AirAsia QZ8501 flight attendant always carried memories of MH370, MH17 tragedies

AirAsiaMelbourne, Dec 29 : A flight attendant aboard the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 had reportedly posted a series of tweets about the ill-fated Malaysia Airline flights MH370 and MH17 earlier this year.

According to News. com. au, Oscar Desano is listed as a flight attendant on board the AirAsia flight, which lost contact with air control between Indonesia and Singapore.

The plane bound to Singapore from Indonesia with 155 passengers and six crew aboard disappeared after losing contact with an Indonesian air traffic tower on Sunday.

The flight attendant had tweeted on Christmas saying "Merry Christmas to all my beautiful friends who celebrate it".

How exercise has 'protective effects' on your body

ExerciseWashington, Dec 29 : Just a session of the right kind of exercise, depending on your age, can have protective effects on the body, says a new research.

Tinna Traustadottir, an assistant professor of biological sciences, worked with two groups of healthy adults, one was comprised of people aged 18 to 25, and the other was made up of individuals at least 50 years old, and found that exercise had the ability to overcome stressors by potentially boosting the antioxidant system.

Insurance sector eyes FDI worth billions in new year

New Delhi - A political hot potato for long, the insurance sector got its long-awaited dose of reforms, as 2014 neared the end and will keenly await moneybags from abroad in the new year to bring in the much-aspired foreign investments, estimated at up to Rs 60,000 crore.

After hanging in balance for over six years, hike in foreign investment cap for insurance sector has become a reality, although the government had to take ordinance route, as a bill in this regard could not go through Parliament.

Sanjiv Sarin appointed CEO designate of Tata Coffee Limited

sanjiv sarinMumbai, Dec.29 - The Board of Directors of Tata Coffee Limited has announced that Sanjiv Sarin will

`Spoilt brat` Kohli says has no reason to respect `annoying` Johnson

Virat KohliLondon, Dec 29 - Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli has slammed Australia's sledging, claiming that he had no reason to respect their pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson and insisting that the hosts' players called him a spoilt brat.

Kohli, who scored 169 on the third day of the third Test during which he and Johnson exchanged plenty of verbals, claimed that the Australians were calling him a spoilt brat, adding that he said, that maybe that's the way he is; they hate him, and he likes that.

Kohli said that it apparently worked in his favour, as the batsman has hit three centuries in the series but India are 2-0 down in the four-match series, the BBC reported.

AirAsia boss 'devastated' by missing flight QZ8501

Tony FernandesLondon, Dec 29 - AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes has said that he is "devastated" that a plane from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board has gone missing.

Fernandes said that their foremost concern were the families of the passengers and crew members, reported BBC.

He also said that AirAsia hopes to find the plane quickly and that the cause of what happened is immediately identified.

Air Asia flight QZ8501 disappeared over the Java Sea after bad weather was reported in the area but no distress calls were made and no wreckage has yet been sighted.

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