Home loan interest rates are all set to be cheaper as all public sector banks are planning to cut rates on small-ticket home loans by up to 300 basis points. RBI may also help the banks by relaxing the risk weight age norms. It is expected to revise the capital adequacy ratio (CAR) for every loan, which is currently 9 per cent.

Neither falls nor avalanches cause as many deaths on Mount Everest as brain swelling. A study conducted by  Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Toronto and three British hospitals have revealed that brain swelling occurs at high altitude especially when the climbers are descending. 212 deaths of climbers were analysed before coming to the given conclusions:

- There are 1.1 deaths for every 100 climbing attempts by Sherpas or Tibetans

- 1.6 climbers die for every 100 non-Himalayan mountaineers

When Dinesh Kumar defeated Algeria's Abdelhafid Benchabla 17-11 to enter the semifinals of the light heavy weight division in Moscow, he became the second Indian to assure himself of a medal at the AIBA Boxing World Cup.

On 13th December during the semifinals, the Haryana boxer will face Vladimir Cheles, after the Russian beat Artur Beterbeiv of Maldives 5-1 in the other quarterfinal.

The Haryana boxer who lost to Benchabla in the first round of Beijing Olympics, must be satisfied now, as last night’s win was a sweet revenge for him.

During the week ended November 29, the headline inflation, while continuing its southward journey, fell further to 8% from 8.4%.

Earlier it was displayed by a poll that the annual inflation rate was expected to have fallen to its lowest in eight months in late November, following a decline in the prices of manufactured products and lower fuel prices.

As compared with 8.4 per cent a week before, the median forecast of 11 economists was for an 8.0 per cent rise in the wholesale price index in the 12 months to November 29.

It is a well known fact that a selected species of animals including humans, use tools in order to find food. The selected list of species include birds, great apes and the latest member to join this club is the species of bottlenose dolphin belonging to a small subset of the Western Australia Indian Ocean.

It has been discovered that these bottlenose dolphins use sponges to find food on the sea floor. Furthermore, it has also been found that the dolphins that engage in this activity become ‘workaholics’, putting in long hours as they root about for food.