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Bangalore, June 1 (IANS) When Japanese homemaker Tomoko Matsuda, a resident of India’s IT hub Bangalore, performed the ‘mudras’ of Bharatanatyam to perfection in a packed auditorium at a college here, the audience shouted for an encore.

And it did the same when Hiroshi Chiba, an engineer with Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd, sang yesteryears’ popular Kannada film song “Santoshakke” (for the sake of happiness). Then, everyone in the auditorium Sunday night got up to jive to the encore.

Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) Indian equities markets soared soon after the opening bell Monday, with a key index rising over 244 points within the first 15 minutes of trading.

The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, opened at 14,746.51 points, above Friday’s close of 14,625.25. Within 15 minutes, it had risen to 14,870.01 points, 244.76 points or 1.67 percent above the last close.

New York, June 1 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle made their first visit to New York City on Saturday to enjoy a Broadway play, and received standing ovation from the audience before the show started.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone started more than 45 minutes late, while employees flickered the lights on and off in an attempt to calm down the clapping audience.
“We had no idea he was going to be here. We were really lucky to come tonight. People were standing on top of their chairs clapping for him,” the New York Daily News quoted one Maisha McGill, 28, as saying.

London, June 1 (ANI): Speaking for the first time about his helicopter training, Prince Harry has confessed that flying is tougher than he ever thought it to be.

London, June 1 (ANI): Even people considered to be multi-tasking may finding it difficult to type an email using a mobile phone while walking, but a new iPhone application is now here to make it child’s play.

Email ‘n’ Walk from Phase 2 Media can make it possible for a person to keep an eye on the phone’s screen as well as the path ahead.

Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Volunteers involved in relief operations in the cyclone ravaged Sundarbans of West Bengal are fearing an epidemic once the floodwater recedes in the mangrove forests that cover the region.

“We are apprehending that many water-borne diseases might break out in Sundarbans villages once the water level starts going down in the next couple of days,” Subhro Sen, a voluntary relief worker, said Monday. Sen, from the Sundarbans programme of WWF, rushed relief material to the area two days after the cyclone.

Sydney, June 1 (DPA) Fifteen Australian men have been arrested in a global swoop on those who downloaded a film clip of the rape of an 8-year-old Russian girl, police said Monday.

They expect to pick up at least 30 suspected paedophiles as they run through the list of those who accessed the film in the four months it was on the internet last year.

Most Indian homes in Australia have had this phone call from concerned family in India by now. “Are you alright? What are they doing to you guys over there?”

Tokyo, June 1 (DPA) Tokyo stocks rose Monday following Wall Street’s week-ending rally.

Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 75.08 points, or 0.89 percent, 9,597.58, and the broader Topix index of all first-section issues was also up 8.5 points, or 0.95 percent, to 906.41.

New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan did it in “Don” and then in “Om Shanti Om”. Now Shahid Kapur and Akshay Kumar are also set to play twin avatars in their forthcoming films – the trend of double roles seems to be catching on in Bollywood again.

While Shahid plays two different roles in Vishal Bharadwaj’s “Kaminey” – he will be seen as a boy-next-door as well as a ruffian – Akshay will do the same for Vipul Shah’s “Time Machine”.