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Officials have said that a British doctor, who aroused widespread concerns about the MMR vaccine that ultimately were proved unfounded, has had his medical license lifted.

Dr. Andrew Wakefield has been removed from the country's medical register after a three-year investigation resulted in a finding he was guilty of serious professional misconduct over "unethical" research that had wrongly linked the vaccines to bowel disease and autism, The Times of London reported on Monday.

Feeling immense pressure from the rising input costs, the automakers in the country are not ruling out the option of a fourth hike in the Indian automobile market.

The first hike came in early January as carmakers hiked prices by 0.5-2 per cent following a surge in the input costs followed by a 2% excise duty rollback by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee before the third hike that came due to the up gradation to the BSIV norms.

U. S. researchers have said that the number of deaths in children age 5 and under worldwide dropped from 12 million in 1990 to 7.7 million in 2010.

The New York Times has reported that from 1990 to 2010, death rates in children declined by about 2 percent a year worldwide, but in parts of Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East rates declined as much as 6 percent a year, while one-third of child deaths occur in south Asia and about half in sub-Saharan Africa.

After GM launched its Aveo in the CNG version last week, it is believed that more automakers will be launching their products in the CNG & LPG range to boost the sales of the product. It has been seen that the consumer is attracted towards the company-fitted offerings of CNG & LPG kits.

However, the auto majors in the Indian market do not reveal separate figures for the CNG models but it is believed that a CNG model contributes close to 5-10% to the total sales of the model in the Indian market.

Researchers have said that for those who like an aggressive, autocratic leadership style, U. S. reality programs deliver, with NBC's "The Apprentice" topping the list.

It has been reported that lead author Sarah Coyne, a professor of family life at Brigham Young University, and study co-author professor David Nelson of NYU's School of Family Life, analyzed five U. S. television reality shows and five non-reality shows, 120 hours of programming, and coded every expression of physical, verbal and relational aggression.

India's second biggest two-wheeler manufacturer, Bajaj Auto will continue strive hard on making its dreams come true with the KTM bikes a reality. In fact, the company's plans also include a gradual increase in its stake in the Austrian bike maker.

However, in an earlier announcement, CROSS Industries AG, the promoters of KTM, had clarified that it would like to be a minority stake holder in KTM and will always hold more than 50% stake in the company. Bajaj currently holds 36% in the company and has no short-term plans of raising its stake.