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Bangalore, Jan 5 : Badminton ace Saina Nehwal on Monday denied media reports that she was demanding a Padma Bhushan, saying her intent was to merely know why her name was missing from the nomination list for the prestigious award.

"I don't know why it has been shown [in the media] that I demanded the award. Who am I to demand an award? I just wanted to know why my name was not recommended for the Padma Bhushan," Nehwal told mediapersons here.

The Olympic bronze medallist also expressed distress over speculations that she was angry that wrestler Sushil Kumar's name was on the list of nominations.

London, Jan 05 - Australian batsman David Warner has revealed that he does not know how he would react when he returns to the Sydney Cricket Ground, the place where Phillip Hughes was fatally struck by a bouncer, for the fourth and final Test against India, starting on Tuesday.

Warner had been fielding for domestic side New South Wales when his close friend Hughes was hit by bouncer from Sean Abbott on 25 November. Hughes passed away two days later.

Warner claimed that it's going to be tough, adding that he has got to hold back the emotions, the BBC reported.

Los Angeles - Jennifer Aniston has revealed that she did not find the divorce from ex-husband Brad Pitt painful.

Aniston, 45, who is now engaged to actor Justin Theroux, was married to Pitt for close to five years, reported Us magazine.

"I don't find it painful. I think it's a narrative that follows you because it's an interesting headline. It's more of a media-driven topic," she said.

When asked whether she still keeps in touch with Pitt, 51, Aniston said, "We've exchanged good wishes an all that sort of stuff to each other, but it's not a constant thing."

Mumbai - The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed 28,000-level for the first time since December 9 and the NSE Nifty shot up by 22 points to trade above 8,400-mark in trade Monday on sustained fund inflows.

Rising for the seventh straight session, the 30-share index went past 28,000 mark after over three weeks by rising 122.45 points, or 0.44 percent, to 28,010.35.

The gauge had gained almost 680 points in the past six sessions.

All the sectoral indices, led by capital goods, metal and auto, were trading in positive zone with gains up to 1.18 percent.

On similar lines, the 50-share NSE Nifty gained 22.00 points, or 0.26 percent, to trade above the 8,400-level at 8,417.45.

Washington, Jan 05 - Xiaomi which clocked 60 million sales in 2014 has reportedly unveiled its newest entry-level phone, the Redmi 2.

The new device shares most of the features with the original model like, the 4.7-inch screen and the 1280 x 720 display however, it also sports a few welcomed changes from its antecedent including, a 64-bit Qualcomm 410 quad-core processor and a dual 4G SIM support too, reported Tech Crunch.

The new Redmi features an eight megapixel rear camera, improved two megapixel front camera, 1GB RAM and 8GB on-device storage. It runs on Xiaomi's own MIUI version of Android and provides a few more options to its color-loving customers like, "lime green" and "powder yellow."