Yearly Archives: 2015
TRAI recommends 112 as single emergency number for India
April 7, 2015
New Delhi: A single number '112' can be used for all emergency phone calls across the country including for police, fire and ambulance, telecom regulator TRAI proposed on Tuesday.
Tech titans’ latest project: Defy death
April 7, 2015
For centuries, explorers have searched the world for the fountain of youth. Today’s billionaires believe they can create it, using technology and data.
What the massacre in Kenya reveals about America’s counterterrorism strategy
April 7, 2015
LAST WEEK four gunmen from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab stormed Garissa University College in Kenya, about 100 miles from the Somali border.
Obama defends deal as Netanyahu seeks to curb Iran’s nuclear programme
April 6, 2015
Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States on Sunday to seek a better deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme and said he would press American lawmakers not to give Tehran "a free path to the bomb."
Twitter’s Periscope and Meerkat Invade Theaters, But Movie Biz Not Too Worried
April 6, 2015
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Theatergoers are already using Twitter's Periscope and Meerkat live-streaming video apps, which have launched in the past few weeks, to broadcast movies directly from cinemas – including this weekend's blockbuster, "Furious 7."
Mumbai: Auto, taxi drivers accuse passengers of abusive behaviour
April 6, 2015
Facing stringent action, including cancellation of permits for refusing fares, fleecing passengers and misbehaving, Mumbai Autorickshaw Taximens’ Union has written a letter to RTOs, claiming that passengers misbehave with the drivers in many cases
Welcome to the Imperial City: Modi sarkar’s bizarre proposal to rename Delhi
April 6, 2015
NEW DELHI, INDIA – British socialite and politician Nancy Astor may have been a bit of a maverick but she was not much off the mark when she said, "The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.''
Ready to link Silk Road plans with India’s ‘Mausam’: China
April 6, 2015
Beijing: Ahead of this week’s annual defence dialogue, China has expressed its readiness to work with India to link its ambitious maritime Silk Road plans with India’s ‘Mausam’ project in a bid to address New Delhi’s strategic concerns and derive “common benefits”.
Here’s how much your old iPad is worth now
April 6, 2015
Five years ago today, the original Apple iPad went on sale in the US. Since 2010, Apple has introduced cellular versions, smaller versions, and ones thinner than part of a pencil.
Less than that.
Alibaba eyeing acquisition of Indian e-commerce companies
April 6, 2015
New Delhi: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is looking at acquisition of Indian e-tailers that have a large customer base as well as a robust network of merchants.
Jack Ma, one of the richest persons in China with fortunes of about $24 billion, founded Alibaba in 1999 in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang province.
