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A complicated surgery involving the separation of conjoined twins helped in rescuing two twins in Bihar.

Sita and Gita, the conjoined twins from Bihar recently underwent a 48 hour surgery to become two different entities. It is also believed that the sisters were joined at the hip region and had a common reproductive and intestinal tracts and a fused spine.

Vaccine for cervical cancer- Gardasil was cancelled as a precautionary measure not due to a reason pertaining to the death of four individuals, say the officials.

According to the Director general of Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr V M Katoch who commented on the death of four individuals, "It has been confirmed that while two deaths were due to poisoning, one died of drowning and another due to pyrexia of unknown origin."

As the summer season has started to settle and the marketing campaigns from various consumer durable majors have hit the market, companies like LG, Samsung and Carrier have hiked the prices of air conditioners because of the recent increase in steel prices and other input costs.

In fact, Samsung has increased its AC prices by 4-5%, LG, which has more than 30% of the market share, has increased prices by 6-8% making the purchase costlier for the end-consumer. Notably, as the industry has come out from the slump, it is expecting to make the current season a memorable one this time.

India's second-largest two-wheeler maker, Bajaj Auto has recently revealed its strategy of being transformed into an independent bike manufacturer in the long-run.

In fact, the company has also shown interest in focusing only on four brands i. e. Boxer, Discover, Pulsar and KTM in the long-run including the three-wheeler brand and will be phasing out the rest.

The cut-throat competition in the Indian luxury market is all set to enter the next lap and only eight cars are keeping the German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz behind the market leader BMW to regain its top position in the Indian luxury car market. Notably, BMW dethroned Mercedes-Benz in 2009 to become the #1 luxury car major in the Indian market.

According to the numbers released by both the auto companies, BMW is on number one position with 1,314 cars, Mercedes is behind at 1,306 units and Audi stands at number three position with 778 cars.

With a target of around Rs 23,000 crore in the new financial year, State Bank of India (SBI) is aiming to retain its pole position in the home loans category.

With a bullish target in mind experts believe that it will be tough to clock the Rs. 23,000 figure amidst a rising interest rate regime. But the largest bank in the Indian market is also taking an innovative approach to the same by tweaking its flagship 8% interest rate scheme and other innovative loan targets with an aim to meet its target in the current fiscal.