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Aditya Mittal, The Youngest Billionaire Engaged in Serious Ambitions

Administrator — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:19:18 +0100

He is a billionaire’s boy with serious ambition. Charming, articulate and handsome, with round brown eyes that mask a degree of calculation, he is already seen as likely successor to his father Lakshmi at the steel giant ...

The first Indian girl to win a gold at a Physics Olympiad...

Administrator — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:23:27 +0100

Aakanksha Sarda stood 18th in the country at the IIT JEE examinations.

The first of the series of the ambitious road shows of the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi was launched with a lot of fan fare in the God’s Own Country – Kerala. Kochi town came out in large numbers to welcome the Games’ mascot Shera.

As a part of this elaborate public contact program initiated by the ...

India clashes with Britain over Equality Bill racism law

Administrator — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:26:16 +0100

India is set to clash with Britain over Westminster's new Equality Bill which outlaws caste discrimination as a form of racism.The bill, which has been passed in the House of Lords, has been welcomed by campaigners for India's "dalits" or "untouchables", a caste which suffers extreme violence and persecution, but has been rejected by their government.There are more than 250 million dalits in India, many of whom are denied water, access to schools, and in some ca...

The rise & rise of Anish Kapoor

Administrator — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:08:23 +0100

As a break from all the dense textbooks about dusty marbles, I decided to visit Tate Modern to see Marsyas, Kapoor's monumental blood-red sculpture, which was the third commission in the Unilever series inviting artists to make work for the gallery's echoing Turbine Hall. Upon seeing it, I was amazed – a reaction ...

Switch off for the Planet - Observe Earth hour

Administrator — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:07:33 +0100

Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour was conceived by WWF and The Sydney M...

Dell Says India May Become New Technology Manufacturing Hub

Administrator — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:09:56 +0100

Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell said in a conversation with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the south Asian nation is poised to become a technology manufacturing center.

The remarks came this week during a discussion with Singh about ways to boost hardware manufacturing in India, Dell spokesman David Frink said in an interview. The company denied an account of the discussion by Singh, who said Dell may be looking for a “safer environment” than ...

Doorstep Library - The Online Book rental service

Administrator — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:50:54 +0100

Online Circulating library, provides books to every corner of India. You can access the library through online in simple steps. Browse, choose, you get your book at your doorstep, return it to get another. No need to go books shop or library.

DoorstepLibrary has a wide collection of books in all Indian languages that you can easily browse and access. It includes Biography & Autobiography, Business & Management, Crafts & Hobbies, Fiction, Health &am...

Maruti, 1st Indian firm to make 1 million cars a year

Administrator — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:22:29 +0100

Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday became the first Indian automobile company to produce one million cars in a year.The feat comes shortly after the company overtook its Japanese parent Suzuki in terms of sales.Maruti Suzuki will invest about Rs 1,700 crore (Rs 17 billion) for the expansion of Manesar plant in Haryana which will increase its capacity of producing 300,000 cars per annum to 550,000 over the next two years.

It was revealed by Suzuki Motors chairman O Suzuki whi...

CARVA.in - Spreading Legal Awareness among People for Social Change

Administrator — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:26:11 +0100

CARVA is an organisation started by students to bring awareness on laws for social welfare and social service.

CARVA' is an association of young, dynamic students who are determined and having a strong will for social welfare and social service. 'CARVA' intends to do anything and everything possible for the betterment of the society but in a lawful way. As most of the members of 'CARVA' are law students, they have a great respect towa...

Indian eye care group wins top world aid prize

Administrator — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:37:30 +0100

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Indian group Aravind Eye Care System, which performs 3,00,000 free or subsidised eye surgeries a year for the poor, will receive the world's largest humanitarian prize, jurors said on Friday.

Aravind, the world&...

How to Integrate Facebook, Twitter, and Buzz into Your Gmail

Administrator — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:28:54 +0100

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With over 9 million posts and comments in two days,

Google Buzz have become an overnight phenomenon

You must’ve suddenly found yourself using your Gmail even more than you already were.

Spending so much time in Gmail and Buzz means lesss time on Facebook and Twitter,

But who wants to sacrifice their tweeting and facebooking? :)

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Have Breakfast… or…Be Breakfast!

Administrator — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:45:05 +0100

Who sells the largest number of cameras in India?

Your guess is likely to be Sony, Canon or Nikon. The answer is: None of the above. The winner is Nokia, whose main line of business in India is not cameras but cellphones.
The reason is that cameras bundled with cellphones are outs...

Wipro first India company to offer 100% recyclable and toxin-free computers

Administrator — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:01:35 +0100

Information technology services corporation Wipro Infotech has claimed to be the first Indian company to build a 100 per cent recyclable and toxin-free computer, and joins a small group of manufacturers worldwide who have developed toxic-free electronics.

According to the company, the eco-friendly Wipro Greenware desktops are completely free from harmful chemicals such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs).

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Sachin to be part of revised version of ''Phir Mile Sur''

Administrator — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:37:49 +0100

With the new avatar of the popular ''Mile Sur Mera Tumhara'' song, which won the hearts of millions of Indians in '90s, getting a lukewarm response, its makers are planning a revised version featuring Sachin Tendulkar and some other cricket icons.

'Too much Bollywood, where is Sachin, Kalam in Phir mile sur?'

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