A study conducted by OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Melville and its partners in an anti-lung cancer drug, Tarceva indicates that the medication slows the advance of lung cancer when it is administered after chemotherapy.

On the other hand, another study has found that a combination of Avastin and Tarceva were ineffective in prolonging the life of cancer patients. 

The results of the study by OSI executives will be submitted at an upcoming medical conference. Thereafter they would be submitted to the US FDA for approval of Tarveca.

Intel Corp. is planning to step into health care business. The company would be providing technology to aid homebound chronic patients. 

Called as Health Guide, it is a small tabletop gadget to be manufactured by Intel. 

The device about the size of a small-form-factor P. Health Guide PHS6000 is a small white box with a flip-up 10.4-inch LCD touchscreen and a webcam with privacy shield. It hosts an undisclosed Intel processor and motherboard. The device is equipped with Bluetooth and four USB ports.

A rare print of Satyajit Ray’s controversial film, ‘Sikkim’, has been restored by the Oscars Academy, and will be shown during the 14th Kolkata Film Festival to be held from November 10 to 17.

The documentary film, made in 1971, was banned by Indian censors for glorifying monarchy in a Himalayan kingdom that acceded to India. Commissioned by the then Chogyal King of Sikkim and his wife, the film earned censorship both from them and from the Indian government after the state’s accession to India in 1975.

The celebrity couple, Ajay Devgan and Kajol, have always impressed audiences with their on-screen and off-screen chemistry, and now they have won millions of hearts with the touching gesture for the Senior Citizens’ Run. 

The couple was in New Delhi on Sunday November 9, for one of the four sporting events in the capital, along with Half Marathon, Wheelchair Event and the Great Delhi Run.

Producer Bunty Walia’s film, ‘Lamha’, is a first film to be entirely shot in post-insurgency Kashmir. Though all precautions were taken for the shooting of the film, it still ran into trouble with protesting mobs.

The reason the locals were protesting was that they were afraid of being portrayed negatively, as the film is supposed to present a realistic look of the state with guns and militancy.

Members of the media community of Kolkata arranged a function on Sunday to honor cricketer Sourav Ganguly. Sourav has decided to take retirement from the international cricket after the conclusion of the India-Australia Test series, completing his 13-year cricket career.

Journalists across the city gathered here and honoured his contribution to the Indian cricket. They asked him to lead young cricketers from the state to glorify the name of West Bengal.

Sourav's wife Dona and daughter Sana were also present at the function.