World's first water-powered radio!

London,-Here's some good news for energy-
conscious music fans -- scientists claim to have created the
world's first water-powered radio.
It's inventor, Vivian Black, who helped turn the Wind-Up
Radio into a global success in the 1990s, says his water-proof
radio is powered by the motion of water flowing into a shower,
'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
The H20 water-powered radio clips onto the water pipe
that runs up to a shower head. Using micro turbine technology,
the radio is powered by the water pressure running up a pipe,
says its inventor.
"Having seen huge success with the commercialisation of
the Wind-Up Radio, we were constantly looking into new ways
that further innovations in the radio sector could be made.
"Creating the now-patented micro turbine technology, that
allows the radio to operate solely through the flow of water,
was the key to our new innovation; and thus the world's first
water-powered shower radio was created," Black, the managing
director of Tango Group, the radio's manufacturer, said.
A spokesperson for the company added: "The radio runs on
energy generated solely through the flow of water, starting as
the shower is turned on. It harnesses power that'd otherwise
literally go straight down the drain."

 'Trishna' is second Indian film: Frieda
Panaji,-Actress Freida Pinto, who plays the
lead in British director Michael Winterbottom's 'Trishna', a
modern adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel 'Tess of the
d'Urbervilles', says she considers it her second Indian film
after 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
She became an overnight star with her
role of Latika in Danny Boyle's India-based story and
'Trishna' is set in India, just like 'Slumdog' and has Indian
characters despite being directed by a British filmmaker.
Pinto, however, is yet to star in a film in her native
country.
"For me this is my second Indian film. It doesn't matter
who makes the film, it is Indian in its essence. 50 per cent
of the dialogues are in Marwari and Hindi. Even a film like
'Gandhi' was made in English but is very much Indian," Pinto
said at the 42nd Indian International Film Festival here.
    Interestingly, after she claimed that 'Trishna' is her
second Indian film, Pinto, who is yet to star in an Indian
production, she was asked what her first Indian film was.
'Slumdog Millionaire,' was her answer.
    'Trishna' has been shot in Rajasthan and Mumbai, starring
Pinto as an Indian village girl who falls in love with a rich
man.
    "We shot in a real setting in a remote village in Ossian
in Rajasthan. We lived with a real family and the shots of
everyday life are very real.
    There is a scene in the film where Pinto's character is
eve-teased on the roads of Jaipur. "People came out to help me
because they thought I was actually being harassed," said
Pinto.

Pooja out of Bigg Boss
New Delhi,-'Bigg Boss' contestant Pooja
Misrra was shown the exit door from the so called reality show
after she reportedly got physically violent with co-contestant
Siddharth.
Misrra, who spent eight long weeks in the house, was
asked
to leave after being given several warnings about her erratic
behaviour, which resulted in fights with other inmates of the
house.
She was elected as the captain this week but the model
lost her cool during an argument with Siddharth and allegedly
pushed him.
Apart from Misrra, the house will lose another member
through the eviction process. The members who are in danger
zone include Mehak, Pooja Bedi, Akashdeep and
Siddharth.

 CPI(M)demands to make Kisenji's post-mortem report public
Kolkata,-The CPI(M) today demanded that
Maoist leader Kisenji's post-mortem report be made public,
saying the controversy over his killing could be set at rest
only by it.
"What really happened will be known only after the
post-mortem report is made public. We think it is the West
Bengal government's responsibility to make the report public,"
CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose told newsmen here.
Stating that there was a controversy on how Kisenji
was killed, he said the post-mortem should be done in keeping
with the guidelines of the National Human Rights Commission
and by involving forensic experts.

 UK women 'fattest in Europe'
London,-It's official. Women in the UK are
the fattest in Europe, according to the European Union.
It's data agency Eurostat, which looked at 19 countries,
found nearly a quarter of UK women, 23.9 per cent were
recorded as being obese in the year 2008 to 2009. Just over 22
per cent of UK men were classed obese coming second to Malta.
Statisticians found the share of overweight and obese
people increases with age in all of the 19 member states that
data was available for.
After the UK, the countries with the highest levels of
female obesity were Malta, with 21.1 per cent, and Latvia,
where 20.9 per cent fulfilled that criteria.
Meanwhile, after Malta and the UK, the countries with the
highest instances of male obesity were Hungary where 21.4
per cent fall into that category and the Czech Republic,
where 18.4 per cent are classed as such.
The UK's high levels of obesity are in stark contrast to
those in countries such as Romania, where just 8 per cent of
women were classed as obese along with 7.6 per cent of men.
Obesity levels were also found to be low in Italy,
Bulgaria and France. In Italy, 9.3 per cent of women were
found to be obese and 11.3 per cent men.
Meanwhile, in Bulgaria levels of obesity for women and
men were found to be 11.3 per cent and 11.6 per cent, with
levels of France identified as being 12.7 per cent and 11.7
per cent respectively, the 'BBC' reported.
The figures suggested that the proportion of women who
are obese or overweight falls as the educational level rises.