Entries from September 2008

Patients with heart problems should be treated for depression

September 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Patients with heart problems should be treated for depression

Depression can adversely affect the patients who are suffering heart diseases as per the reports released by the American Heart Association that recommended that the heart patients should be screened and get treated for depression.

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Phoenix detects snow on Mars

September 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Phoenix detects snow on Mars

The NASA’s spacecraft on Mars, Phoenix Lander, recorded clouds on mars that caused snow fall and it hinted that the Red planet might have seen rainfall on its surface. The snow fall on mars did not reach the ground of Mars instead it vaporized before reaching the surface of the red [...]

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Hubble’s control data formatter failure to delay lunch of space shuttle

September 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Hubble’s control data formatter failure to delay lunch of space shuttle

The launch of a space shuttle to fix problems of NASA’s Hubble Space telescope will be delayed until mid February because the Hubble’s control unit / science data formatter has failed and it will start operating by the week end.

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McCain backs increasing limit on bank deposits

September 30th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

McCain backs increasing limit on bank deposits

The Republican senator John McCain said that he backed the plan of government to increase the limit on allowing bank deposits from $100,000 to $250,000 , in an interview to a TV channel and he recommended Federal Deposit insurance Corp. Limits should be increased to help Americans.

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European market comes with mixed response for U.S. bailout failure

September 30th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

European market comes with mixed response for U.S. bailout failure

The European markets gave mixed responses for the bailout failure on Tuesday. The chief economist at research firm in Greenwich wrote that the short term funding markets are worst sufferers of the market crisis.

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Home prices decline by 16.3 % in July in American cities

September 30th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Home prices decline by 16.3 % in July in American cities

In major 20 cities across America home prices fell by more than 16 % and this has been one of the fastest pace at which housing recession has taken place. The S & P home price indexes went down by 16.3 %.

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India and France get into a nuclear co-operation pact

September 30th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

India and France get into a nuclear co-operation pact

A nuclear bilateral co-operation pact has been signed by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy that will allow France to sell French nuclear reactors to India.

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Market loose points after rejection of Bush’s economic bailout plan

September 30th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Market loose points after rejection of Bush’s economic bailout plan

After the rejection of $700 billion proposal given by U.S. president George Bush the stock markets across the globe reacted negatively and financial market indexes plunged. The American market rebounded with Dow Jones and S& P indexes rising by more than 2.2 % and Dow was [...]

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Stampede in Indian temple kills 147

September 30th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Stampede in Indian temple kills 147

147 people got killed in a stampede in a temple in Rajasthan in India on Tuesday morning as the most important religious festival of the year started on 30th September. The steep slope to the temple on the hilltop was crowded with people.

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Secret marriage of Scarlett Johansson

September 29th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Secret marriage of Scarlett Johansson

A reportedly secret marriage ceremony was held on Saturday and it was attended by family members of Scarlett Johansson, 23 and Ryan Reynolds, 31. The actress last month said that she was not in a hurry to marry as she has been enjoying out items together with her boyfriend and she [...]

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