Sci&Tech, Medical and Envirnoment:

The six-year-long study involving over 8,000 people by a team at Nancy University in France found that those taking multi-vitamin supplements were just as likely to develop heart disease or cancer as those who took a dummy pill.
the researchers said in a report published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
It's the worried well who are taking these pills to try and protect themselves against Alzheimer's, heart attacks and strokes
Multi-vitamin pills have become increasingly popular as a quick and easy way of topping up the body's nutrient levels.

Experts have noticed a unique behavioural pattern at Gujarat's Gir National Park, where two lions rule the biggest pride in the forest comprising 32 felines.
They do not allow the other adults to feed, mingle with each other or even let them come in vicinity of the pride
The Gir forest is the sole home to the Asiatic Lions (Panthera Leo Persica).
Observing that dispersal is a unique behaviour of animals which allows the species to occupy large and different geographical ranges as it helps them in long term survival, Kumar (DCF) said the behavioural pattern also ensures less intra-specific competition and even avoid inbreeding depression.
According to the 2010 census, the lion population in the forest has increased to 411.
- Officials attribute the rise in population to factors like better protection and other facilities, including availability of abundant prey and water for the big cats.

India needs a parallel public distribution system (PDS) in the science and technology sector to disseminate the solutions generated in laboratories, learning centres, universities and the Indian Institutes of Technology and use them to solve the problems faced by people, S.V. Raghavan, Scientific Secretary, Office of the Principal Advisor to the Government of India, has said while
Addressing the inaugural function of the fourth international conference on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
Mr. Raghavan said the National Knowledge Network involving 1,500 higher educational institutions and 30,000 colleges across the country and the rollout of the National Optical Fibre Network to villages would open up enormous possibilities.
The improvement of farm productivity, modernisation of public health centres, and creation of electronic medical records were being worked out in the coming Plan period.
the increase in the number of multiple use devices would create a huge domestic software industry that was innovative in nature.
When software becomes large and complex, it becomes layered, requiring interfaces. Standardisation and certification become part of the game.