February 26, 2012
n 1995, one year after India began to liberalize the telecom sector, the telephone was still a luxury for most Indians. A couple of years later, the newfound toy called the mobile phone was still a status symbol that required payments for incoming calls. Today, your milkman, your carpenter and the kabadiwala who collects your junk carries one.
Febraury 26, 2012
Sydney: The spirit of cricket debate was reignited once again at the ongoing ODI tri-series and it was India at the centre of it all yet again. The action unfolded in the 24th over of the crucial India-Australia league match which Mahendra Singh Dhoni`s men had to win to stay afloat in the series.
February 26, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who vowed last month to more than double India's R&D spending to $8 billion a year by 2017, has expressed concern over countries like China overtaking India in the field of science.
February 26, 2012
Addressing a youngsters' camp in Ahmednagar, social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said that 2014 would be "the year of change". Inaugurating the 'National Youth Integration Camp' organized by Snehalaya and National Youth Project, Hazare said, "Mentality of the Indian youth is changing rapidly, and the year 2014 would be the year of change. If the youth resolve, they can change the system."
February, 2012
India, which has been polio-free for over a year now, was today taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation. This announcement was made by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at the polio summit 2012 here in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
February 25, 2012
Whenever he gets a chance, the romantic hero is praising the media and lifting them to sky these days. After 'Love Failure', Siddharth has analyzed his past 'failures' it seems.
February 25, 2012
The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) Friday moved the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into Home Minister P. Chidambaram's role in fixing the 2G spectrum prices along with then telecom minister A. Raja. Chidambaram was the finance minister when the alleged multi-million-rupee scam took place.
February 25, 2012
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notices to Director General of Tamil Nadu Police and Chennai District Magistrate asking them to investigate the death of five suspected burglars in a police encounter.
February 24, 2012
The iPhone 5 might not be arriving any time soon, but that hasn’t stopped artists and design firms from creating their own mock-ups.
After analyzing the various iPhone 5 rumors, Italian designer Federico Ciccarese came up with these gorgeous renders.
February 24, 2012
At a time when top politicians and bureaucrats are disclosing the details of their personal wealth so as to bring transparency in their public life, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi has refused to do so, citing personal freedom and security risk.
