Solar Power Mobile Phones in India

Prem Kumar — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:45:35 +0100

Vodafone Essar Ltd. unveiled a solar-powered mobile phone Tuesday that it hopes will appeal to India's rural masses who lack electricity.

India has been adding close to 20 million mobile subscribers each month, but many are in rural areas where electricity supply can be patchy at best. A third of Indians don't have access to electric power, but they do get plenty of sun.Samsung, which launched a solar-powered handset about a year ago, and now Vodafone are trying to bridge...

Time magazine apologises to Indian-Americans

Administrator — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:55:15 +0100

The prestigious Time magazine has apologised to Indian-Americans following the publication of a column by journalist Joel Stein which offended and outraged the large community, especially those in New Jersey.

"We sincerely regret that any of our readers were upset by Joel Stein's recent humour column 'My Own Private India.' It was in no way intended to cause offence," the Time magazine said after large number of Indian-Americans demanded an apology ...

Now, get your eyes tested by a cellphone

Administrator — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:09:06 +0100

A team led by an Indian-origin professor has devised a method of using mobile phones for conducting eye tests, a technique it hopes will be useful in places lacking hi-tech eye equipment.

The device, called NETRA, which means eye in Hindi, has been designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab associate professor Ramesh Raskar, visiting professor Manuel Oliveira, student Vitor Pamplona and postdoctoral research associate Ankit Mohan.

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CHERRAPUNJI: The wettest Place on Earth...

Administrator — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:30:39 +0100

INTRODUCTION TO CHERRAPUNJI

Watch out for "Hotel Hollywood" movie

sampat — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:22:06 +0100

Mumbai, Maharashtra, June 21, 2010 — Will you miss a chance to win Rs 10 lakhs? Just watch ‘Hotel Hollywood’ in Theaters starting 23 July 2010 and identify a four digit numerical code embedded in the film. The film is inspired by true events and exposes a huge cover-up by American Government surrounding an incident involving an Indian wedding party in Los Angeles. T...

Oldest City of India

Administrator — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:17:27 +0100

Varanasi , also commonly known as Benares or Banaras or Banāras and Kashi, is a city situated on the banks of the River Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, regarded as holy by Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and probably the oldest of India.

The city has been a cultural and religious centre in North India for several thousand years. The Benares Gharana form of Indian classical...

Jai Ho... New York fans ready to pay $1,000 for AR Rahman concert

Administrator — Mon, 31 May 2010 08:05:06 +0100

NEW YORK: Most international musicians barely get noticed in the bustling Big Apple, but AR Rahman is a show-stopper — and very profitable.

Fans have paid prices of up to $1,000 (Rs47,000) for 11 concerts in North America between June 11 and July 5, which are already thou...

Homeschooled 14-yr-old tops Delhi IIT entrance

Administrator — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:11:16 +0100

Fourteen-year-old Sahal Kaushik, who holds the 33rd rank at all-India level in the IIT JEE exam, emerged the Delhi region topper in the entrance examination.

At the press conference to honor the toppers, Sahal, who was too shy to speak on stage, handed the mike over to his mother Ruchi Kaushik. But that was just for a while, off the stage, the boy giggled with his friend and answered media questions quite comfortably.

"He mixes where he wan...

Why should Manipur remain in India?

Administrator — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:12:08 +0100

Kamminlung Singson was sitting next to me on a four-hour hopping flight from Delhi to Imphal. He had one year of training in a short-term programme of Indian Army and was on his way back home to Churachandpur, about 60km from Imphal. He was supposed to travel by train up to Guwahati and then take a bus, but the highways to his hometown, NH 39 and NH 53, had been blocked by Naga rebels for almost 30 days at that time, so he had to somehow arrange for an air ticket. Not many Manipuris can af...

Youth should awaken and work for a corruption free govt: Abdul Kalam

Administrator — Fri, 21 May 2010 06:04:18 +0100

Former president A P J Abdul Kalam has stressed the need for an awakening among the youth for a corruption free government and administration.

Describing the 54 crore youths of the country as its biggest asset, he said India would definitely become a super power by 2020 if youngster...

Mumbai\'s amazing dabbawalas

Administrator — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:58:45 +0100

Four thousand five hundred semi-literate dabbawalas collect and deliver 175,000 packages within hours. What should we learn from this unique, simple and highly efficient 120-year-old logistics system?

Hungry kya? What would you like: pizza from the local Domino's (30 minute delivery) or a fresh, hot meal from home? Most managers don't have a choice. It's either a packed lunch or junk food grabbed from a fast food outlet. Unless you live in Mumbai ,...

OnlineTraining-across the globe

Ajay — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:38:20 +0100

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Indian-American stands 3rd in Intel talent search

Administrator — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:10:08 +0100

Akhil Mathew, an 18-year-old resident of Madison, New Jersey, Tuesday night won the third place in the Intel Science Talent Search, America's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competiti...

Dalit woman paraded naked in Karnataka village

Administrator — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:13:16 +0100

A Dalit woman from Lakshmisagar village in Chitradurga district, Karnataka, has filed a case against eight men of Nayak community for assaulting her and parading her naked on the village's streets on January 17.

A first, Indian gods on US postages

Administrator — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:07:46 +0100

Targeting the large number of Hindus in the United States, an Atlanta-based company headed by an Indian-American has launched a series of custom-made postage stamps depicting Hindu gods and goddesses.

Every inch of India belongs to every Indian

Administrator — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:34:25 +0100

Bodhgaya (Bihar), Feb 2 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has criticized both the Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for their unwarranted attacks on north Indians, and said that every inch of India belongs to each and every Indian.

Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Bihar reminded both political outfits that the commandoes who saved Mumbai during the 26/11 terror attacks were north Indians.

During an interactive s...

India bags four gold, one bronze

Administrator — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:45:10 +0100

Indian judokas, weightlifters and cyclists landed gold medals on the third day of the 11th South Asian Games at Dhaka on Sunday.

Balvinder Singh and Vikram Solanki grabbed the gold medals in the mens 73 and 90 kg categories of the judo event at a BKSP, Savar, which is 40 k.m. away from the capital city, lifters Omkar Otari and Rustam Sarang gave India a gold and a bronze in the men’s 62 kg class.

In the morning, the men’s cycling quartet of Ama...

Facebook Jumps to third most visited site on mobile web

Administrator — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:42:51 +0100

Opera has published its State of Mobile Internet report for the month of December 2009 and the top visited sites from India are:

google.com

orkut.com

facebook.com

wikipedia.org

yahoo.com

youtube.com

songs.pk

zedge.net

cricinfo.com (new)

wap.in

And interestingly, all the top handsets belong to Nokia, topped by Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, followed by Nokia 2700c and N70.

Moreover, it’s important to ...

Faculties at IIMA decide to follow 3 Idiots

Administrator — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:59:35 +0100

In an elective course called 'Learning What is Not Taught (LWNT)' in the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), in-house and visiting faculties are adopting the line of 3 Idiots and teaching students to learn about life from beyond the textbooks and curriculum. The course took off on Saturday.

Executive director of Tata Sons Ltd R Gopalakrishnan who is the lead instructor of LNWT said, &q...

Australia forms security group to protect Indian Students in Australia

Administrator — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:46:48 +0100

london: In a bid to curb a spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia, Canberra has set up a high level group to check such assaults, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said on Wednesday.

Speaking to the press after holding talks with his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith in London, Krishna said, “Australia has established the "working group" between its central government and the administration of the state of Victoria. They will comprehen...

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