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Archived News
Islamabad December 26:
Pakistan will go ahead with a project to build a pipeline to carry Iranian gas even if India decides not to join it, President Pervez Musharraf has said.
Musharraf expressed the hope that India would show interest in the completion of the project, the daily Dawn reported. "However, If India would not be a part, then also the project would be completed," the paper quoted Musharraf as saying.
In a meeting with Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri, Musharraf said his country wanted positive development on the project and hoped that pricing issue would soon be resolved among the three countries. Musharraf said no pressure would be tolerated on the multi-billion-dollar pipeline project. The paper, however, did not specify what the pressue was.
Kasuri met Musharraf yesterday to brief him about his (Kasuri's) recent visit to Iran and discussions with that country's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani. Musharraf said Pakistan urgently needed energy as it was vital for fast pace of industrial development and talks in this regard were under way with other countries. However, it did not mean that Pakistan was not interested in Iran-Pakistan-India project, he said.
On the Iranian nuclear programme issue, Musharraf said Islamabad supported talks between the European Union and Iran and wanted a diplomatic solution to the problem. "Use of force would only destabilise the entire region," he was quoted as saying.
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Punjab Mail Online
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News Date :
Dec 26 200
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New Delhi December 26:
General Motors (GM) India, today launched the 1.2 litre petrol 'Chevrolet Aveo U-VA' in three variants at a price range of Rs 3.99 lakh and Rs 4.79 lakh.
The hatchback with the variants -- Chevrolet Aveo U-VA-1.2, Chevrolet Aveo U-VA-1.2LS and Chevrolet Aveo U-VA-1.2LT at Rs 3.99 lakh, Rs 4.39 lakh and Rs 4.79 lakh (all ex-showroom Delhi) respectively -- will be available at retail outlets from the next week. The Aveo U-VA is already a global product sold in Europe, North America and other parts of Asia Pacific.
''It has been re-engineered for India in order to meet the specific needs of local consumers as well as local driving conditions like its engine which has been imported from Poland,'' said GM India President and Managing Director Rajeev Chaba. The car with variant colours (except white), targets to reach 20,000 units by Q2 next year, added Mr Chaba.
The Aveo U-VA shares a common platform with the Chevrolet Aveo, introduced in March this year in the country with a wheelbases of 2,480 mm and also some mechanical components. The U-VA, as a hatchback provides big space, different exterior and interior styling with a sporty feel to the customers.
Targeting the youths as well as families, U-VA boasts to be pitted against Maruti's Swift and Hyundai's Getz in its segments with a three-year/one lakh km warranty (whichever comes first). The company also plans to launch its much-awaited 'Spark' by the Q2 next year.
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Source :
Punjab Mail Online
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News Date :
Dec 26 200
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Hyderabad December 26:
A mobile planetarium, which is only the second - the first being in Dehradun - of its kind in India, has been set up in Hyderabad.
"This is what I have never seen. It is very easy. However, I had this lesson in my textbooks and I could not understand anything because it was in some writing and there were no features, and I couldn't understand anything." "Now, with this I have learnt much more than my textbooks.
Now I am happy that I have knowledge of constellations and zodiac signs," said Samuel, Student. The planetarium mainly shows what's in the school curriculum. But it goes beyond the textbooks, as the programmes are interactive and students can ask questions. The mobile planetarium is an initiative of amateur astronomers.
"The beauty of this is that where the planetarium can not reach masses, this can go. With the help of this, we can show and explain to them about the stars, constellations and evolution of the universe - how universe was formed and all these things."
"Also, we can show the latest technologies, latest things that are taking place in the universe," said Ravi Kiran, Coordinator, AHAA. The 16-feet tall mobile galaxy can accommodate 60 students. But the best part is that the planetarium can be dismantled and moved in an ordinary car from one school to another and can be set up again in just ten minutes.
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Source :
Punjab Mail Online
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News Date :
Dec 26 200
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New York December 26:
Drinking lots of soda and juicy drinks could make kids obese, says a new US study.
The finding comes from a study of 154 girls seen every two years since age five by Alison K. Ventura and other researchers at Pennsylvania State University, according to the online edition of health magazine WebMD.
By age 13, 14 percent of the girls already showed high risk of developing metabolic syndrome - a cluster of ominous risk factors that indicate a person could be headed toward heart disease, stroke, or Type 2 diabetes, the researchers report in the December issue of journal 'Pediatrics'. These girls were at or near the danger level for three metabolic syndrome risk factorsbig waistline, high blood pressure, and a low level of good HDL cholesterol.
Their parents tended to be more obese and to have more obesity-related health problems than other parents. Indeed, the high-risk girls gained more weightand gained weight fasterthan other girls. However, the only significant difference in their diet was that, at young ages, they drank more sugary beverages than other girls.
"We found the highest risk group was consuming more servings of these sweetened beverages at age five to nine, compared to other groups," Ventura was quoted as saying. "At the later ages it was more soda, but in the earlier ages it was things like 10 percent fruit juices, sports drinks, and flavoured beverages with added sugar."
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Source :
Punjab Mail Online
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News Date :
Dec 26 200
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London December 26:
Adding plenty of olive oil to diet could protect you from cancer, suggests a new study. Olive oil contains a number of compounds, called phenols, which are believed to act as powerful antioxidants.
Scientists led by Henrik Poulsen at the Copenhagen University Hospital looked at 182 healthy men aged between 20 and 60 from five European countries. They found that those who had 25 millilitres of olive oil per day had reduced levels of a substance, which indicates cell damage, according to the online edition of BBC News.
The scientists added either virgin, common or refined olive oil to their diets over two weeks. At the end of the study, scientists measured levels of the substance, which indicates oxidative damage to cells, called 8oxodG, in the men's urine. Oxidative damage is a process whereby the metabolic balance of a cell is disrupted by exposure to substances that result in the accumulation of free-radicals, which can then damage the cell.
The men were found to have around 13 percent less 8oxodG compared | | | |