The Union Government will set up 6,000 Model Schools on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central Schools). Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the scheme on Thursday.

The scheme aims to have at least one good quality secondary school in every block.

In the first phase of the scheme, 2,500 Model Schools will come up in the first phase of the scheme. Those will be established in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) with the help of respective state governments. State Govt. will provide land for the schools.

The U.S. marshals sent by the Food and Drug Administration seized some supplies of contaminated blood thinner containing material from China, from an Ohio company’s supplies. Eleven lots of heparin from Celsus Laboratories Inc. of Cincinnati were seized from the company that distributes heparin to drug and medical-device manufacturers both in the United States and internationally.

Mike Chappell, the FDA's acting associate commissioner for regulatory affairs said, "This action will help prevent this contaminated heparin from finding its way into the marketplace."

Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle said women who suffer migraine headaches may have as much as a 30 % lower risk of developing breast cancer. The study published in the November issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, said the reason for this reduced risk could be the lower estrogen levels which migraine sufferers have.

Indian equities opened negatively for the third straight session on rising global recessionary pressures.

Auto and IT stocks went down, whereas oil & gas and FMCG stocks gained ground.  

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index climbed 0.32% and 0.15% respectively.

Today, the 30-share index, BSE Sensex opened at 9,631.59, down 102.63 points, as against its last closure in which it settled with a loss of 385.79 points.

India’s major exporter of iron ore, Sesa Goa has announced its plans to pump Rs 4 billion in the coming two fiscals, for the construction of mines and infrastructure. The company is also keeping its investment plans intact.

According to the sources, the conglomerate also intends to exploit the fall in prices of mining assets and acquire iron ore mines in India and abroad.

The sources further revealed that the company is also confident about it’s 30 percent growth target for output in the current financial fiscal .year.

Dostana’s ‘Shut Up And Bounce’ track is rocking the nation these days.

The song is an ideal foil for the Miami beach bouncing by multi-talented Abhishek Bachchan, dashing John Ahraham and hottie Shilpa Shetty.

According to sources, during the shoot of this song, John had put so much sunblock on his bare body that’s why Shilpa’s hands kept on slipping from him.