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Oakajee Port & Rail Pty, a joint venture between Australian iron ore producer Murchison Metals Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corp. of Japan, said today that the company is planning to increase its proposed capacity by 29% in the first stage.

Oakajee is all set to develop a terminal project to export iron ore from Western Australia. The proposed project would cost Oakajee around $A4 billion. Oakajee took the decision to expand its capacity to meet the rising demand of from regional iron ore miners.

Scientists have devised a new method for enhancing lips by the use of splices of muscle and connective tissues from the neck.

It is in connection with the ageing process where a woman undergoes this surgical procedure to boost-up the flattened upper lip.

A researcher at the Aesthetic Surgery Center in Naples, Anurag Agarwal along with his colleagues studied the findings of a survey conducted on 25 patients. These patients were operated for lip-augmentation. The process also included usage of a particular muscle that runs around the neck, sternocleidomastoid.

Doctors at the Sahid Ganga Lal Heart Centre discharged President of the Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala today. He was admitted after he complained about breathing problems.

After showing elements of improvement, the president was immediately set free from the hospital. The health conditions showed a rise in oxygen level, which had initially decreased causing a lapse in breathing.

To lay a hand in improving the health conditions of the former Prime Minister Dr Randeep Gulariya from New Delhi's Apollo Hospital was rushed to Kathmandu on March 14 to be present at the Martyrs' hospital.

The Union Health Ministry has geared up in its war against Swine flu. The latest buzz confirms that the ministry has started dispatching units of the vaccine across various states of the country. The first ones to get are the health workers who are 'the most exposed' individuals against the disease.

The imported units, which hail from the international pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur will be in circulation from today and will initiate from the nodal centres in Mumbai and Delhi.

India's largest private telecom company Bharti Airtel has submitted its bid for the 3G Spectrum auction to the Government of India and Department of Telecom.

The auction for three slots of 3G spectrum will start from 9th of April. The 3G auction will be carried out in all its 22 circles across the country. In few states, four slots are also available.

According to the Notice Inviting Applications for 3G spectrum auction, the reserve price has been fixed at Rs 3,500 crore for the pan-India spectrum.

The largest U. S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc. announced its new chief executive officer today. New York based Barnes & Noble said that its former head of Website, William Lynch, will be the next CEO of the company. However, Barnes & Noble said that the former CEO Steve Riggio will remain the vice chairman of the company.