First drive: Tata Sumo Gold

My first memory of the Sumo is of a massive vehicle barrelling towards my dad's car while waiting at a red light. I remember it coming to a halt next to our car and sort of going into a nosedive.

In my childhood ignorance, oblivious to the benefits of hard suspension, I thought "wow! That must be fun." It’s been several years since that day and now as fate would have it, I was sitting at the wheel of the new Tata Sumo Gold.

Now, cure migraine with a botox jab

New Delhi: Severe headaches for days, nausea and vomiting - migraine patients go through hell. In fact it has been ranked as the 19th most disabling disease by WHO. But anti-ageing drug botox can bring some relief to chronic patients, say experts, though there is not much awareness about this cure yet.

Jamuna Pai, a Mumbai-based cosmetologist, told IANS that botox "blocks the pain pathways and beautifully treats migraine. We people who have not gone through migraine don't know what it can do".

FIAL to supply Fiat diesel engines to Maruti

New Delhi: Auto makers Fiat and Suzuki Motor Corporation today said they have reached an agreement to supply Fiat diesel engines to India's largest car company Maruti Suzuki.

"Fiat India Automobiles Ltd (FIAL) will supply up to one lakh 1.3 litre MultiJet 75hp SDE engines per year to Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) starting from January 2012 for a period of three years," a joint statement said.

Oprah scheduled to attend Jaipur Literature Fest

The talk show queen attended a star-studded party hosted by Parmeshwar Godrej in Mumbai on Monday.

James Bond getaway car gets a new lease on life

Tokyo: For a former James Bond car, it's a chance to live twice.

Japanese engineers put a new spin on an old classic car for a recent auto show, remodelling a Toyota 2000GT with solar panels and high-tech gadgets to make it 100 per cent electric and solar-powered.

Mahindra XUV500 bookings to reopen on Jan 25

Hyderabad: Leading SUV maker Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (M&M) said it will open the second phase of bookings for XUV500 for 10 days from January 25.

The company has decided to undertake a draw in the next round of bookings in case the requests for the latest Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) from the M&M stable exceed 7,200.

India becomes polio-free, but threat remains

Howrah: India has completed one entire year without registering a single polio case in any part of the country. Bringing down the number from 2 lakh a year to zero is a commendable achievement and an example before other countries to follow. But there is hardly any room for complacency.

Two-and-a-half-year-old Ruksaar from Shahpara village in Howrah district is the last registered case of polio in India, and the credit goes to government health workers and the UNICEF. Her father Abdul Shah, who missed out on timely vaccination for Ruksaar, is now one of the strongest advocates of polio immunisation in his village.

First drive: 2012 Maruti Swift Dzire

Maruti revealed the new Swift Dzire at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. And the new car is a looker compared to the outgoing model which was rather frumpy.

A new front bumper with a wider smile, shorter boot (just 145mm longer than the Swift) and new tail lamps with chrome accent adding a little bling to the Dzire. Maruti claim that the car is all new from the A-pillar rearwards when compared to the new Swift that it is based on.

Bumper crop from new maize gene?

London: The discovery by British scientists of a new 'provisioning' gene in maize plants that regulates the transfer of nutrients from the plant to the seed could lead to increased crop yields and improve food security.

Scientists from Oxford University and the University of Warwick, in collaboration with the industry have identified the gene, called Meg1. They report their findings, which they believe could help to increase global food production, in this week's Current Biology.

Homeopaths say they can cure cancer

From 99 remedies 200 years ago to more than 5000 today, the homeopathy industry is growing at 30 per cent annually.