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New Delhi, Dec 5 : Miss India Sobhita Dhulipala, who is representing the country at the Miss Earth Pageant, has won the Miss Eco Beauty Title sub-contest.

This is the second title won by the Indian beauty at the international pageant.

Judged online, she has garnered over 5,000 votes.

The 20-year-old, who earlier won the Miss Photogenic sub-contest, has received a gold medal for being victorious.

She is followed by Miss Macau Ashley Qian, who received a silver medal, and Ezgi Avci from Turkey, who received a bronze medal, a statement said.

Adelaide, Dec 5 : Australia were 273/5 at the close of play on Day 1 of the second Ashes Test against England at the Adelaide Oval here Thursday.

Early showers interrupted the morning session but cleared as the day went on with Chris Rogers (72) and Shane Watson (51) putting on a 121-run partnership for the second wicket to help Australia to 155/1 at a point in the second session.

However, three quick wickets saw Australia slip to be four down for 174 at tea before skipper Michael Clarke and George Bailey came together to steady the innings. The pair put on a further 83 before Bailey holed out for 53.

Panaji (Goa), Dec 5 : The Reliance Life Insurance Company will launch 25 new policies starting January next year and file more products for approval with the regulator, and close the fiscal with a total premium of around Rs. 4,000 crore, a top company official said Thursday.

He said the company would focus on increasing agents' productivity, persistency of its existing policies, launch of new products, and expansion of its new face-to-face channel, among others.

Los Angeles, Dec 5 : Singer Leona Lewis was once so angry that she smashed up thing

Mumbai, Dec 5 : A more than 11-year-old hit-and-run case involving Bollywood star Salman Khan has been assigned a fresh trial, with all evidence and witnesses scheduled to be re-examined, officials said in the Maharashtra capital Thursday.

A Mumbai sessions court, while accepting Khan's plea for a retrial after he was charged under the serious section relating to "culpable homicide, not amounting to murder", has ordered that the retrial start Dec 23.

London, Dec 5 : Scientists have linked inadequate sleep to mood disturbances and lower quality of life in extremely obese people, said a study.

"There was a clear association between the sleep problems such as short sleep duration, and the psychological disorders, and with quality of life," said G. Neil Thomas, lead supervisor, study methodology lead, and reader in epidemiology at the Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Birmingham in Britain.

The study results appear in the December issue of the journal Sleep, reports the Science Daily.