SYDNEY: Young children with severe or persistent asthma are more likely to develop many common mental health problems like anxiety and depression, an Australian study says.
University of Western Australia (UWA) psychologist and study co-author Monique Robinson said their findings build on previous studies which have found that as the severity of asthma increases, so do problems such as anxiety...
WASHINGTON: Kids seem to have an aversion to eating vegetables, but you can make your child have more greens by using attractive names for healthy foods, according to a new study. Researchers from the Cornell University conducted a couple of studies to explore whether a simple change such as using attractive names would influence kid's consumption of vegetables.
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High on the success of Barfi!, Ranbir Kapoor has finally decided to talk about what he really shares with his rumored lover, Katrina Kaif."I have worked with Katrina in two films and I genuinely feel she is one of the nicest, coolest, and most hard-working girls, other than being beautiful, talented and normal ... a girl I can hang...
Priyanka Chopra, who is very excited and is eagerly waiting for Saif Ali Khan and Kareena’s wedding, feels that she too is ready to settle down, but is yet to find her dream guy.When asked weather she feels it’s the right time for her to settle down, she said: “From the age of four I have been waiting to...
If all goes well, Zarine Khan will go Hollywood for Daniel Silva’s “Chimera”, starring Billy Zane of Titanic fame. However, Zarine is yet to give her final answer.Confirms the actress, “I have been offered the film but I am thinking about it.”“It is a thriller called ‘Chimera’ opposite Billy Zane. I have read the script but I am still...
"Ishkq In Paris" is a fresh and young romantic film, but minus any kissing scene, says Preity Zinta, who has turned producer with the movie."Kissing is missing in the film. Kissing is not necessary to show the romance in the film. Romance is in the heart. It's a rom-com and a family entertainer," Preity said.The actress spoke at the...
Kareena Kapoor is playing a “hard-headed TV reporter” in Prakash Jha’s Satyagraha. But not many know that Bebo is also likely to be seen as a strong female Prime Minister – post her character’s metamorphosis – in the multi-starrer socio-political drama.And the actor wants to go all out. She plans to imbibe the “sturdy body language and temperament” of...
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today favored building a climate that attracts investments and establishes fair and effective regulatory institutions and legal processes.Addressing a Conference on Economic Growth in Asia and Changes of Corporate Environment, he said the government is bracing to meet international standards in corporate laws and will soon bring before Parliament the new Companies Bill."We...
WASHINGTON: Eleven finalists, including Microsoft India, have been selected for the US Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE).Microsoft India is the only American company in India to have found a place in the 11 short listed US companies. These were chosen from 82 nominations submitted by US ambassadors around the world.ACE finalists recognize the vital role that...
KOLKATA: "I can always hiss if I can't bite," this was Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee's remark after her six ministers quit the UPA government on FDI and other 'people' related issues.Banerjee was referring to folklore on Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, the spiritual guru of Swami Vivekenanda.Ramakrishna is believed to have advised a cobra, whom he had told not to bite...