DAILY HEADLINES,17/05/07

1. A.B.Vajpayee not interested for presidential post and backs Bhairo Singh Sekhawat as NDA's candidate.
2. Vijay Mallya's UB group has acquired Scottish distiller Whyte and Mackay for an enterprise value of 595 million pounds.
3. Nicolas Sarkozy took over as president from Jacques Chirac in France.
4. Britain has now decided that the Prince Harry will not be sent to the frontline.
5. Europe's biggest film festival, the Cannes film festival opens on May 16, 2007.

DAILY HEADLINES,16/05/07

1. Young India author Rana Dasgupta has been short-listed for Britain's National Short Story Prize, which is considered world's biggest award for a single short story.His first novel, Tokyo Cancelled, was published in 2005.


2. 4 handsets were seized from controversial RJD MP Md Shahbuddin in jail raid.


3. Jet to raise funds for JetLite.


4. Mahindra surrender NFL title to Dempo.


5. Private equity firm Cerberus bags chrysler group.

Forhans-'yeh jhaagwalaa hai?'

• It was the non-foaming fluoride brand was known as "toothpaste created by a dentist" in the 1960s.
• Earlier owned by Geoffrey Manners,the brand's advertisement was very popular.Forhans-'yeh jhaagwalaa hai?'
• The brand did well in the 1970s and moved into Wyeth stable,Where the two companies merged in July 2002.However,the toothpaste did not fit into the core business of the pharma company and was sold to a little known company,John Oak Remedies,in 2005.
• Mumbai based Anchor group has acquired Forhans and ready to relaunch it.

Daily Headlines,15/05/07

1. The 2006 Civil Services Examination results were declared on Monday and Mutyalaraju Revu, an OBC candidate from Andhra Pradesh has topped the exam.


2. The Comptroller and Auditor General blames the Income Tax department for taxing Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar less and incorrectly.


3. Kapil Dev to head Subash Chandra's Indian Cricket League executive board.


4. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader A Raja will take over as the communications and information technology minister.


5. Harjit Gill, a hockey player and former resident of Jalandhar, has been elected as the first Asian mayor of Gloucester.


6. Wharton school names auditorium after Dhirubhai Ambani.


7. Mumbai based Anchor group has acquired Forhans and ready to launch it.