Sans big stars, IIFA awards end with fanfare

Sans big stars, IIFA awards end with fanfareColombo, June 6 - Aamir Khan's "3 Idiots" swept the 11th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards that concluded with much fanfare here early Sunday but the three-day event will perhaps be remembered more for the absence of Bollywood mega stars led by IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, apparently due to a boycott threatened by southern Indian film distributors of the stars who attended the event.

'3 Idiots' triumphs at IIFA; Vidya, Kareena are best actresses

'3 Idiots' triumphs at IIFA; Vidya, Kareena are best actressesColombo, June 6 - "3 Idiots" that created history by becoming one of the most successful films in Hindi cinema walked away with 11 trophies at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards here that concluded here with a flourish early Sunday, being declared the Best Film, while the Best Director award went to Rajkumar Hirani and the Best Actress award to Kareena Kapoor for the same movie.

Sanjay Dutt declared Best Comic Actor at IIFA

Sanjay Dutt declared Best Comic Actor at IIFAColombo, June 6 - Sanjay Dutt, Bollywood's affable Munnabhai, walked away with the Best Comic Actor trophy for his rib-tickling performance in "All The Best", while Boman Irani received the Best Actor in Negative Role honour for his brilliant portrayal of an eccentric professor in "3 Idiots" at the International Indian Film Academy Awards here.

Sharman Joshi, who played Aamir Khan's friend in "3 Idiots", won the Best Supporting Actor Award, while Divya Dutta received Best Supporting Actress honour for her performance in "Delhi 6".

Skipping breakfast, health hazards attached to it

Skipping breakfast, health hazards attached to itSkipping breakfast should be considered as crime, as health experts claim.

According to many leading studies, it was found that issues such as acidity, obesity or reduced attention span are generated via skipping of breakfast. Breakfast is considered to be the brain food constitutes the most important meal of the day.

Anita Jatana, chief dietician at the Batra Hospital stated: "People usually do not eat because of their tight work schedules, late night dinners, zero figure obsession or just anything else that keeps them away from a healthy breakfast."

Smart clothes can show your emotion

Smart-ClothesThe new technical smart clothes could cope with the stress and tension of the person who is wearing it. The newly designed clothes can know the emotions of a person. These prototype clothes monitor physiological majors like the temperature and heart beat rate of a person.

The exclusive clothes can also be connected to databases which will analyze the data to examine the emotional state of a person.

Moreover, the clothes are having several other features as well. It has a speaker and display in it.

Fake a laugh, for better mental health

Fake a laugh, for better mental healthAccording to a group of researchers laughter in any form is beneficial for health be it original or fake, one needs to laugh.

The primary agenda is to exercise our mental health and that could be achieved via faking a laugh. It could be anything for instance a Catastrophic oil spill, Times Square bomber, teetering global economies, or maybe a recall of your kid's medicine, one can have any such instances and laugh.

However body can easily detect the difference between self-triggered laughter and real laughter so either is restorative physically and psychologically.

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