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Indian equities remained quiet during afternoon trade, following negative Asian markets.

The Sensex, which belled the day at 17,981.06, stood at 17,942.41, down 49.59 points (0.28%) as against its last closure at 17,992.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broad-based Nifty was trading 0.06% up at 5,401.05.

The BSE midcap and the BSE smallcap index gained 0.74% & 0.72% respectively.

Consumer durables stocks were on the increase, a few banking and metals shares witnessed buying action.

With the number of swine flu still augmenting on daily basis, the country has developed its own swine flu detection kit. The major reason for this development has been the ever increasing cases of Swine flu in the country as around 548 new cases were recorded last week only.

The development of indigenous swine flu detection kit has been developed by three Indian companies. These companies are Defence Research and Development Organisation, Imperial Life Sciences and Ocimum.

A new research claimed that 'normal' level of blood pressure at 17 can still predict high blood pressure at early adulthood.

The research from Ben-Gurion University also discovered that males in their teenage are three to four times more likely to have hypertension in early adulthood as compared to girls.

As the much awaited gangster movie Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai hits theatres on July 30, 2010, the audiences will also get to see a glimpse of Aakrosh directed by Priyadarshan.

The theatrical promo of Aakrosh will be shown on the same day along with it. Aakrosh is a hard-hitting film about love across caste barriers and honor killing set in Bihar.

Air India and Jet Airways have lost Rs 127 crore because of strikes by their staff members since 2009.

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel made this declaration on Thursday.

The minister said, "Estimated loss suffered by National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) on account of these strikes was around Rs. 77 crore."

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that its net profit during the first quarter dropped 11.55% at Rs 1,176.65 crore as compared to Rs 1,330.43 crore in the same period of 2009-10.

The quarterly results of the state-run steel producing giant failed to meet market estimations.

The company's profitableness was affected by a range of factors, which comprise sharp input cost escalations, lower volume of sales and lethargic market situations.