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The latest buzz in satellite systems has come from Arqiva, which plans to make two of its transponders on the Astra satellite system, located at 19 degrees east, available for MTV.

It follows a renewal of agreement between the two firms. In lieu of this matter, Commercial Director of Arqiva Satellite and Media, Malcolm Campbell, stated that the company had a great experience while dealing with the satellite provider and it will continue to deal further in future.

According to a recent report of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) the poor countries had an edge over the rich countries in football World Cup. The report was based on the study of last 80 years of football tournaments and their results. The output of this report is the richer teams were not able to perform well against the poor teams. For example Brazil being the best and favorite team in recent time, has performed well.

As a developing country, India is also improving in the field of nuclear weapon science. India is going on testing new nuclear weapons at regular intervals. After testing Agni I with 12000 kg of explosives, it has now tested Agni II successfully.

According to defense sources, India tested the nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni-II missile with a range of over 2,000 kms from a launch site in Orissa.

Agni II, which is a surface to surface missile, was tested from Bhadrak about 200 kms from Bhubaneswar. This is an aboriginal missile with of 21mtr length and 1 mtr diameter.

The future strategy is going to be set by a group of experts lead by former US state secretary Ms. Madeleine Albright on NATO. There are some big challenges for the NATO and to be handled very intelligently.

The big challenges are the relation with Russia, missile defence and the war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan war is a huge challenge for NATO and full of tension. Hence it has to be handled very carefully. NATO has agreed to the strategy made on the summit in November.

According to report released by PropEquity, a real estate consultant, the affordable housing segment that played a major role in keeping Indian real estate giants afloat in the time of the crisis is slowly losing its sheen as buyers are now ready to upgrade to higher segments.

Samir Jasuja, Managing Director, PE Analytics Pvt. Ltd said that though the demand in the affordable housing segment is still sustainable, it is showing shines of a fall. Jasuja also mentioned the fact that there is a genuine demand as far as the mid-housing segment in concerned in the Indian market.

Nissan Leaf is the world's first mass-market electric car and currently claimed to cost nearly £10,000 more than its equivalent petrol and diesel variants.

This car is set to cost a whooping £28,350 which is more than any of its nearly same ranged car. For example Ford Focus cost less than £19,000, Toyota's Prius electric-petrol hybrid, costs £19,500-22,500. This when compared to other is supposedly dearer, says the industry watchers.