According to researchers teens with low levels of vitamin D had a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes and are also significantly more likely to have high blood pressure and blood sugar.

The study by Jared P. Reis, PhD, and colleagues from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, was presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association. It said that the link between adults with low vitamin D levels and an increased risk for diabetes and heart disease was known but it now apparent that a lack of vitamin D can trigger these risks earlier in life.

U. S. researchers said curcumin, turmeric's main ingredient, has a wide repertoire of health benefits ranging from antioxidant, anti-cancer, antibiotic, antiviral and other properties.

India has long known the healing powers of turmeric and the spice has been used for centuries to treat wounds, infections and other health problems though how exactly it works inside the body was never clear.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has declared that it will be conducting a special repo auction for Rs 598.30 billion on Thursday, March 12.

In a statement, the apex bank said that the reversal of the auction will be on March 26.

The liquidity from a special fixed rate term repo auction at 5% per annum (p.a.) against eligible securities will be provided to mutual funds (MF), non-banking financial companies (NBFC) and housing finance companies (HFC) either on incremental or on rollover basis.

Industrial production slipped by 0.5% in January 2009 despite stimulus packages declared by the administration to defend against the impact of worldwide slump.

This is the third time repeatedly where IIP contracted during this fiscal.

IIP grew by 6.2% during the corresponding period a year ago.

Manufacturing, which declined 0.8%, led the reduction in industrial production, which was being followed by mining output, which declined by 0.4%.

But, electricity generation increased 1.8% in January 2009.

Chief General Manager of BSNL, M P Velusamy said that the state-owned telecommunication company is all set to roll out its much-awaited 3G services in the Chennai telecom district, comprising Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur, in the first week of June.

Mr. Velusamy was lecturing at a press meet held for the signing of a MoU between BSNL and L&T Arun Excello Realty Pvt. Ltd to set up telecom infrastructure at the Estancia Integrated Township.

Seagate along with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has unveiled the world’s first public demonstration of next-generation high-speed data transfer ‘Serial ATA 6Gigabit/second’ for bandwidth-hungry desktop and laptop computer applications comprising gaming, streaming video and graphics multimedia.