London, July 26 : Scientists have said that microbes from Venus could actually be blown into the Earth’s atmosphere by solar winds.

According to a report by BBC News, this has been suggested by two scientists at the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology in the UK.

Their findings follow analysis of data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Venus Express probe, launched in 2005.

Previous research has considered the possibility of micro organisms existing in Venus’s atmosphere despite extreme temperatures on its surface.

London, July 26 : With the picture of a sari-clad Virgin Mary and a loincloth and turban-clad Joseph in the first “Indianised” Bible, the Vatican is hoping to attract more people into turning to the Catholic church in India - as congregations decline in Europe and North America.

And the news comes straight from the mouth of Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Mumbai, who released The New Community Bible during a recent ceremony.

“I am sure this Bible, made in India and for Indians, will bring the word of God closer to millions of our people, not only Christians,” Times Online quoted him, as saying.

Produced by the Society of St Paul, this is the first of its kind Bible that has been penned in simplified English.

London, July 26 : Rare plant fossils in a district of Jharkhand state in India, dating back between 68 million years and 145 million years, are being decimated in hundreds of crusher machines that are reducing them into stone chips to be used in road construction.

These plant fossils are scattered all over 2,600 sq km in the Rajmahal Hills in Sahebganj district of Jharkhand state.

Examples of these Jurassic age plant fossils - known as Rajmahal Flora - are to be found in many museums across the globe.

But, this wonder of nature is fast disappearing and geologists say the fossils may soon all be gone.

London - Economic growth in Britain slowed considerably to 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of this year, as the housing market and consumer spending were affected by the credit crunch.

London, July 25 : A self-employed painter and decorator says he is ‘dumbfounded’ after being slapped with a 30 pound fine for smoking a cigarette in his own van.

Gordon Williams, from Llanafan, near Aberystwyth, Mid Wales, was on the way to buy tea bags for his wife when he was slapped with a fixed penalty fine.

The 58-year-old was handed a 30-pound on-the-spot fine under new anti-smoking laws that ban lighting-up in the work place.

However, Williams, a grandfather, hit out claiming the fine was unjustified and unfair because his van is a private vehicle.

London, July 25: After losing his bike recently, UK Opposition leader David Cameron said in a lighter vein that he would support invoking the Shariat Law for bike thefts.

According to The Mirror, after failing to trace his lost bike, the Tory boss jokingly said: "I am thinking of introducing Shariat law for bike theft. I will consult the Mayor of London."