Kate's 30-hour drinking binge

Kate is busy partying.

Kate Moss reportedly enjoyed a 30-hour drinking session with her new love interest. The supermodel and the mystery man — who bears a striking resemblance to her ex-boyfriend Pete Doherty — were joined by Kate’s close pal Davinia Taylor at a London house party.

Caterers were seen arriving with crates of champagne and music equipment and the bash lasted until the morning.

A source reveals, “The three of them arrived at their friend’s house party at tea-time. Kate’s arm candy obviously underestimated his famous girlfriend’s boozy prowess, and arrived with just one bottle of wine. However, caterers soon arrived, so alcohol was flowing all night. Kate spent most of the bash attached to his face, only breaking away for air or alcohol.”

Angelina Jolie's new tattoo

Angelina Jolie has a tattoo dedicated to Brad Pitt in an intimate place. The Hollywood star has tattoos of the co-ordinates where each of her children was born, etched on her left upper arm, but her tribute to Brad is hidden in a more private place.

According to Angelina, “The tattoo on my arm shows the co-ordinates of where each of my children first entered my life. I have Mad, Zahara and Shiloh, but I have to get Pax’s co-ordinates. I’ve got lots of room.”

And as for Brad’s co-ordinates, the Tomb Raider actress revealed, “Brad is somewhere else!” 32-year-old Angelina and Brad, 43, have four children together, Cambodian son Maddox, six, Ethiopian daughter Zahara, two, three-year-old son Pax from Vietnam and 15-month-old biological daughter Shiloh.

But despite their multi-cultural origins, Angelina insists the children all look out for each other like any other siblings would.

ISRO bleeds as scientists leave

NEW DELHI: The country's premier space agency — ISRO — is bleeding. Droves of scientists are leaving for greener pastures with the result that ISRO is hiring scientists in a great hurry to replace hundreds of trained hands. Last year, it hired 354 fresh scientists, but 187 trained ones left the organisation. In other words, 53% scientists left ISRO compared to its intake.

The trend is only growing. Against a nearly similar level of fresh recruits in 2004 and 2005 (360 and 346), the number of those who left the organisation was 105 and 100. If you take all three years together, and you get a sense of the high level of attrition. In 36 months, ISRO has lost 392 scientists against 1,060 it has hired. This means almost 11 scientists are leaving every month. These disturbing figures were disclosed by the government in Parliament on Wednesday.

Minister in the PMO, Prithviraj Chavan, told the Lok Sabha that better money offered by private sector was the main reason for the rising attrition rate.

This trend is not unique to ISRO. The government has already admitted that a good number of scientists have quit the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) in recent years and it was finding it difficult to stem the outflow as the monetary incentive outside the government was much higher.

"The stupendous growth of IT and communications sector and the higher remunerative packages offered by the private sector are the main reasons for scientists/engineers to leave ISRO," Chavan said. The Department of Space (DoS), he said, had petitioned the Sixth Pay Commission for higher pay and incentives like performance-based increments and special allowances as one of the measures to retain talent. A similar request was made on behalf of the DAE.

But a Pay Commission source said they had received such petitions from "everyone". "Everyone is dangling the quit threat if salaries are not hiked substantially," he said. "It's too early to say, but we're not sure if all demands can be met, considering the expenses involved. Even if we recommend higher pay scales and a better incentive regime, it is up to the government to accept or reject the recommendations."