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Mobile User Base Added 15 Million In Jan 09

Mobile User Base Added 15 Million In Jan 09Here’s a good news for the Indians as the telecom market in the country added a record number of customers in a single month.

In India, more than 15 million telephone connections were added during the last month.

In its latest report, TRAI said that the country now has over 400 million telecom connections. With this, the total number of those people who are using mobiles in the country has gone to 362.30 million.

Stargazers Can Get A Glimpse Of Newly Found Comet ‘Lulin’

Stargazers Can Get A Glimpse Of Newly Found Comet ‘Lulin’Local astronomers said that the best chance to see a green-tinged comet named ‘Lulin’ will be tonight and Tuesday night.

Observers said that this space oddball is moving nearer to the Earth, and will be visible to the naked eye as a faint (magnitude +5.6) gassy patch in the constellation Virgo before dawn.

Initially discovered by a Chinese teen just over a year ago, ‘Lulin’ is making its possibly first and last flyby of Earth this month, moving from the outermost edges of the solar system around 18 trillion miles away.

HP Trims Employees’ Pay

HP Trims Employees’ PayIn light of the highly uncertain global economic conditions, Hewlett-Packard, world’s largest PC maker, has instituted pay cuts for all of its employees worldwide.

Almost all departments, including sales and administration divisions, will be affected by the company's "work-sharing" plan, initially implemented for certain workers and factories, in order to avoid layoffs.

The company, however, feels that a company-wide workforce reduction is not the best solution for the current global economic crises.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Cast Members Walk The Red Carpet At 81st Annual Academy Awards

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Cast Members Walk The Red Carpet At 81st Annual Academy AwardsWith gorgeous red carpets, blinking cameras and a thrilled deluge of global stardust – Hollywood's biggest night has finally arrived!!!

Ace British director Danny Boyle shepherded the extended ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ cast members down the red carpet Sunday to the Kodak Theatre for the star-studded 81st Annual Academy Awards.

Scots drowning themselves in alcohol

Scots drowning themselves in alcoholRecent survey revealed that Scotland has the eighth-highest level of alcohol consumption in the World. Neilsen Company, on the behalf of the Scottish Government conducted a survey on the sales of alcohol.

Survey revealed that Scots consumed equivalent to 11.8 litres per person over 16, in 2007. This amount is two litres more than in England and Wales where the average was 9.9 litres per person.

Unhealthy lifestyle doubles stroke risk

Unhealthy lifestyle doubles stroke riskRecent study revealed that an unhealthy lifestyle doubles the risk of stroke. University of East Anglia researchers analyzed data collected from 20,000 Men and women aged 40 to 79 with no known history of stroke. The study subjects were followed for 11 years.

Study subjects filled detailed health and lifestyle questionnaire and underwent a thorough health examination. Researchers gave one point for each of these habits- for not smoking, for drinking just one to 14 units of alcohol a week, for consuming five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, for being physically active.

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