The external debt of the country slides marginally to $222.6 billion in the second quarter ended September 2008.

According to the sources from Finance Ministry, the reporting quarter witnessed lesser commercial borrowings from abroad and non-resident Indian deposits that helped to decline the debt figures.

Country's external debt was registered at $223.81 billion at the end of June. The ratio of foreign exchange reserves to total external debt also stands at comfortable level of 128.6%.

HP has introduced three new Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) products in the market. The products, namely T1000v, T1500 and R3000v are designed to offer ease of use, manageability and reliability. These products would help HP to build its portfolio in the Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure sector.

The newly launched products would offer high power efficiency and cooling optimization at affordable prices. These would enhance its datacenter solutions and management capabilities in the market.

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) has received the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) images of the moon by Chandrayaan. Scientists are observing the various aspects of the lunar surface and these images would soon be released to the general public.  

The Moon Impact Probe has started its operations after detaching from the orbiting Chandrayaan. It landed on the surface of the moon at 8:31 IST on November 14, 2008. ISRO had released two images while it was landing.   

An Indian woman, Rajo Devi gave birth to a baby girl in November at the age of 70. She was not able to conceive the child naturally but with the help of in-vitro fertilization, she got pregnant and now has a daughter, Naveen Lohan.

Tooth decay increases in children during the holiday season. The reason behind the condition is an excess of long-lasting candies, gooey frosted cookies, hot chocolate and chewy fudge.

But the age old saying of keeping teeth clean would keep all tooth decay at bay, would work not only at a particular time but throughout the year in preventing tooth decay and cavities.

Recent research has revealed that mood of a person is strongly affected by the people around him. Research team led by Dr Nicholas Christakis, a sociologist at Harvard Medical School, and including Professor Fowler analyzed 53,228 social connections between 5,124 individuals over time.

Researchers said that how grumpy people feel can be influenced not only by the state of mind of those closest to us, but also by friends of friends that we have never met like ripples from "pebbles thrown into a pond".