The United Nations has said that additional funds are needed to fight the major cholera outbreak in the West African nation of Guinea Bissau, which has affected over 12,220 people and has killed 201 since May.

The outbreak shows no sign of abating and Veronique Taveau, UNICEF spokeswoman says this outbreak of cholera has been exceptionally difficult to control.  She added that more than half of the cases are in the capital of Bissau but the disease has spread to all provinces since it started in mid-May.

On the sets of Vipul Shah's Latest film 'London Dreams', the British Film Minister Barbara Follet formally declared the signing of the Bilateral Treaty with Bollywood, under which Indian Producers shall benefit from Tax Concessions, can acquire fresh funding sources and also get easy practical support .The Minister met Ajay Devgan who along with Asin are the lead pair to avail the facility of the treaty as shooting started much before the deal was finalized.

Vogue India’s bridal November issue will have ex-spice girl Victoria Beckham wearing traditional Indian bridal attire - an Abu-Sandeep sari! Indian fans will surely be delighted to see Victoria step into exquisite bridal wear.

Hurt by the recession fears, Parsvnath Developers, one of the leading real estate company has revealed that it would sack under-performing employees as part of its cost cutting measures that would begin in the next 15-20 days. 

The company however, did not specify the number of people who will be retrenched. The company currently employs 1,400 people and about 30,000 people are indirectly employed.

Tracking weak global cues, Stock markets around the globe took severe beating on 
Friday and oil prices plunged to $ 62.85 per barrel, their lowest in more than a year. 

Even gold, the traditional safe haven in times of panic, fell sharply below Rs 12,000-mark, as a rising dollar and stock-market losses forced investors to sell the metal to raise cash.

Standard gold and ornaments dropped by Rs 500 each at Rs 11,950 and Rs 11,700 per ten gram respectively. 

According to market analysts, people are liquidating gold and other commodities as their losses in stock markets deepen. They said the credit crisis and rising concerns of global inflation keep mounting pressure on the stock markets everywhere.

Keeping the festive season in mind, Dish TV, a unit of Essel group has finally launched a much awaited religious channel facility christened ‘Bhakti Active’ on its network. 

With the latest introduced service, subscribers would now be able to see live Gurbani from Bangla Sahib and Nanded Sahib, Aarti of Sai Baba from Shirdi, Ganesh Aarti from Siddhi Vinayak, Aarti from Tirupati Balaji, Live Ganga Aarti from Haridwar and Bhasm Aarti of Mahakaal from Ujjain.