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Satellite channel majors Sun Network and Network 18 have mutually made entry into the distribution arena, floating two companies for the south and rest of the Indian market.

The new unit will be a truly pan-India distribution company, which eyes to turn one of the leading players in the Rs 16,000 crore distribution space by 2012.

According to the deal, the two newly floated distribution firms will distribute around 33 channels across all platforms in India-cable, direct to home (DTH), Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and Headend in the Sky (HITS).

U. S. researchers have said that a program giving physicians the opportunity to discuss complex psychosocial factors in their medical cases resulted in better teamwork.

Researchers have said that a program of the Schwartz Center in Boston, called Rounds, facilitates discussions at 195 healthcare facilities in 31 states, providing a confidential forum for sharing job-related experiences, fears, dilemmas, joys and concerns.

A study has found that New York's Riker's Island, Chicago's Cook County Jail and the Los Angeles County Jail are the largest mental health institutions in the nation.

15 percent of the inmates of those three jails are mentally ill, making penal institutions, not hospitals, the three largest U. S. mental health institutions, say Members of the International Association for Forensic and Correctional Psychology.

New Delhi, July 14 - Just what does it take a supermodel who is only part Indian and has lived in Australia and the US to get her act right in Bollywood? For Lisa Haydon, who stars in "Aisha", the answer is "learning to speak Hindi minus an accent!"

"Well I had to work a lot on my diction. I had to speak dialogues in Hindi, something I wasn't comfortable with. So when I grabbed the role in 'Aisha', I started taking Hindi classes," Lisa told IANS in a telephonic interview from Mumbai.

Mumbai, July 14 - Emraan Hashmi's bad boy image doesn't bother Prachi Desai, who plays his love interest in the forthcoming underworld drama "Once Upon A Time In Mumbai". She says people should talk about her co-star's achievements as an actor rather his on-screen kisses.

"Working with Emraan was one of my fondest experiences so far. He is one of my favourite co-actors," Prachi, 21, who made her big screen debut as Farhan Akhtar's wife in "Rock On!", told IANS in an interview.

Mumbai, July 14 - Aamir Khan Tuesday paid tribute to late Asheem Chakravarty of the Indian Ocean at the music launch of his production "Peepli Live" and said that the song "Zindagi Se Darte" used in the film was the last song he composed.

"He (Asheem) was one of the members of Indian Ocean and unfortunately he passed away. It's a great loss to all the people who are close to him - Indian Ocean, his family and to his fans all across the world... and 'Zindagi Se Darte' was his last song," Aamir said.