Washington: Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine. Google’s announcement came as the News Corp. chairman, who has threatened to block the Internet giant from indexing his newspapers, and [...]
Arecent study has proved that certain junk foods contain good amounts of antioxidants and they can in fact be good for the heart. While it isn’t Junk food recommended that one thrive on these foods, indulging in some of them, in limit of course, may do you a whole lot of good. Some examples of [...]
Maharashtra : An explosive report in a top daily says Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan’s election campaigns during the just concluded assembly elections ran as news but not as advertisements. The Chief Minister said he spent a mere Rs 5,379 on newspaper advertisements and another Rs.6,000 on cable television ads. These figures don’t match the unprecedented [...]
Hyderabad: Byelection to the Pulivendula assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, necessitated by the death of late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, will be held on December 19. The Election Commission of India issued the schedule in this regard today, while the notification for the bypoll will be issued on November 25. The last date [...]
Washington: US space agency NASA has signed an agreement with ISRO to use data from Indian satellite Oceansat-2, for various American agencies for research activities, including weather forecasting. Launched on September 23, 2009 using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota, Oceansat-2; is designed to provide service continuity for operational users of the Ocean Colour [...]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the country’s focus on the war against terror is being affected because of persistent tensions with India. “While Pakistan is fully committed to taking to logical conclusion the ongoing operations against the Taliban, the country’s forces are overstretched because of perpetual tensions on the eastern [...]
Islamabad : Is the Obama Administration in secret talks with Islamabad on securing Pakistan nuclear arsenal, which has been a constant source of worry for New Delhi? An article in the New Yorker that talks about clandestine negotiations between the US and Pakistan on safeguarding the latter’s nuclear arsenal has kicked up a controversy. Excerpts [...]
Cleveland : The discovery of 11 bodies in one home in a run-down neighborhood here has relatives of the presumed victims wondering how such a gruesome scene could have gone unnoticed for perhaps years, and they charge that police ignored their missing person reports. The man who lives in the home, 50-year-old Anthony Sowell, was [...]
Mumbai:.The actress Kareena Kapoor will be endorsing Size Zero laptops. Japanese electronics giant Sony had signed her up to endorse its ultra slim range of laptops. Kareena Kapoor got a perfect Size Zero figure for her movie Tashan which was equally flopped but without looking back Kareena Kapoor is ready to go on a long [...]
London: English singer Cheryl Cole has revealed she listens to her own records at home. The singer whose debut solo single “Fight for this love” reached number one in Britain charts last week, insists she can’t expect her fans to buy her music if she won’t play it herself, reports. “I wanted my album, ’3 [...]
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