition of the ICL 20-20 championship trophy at the Sardar Patel Stadium. With this, Lahore Badshahs lifted the the second edition of the ICL 20-20 championship trophy. Man of the Match Imran Nazir scored an unbeaten strutting 44-ball 111.

A whopping sum of almost £14m ($21m) would be required to repair the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva and it will not start up until at least next summer.

Back in the month of September, the £3.6bn ($6.6bn) machine was shut due to an electrical failure

It came as a surprise to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), when they leant that the damage caused was quite serious, where earlier they had thought that it would only be out of action until November.

A new study has revealed that facial scars boost men’s attractiveness towards women.

The
researchers from the universities of Liverpool and Stirling discovered
that even though women find men with scars attractive, they would not
have a permanent relationship with them.

The study, which was conducted on 220 persons of both genders, found that facial scars can help win a woman’s heart.

During
the study, the participants were asked to see pictures of men and
women, some of which had been manipulated to have different scars.

The Government has been requested by Mr. Vijay Mallya, chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, to permit the foreign airlines to pick up a minority stake in domestic airlines.

Mr. Mallya reported, "I have requested the Government to allow foreign airlines to acquire a stake of up to 25 per cent in Indian airlines. I believe aviation should be treated at par with international norms and other industry sectors where strategic investors can invest. This will be a wealth creator and secure the future of Indian aviation."