New Delhi, May 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has given its approval for increase in the present income criterion of Rs. 4.5 lakh per annum for applying the Creamy Layer restriction throughout the country to Rs. 6 lakh per annum.

Washington, May 15 (ANI): Women with a lean body shape have a greater risk of developing endometriosis than women who are morbidly obese, a new study has revealed.

Washington, May 5 (ANI): Preschool children are less likely to be obese if they live in a neighborhood that is safe and within walking distance of parks and retail services, according to a new study.

Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): The harmful combination of high alcohol intake and high body mass index (BMI) causes an increased risk of chronic liver disease, a new study has found.

Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): People who participate in community gardening have a significantly lower body mass index, as well as lower odds of being overweight or obese, than their non-gardening neighbours, a new study has found.

London, Apr 20 (Xinhua-ANI): Fitch Ratings, an international credit rating agency, Friday joined with Moody's in downgrading Britain's triple-A ratings, warning the 2.43-trillion-U.S. dollars economy's sluggish growth and burdensome fiscal austerity plan.The move came shortly after the trading close of London Stock Exchange, of which benchmark index edged up 0.69 percent and snapped a five consecutive day down.

Washington, April 19 (ANI): Video games that have some sort of social aspect leads people to exercise more frequently and helped them decrease their body-mass index, according to new research.

Tokyo/New Delhi, April 9 (ANI): Beijing's air pollution made news recently when fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the city air rose to an 'out-of-index' level of 755 mg/cu m (Milligrams per cubic meter), forcing people to use masks to protect themselves from hazardous dust particles.

London, Apr. 5 (ANI): Girls are lagging behind boys in happiness index because of pressure from an early age to look a certain way, an official Government study has found.

Sydney, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): Australia's Minster for Early Childhood Peter Garrett said Thursday that the latest data from the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) showed the country' s five-year-old children were developing better compared with the results in 2009.

London, Apr. 3 (ANI): New York's Dow Jones and SandP 500 share indexes have climbed to new all-time highs.

Bangalore, Mar 29 (Business Wire-ANI): Sachin Tendulkar is the Man of the Series as per IBM Social Sentiment Index for the Border Gavaskar Test Series.

New Delhi, Mar.28 (ANI): Mirroring the impact of the recent reforms initiated by the government to boost growth, CII Business Confidence Index, which had slipped below the psychological 50 level mark in the third-quarter of the current fiscal, rose to 51.3 in the final quarter.

Washington, Mar. 27 (ANI): People, who have high concentrations of both hydrogen and methane gasses in their breath, are more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI) and higher percentage of body fat, researchers led by an Indian-origin have claimed.

New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken today said that his ministry will frame "Slum Upgradation Index" city wise and state wise for monitoring periodically the up gradation of slums in the country.

London, Mar. 20 (ANI): The height of women's heels rise and fall in parallel with the economy, fashion experts have claimed.

Islamabad, Mar. 8 (ANI): A Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report has ranked Pakistan at 112 out of 140 countries - an improvement by three ranking points, up from 125 in 2011 to 122 in 2013.

Washington, March 8 (ANI): Young women who are obese may have a greater risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a new research.

Melbourne, March 7 (ANI): A 'mortality index' that consists of a 12-item list of health questions can help predict chances for dying within 10 years for patients aged 50 and older.

London, Mar. 6 (ANI): New York's Dow Jones share index set a new all-time high on Tuesday, and London's FTSE 100 closed at it highest level in five years.

New Delhi, Feb. 28 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the Congress-led UPA Government believes in inclusive growth with emphasis on improving the human development index.

Washington, February 27 (ANI): The size of a woman's ring finger can predict her entrepreneurship, career interests, and a host of other traits essential to success in a high stakes, high tech career, a new research has suggested.

London, Feb. 26 (ANI): Giving back through volunteering is good for the human heart, researchers at the University of British Columbia have found.

Washington, February 21 (ANI): There is increasing evidence of a connection between diet and acne, particularly from high glycemic load diets and dairy products, a new study has revealed.

Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): Google's shares have vaulted above the 800 dollars threshold for the first time ever, as the world's No.1 search engine continues its impressive performance in 2013.