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A new research conducted by American Cancer Society discovered that it's not just how much physical activity you get, but how much time you spend sitting down, which can have an effect on your death risk.

The research discovered that more free time spent sitting was directly linked with higher risk of death, particularly in females.

Females who reported over six hours per day of sitting were 37% more prone to die during the time period studied as compared to those who sat fewer than 3 hours daily.

A balanced diet helps a person to control high risk Type 2 diabetes better than what medications can achieve solely.

Lead author Kirsten Coppell of the University of Otago said that the study indicates that offering up the accurate dietary advice could help diabetes sufferers ward off the disease's disturbing complications.

Proper diet for diabetes patients consists of whole grains for carbohydrates, brown rice, lots of protein-rich foods, meat, monounsaturated fats.

Mandira Bedi, who shot to fame from her first TV show 'Shanti', is now delighted with her projects of hosting different shows.

The popular actress has no intention to work in doing daily soaps.

The actress said, "Television shows do not attract me anymore. There were many offers coming on my way but somehow it does not excite me now. People often ask me to listen to the scripts at least but now I rather enjoy hosting that acting."

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Stock market analyst D Prasad has maintained 'sell' rating on Maruti Suzuki Ltd stock to achieve a target of Rs 1290 in 3-4 days.

According to analyst, the investors can sell the stock with stop loss of Rs 1376.

Today, the stock opened at Rs 1358.50 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 86.45 and 15.64 respectively.

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1740 and a low of Rs 1186.30 on BSE.

Maruti Suzuki is ready to roll out the potent K Series engine powered Alto by August 2010.

Stock market analyst Anil Singhvi is of the view that investors can hold JSW Energy Ltd with intra-day target of Rs 142.

According to analyst, the interested investors can hold the stock stop loss of Rs 126.

On July 22, the shares of the company opened at Rs 895 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

JSW Energy, which went public in 2009, has allocated an investment worth Rs 8,000 crore in business sections across the power field with plans to add up more than 2,000 MW of generation capacity during the existing financial year.