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Nauwa (Rajasthan), Oct 24 : The villagers of Nauwa in Rajasthan are alleging that lackadaisical attitude of the ill-equipped forest department officials led to the death of a leopard, who in spite of being rescued from a 25 feet well died here on Tuesday.

The rescuers had tied a rope around the leopard’s body, which later slipped and formed a noose around its neck that proved fatal for the big cat.

However, the Forest Department justified tying the leopard with the rope.

"The leopard fell into the well which had water. So we did not tranquilise it. Had we done so, it might have drowned. So we tied a rope around the body and pulled it out," said Chaman Singh, Official of the Forest Department.

Washington, Oct 24 : Scientists in Spain claim to have discovered a previously unknown population of the Iberian lynx. They say the find raises hope that one of the world’s most endangered cat species is not that close to extinction.

“We are excited and amazed by this discovery,” said Luis Suarez, head of WWF’s Species Program in Spain.

“However, we are a long way from saving the Iberian lynx from imminent extinction,” Suarez said.

According to a WWF report, the new population was discovered in the previously un-surveyed estates in Castilla - La Mancha (Central Spain).

This Iberian community is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities.

Mumbai: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has got nod from USFDA to promote the generic version of Novartis’s Exelon capsules ‘Rivastigmine Tartrate.’

Rivastigmine Tartrate is used for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

Sun gets FDA authorization for 1.5mg, 3mg, 4.5mg and 6mg drug potencies.

The yearly sales of Exelon capsules in the US market would be around $200 million in these strengths.

Sydney, Oct 24 : No matter how enthused people are about hitting the gym, they make excuses to skip working out at least once a week, says a poll.

In a recent News poll survey in which 979-health club members were investigated, it was found that 63 per cent of gym goers opted out of a workout at least once a week.

In the poll the respondents cited several reasons for de-motivation with cold weather and dark nights being common excuses but mental fatigue was the reason most often given.

Jeff Bond, former head of Sport Psychology at the Australian Institute of Sport, said that attitude was very essential to long-term fitness.

New Delhi, Oct 24 : Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who is on a four-day visit to India, was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

The Queen, on the first such visit in 21 years, met with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh besides other top leaders.

The two sides are expected to explore ways to strengthen bilateral ties, particularly in the sectors of trade and economy.

The bilateral trade between the two countries amounts to nearly 2.28 billion dollars and business houses in both countries are looking at doubling this in the next five years.

London, Oct 24 : A petrol station cashier stunned an armed robber by calmly telling him that she was “too busy to deal with him.”

Linda Faulkner was on duty when David Collinson walked into the petrol station in Cheltenham at around 8pm on February 12 and ordered cashier Hayley Holder to fill his bag with money or else he’ll shoot.

"He then placed down what appeared to be a gun. Miss Holder started to do what he told her and put the notes from the till into the bag. Then when he pointed the gun at her, she started to put £1 and £2 coins into the bag. He added, 'The other till as well', pointing to Linda Faulkner's till,” the Daily Mail quoted prosecutor Brendon Moorhouse, as saying.

But when Holder asked Linda to put money into the bag, the latter flatly refused.