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London, Oct..30 : Already under fire for pushing through a cost-cutting exercise, BBC Director-General Mark Thompson is planning to launch 30 BBC digital channels around the globe.

New Delhi, Oct 30 : According to the statistics from China’s birth deformity monitoring centre, the birth defects in babies have increased by nearly 40 percent since 2001.

London, Oct 30 : London’s Heathrow Airport has been voted the world's least favourite airport.

In a survey of 2,500 travellers by the travel organisation TripAdvisor, Heathrow Airport came joint top with Chicago, reported The Telegraph.

The poll asked respondents to rate 36 airports in terms of how easy they were to navigate, cleanliness of their lavatories and the quality of their parking facilities.

The 20 worst performers are:

London, Heathrow Airport / Chicago, O'Hare International
New York, JFK
Atlanta, Hartsfield International
Los Angeles International
Miami International
New York, La Guardia
Paris, Charles de Gaulle
Dallas Fort Worth

London, Oct 30 : For many, learning a second language is no child’s play.

Washington, October 30 : Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said that the Doha Round of world trade discussions is closer to conclusion.

“It is closer than ever before to being closed,” Mr. Nath said.

While lecturing at the Fortune Global Forum, a meeting of superior Fortune 500 CEOs, Nath sounded out, “I believe the Doha Round can be closed successfully by respecting each other’s sensitivities. I understand the United States has sensitivities on certain issues. On the other hand, a large number of developing and vulnerable economies also have some concerns that need to be respected.”

Henry Paulson, US treasury secretary, who also addressed the meeting, told that the Doha Round is the single vital topic on which both the United States and India can get together.