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On the back of increase in foreign currency and assets collections, forex reserves have declined $2 million to $228,847 million as on Aug. 31, 2007.

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) weekly statistical supplement released on Sept.7, 2007, foreign currency and assets came up to USD 4 million on the back of USD 221,509 million increase.

Washington: According to the U.S. administration, the suicide rate for children and young adults aged 10 to 24 has increased 8% in 2004, marking the largest yearly increase in over 15 years.

A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that the rise followed up a cumulative fall of over 28% in the suicide rate from 1990 to 2003, and was fueled by increases in suicide rates among girls between 10 to 19 and boys 15 to 19.

New Delhi/Chennai: The Fortis group is all set to grab 48% stake in Chennai-based Malar Hospital for about Rs 42 crore. This marks the group’s initial entry into South Indian market.

In north region, Fortis already has a network of 12 hospitals and 16 satellite and heart command centres.

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Mumbai: Planning to provide mobile telephony services from 21 centres, Essar Group has filed for a pan-India licence under BPL Mobile, which would permit it to offer up 2G services in the state.

The group has applied for the license through shippingstop.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BPL Mobile. BPL Mobile presently offers GSM services in Mumbai, and has more than 1.1 million subscribers.

After Aag, Ram Gopal Varma has decided to shoot his next film in Novembe