Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Everybody is discussing about Media trial, Media ethics, conducting sting operations and investigative journalism.Culprits who escape using their power are brought to justice by Media.We have seen that in some of the cases here. What can be worrying !!!! If Media uses unethical means to publish news and create sensation.That has led to the closure [...]

Strongest quake, measuring magnitude 8.9, triggers 10 metre-high tsunami that sweeps away homes, vehicles and crops A series of massive earthquakes have struck north-east Japan, unleashing a 10-metre tsunami that swept buildings, vehicles, crops and debris across swaths of farmland. The first 8.9 magnitude shock is said to be the biggest to have hit Japan in [...]

We all know Nandan Nilakeni was appointed as Chairam of UID. Now, TCS vice-chairman S Ramadorai is all set to be appointed an adviser to the PM on skill development as part of a government-led initiative to impart more training to the workforce. As an adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Ramadorai will enjoy the [...]

Mobile Number Portability Now we can change to any mobile service provider within a state without change in number by just paying 19Rs Cost for the change:- 19Rs Duration:- 1 week Duration to stay with Service provider:- 3 Months This would increase competition as Service providers will introduce schemes to pull customers to their network.Only [...]

Aakanksha Sarda was recently in the news for standing 18th in the country at the IIT JEE examinations. The Mumbai student is back in the spotlight again, this time for winning a gold at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO, which was held in Croatia. Sarda is the first Indian girl to achieve this feat — [...]

On an average day, the Indira Gandhi International Airport at Delhi handles over 700 flights, which carry more than 62,000 passengers. In 2002-03, the same airport was handling only 77 flights a day. Has the ten-fold increase in passenger traffic been accompanied by a concomitant upgradation of facilitates related to air safety.This is the possibly [...]

                                 A landmark court victory last week was won by Hindus and Sikhs in Britain that will allow mourners to cremate their dead on funeral pyres.                                 The ruling was given after a lengthy battle waged by Davender Kumar Ghai, 71-year-old Hindu for the right to be cremated by “sacred fire” according to the ancient diktats [...]

                                I was really shocked when my college got the Deemed University status.It is a good college but not worth to be a University.Our college is also in the list of colleges which govt has derecognised. The 44 “deemed” universities, including one promoted by I&B minister of state S Jagathrakshakan and three government-sponsored ones, are [...]

Map  Location                  Severe damage and casualties in the Port-au-Prince area. Felt throughout Haiti and the Dominican Republic, in Turks and Caicos Islands, southeastern Cuba, eastern Jamaica, in parts of Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, and as far as Tampa, Florida and Caracas, Venezuela. Haiti Six Days Later Magnitude 7.0 Date-Time Tuesday, January 12, 2010 [...]

2009 US Open Finals: Juan Martin del Potro def Roger Federer     Juan Martin del Potro (6)    3  7  4  7  6  Roger Federer (1)    6  6  6  6  2  The 20 year old Del Potro denies 6th US Open Title to Federer in his first Grandslam final.Top seed Federer was beat by [...]