The recent case of presence of melamine in Chinese milk products has once again put question mark on standards of the Chinese products. 21 people have been under trial for involvement in the scandal of contamination of milk products.
Two men received death sentence while Sanlu's former general manager, Tian Wenhua was given life sentence and fined more than pounds 2 million by a Chinese court on Thursday. Others are waiting for judgment.
Recently, Japanese researchers found that people who have faith in mass media like TV and newspaper are healthier than people who criticize them.
Research team led by Yasuharu Tokuda from St. Luke's International Hospital and Takashi Inoguchi from Chuo University analyzed data collected from 39,000 people in 29 Asian countries.
Data analysis revealed that people in the Maldives had the most trust and good health as compared to people in Hong Kong who more cynical and sickly.
In a significant move, Sri Lanka Cricket has announced that it has granted the worldwide rights to broadcast India's upcoming cricket tour of Sri Lanka to the Nimbus Sports International. The Singapore-headquartered global sports management company will also be producing the television coverage for the series which will be broadcast worldwide. Neo Cricket will air these matches.
Mumbai Indians and Bangalore's Royal Challengers have reached a transfer agreement to swap explosive batsman Robin Uthappa and left-hand fast bowler Zaheer Khan for the second edition of the Indian Premier League.
The IPL transfer window opened on December 22 and it was reported that Mumbai Indians were "looking specifically" for an Indian fast bowler.
The Malabar Hill police arrested film financier Bharat Shah on Thursday, in connection with an old cheating case registered against him by a Silvassa court.
The case against Bharat Shah, who also happens to be a leading diamond merchant, had been lodged nine years back in 2000, against a Silvassa-based company Vishal Chairs of which Shah was a director.
The Malabar Hill police produced Shah in the Girgaum metropolitan court, which remanded Shah to police custody till Friday.