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Gill pitches for revival of football

Gill pitches for revival of football At inauguration of a swimming pool at the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Eastern Centre on Friday, on the 112th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the Union Sports Minister, Dr. M. S. Gill explained that Football is not only a world's sport but it is the people's game.

Dr. Gill laid stress on the requirement to strengthen the infrastructure for the sport to develop.

Year-end to see third small car by GM

Year-end to see third small car by GM The end of 2009 will see launch of a third small car by General Motors, the fifth largest car manufacturer in the country. The auto major has been enjoying the success of its two car brands, Spark and U-VA in India market.

It was reported by Karl Slym, President & MD, General Motors, India at the launch of the company's bestselling SUV Chevrolet Captiva Automatic, "The new Chevrolet Mini will not be a competition to Tata Motors Nano. We are not in the numbers game. It will be positioned above the Chevrolet U-VA."

England stars pledge 10% of their IPL fees to counties

England stars pledge 10% of their IPL fees to countiesIt has been recently learnt that 10% of the Indian Premier League earnings of England stars Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff would be donated to their respective counties Hampshire and Lancashire.

The agreement was arrived when the two players were permitted a three-week window for this year's IPL, which means they will miss the start of the county season.

Bird flu Scare Triggers Culling In Sikkim

Bird flu Scare Triggers Culling In SikkimAs in compliance with an order from the Centre, the heath officials in Sikkim has already culled over 10,160 chickens at the Bird Flu affected area of Rabangla till Wednesday’s evening while more are in the process of being culled.

Sensex Nosedives 121.84 Pts; Metal, Realty Tumble @ 13:02 Hrs

Sensex Nosedives 121.84 Pts; Metal, Realty Tumble @ 13:02 Hrs The Sensex, which showed some signs of a recovery around noon, has slipped further into the negative zone on the back of continued selling action witnessed in several large, medium and small cap stocks.

Realty, metal, capital goods and power stocks plunged the most.

Mirroring the sell-off, several stocks from banking, IT and auto segments also fell sharply.

Select pharma, oil and consumer durables stocks hold on in the positive territory remained quite subdued.

Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Phone To Hit Market By April 2009

Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Phone To Hit Market By April 2009Engadget mobile shows off Nokia’s highly-anticipated forthcoming 5730 XpressMusic phone.

The phone, which sticks to a regular design for Nokia smartphones, sports a slide out QWERTY keyboard, a traditional numeric keypad, a 2 inch display with a 240 x 320 resolution together with some dedicated external music controls with volume control buttons.

The slider of the XpressMusic phone zips out smoothly letting users to input text without any difficulty.

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