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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi another Yashraj Flim releasing on 12th Jan 2008, starring Shahrukh Khan & newcomer Anushka Sharma in the lead roles. It is a love story directed by Aditya Chopra who is returning to direction after eight years since Mohabbatein. The first film directed by Aditya Chopra was Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge which had a all times box office hits and the next film was Mohabbatein which also did very well as that is the first movie of SRK & Big B together.

‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ tells a story that makes us believe that there is an extraordinary love story in every ordinary jodi! So naturally the excitement goes higher for the audience to see SRK and Adi to make another film and expecting a great movie from their jodi.

Will Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi continue the magic for SRK & Adi?

The world is struggling to keep global warming to two degrees celsius as governments cannot agree on the steps. Even if they agree, it will be too little too late to save the Arctic ice cap and the sea will rise 6-7 metres, says a senior expert of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC).

New research carried out since AR4 shows that the "risk of additional sea level rise from both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets may be larger than projected and could occur on century time scales". Hare, considered the world's leading scientist on polar ice caps, delivered a dire warning to the over 9,000 delegates attending the Poznan summit, which is stuck over the ways to limit global warming by 2100 to two degrees Celsius above the levels of the pre-Industrial Age.

In the Greenland ice sheet that covers the north polar region "warming as low as 1.9 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial could lead to irreversible meltdown", Hare said, adding: "This could lead to a sea level rise of 6-7 metres." In the west Antarctic ice sheet too, "risk of disintegration increases with warming", Hare said. "Observed losses (have) increased 75 percent (in the) last 10 years." This can lead to further rise of 4-5 metres in the sea level.

Is there still something we can do to minimise the global warming?

The Indian government announced major tax cuts across the board to boost demand and allocated additional funds and incentives. RBI on Saturday announced a four per cent cut in ad-valoram duty across the board, to boost additional spending, besides enhanced credit for exporters, along with a Rs 10,000 crore mop up for India Infrastructure Finance Company.

It also includes a expenditure plan up to Rs 20,000 crore in current year; total spending in four months till March expected at Rs 300,000 crore. A series of steps to boost exports; Rs 350 crore additional funds for export incentives; back-up guarantee to ECGC for up to Rs 350 crore; to be allowed refund of services in some areas.

The package also includes import duty on Naptha for use in power sector as well as export duty on iron ore to be eliminated. India Infrastructure Finance Company to raise Rs 10,000 crore through tax-free bonds by March 2009.

International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan has urged fans to join him in attending the upcoming India-England Test series and so demonstrate that "we will not be dictated to by terrorists". The first Test is due to start in Chennai on December 11 and the second in Mohali on December 19 after officials switched the venues from Ahmedabad and Mumbai respectively in response to the attacks.

Do you think is this a right time for a cricket match to begin when the entire country is batteling against terror? Or you think this will help India to regain the daily life to what was there earlier terror attack in Mumbai?