A standalone net loss of Rs 390.93 crore for the third quarter ended December 31 was reported by Suzlon Energy on Friday, the balem of which could be put on forex losses. A net profit of Rs 338.18 crore was registered by the company for the same quarter FY 2008.

In an filing to the Bombay stock exchange, Suzlon Energy said, “The amount for the mark-to-market losses for the third quarter and for the nine-month period ended December stood at Rs 111.40 crore and Rs 202.03 crore, respectively.”

In the Australian Open on Thursday, Mahesh Bhupathi chose to downplay his being on the edge of a career Grand Slam and what could have been a sparkling summit clash against Leander Paes.

Bhupati said after partnering Mark Knowles of the Bahamas to reach the men’s doubles final in the year’s first major, “I still have one more match to go.”

In the semi-finals, third seeded Bhupati and his partner Knowles beat Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Oliver Marach of Austria 6-3, 6-1.

Frans de Waal, professor of

In order to allow millers to sell duty-free imported sugar in the domestic market, the decision on altering sugar import norms has been deferred by the Government.

According to a senior Government official, "The issue came up for discussion in the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) but it calls for further deliberation."

According to the latest evidence, the closest living ancestors of animals are large amoeba-shaped, multi- cellular placozoans.

An entire U-turn has been taken from the old and traditional though that a course from simple to complex was followed by evolution, from sponge to chordates or animals having backbones. Now the latest research suggests that there was a parallel evolution of lower animals like placozoa, corals and jellyfish to higher animals like vertebrates.

In the Duleep Trophy semifinal at th