It has been recently revealed that there is a recent scare of encephalitis in the country. Out of all the blood samples that have been taken so far, 20% have been tested positive and this is now a major issue of concern for health authorities. The disease originated from Japan, and has already claimed about 1000 lives in Bihar and UP this year. The disease actually transmits from pigs to humans, through mosquitoes.

As per reports, a study, which disregards official explanations of the recent Fukushima Daiichi's radiation accident, has claimed that as compared to the predicted release, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant might have unconstrained two-times as much radiation into the environment.

Sony Ericsson's chief executive Bert Nordberg has said that the company, which is a joint venture between Japan's Sony Corp. and Sweden's Telefon AB L. M. Ericsson, would become a complete smartphone manufacturer by the mid of 2012.

In an interview with WSJ, Mr. Nordberg said that the company had been closing down low-end phone business to build up a complete smartphone business.

Soon many people will proceed towards their Antarctic hunt to initiate their whaling business and thus to protect all those crew members from any of the dangers, a report from the concerned authorities in Japan has recently suggested that the government of the country is planning to raise the budget of the whaling business in order to provide maximum protection to all the crews that are planning as well as preparing for this year's Antarctic hunt.

Japanese entertainment giant Sony pulled PlayStation Network (PSN) service offline between 5PM and 9PM British Standard Time for maintenance.

Pulling the PSN offline affected core services such as account registration, account management and the PlayStation Store.

During the downtime, PSN members were not able to log into the network. However, those who were online before the start of the maintenance remained signed in.

At the 21st Ig Nobel prizes ceremony in Boston on Thursday, ten areas of research were celebrated, and achievements which "first make people laugh, and then make them think" were awarded.

Since the Ig Nobel awards are essentially a take-off on the prestigious Nobel prizes, horseradish-based wasabi alarm system for the deaf made it to the historical records after being awarded the Ig Nobel prize for chemistry.