Sydney, Jan 30 : Unusual patterns of eye contact could help detect developing autism symptoms in babies just six months old, reveals a study.La Trobe University psychologist Kristelle Hudry, a key researcher in the study, says the results of the study are linked with emerging autism.

Hudry and her UK colleagues studied six to 10-month-old babies who were at risk of developing autism because they had a sibling with the condition, the journal Current Biology reported.

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to former chief of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief, Suresh Kalmadi.

Suresh Kalmadi was arrested in April 2011 for allegedly being involved in corrupt practices. He is blamed for sanctioning inflated contract for timing equipment and scoreboards for the mega sporting event that has been tainted with the scam.

The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India (ICAI) has found Satyam's former chief financial officer Srinivas Vadlamani guilty of professional misconduct after two years of investigation into the Rs 8,000-crore Satyam fraud.

The ICAI had set up a special disciplinary committee including six members in order to investigate what is India's biggest corporate scandal. ICAI President G Ramaswamy has compiled its conclusion into the case and filed a repot on January 3.

Lahore, Jan 5 : Convicted Indian spy Sarabjeet Singh's lawyer Awais Sheikh has said that he anticipates his client's release in the wake of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari paying attention to the fresh mercy petition.

"This time, there are bright prospects of Sarabjeet Singh's release," The Express Tribune quoted Sheikh, as saying.

Car makers are actively using Bollywood movies to attract Indian customers to various models by showcasing the vehicles in various sequences.

The latest Don 2, the sequel to the Don (2006) features several cars like Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Sonata Fe, BMW 5-Series and Alfa Romeo MiTo. The action sequence attracts the attention of Indian audiences and helps companies get their cars noticed by the masses.

A high-speed car chase shown in the teaser of the movie has created much excitement among the Indian audiences. The sequence shows destruction of 67 cars. On the other hand, Players movie is also attracting customers with models including Mini Cooper, Mazda MX5 and the Chrysler 300C stretch limo.

The Bombay High Court (HC) has asked team Anna to carry on their protest from their homes after it did not accept the petition to intervene in the matter of allotment of MMRDA ground for three-day fast in Mumbai.

Team Anna has asked the court to direct the state authorities to provide MMRDA ground for free or at confessional rates for fast from December 27. The HC responded by telling the team to "sit and protest from your homes".

The court observed that it was not able to determine if the protest in in public interest or politically motivated and is thus not in a position to direct the state government in Maharashtra to allow the protest at Azad Maidan in the city.

India's union cabinet has delayed an important meeting to approve the controversial lokpal bill as is expected to meet later in the day. The cabinet members had to delay the meeting because the bill is still being worked out, according to reports. If the bill gets approval from the cabinet, it is expected to be passed in the Parliament on 21 December.

The winter session of the parliament is scheduled to conclude on 22 December. However, the government may extend it for a day Dec 23 or may even call for few more days of working after the Christmas holidays to pass the Lokpal bill.

Union home minister P Chidambaram is likely to face a privilege motion in the parliament, which will be moved by main opposition party, BJP. The BJP has accused Chidambaram of showing disrespect to Parliament because he made a statement publicly over a case in which he is accused of misusing his office to help a Delhi businessman.

Party members took the decision to call for a privilege motion at the BJP parliamentary party meeting, which was held under the leadership of L K Advani. Opposition leaders in both the houses attended the meeting.

A three year old boy in the UK is believed to be allergic to most of the things associated with the biggest holiday festival of the year, Christmas. Charlie Smith is allergic to nuts or cannot be near a real Christmas tree without severe consequences on his well being. He also suffers from eczema, which comes with colder temperature.

"Charlie's allergies and asthma mean that Christmas is a dangerous time of the year. We have to be careful to keep him safe all year, but particularly now," said his mother, Jo Smith. She also said that even as artificial tree could harm with dust gathering on it.

MPs in the UK have warned that financial considerations will result in a major re-organization in the NHS services in England.

The National Transportation Safety Board, a US federal agency, has recommended banning the use of mobile phones while driving. The board said that the recommendation to ban drivers from using hands-free devices, including wireless headsets comes after ten years of research investigations into accidents related to distraction for drives. It said that it has found that the as mobile phones become more advanced they have more reasons to distract drivers on eth roads.

The boars said that the drivers face huge risks while using a wireless device to talk on phone just as when they use their hands to hold a phone to talk while driving. None of states on the US currently ban the use of wireless devices while driving.

India’s Union urban development ministry is now considering proposal for Metro rail projects in cities having population of more than 20 lakhs.

The ministry is considering Metro projects for Tier II cities like Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Indore, Nagpur, Kochi, Coimbatore, Kozhikode. The success of Metro projects int eh national capital Delhi as well as the newly opened Bangaluru Metro has propelled other cities to begin aspiring for the modern transport medium.

Bali (Indonesia), Nov. 18 : Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit here on Friday, said New Delhi seeks a harmonious and cooperative relationship with Beijing and the two countries must cooperate on regional, bilateral and global issues.

Bali (Indonesia), Nov. 18 : Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday said that New Delhi has gone some way in responding to US firms concerns on the country''s nuclear liability law and rules.

Bali, Nov. 18 : Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met United States President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit at Bali, Indonesia, on Friday, where both pitched for strengthening bilateral strategic ties and for enhanced cooperation at multilateral forums.

The union urban development ministry has given its in-principle approval to three regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridors connecting the national capital Delhi with neighboring cities.

Urban development minister Kamal Nath approved the concept proposal of implementing the RRTS in the three corridors connecting Meerut, Panipat and Alwar. The corridors will be built on the routes including Delhi-Gurgaon- Alwar, Delhi-Sonepat-Panipat and Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut.

The CBI has made its first arrest in the Emaar scam case on Thursday by taking into custody businessman, Koneru Prasad.

The arrest comes a day before Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will be questioned by the investigators from the agency on the illegal mining case that also involves Gali Janardhan Reddy.

Islamabad, Nov 1 : Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said he could consider forming an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League (N) if its leader Nawaz Sharif declares his assets.

Although he insisted that the top leadership of the party should declare their assets, Khan said that PTI could consider forming an alliance even if Sharif alone declared his actual assets, The Nation reports.

Patna, Oct 30 :The family and friends of Sushil Kumar, who became the first contestant to win Rs. 5 crore on "Kaun Banega Crorepati", are fearing his abduction. But the Bihar Police says the apprehension doesn't hold much ground.

In Motihari, Sushil's native town, there are rumours doing the rounds that fearing abduction, his family has been reluctant to disclose the date of his much-awaited arrival from Mumbai.

The hundreds of visitors at his house have been told by his family that due to security reasons nothing is certain about his arrival.

A majority of the General Practitioners (GPs) in the UK are concerned over conflict of interest in the proposed reforms to the NHS.

While giving their viewpoints at the RCGP's Annual Conference in Liverpool today, the leading members of RCGP informed Dame Barbara Hakin that the new NHS reforms will force GPs away from patient care. They pointed out that commissioners are finding it hard to complete assigned work as the workload is high, even as they have the support of PCTs.