Yearly Archives: 2015
Indian PM Modi orders Health Ministry to increase size of pictorial warning on beedi,...
April 5, 2015
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday directed the Health Ministry to increase the size of the pictorial warning on tobacco packs to 65 per cent and not to take into account the views of people with conflict of interest.
Doping scandal: 21 Indian weightlifters test positive, get provisional suspensions
April 4, 2015
Indian weightlifting was hit by one of the biggest doping scandals in recent years after 21 lifters tested positive for banned substances.
The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has provisionally suspended the lifters, who tested positive across different championships - both out-of-competition and in-competition.
Mumbai, India: Dharavi shows the smart way
April 4 2015
MUMBAI, INDIA: I am squatting on the floor in Prabhavati Jaiswar’s home when she turns to me and says, “I don’t make tea very often, but would you like a cup?”
Humanity is ultimate religion, says Muslim girl after winning competition on Gita
April 3, 2015
In a written competition that tests knowledge on Bhagwad Gita, a Mumbai-based Muslim girl pipped 3,000 competitors to emerge the winner.
Indians are not allowed to fish in Sri Lankan waters, says President Maithripala Sirisena
April 3, 2015
Colombo: Dismissing opposition's claim that his government has given fishing rights to Indians, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said he has issued clear instructions to the navy to seize boats that violate the country's territorial waters.
Terror and talks cannot go together, BJP on Pakistan
April 3, 2015
Bengaluru: Stressing that terror and talks cannot go together, BJP on Friday said India's engagement with Pakistan would be based on strategic interests and enunciated Modi government's foreign policy pillars or "Panchamrit" of dignity, dialogue, security and shared prosperity and culture.
AAP govt says Delhi to get full wifi coverage in 2 years
April 3, 2015
New Delhi: Delhi will get full wifi coverage in two years and around 700 wifi hotspots will be set up by February 2016, state government’s Parliamentary secretary to minister of IT, Adarsh Shastri said on Thursday.
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party had promised free wifi service in Delhi during its election campaigning. Photo: Bloomberg
A Germanwings pilot did something powerful to comfort anxious passengers on his flight
April 2, 2015
Bloomberg's Lorcan Roche Kelly (@lorcanRK) tweeted the following story from his brother, who took a flight on Germanwings from Berlin to Paris today.
A Germanwings A320 aircraft takes off in October 2014.
The airline is reeling after a pilot crashed his plane into the French Alps, killing all 150 people onboard.
Will $149 Windows 10 Laptops Kill Google’s Chromebook?
April 2, 2015
Google only waited a few days to respond to news reports that Microsoft was working with its vendors to offer $149 WIndows 10 laptops. The search giant countered its rivals plans by officially announcing multiple versions of its Chromebook which will sell for $149 and a new "stick" computer-like device being sold for under $100.
Half of US workers have left a job because they hated their boss
April 2, 2015
It’s a sad state of affairs in bossland.
Horrible Bosses
