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According to a new study, sending motivational texts to support people who are trying to give up smoking, can double their quit rates. The txt2stop trial was led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The study focused on 5,800 smokers who were randomly selected to receive motivational texts from the program and compare their rate of success compared to a control group. In the beginning of the study, the txt2group received five texts a day for the first five weeks. Afterward, they received three personalized texts a week for 26 weeks.

A man was caught in possession of more than 72 kilograms of cannabis during a random breath test. Peter Smyth, 54, was pulled over by police in Adelaide during a night time routine check. Officers quickly smelt the cannabis and found 39 bags hidden under a rug in the boot of his car.

An investigation of Smyth’s house led officers to discover $10,000 in cash and more than 50 kilograms of more cannabis. He was charged for unlawful possession and possessing a commercial amount of marijuana.

It’s one of the most feared things by women, but most are lucky enough to avoid the situation entirely. Heidi Withers on the other hand is faced with a nightmare-her soon to be mother-in-law. In a private email that was sent to Heidi about her mannerism from Mrs. Bourne, her soon to be mother-in-law, Heidi found it so ridiculous that she decided to forward it to a couple friends.

Ashok Soota, previous CMD of IT company MindTree, assured in an interview with CNBC-TV18 that he was going to sell off 5.5% of its stake to an information technology company but he did not reveal about the buyers of the stake and the amount at which the stakes were sold.

In a word to word interview with Ekta Batra and Reema Tendulkar, he was asked about the whereabouts of the buyers and emphasized on the aspect that the deal was made at a 20% of the premium quiet close to the end of the stock market the last day. Mr. Soota had sold 11% stake in the company through a block deal.

Despite a steady flow of the Indian Rupee and satisfactory gains in the rates of the euro and stocks of Europe, dollar managed to be at the top with sudden rise in its demand from the oil companies.

According to the share market, it was observed that the markets have finally firmed up. The markets have a higher trade as the investors rolled over from June to July sessions.

The Nifty index touched a high of 5,637 points in the morning session following by the firm global cues. The index touched a low of 5,607 points and decreased because the investors were unconvinced if the gains were made in the past week than they would be sustained.

The S&P CNX Nifty was trading at 5,617, up by 20 points and the Sensex was trading at 18,760, up by 63 points at 14:30 hours.