March 16, 2012
NEW DELHI: Ace cricketers Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh Friday rubbished reports appearing in London's The Sunday Times claiming that the World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan was fixed.
March 16, 2012
Computer giant Microsoft has reportedly created a software dubbed the "Universal Translator" that can convert English language spoken to it into 26 different languages. Frank Soong and Rick Rashid -- from the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington --created the software which can also speak in the user's own voice, the Daily Mail reported.
March 16, 2012
Scorecard: Pakistan 189 for 3 (Misbah 72*, Akmal 77) beat Sri Lanka 188 (Sangakkara 71, Tharanga 57, Cheema 4-43) by six wickets
March, 2012
Foreign students from India and China are remaining in the U.S. after getting their doctorates here in large numbers and at much higher rates that Ph.D. graduates from other countries, according to a new study.
March 15, 2012
An architect of modern world music, renowned for his genre-defying collaborations, Zakir Hussain, will jam with seven mind-blowing Master Percussionists at the Kennedy Center on Saturday, March 17, from 3pm. A family-friendly entertainment event, hosted by the Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS), Zakir says: “This coming together of these unique artists might not happen again. They are truly enchanting.”
March 15, 2012
A total of 112 government websites belonging to various state government agencies, Planning Commission and Finance Ministry were hacked in the three- month period ending February 2012, Parliament was informed today. "During the period December 2011 to February 2012, a total number of 112 government websites were hacked," Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
March 14, 2012
Washington: Indian American teenager Nithin Reddy Tumma has won a whopping $100,000 prize in the prestigious Intel Science Talent competition for his research on devising a more effective and less toxic breast cancer treatment.
March 14, 2012
The custom of many Indian-Americans of keeping large amounts of high quality gold and gold jewelry in their homes is making them targets for criminals around the United States.
March 14, 2012
After presenting his maiden Rail Budget, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi told a customary press conference said that the decision to hike passenger fares was imperative.“The Railways was in big mess. I have pulled it out of ICU,” Trivedi said.
March 13, 2012
Houston A 30-year-old Indian-American pharmacist, suffering from postpartum depression, allegedly killed her one-year-old son she hated by drowning him in a bathtub.
According to police reports, Neha Patel, of Florida allegedly drowned her infant son Ishan on February 16, then wrapped him in a blanket and went on a 13-hour drive through Florida, including the Tampa International Airport, where she intended to jump from the parking structure.
