International Women’s Day: 12 Trailblazing Women Honored in Bhubaneswar, India
March 13, 2014
By Staff Reporter & Columnist, Sam Prasad Jillella
WASHINGTON DC: The United Nations (UN) theme for the International Women’s Day 2014 is: “Equality for women is progress for all.”
NSA has ‘industrial scale’ malware for spying: Report
March 13, 2014
WASHINGTON: The National Security Agency has developed malware that allows it to collect data automatically from millions of computers worldwide, a report based on leaked documents showed today.
The report said that in some cases the NSA has used a decoy Facebook server to infect a target’s computer and exfiltrate files.
2 buildings in New York City collapse after explosion, 2 dead,...
March 12, 2014
NEW YORK: A massive explosion leveled two apartment buildings in New York City, killing at least two women, injuring 18 people and blowing out windows for several city blocks. A utility company says a resident in a nearby building reported smelling gas shortly before the blast.
Missing Malaysia Airlines jet: Search spreads far across land and sea
March 12, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR: The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner expanded on Wednesday to cover an area stretching from China to the Andaman Sea, with authorities no closer to explaining what happened to the plane or the 239 people on board.
Malaysia plane still missing: Interpol rules out terror angle
Airtel hikes fixed-line internet rates up to 40%
March 12, 2014
NEW DELHI: Airtel's fixed-line broadband customers will have to shell out more for internet services from next month as the service provider has hiked the charges by up to 40% in certain plans.
The operator has informed its customers that the increase in broadband rates would be effective from next billing cycle in April.
150 trees felled near sacred Mangar forest
March 12, 2014
NEW DELHI: Around 150 trees have reportedly been felled in the densely forested parts of Mangar, off the Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, which is one of the few pristine spots left in the Aravalis in Haryana. Villages say the timber is being transported out in trucks.
Rupee retreats from 7-month high as shares fall
March 11, 2014
MUMBAI: The rupee posted its first fall against the dollar in six sessions on Tuesday, retreating from a seven-month high hit early in the session, after Reuters reported the government has put on hold plans to list domestic debt on global bond indexes.
Indian scientists warn of more intense freak weather in coming days
March 11, 2014
HYDERABAD: India's states will see more intense unpredictable freak weather in the coming days, warned climate change scientists, days after huge chunks of hail killed at least 10 people and wounded scores in Andhra Pradesh and hail storms this week destroyed cropland across Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Authorities hunt for Iranian man in missing Malaysian plane mystery
March 11, 2014
PATTAYA, THAILAND: There was still no trace of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane on Tuesday, a day after authorities questioned travel agents at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the flight with stolen passports, part of a growing international investigation.
Indian envoy presents credentials to Obama
March 11, 2014
WASHINGTON: The new Indian ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar, Monday formally presented his credentials to President Barack Obama at his oval office at the White House.
