Suresh Joachim (39), who lives in Toronto has set a Guinness record on Sunday by "watching television non-stop for 72 hours". Sri Lanka-born Joachim already has 53 Guinness records. He broke his own previous record of 69 hours and 48 minutes established in 2005 at New York's ABC Studios. The new record has been set at Stockholm. Many attempts were made in the past 3 years by several persons and all went in vain.

Suresh's record-breaking feat began at 8 p.m. on Thursday and ended on Sunday in the evening. He spent his time watching episodes of a drama series and drinking cups of coffee. Some of the other major records of Joachim include:

1. karaoke marathon (25 hours, 49 minutes), the longest radio broadcast (120 hours),
2. longest time standing on one foot (76 hours, 40 minutes),
3. bout of ironing clothes (55 hours, five minutes),
4. Drumming continuously for 84 hours,
5. run on a treadmill for 168 hours to cover 659.27 km,
6. carried a 4.5 kg brick for 135.5 km,
7. crawled non-stop for 56.62 km,
8. dribbled a basketball for 156.71 km in 24 hours,
9. danced for 100 hours continuously,
10. moon walked for 24 hours,
11. performed at a non-stop musical for 42 hours,
12. pushed a car for 19.2 km in 24 hours and
13. bowled for 168 hours.

Sourav Ganguly, Former Captain of Indian Cricket Team was and is never a free man. Even after his retirement from International Cricket he has engaged him in several things like IPL. Its now to the small screen. Dada has agreed a deal with popular Bengali TV channel Zee Bangla to conduct a quiz show. The show is scheduled to have 52 episodes initially. Then it may be increased if the show becomes a hit. Ganguly would be seen interacting with the masses, besides talking to celebrities.

Texting or talking on the drive has become a serious problem in the current scenario and has led to many accidents round the world. Even after banning the usage of mobiles on the drive and after knowing the dreadly effects caused by texting on the drive the condition has not been normalized. To bring the problem in control now there is a Bluetooth technology which is about to be launched which doesn't allow the driver to text or talk while the car is on.

The technology uses a special Bluetooth-equipped key. In this tech, pushing a button releases the key from its shell and also activates the embedded Bluetooth technology, which finds the person's cell phone and puts it into driving mode. So in driving mode the mobile automatically answers the incoming calls as "I am driving now. I will call you later when I arrive at the destination safely." And when the car engine is turned off, the phone gets back to its normal mode of operation. The only permitted calls while driving are Emergency Calls.

Slumdog Millionaire, the Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee is expected to be released in Tamil by the end of this month. 'Naanum Koteeswaran' - this is how the film has been titled in Tamil. 3 renowned personalities - Chimbu, SPB and Radha Ravi have been appointed to dub for the lead characters in the film.

Chimbu will dub for Jamal, the poor boy from the slum who turns out to be a millionaire. The voice for Anil Kapoor who plays the role of the host of the programme 'Who wants to be a Millionaire' is given by the great SPB. Radha Ravi has dubbed for Irfan Khan who has been given the role of a Inspector.

Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi of India won the 2009 Australian Open at Melbourne. Their mixed doubles final match was against Nathalie Dechy of France and Andy Ram of Israel. Mirza and Bhupathi took less than an hour to record a win in straight sets of 6-3 and 6-1. Mahesh and Mirza became the first Indian pair to win a Grand Slam mixed doubles title. Sania became the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam. For Bhupathi this is his 11th Grand Slam title and 2nd at the Australian Open. The 16-year-old Yuki Bhambrio of India earlier won the boy's junior championship on Saturday. This Australian Open turned out to be a season of development in the sport of Cricket for India. Let the Victorious path continue. Jai Hind ! !

Indians clinched the 2nd ODI in the 5 match series against Sri Lanka. India won the crucial match by 15 runs here in Colombo. Thilina Kandamby was the top scorer for the Lankans who remained un-beaten at 93 followed by the skipper Jayawardene.

Ishant Sharma was named the Player of the Match for his stunning 4 for 57. Indian pace attack of Zaheer, Ishant and Pravin broke the top order of the Lankans and then it was the skipper and Kandamby who came to the rescue of the home team. Kandamby remained un-beaten till the end of the match but all his efforts went in vain as India clinched the match from the hands of the Lankans. It was India's 7th consecutive win in the One day Internationals.