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Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 17 : The next celebrity passenger on James Corden's 'Carpool Karaoke' is none other than Madonna, the queen of pop.

The 58-year-old songstress took to social media to share a selfie from her ride with ' The Late Late Show' host in New York City.

"Riding around Manhattan with this Hunk of Burning Love @latelateshow carpool karaoke," she captioned the Instagram photo.

' Carpool Karaoke' is a segment, shown in the American late-night talk show, where Corden and the musical guest sing along to their songs whilst driving, usually in Los Angeles.

The 'Vogue' crooner is the latest pop diva to ride shotgun with Corden who previously drove around with stars like Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Adele, Britney Spears and Sia.

New Delhi [India], Nov 17 : India's largest mobile payments and commerce platform Paytm is helping consumers and small merchants across the country to switch to mobile payments.

As millions of new consumers and merchants try mobile payments for the first time with Paytm, the company has instituted a 4,000 strong merchant acquisition team to ensure consumers find more Paytm merchants in their neighborhood than ever before.

Backed by a strong payment ecosystem of customers and merchants, Paytm has registered over 25 million offline transactions worth over Rs. 150 crore in the last six days. The company's merchant on-boarding team continues to help over 25,000 offline merchants on a daily basis to accept mobile payments at zero transaction fee or TDR.

New Delhi [India], Nov.17 : Despite significant inconveniences, pain and loss of productivity, support for the Government's demonetization program has increased during the last week. A portion of the citizens who were unsure of such a demoentization program earlier and the ones who did not support it are now lending support to the program. In a related survey, 44 percent of the same citizens outlined that they found the ATMs non-functional, yet most are in support of this scheme by the Government of India and feel that long term benefits will outweigh the short term pain.

Washington D.C [US] Nov. 17 : According to a recent research published in the Target journal, electronic cigarettes are equally damaging to gums and teeth as conventional cigarettes.

Led by Irfan Rahman, it is claimed to be the first scientific study to address e-cigarettes and their detrimental effect on oral health on cellular and molecular levels.

Electronic cigarettes are often perceived as a healthier alternative to conventional cigarettes.

In previous researches, scientists thought that the chemicals found in cigarette smoke were the culprits behind adverse health effects, but a growing body of scientific data, including this study, suggests otherwise.

Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.17 : It's better to deal with your ankle sprains on your own at home than to visit a physiotherapist.

A study published byThe BMJ reveals that physiotherapy does not benefit recovery when compared to basic self management of the injury at home.

Fewer than half of patients had not reached 'excellent recovery' by six months after injury, and there was little clinical difference between those who had received physiotherapy versus usual standard care.

Experts say the finding is important because management of ankle sprains has substantial financial costs, and alternative treatments should be sought to help recovery.

Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.17 : Scientists have discovered two new species of lizards in the Andean highlands of Southern Chile.

The two reptiles, collected from areas of heroic past, were named after courageous tribal chiefs who have once fought against colonial Spaniards in the Arauco war. The study, conducted by a team of Chilean scientists, is published in the open access journal ZooKeys.

Jaime Troncoso-Palacios from Universidad de Chile and his team found both new species near a lake in a pre-Andean zone among deciduous vegetation. Following the examination of the collected specimens and further analysis of their mitochondrial DNA, performed by Dr. Alvaro A. Elorza from Universidad Andres Bello, Chile, the scientists concluded that they belong to species unknown to science.