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Feb 1 2008
Microsoft’s bold bid to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 bn will certainly change the face of Internet however, only time will tell how far the marriage of two ailing Internet businesses can make a dent on the mammoth Google. Moreover, with few investors...
Oct 25 2008
Slid from a greasy street into the neon clammy subway on a rainy working morning to join the other black-clad human statues placed respectfully apart. Two minutes later all thrust together like chickens into the green train with no noise except the...
Nov 26 2008
Terrorists have once again struck in Mumbai. At least five incidents of indiscriminate firing by alleged terrorists have been reported from this business capital of India, on Wednesday (Nov. 26) after 10 in night. The prestigious hotel, The Taj has.
Nov 24 2008
The problems faced by the modern Arab World are largely due to its modernisation. And therein lies a cruel irony.
Most Arab societies did not initiate their own processes of modernisation, because those processes came into being under European...
Nov 18 2008
A massive turn out of 63.75 per cent voters marked the first phase of the seven-phased Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections2008 that concluded on Tuesday.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Mr. B. R. Sharma, following is the percentage..
Jay,
Oct 28 2008
This week promised to be full of joy and excitement as everyone got in the festive mood of celebrating Diwali. It started with Dhanteras falling on Sunday, when one would buy gold or new items for their homes or for themselves. One could see the..
Oct 30 2008
I am high above the silent Earth, floating freely, looking down calmly and serenely at my home planet. I know that there is no such thing as time.
I am here because I am waiting, timelessly, for what I know must come.
This is a strange yet...
Oct 28 2008
Although the title is an oxymoron since the Kingdom is itself based on the most extreme form of Islam ever established at state doctrine, it is true that the Kingdom has been taking the fight to Al'Qaeda.
Saudi Arabia was late to sign onto...
Provincial Assembly Brings Up the Issue of Equal Quota for Female Students in Educational Institutes
Feb 13 2009
Should female students be allowed a 50% quota in admissions in educational institutes? This question was taken up for discussion by the Punjab Assembly and some members objected to the allocation of seats on the basis of gender.
In response to...
Jan 15 2008
Military officials said Monday that about 3,200 Marines are being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan — a move that will boost combat troop levels in time for an expected Taliban offensive this spring. ADVERTISEMENT
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Puja,
May 8 2006
All the DD viewers we have happy news for you, in a major spreading out mission, National Broadcaster Prasar Bharati is all set to mount its television channels to 51 and radio channels to 20 on the DTH platform.
At present, the Prasar Bharati is...
Sep 21 2008
Antarctica is a desert... and polecat is NOT a cat!
Reaction #1: So what? I'm not planning a trip to Antarctica, nor am I interested in owning a damned cat!
Reaction #2: Oh, really? I had a bit of doubt regarding that Antarctica, but you...
Mar 8 2009
Women Are More Corrupt And Vile Than Men.(This letter by Jana has appeared in the THE WEEK's, Jan 27, 2008 edition)
I respect Shobhaa De for her analytical power and bold views. But I was disappointed to read the column "M-i-Is escape grind"...
Jan 2 2009
A SMS Channel for Spreading knowledge to help people get wiser. A Wisdom Society is one where all the individuals are working towards the same real objective of reaching a state of absolute contentment.
Jun 6 2009
Before anyone jumps in to accuse me of being a feminist as many have done before just hear me out.Previously I was one of the anti reservation brigade, the present SC/ST reservation scenario is not actually appealing. The creamy layer and the...
Feb 18 2009
It is no more a man's world and a majority of men firmly believe that the world is dominated by "the better half" and they have lost
their traditional role in society, a new research has shown.
About 52% of survey participants said that men have...
Aug 21 2008
This was a quote from former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Today, it applies not just to Israel and the Arabs, but to the world and the Radical Islamists as a whole.
I have to get this out of the way from the outset. I am not using the...
Oct 30 2006
Finally, Sanchita Chatterjee, 14, (Kolkata) have gone a long way and competed with 21 others in Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs contest. Her eyes were full of tears as well as dreams for the future too.
She put her first step with confident...
Jun 21 2006
I guess there is no better solution to the rising fuel cost, then switching over to Battery-operated bikes - it has become a worldwide trend and India is also a partaking in such trend.
It is good to hear that Indian companies, Ace Motors and...
Nov 29 2005
David Beckham, England football team captian has opened up a football academy in Los Angeles. The academy will admit 15,000 boys and girls, many of them free.
Around 10,000 children will get free admission while others will pay for a three or a five...
