KOLKATA (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor India, a wholly owned unit of Hyundai Motor Co, is studying the feasibility of building a cheap small car to take on competition, a senior company official said on Thursday.
Hyundai, the second-biggest car maker in India after Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, is looking at building a car priced at between 100,000 and 200,000 rupees ($2,500-$5,000), said Ashok Jha, president of Hyundai India.
The most common blood type in Indians seems to provide better protection against the most deadly form of malaria. British scientists have found that people with blood group O - around 38% of the Indian population - are naturally protected from some of the most severe forms of the disease, which kills around two million people annually across the globe.
A team from Edinburgh University, with researchers in the US, Mali and Kenya, studied African children and found that those with this blood type were two-thirds less likely to experience coma or life-threatening anaemia conditions synonymous with severe malaria.
According to a new European Union-funded study, organically produced food is better than ordinary food. Organic food like fruits, vegetables and milk, contain more nutrients and may contain higher concentrations of cancer fighting and heart beneficial antioxidants.
Researchers said that the £12m four-year study’s complete findings will be published within next one year.
Professor Carlo Leifert of the Tesco Centre for Organic Agriculture based at Newcastle University, UK, who with his team are working on the EU funded project called the Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) project, announced the findings.
MUMBAI: Kingfisher Airlines is close to owning a 51 per cent majority stake in Air Deccan, Kingfisher owner Vijay Mallya says. Kingfisher already has a 46 per cent in Deccan Aviation, the company that owns Air Deccan.
Mallya, flamboyant chief of United Breweries group — the second largest liquor conglomerate in the world — and owner of Kingfisher Airlines, says he is proud to have created an airline that can match the best in the world.
BANGALORE: Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is teaming up with Virgin Comics to create a new superhero character for comic books, animations and games.
The new content relationship makes Chopra the first Miss World winner to create a superhero property, Virgin Comics said in a statement.
MUMBAI: With five new releases hitting the box-office last week, the Shahid and Kareena-starrer Jab We Met was the show stopper with a fairly good opening.
The film opened to a 70% response in Delhi and Punjab while it was 50-60% in other parts. Mumbai garnered 70% occupancy by Friday evening (27 October). Trade analysts pointed out that the film should emerge as a hit, with the film performing consistently across the country.
New Delhi: Hyundai Motor Company is not only looking to leverage India’s manufacturing capabilities to expand its presence in the global market and consolidate its presence in the premium compact car segment in the domestic market, but also enhance its research and development carried out from India.
The company on Wednesday unveiled its first car, i10 launched from India for the global markets.
New York: A derivative of vitamin A may help cut down the risk of lung cancer in former smokers by reducing the growth of lung cells, a new study has found.
Former smokers remain at elevated risk for lung cancer as lung cells that were damaged during years of smoking may continue to grow and evolve into cancer even after a person has quit smoking.
Nokia’s developer event is launch pad for desi innovation
Bangkok (Thailand), Oct. 31 If the much touted Web 2.0 — the Internet’s Second — community-based — Coming, is already upon us, can its cellular-phone based avatar, Mobile 2.0, be far behind?
Xenitis has added the lowest-ever priced laptop, “Xuva T14WN”, to its existing ‘Xuva’ portfolio.
The new laptop caters to low-end consumers, including students and entry-level professionals.
The laptop configurations are: Intel Celeron M 1.4Ghz (360), 256 MB RAM, 80 GB HD, Combo 3-in 1 Card Reader, Intel 945GM Chip Set, and 14.1-inches WXGA LCD.