News On Demand 12

1.Gautam Gambhir became the number one batsman, replacing Pakistani run-machine Mohammad Yousuf in the latest ICC Test Player rankings.

2.The Times of India Online has emerged as the world's No.1 English newspaper website in terms of page views.

3.Timesofindia.com with 159 million page views in May 2009 was way ahead of the New York Times, Sun, Washington Post, Daily Mail and USA Today websites.

4. The Top 5 English newspaper websites in the world in May 2009 were timesofindia.com (159 million), the sun.co.uk (142 million), nytimes.com (124 million), dailymail.co.uk (73 million) and washingtonpost.com (61 million).

5.Geoff Hiscock wrote book named:'India's Store Wars: Retail Revolution and the Battle for the Next 500 Million Shoppers'.

6. Anil Ambani on Wednesday made his debut in Hollywood film production, roping in ace directors Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider for a joint venture where he would initially pump in Rs 4,000 crore.