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New Delhi - Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet Wednesday announced that it will operate new flights and increase frequencies in its new summer schedule effective from March 29.

According to the airline, it will increase frequencies on routes such as Delhi and Amritsar, Bangalore and Mangalore, Mumbai and Jabalpur and Delhi and Jabalpur amongst others.

"The new frequencies on the domestic sectors reflect our confidence that future growth and value lies in providing more connectivity to non-metros and tier 2 cities," said Sanjiv Kapoor, chief operating officer, SpiceJet

On the international front, the airline said that it will introduce new daily flights to Dubai from Amritsar and Mangalore, taking its total service to Dubai to seven flights daily.

Melbourne: The doubts over Bhuvneshwar Kumar's fitness continue to be a concern for the Indian cricket team ahead of its second World Cup pool game against South Africa as the seamer looked far from convincing during a net session here on Wednesday.

Bhuvneshwar, who had suffered an ankle injury before the start of the Test series against Australia and only played the last Test in Sydney where he bowled way below his best, looked out of sorts and unfit at the Junction Oval ground of St Kilda Cricket Club here.

With Dhawal Kulkarni being kept as an additional member of the side, it seems that Bhuvneshwar's gingerly demeanour has kept the team management worried.

Mumbai - Leading mutual fund house Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) today said it has completed the regulatory clearance process for sale of additional stake to Japan's Nippon Life, following approvals of CCI and EPFO.

The deal is now expected to close by next week.

Nippon Life Insurance, which manages USD 500 billion in assets and is among the largest in the world, agreed in November 2014 to increase its stake in RCAM from existing 26 per cent to 49 per cent in multiple tranches, subject to regulatory approvals.

The company has now received approvals from Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Employee's Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), thus completing the regulatory approval process for this transaction.

New Delhi - Seeking to regain its lost market share in the mid-sized sedan segment, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) today launched an updated version of Verna, priced between Rs 7.74 lakh and Rs 12.19 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

The model, which competes with Honday City and Maruti Ciaz, will be available in both petrol and diesel options and have ten variants.

"The world sedan will further strengthen our line up in the sedan segment," Hyundai Motor India Ltd Managing Director and CEO B S Seo told reporters here.

The Hyundai Verna has sold over 2.3 million units globally, he added.

Beginning with a substantial share in the mid-sized sedan segment, Verna had started losing out to rivals.

Melbourne, Feb 18 - Sorry, spiders, but sea snails make strongest material on Earth as a new research suggests that the limpet aquatic snail has teeth stronger than any other material.

Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have found that the limpets have teeth with a crystalline structure so strong it should be copied to improve our cars, aircraft, boats and space craft, News.com.au reported.

Asa Barber said that until now they thought that spider silk was the strongest biological material because of its super-strength and potential applications in everything from bulletproof vests to computer electronics, but now they have discovered that limpet teeth exhibit a strength that is potentially higher.

Johannesburg, Feb 18 - Former Pakistan pace spearhead Wasim Akram has expressed his willingness to help Misbah-ul-Haq's side rescue their World Cup campaign after the team's defeat against India in Adelaide.

India extended their unbeaten streak against Pakistan in World Cup to 6-0 after Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men claimed a 76-run win over neighbors.

Speaking on a local news channel, Akram said that neither the Pakistan cricket authorities nor anyone in the team had approached him to help or advise them, Sport24 reported.

Expressing his willingness to help Pakistan team, Akram said that he was there in the World Cup and he wanted to go and help their players adjust and do well in the tournament in those conditions, but he couldn't do that without an invitation, the report added.