Archive for March, 2008
Sewage falling into Ganga causing cancer, SC informed
The Supreme Court today decided to hear the issue of discharge of untreated sewage into the Ganga posing a cancer threat to people living on its banks.
Two applications filed in the apex court pointed to threat of deadly diseases afflicting due to domestic sewage pollution of the Ganga in 36 towns in four states of […]
Agarwalla Brothers May Make Millions From Scrabulous
Brothers Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, the creators of the online word game Scrabulous, could make millions of dollars from their game, which started off as a hobby. The rights to for the Scrabble board game are held by Hasbro in North America and Mattel in the rest of the world. Both companies kicked off an […]
India running short of product managers,technical architects: Survey
Indian software product development companies are currently witnessing a dearth of product managers and technical architects, according to a study.
India currently has around 800 product managers and 2,500 technical architects though the demand for the same was three times more, according to Pari Natarajan, CEO of Zinnov, a consulting firm which has released the results […]
Kashmir Singh admits he was a spy
Kashmir Singh, who was freed from Pakistani jail after 35 years, on Friday admitted that he was an Indian spy and did his best to serve the country, but deplored that successive governments at the Centre did nothing for his family.
“After my arrest in 1974, the successive governments did nothing for my family. […]
Four Indians in Forbes list of 10 richest in the world
Four Indians are among the 10 richest in the world, the highest number from a single country, according to Forbes’ list of world’s billionaires.
While Warren Buffet, the Berkshire Hathaway investor, takes the title of the world’s richest man from Microsoft chief Bill Gates who slips to third place after a 13-year reign at the top, […]
India May Ask Banks to Lower Home Loan Interest Rates
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said Indian banks should consider lowering rates on some housing loans while the central bank maintains high borrowing costs to curb inflation.
The government may ask banks to lower interest charges on housing loans of up to 2 million rupees ($50,000), Chidambaram said at a conference in New Delhi today. The Reserve […]
Remorseless Hayden relishing bad reputation
Matthew Hayden’s recent comments about Harbhajan Singh have upheld his reputation as Australia’s most unforgiving on-field sledger. By David Hopps.
Matthew Hayden has escaped with a reprimand from Cricket Australia after a Brisbane radio interview in which he vilified the Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh as an “obnoxious weed” and happily imagined teaching their spindly, young fast […]
Second Round auction next week: Modi
The Cricket Board-floated Indian Premier League (IPL)will conduct a second players’ auction next week to enable franchises, that have money left after the initial auction held on February 20, from the five million USD cap, supplement their player base.
“We plan to hold an internal players auction next week with only the team mangement who have […]
India has the last laugh after a bitter summer: Aussie media
Australian media again highlighted off spinner Harbhajan Singh as India claimed epoch-making tri-series victory at Brisbane and described the young side’s feat as having “the last laugh after a bitter summer of explosive tensions”.
Harbhajan, who had hit headlines throughout the long tour for being at the centre of off-field controversies, proved to be the nemesis […]
US pushes India on nuclear deal
NEW DELHI: The United States on Wednesday urged India to quickly complete all steps required to conclude a civilian nuclear technology deal with Washington before the US presidential polls in November.
“Time is very tight” to get the deal through the US Congress before the United States goes into election mode, US Assistant Secretary […]