Category Archives: India
Singh Becomes Next PM of India
The exit polls have gone wrong yet again in India. While all the surveys had predicted an edge for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), they also said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would be a close second. But as results came in on Saturday, the gap between the two was expected to be a nearly [...]
UPSC 2008 results and UPSC 2009 exam links
In this years UPSC final results the first three positions were clinched by women who are trying to break the barrier for second time in as many years. This years results saw a marked improvement over the last few years and top three candidates have very different story from each other the topper Shubhra Saxena [...]
New UK Student Visa Under New System
The British government on Tuesday introduced a new strict visa regime for students from outside Europe amid a 30 percent rise in the number of Indians studying in Britain.
International students in Britain last year paid tuition fees worth a total of 2.5 billion pounds.
The British home ministry said the new system will make the visa [...]
Withdraw cash from any ATM
From April 1 you can use any ATMs of your choice without shelling out any extra money.
According to RBI directive, banks have been prevented from charging any fee for cash withdrawals using ATM and debit cards issued by other banks from April 1 onwards.
However, banks can still charge extra for services like cash withdrawal with [...]
Azharuddin Opens His Political Innings
Mohammad Azharudddin, the former cricketer who joined the Congress last month, will open his political inning from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Azharuddin’s name figures in the list of 14 candidates declared by the party on Friday for Uttar Pradesh, where the party wants to revive its lost votebase by going it alone in the polls.
The candidature [...]
India Needs More Stimulus Measures says Ahluwalia
India will need to introduce further measures to stimulate growth, said Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the nation’s Planning Commission, ahead of a Group of 20 meeting on the global economic crisis.
The new government that takes over in May after general elections will need to take steps to try and maintain the current year’s [...]
Srilankan Airlines cuts Flights to India
Sri Lanka’s national carrier has cut its flights to India by half, a report said Wednesday.
‘Sri Lankan Airlines has slashed flights to India from 100 a week to 51, as part of a cost-cutting strategy and re-aligning of services to conserve cash and maximize yields,’ Lanka Business Online (LBO) quoting a top airline official said.
‘In [...]
India’s 1st Student Made Satellite
Coming April, India’s student community will get a big morale booster when the country’s first student-made satellite will ride into space on the PSLV, (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) along with ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organization) Risat Satellite.
The “Anusat” has been designed by 37 aerospace engineering students with the help of 10 teachers from the Madras [...]
Editor of a local newspaper shot dead in Assam
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead the editor of a newspaper in India’s north-eastern Assam state, police say.
Anil Mazumder, editor of the Assamese daily Aji (Today), was attacked by armed men when he was returning home in the state capital, Guwahati, they said.
The attackers who came in a car shot at Mr Mazumder at point-blank range [...]
10$ Laptop – turns out to be a big joke
It turns the much awaited 10$ laptop is nothin more than a ebook reader with a low quality screen.
The hype surrounding the $10 laptop “prototype” with two GB RAM turned out to be a joke when the department of Human Resources
Development announced — during its inauguration in the temple town of Tirupati — that it [...]
Satyam Ex CEO Ramalinga Raju remanded to Judicial custody till Jan 23
On a day of high drama, the fallen Indian IT leader, Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, found himself drawn away from the comfort of 5-star luxury and high echelons of power to the claustrophobic confines of the Chanchalguda jail.
The Founder-Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, who admitted that the company was in a Rs 7,136-crore financial mess, [...]
Too heavy to fly – Indian Airlines Fires overweight cabin crew
India’s state-run carrier Air India has dismissed 10 women flight attendants who were grounded last year for being overweight, a report said Monday. Indian Airlines has always faced mockery about its cabin crew either too old or too heavy. Last year IA started taking action against its crew who were overweight and asked them to [...]
India releases material evidence to Pakistan on 11/26 Mumbai Attacks
India has handed over the material evidence in the Mumbai terrorist attack case to Pakistan foregin secretary in islamabad and Pakistan High commissioner.
The materials include the interrogation tapes of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Mohammed Ajmal Amir, details of the weapons and ammunition used and data from the satellite phones recovered from the attackers.The satellite phones are the [...]
Top IT companies Infosys,Wipro get threat emails
Bangalore, India
Terrorists are trying to create havoc in the silicon valley of the east, A series of threat emails were received by the top Bangalore based IT companies Infosys and Wipro. The other four company names are not available. TCS the top Indian company also has presence in Bangalore.
Bangalore home to world’s top [...]
Will China come to the Rescue of Lashkar e Taiba again?
For many who doesn’t the History of Lashkar e Taiba, this news can be surprising. But this once again proves no terrorist organization can prosper without the backup of Nations.
Last three times the UN Security council attempted to ban Lashkar e taiba’s political wing Jamaat-ud-Dawah, it was blocked by India and Pakistan’s common neighbor China. [...]
TCS , Infosys and Wipro cuts down recruiment
Mumbai, India
TATA Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro the IT biggies from India have put big brakes on the recruitment drives. Most of the IT companies were running amok in terms of recruitment for past few years in college campuses. But the current batch might have to struggle hard to find good positions in IT [...]
India releases terrorist names and details demanding action
Police in India said Tuesday they had identified the nine suspected Islamic militants killed during the three-day siege of Mumbai and uncovered new details about them — including their hometowns in Pakistan.
The new information, which included three gruesome photos of maimed faces, appeared to bolster India’s claims that all the attackers were from Pakistan.
Mumbai’s [...]
Google Earth used by Terrorists to plan attack in Mumbai
The terrorists in the Mumbai attacks recently were tech savvy and used Google earth to train and get to know about the streets of Mumbai. They also tracked the events using their web enabled balckberry. And their main communication tools were a Satellite phone and number of sim cards (to prevent being tracked), [...]
