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 gian...

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 Indian girl to win a gold at a Physics Olympiad

Administrator — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:27:14 +0100

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

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...

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...

Indians rank fourth in Australia\'s biggest migrant community

Administrator — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:58:14 +0100

MELBOURNE: The Indian community in Australiahas multiplied in the last six years, surpassing Italians and topping the chart of biggest migrant community on fourth rank.

According to 'The Age' report, the country now had more Indians than Italians which had doubled in just six years.

Quoting new data, the report said the immigration department estimated in 2007-08 the stock of migrants from Indiagrew more than any other...

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 ,...

A BPO to be established in Hyderabad Central Jail for Educated Prisoners

Administrator — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:10:56 +0100

For the first time in India, a BPO is going to be set up in a prison which will be run by educated prisoners. Cherlapalli Central Jail in Hyderabad is all set to become the first jail in the country to feature a BPO in its jail premises. Jail authorities already had a deal with private IT Solution Company and soon this BPO project will be initiated. A well known IT firm Radiant Info Systems has signed the deal with jail authorities to set up a BPO exclusively for prisoners.

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Anand wins world chess crown of 2010-2011

Administrator — Fri, 14 May 2010 07:46:23 +0100

SOFIA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Viswanathan Anand, 40, was officially crowned here on Thursday as the world chess champion for the 2010-2011.

The Indian grandmaster retained his title against Veselin Topalov in 12-game match achieving 6.5 points while the challenger managed to ge...

Takshila: World\'s first University

Administrator — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:14:10 +0100

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Should Mumbai be made a Union Territory?

Administrator — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:08:59 +0100

Fifty years after their formation as different states of the Indian Union, Gujarat and Maharashtra have much to be proud of. Both states are among India's developed and industrialised states. Both st...

First Indian professor to become the Dean of the Harvard B-school

Administrator — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:31:27 +0100

Indian-born business administration scholar Dr Nitin Nohria is set to become the tenth Dean of Harvard Business School (HBS). Dr Nohria who is currently the Richard P Chapman Professor of Business Administration at HBS, has also held senior administrative positions at the School, including senior associate dean for faculty development and chair of HBS' organisational behaviour unit.

Dr Nohria graduated in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Te...

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