Friday saw an announcement coming from Pakistan sports minister Aftab Jilani that the ministry has no objection to its cricketers competing in the Indian Premier League.

Jilani said, "We feel it's a private league in which Pakistani players compete in an individual capacity."

It was confirmed by the sports minister that President Asif Ali Zardari, patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board, had asked the opinion of the ministry on players' participation in this year's IPL, a highly profitable twenty20 tournament that commences 10th April.

A 25.39 per cent rise in profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 604.11 crore in the third quarter has been posted by Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the country's largest engineering and Construction Company; the credit of which goes to the strong growth in engineering and construction business.

However, the one-time gain of Rs 916 crore has been excluded by PAT, which the company made from the sale of its ready-mix concrete business to Lafarge SA. The quarter's profit, including the one-time gain, tripled to Rs 1,520.44 crore.

The Director of space agency Roskosmos' Manned Flight Programmes, Alexei Krasnov announced on Friday that for the sake of future manned missions to the Moon and Mars, Russia is thinking over to develop an orbital station to serve as an assembly platform and springboard.

He said, "We will soon propose to our government a project to construct a low-orbit complex, which could serve as a foundation for the implementation of the Lunar programme and later on - the Mars programme."

Aamir Khan is really a perfectionist, and he proves his perfection in his work.

Now, the date for the release of his much-awaited movie ‘3 Idiots’ has been announced.

Film’s producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has decided to release the movie on Christmas day (25th December 2009).

According to him, Christmas is really lucky for Aamir as his previous mega hits including ‘Ghajini’ (2008) and ‘Taare Zameen Par’ (2007) were also released on the Christmas weekend

Due to the deepening recession, a decline in business from the US has been anticipated by India’s largest wind turbine maker, Suzlon Energy.  

At the sidelines of a press briefing to announce Q3 results, Sumant Sinha, COO – Suzlon Energy reported, “Currently, US constitutes around 30 per cent of our business but it may come down to 15 per cent in the next fiscal. However, we will keep exploring business opportunities in the Middle East, South Africa, Latin America, Sri Lanka and other countries where we find potential for wind power.”

On Friday, Serena Williams admitted that she is suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).  The player who is known for her mental toughness said that she has got many mental issues.  

Serena said, “I mean, I have mental issues too, so... I think everyone has mental issues.”

 “I get really angry and I'm a perfectionist -- I have a slight case of OCD. Yeah, those are my issues,” she added.

However, she informed that she had not been diagnosed with the disorder by a doctor.