Top five autumn foods to gorge on

Los Angeles: Arrival of autumn brings relief from hot and sweaty days. It’s also the time to indulge in food items like caramel apples and pumpkin pie that complement the season. Eonline.com shares few essential fall foods: 

- Caramel Apples: With the ratio of fruit to candy being so high in the caramel apple equation, it can almost be called a health food. 

- Candy Corns: Eat till the time they taste amazing. Don’t wait to feel hopelessly sick to stomach. - Pumpkin Pie: It is the definitive dessert of the season.  - Mashed Sweet Potatoes: A plate piled high with buttery mashed sweet potatoes can make you work hard next day when you go to a gym, but it is one of the fall foods you should indulge in. - Cranberry Sauce: Just the colour of cranberry sauce alone inspires such a cozy fall feeling. The sauce gels with most food items.

Top five autumn foods to gorge on

Los Angeles: Arrival of autumn brings relief from hot and sweaty days. It’s also the time to indulge in food items like caramel apples and pumpkin pie that complement the season. Eonline.com shares few essential fall foods: 

- Caramel Apples: With the ratio of fruit to candy being so high in the caramel apple equation, it can almost be called a health food. 

- Candy Corns: Eat till the time they taste amazing. Don’t wait to feel hopelessly sick to stomach. - Pumpkin Pie: It is the definitive dessert of the season.  - Mashed Sweet Potatoes: A plate piled high with buttery mashed sweet potatoes can make you work hard next day when you go to a gym, but it is one of the fall foods you should indulge in. - Cranberry Sauce: Just the colour of cranberry sauce alone inspires such a cozy fall feeling. The sauce gels with most food items.

McCullum makes India favourites against Australia

New Delhi: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum feels India are clear favourites to win the home ODI series against Australia starting Sunday. 

'In their own conditions, India are surely a formidable opposition. They are incredibly well led by MS Dhoni and have got some very successful players in their ranks. Australia are a better team than what the Ashes result showed. But I still think India will win at home,' McCullum told IANS before leaving for Dhaka where he leads his team against Bangladesh.

Former New Zealand fast bowler Simon Doull concurred with his compatriot. 
'I think India are definitely better in the batting department. On the bowling front, both teams are fairly equal. I just don't see Australians getting enough runs on the board to win the series,' the cricketer-turned commentator told IANS. The seven match ODI series begins at Pune and will be preceded by a Twenty20 International at Rajkot Thursday.

McCullum makes India favourites against Australia

New Delhi: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum feels India are clear favourites to win the home ODI series against Australia starting Sunday. 

'In their own conditions, India are surely a formidable opposition. They are incredibly well led by MS Dhoni and have got some very successful players in their ranks. Australia are a better team than what the Ashes result showed. But I still think India will win at home,' McCullum told IANS before leaving for Dhaka where he leads his team against Bangladesh.

Former New Zealand fast bowler Simon Doull concurred with his compatriot. 
'I think India are definitely better in the batting department. On the bowling front, both teams are fairly equal. I just don't see Australians getting enough runs on the board to win the series,' the cricketer-turned commentator told IANS. The seven match ODI series begins at Pune and will be preceded by a Twenty20 International at Rajkot Thursday.

Football: Mexes banned for four games

Rome: AC Milan central defender Philippe Mexes was banned for four games Monday after punching Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini in a Series A clash in Italy's Turin city Sunday.

The Rossoneri centre-back's violence went unnoticed by the match officials, but was captured by TV, according to which the Italian football authorities decided to hand him a retrospective four game suspension, Xinhua reported. Chiellini had complained about Mexes' assault and demanded him to be punished. It means the French international will be out for games against Udinese, Parma, Lazio and Fiorentina.

Football: Mexes banned for four games

Rome: AC Milan central defender Philippe Mexes was banned for four games Monday after punching Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini in a Series A clash in Italy's Turin city Sunday.

The Rossoneri centre-back's violence went unnoticed by the match officials, but was captured by TV, according to which the Italian football authorities decided to hand him a retrospective four game suspension, Xinhua reported. Chiellini had complained about Mexes' assault and demanded him to be punished. It means the French international will be out for games against Udinese, Parma, Lazio and Fiorentina.

New Kerala institute to preserve ayurveda techniques

Thiruvananthapuram: An institute dedicated to documenting traditional beauty therapies and ayurveda-based systems of healing and fitness is to open here October. It will also teach courses in ayurveda, yoga and homeopathy. 

The Indian Institute of Spa Management and Research (IISRM) will be set up at a cost of Rs.15 crore. It will work in areas of traditional and natural therapies in India and abroad.

IISRM's secretary V.N Roy said the institute will work on sourcing, collating and documenting beauty traditions and traditional beauty therapies. 'We will constitute the governing and advisory council in association with the department of tourism for conducting the various programmes,' Roy said.

'Courses in ayurveda, yoga, unani, Sidda, homoeo and diploma courses for traditional beauty therapists will also be conducted,' he said. Roy said that the spa industry, which is growing at 20-30 percent annually, is highly fragmented, unregulated and exists without any standardisation. Besides, there is no regulatory body to ensure that standards are maintained in the industry.

Every spa in the country does the same traditional treatments, but differently. A simple ayurvedic massage is done in a different manner at different places. This, Roy said, was due to the lack of standards and absence of accredited training institutes, shortage of trained manpower and lack of government support.

'We expect that if standardisation is established, this industry would be the biggest beneficiary and the clients also will get a fair deal,' Roy said. The state-owned Kerala State Women's Development Corporation will also help in the new venture.

New Kerala institute to preserve ayurveda techniques

Thiruvananthapuram: An institute dedicated to documenting traditional beauty therapies and ayurveda-based systems of healing and fitness is to open here October. It will also teach courses in ayurveda, yoga and homeopathy. 

The Indian Institute of Spa Management and Research (IISRM) will be set up at a cost of Rs.15 crore. It will work in areas of traditional and natural therapies in India and abroad.

IISRM's secretary V.N Roy said the institute will work on sourcing, collating and documenting beauty traditions and traditional beauty therapies. 'We will constitute the governing and advisory council in association with the department of tourism for conducting the various programmes,' Roy said.

'Courses in ayurveda, yoga, unani, Sidda, homoeo and diploma courses for traditional beauty therapists will also be conducted,' he said. Roy said that the spa industry, which is growing at 20-30 percent annually, is highly fragmented, unregulated and exists without any standardisation. Besides, there is no regulatory body to ensure that standards are maintained in the industry.

Every spa in the country does the same traditional treatments, but differently. A simple ayurvedic massage is done in a different manner at different places. This, Roy said, was due to the lack of standards and absence of accredited training institutes, shortage of trained manpower and lack of government support.

'We expect that if standardisation is established, this industry would be the biggest beneficiary and the clients also will get a fair deal,' Roy said. The state-owned Kerala State Women's Development Corporation will also help in the new venture.

Obama to name Janet Yellen as next Fed chair

Washington: US President Barack Obama is to nominate current Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen to be the next Fed chief Wednesday, media reports said. 
If confirmed by the Senate, Yellen would be the first woman to lead the US central bank in its 100-year history. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is poised to step down in January 2014, Xinhua reported.

Yellen became the front-runner for the top job after former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers withdrew last month from the race. The nomination has been delayed by the ongoing fiscal wrangle and government shutdown, sources said.

In August, Obama said he had considered a range of highly-qualified candidates to replace Bernanke, including Summers, Yellen and former Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn. Choosing the Fed chair, probably the most powerful economic figure in the US, will be one of the most important decisions for Obama in his second term.

Born in 1946, Yellen was former president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She also served as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under former President Bill Clinton.

Obama to name Janet Yellen as next Fed chair

Washington: US President Barack Obama is to nominate current Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen to be the next Fed chief Wednesday, media reports said. 
If confirmed by the Senate, Yellen would be the first woman to lead the US central bank in its 100-year history. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is poised to step down in January 2014, Xinhua reported.

Yellen became the front-runner for the top job after former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers withdrew last month from the race. The nomination has been delayed by the ongoing fiscal wrangle and government shutdown, sources said.

In August, Obama said he had considered a range of highly-qualified candidates to replace Bernanke, including Summers, Yellen and former Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn. Choosing the Fed chair, probably the most powerful economic figure in the US, will be one of the most important decisions for Obama in his second term.

Born in 1946, Yellen was former president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She also served as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under former President Bill Clinton.