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Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 4 : Kim Kardashian may be an active socialite but nothing comes before her children and her motherly instinct.

According to E! Online, the 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' star, who was held at gunpoint inside her Paris hotel room by two armed masked men dressed as police officers, begged for them to let her live as she had babies at home.

"She begged for them to let her live and [said] she has babies at home. Then they wrapped her mouth in tape and put her in the bathtub," the 35-year-old's rep said, adding, "She thought they were for sure going to kill her."

According to the source, the reality star and mother of two "was gagged and bound at her hands and feet" during the robbery, then handcuffed and held at gunpoint.

New Delhi [India], Oct.4 : The modern India is struggling with high stress levels, insomnia, and serious health issues like obesity, hypertension, blood pressure and diabetes.

Crazy work schedules, unhealthy diet, zero physical activity and exposure to adulterants, pollution, and digital strain is deteriorating the health to a great extent. Being the first sign of degraded health, obesity is gradually spreading like an epidemic among Indian men and women.

The issue starts with a rapid increase in the weight and gradually leads to more serious complications and life-threatening diseases like heart diseases, cancer or coronary stroke.

Washington D.C. [USA], Oct.4 : A new study has come up with more information on how cancer and sugar-sweetened beverages are linked.

A study conducted by researchers at LSU Health New Orleans suggests that age is an important factor in the association between cancer and sugar-sweetened beverages and recommends that intervention programs to reduce consumption of added sugar be focused on lower socio-economic status, young males, as well as cervical cancer survivors.

Sugar intake or sugar-sweetened beverage consumption has been demonstrated to have a positive association with obesity, diabetes and cardio-metabolic diseases, as well as some cancers. As more people are surviving cancer, the consumption of added sugar will be an increasingly important risk factor.

Washington D.C. [USA], Oct.4 : A new study has offered some hints to help doctors to develop more effective treatments to prevent one of the most common childhood illnesses, which is ear infection.

Researchers have discovered a gene region that raises the risk a child will have a middle ear infection, known to doctors as acute otitis media (AOM) and known to parents as one reason for a screaming, unhappy preschooler.

New Delhi [India], Oct 4 : Country's pioneering online automobile transactional marketplace Droom continues to ride the wave of success with its disruptive innovations and strategic approaches.

In a massive business achievement, the online automobile portal has been able to successfully clock a monthly gross merchandise value (GMV) of Rs. 104 crore in a short span of 19 months.

One of the fastest growing web-based companies, Droom has already registered over Rs. 1,200 crore in annualized GMV, with plans to achieve Rs. 3,000 crore by March 2017 and estimating a colossal growth to the tune of Rs. 5,000 crore by December 2017.

New Delhi [India], Oct 4 : Leading Singapore-based e-commerce company Shopmatic has announced its strategic partnership with GATES APAC, Singapore to facilitate the business expansion of Shopmatic in the rapidly growing Indian ICT market.

Shopmatic, a leader in the e-commerce ecosystem, announced the tie-up prior to the GATES India ICT Reseller Summit 2016.