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GETTING SPACEY: Astronomers have discovered eight new planets outside our solar system. They are sure of their existence due to the gravitational pull they exert on the stars they orbit and their effect on the light that these stars emit.

LEASED OUT: The New Delhi Muncipal Council will give 1,000 shopkeepers in 15 markets a 99-year lease.

TEARY-EYED: Australian scientists have found that tears can help tell whether people have cancer. Tears of patients with certain forms of cancer have a darker protein.

RESURRECTED: Long derelict, Guru Ki Masit’s fortunes changed ever since heritage conservationist Gurmit Rai decided to restore its glory. Located
between Jalandhar and Amritsar, it was built by Guru Hargobind in 1630 after his battle with Jalandhar’s ruler Abdullah Khan

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TAXING BECKER: Three-times Wimbledon champ Boris Becker has been asked by the German tax administration to pay $ 4.63 million. He is alleged to have used a residence in Monaco to avoid paying taxes while still living in
Germany from 1985-93.

BREAKING UP: Official statistics reveal that the number of divorces in China have risen by an annual rate of 9.08 per cent in the last two decades, reaching to 1.199 million in 1999, with the majority of these involved in property disputes.
VEGGIE GIRLS: According to a study by pregnancy experts, diet has a strong impact on the gender of prospective babies. For example, vegetarians are
more prone to have girls and non-vegetarians, boys.

PUFF OF DEATH: The World Health Organisation has predicted that 70 per cent of deaths caused by smoking-related diseases will take place in developing countries.

-- RADHIKA K. WANKANER