New Delhi: There is fresh trouble for Kingfisher Airlines. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has summoned its CEO Sanjay Aggarwal to appear before the aviation regulator on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Kingfisher on Monday cancelled 30 more flights in Mumbai and Bangalore while it rescheduled two others. Kingfisher operations at the Kolkata airport were also shut till March 3. The move by the airlines came a day after it cancelled...
10:51:52 AM Feb 20, 2012
On a day when television channels stayed focused on the fallout of the ongoing tussle between the Army Chief and the Government, hundreds of people ...
03:52:12 PM Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: Narayana Hrudayalaya, founded by heart surgeon Dr Devi Shetty, and Red Bus, the online bus ticket booking business founded by Phanindra Sama and his BITS Pilani peers, are the only two Indian companies which feature in business magazine Fast Companys The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies list. Dr Shetty's venture grabbed the 36th spot on the list which includes power companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon,...
03:40:40 PM Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama will award nine scholars the 2011 National Medal for Humanities including India's Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen. Sen will be felicitated for his insights into the causes of poverty, famine, and injustice. "By applying philosophical thinking to questions of policy, he has changed how standards of living are measured and increased our understanding of how to fight hunger," said a White House statement. The...
08:52:42 PM Feb 11, 2012
David Cameron came to power promising a new relationship with India. Turns out, India too wanted the same thing! By September 2010, India had decided ...
09:22:28 PM Feb 06, 2012
Just when in many of the less developed regions, girls' past disadvantage in mortality at ages between one and four appears to be easing, India and China have stepped in to spoil the party. A report has been published by the Population Division of Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, which shows that the two emerging countries have been the worst performers in addressing this malaise. In India,...
02:54:19 PM Feb 01, 2012
Chicago: An American television station that sparked an outrage among the Hindus by using the term 'weird' to describe their deities in a sports commentary, has removed "objectionable" content from its website after protests from the community. The commentary on an ice hockey match published on NBC Chicago website titled 'Why a 3-1 Blackhawks Loss Isn't So Bad', detailing Nashville Predators beating Chicago Blackhawks 3-1, said Predators were 'swallowing up...
08:38:36 AM Jan 27, 2012
Chicago: An American television station in Chicago has offended the Hindu community after a sports commentary on its website used the term 'weird' to describe their deities. The commentary on an ice hockey match published on NBC Chicago website on Wednesday titled 'Why a 3-1 Blackhawks Loss Isn't So Bad', detailing Nashville Predators beating Chicago Blackhawks 3-1, said Predators were 'swallowing up space like some weird Hindu god'. Nevada-based Hindu...
02:01:16 PM Jan 26, 2012
Islamabad/Dubai: Indians worldwide soaked in the spirit of patriotism as they celebrated the Republic Day with fervour on Thursday to mark 63 years since the establishment of the Indian constitution. At the Indian High Commission in the Pakistani capital, High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal hoisted the national tricolour at an official function. Sabharwal read out President Pratibha Patil's address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day and children of...
01:11:29 PM Jan 26, 2012
The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the International Relations department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia has recently come out with the much-awaited global rankings for think tanks for the year 2011. And in spite of the mushrooming growth in the number of think tanks in India, not a single one figures in the top 30 global list. China and Brazil have one each and Poland has...
06:55:54 PM Jan 23, 2012
Washington: An Indian tourist visiting America in 2010 spent at an average more than Rs 2 lakh during their stay in Washington, thus contributing an estimated whopping $ 2.86 billion to the US economy. Well aware that the ultimate economic impact to the US economy would be multiple of that, US President Barack Obama, on Thursday targeted India, Brazil and China to attract more foreign tourists, so that his country...
10:30:53 AM Jan 20, 2012
London: Amidst a spate of robberies for gold items in homes belonging to people from the Indian subcontinent, the British police on Wednesday issued specific crime prevention advice, asking members of the community not to keep articles made of the precious metal at home. Such robberies have been reported from various parts of Britain, particularly from places with high concentration of the Asian community that traditionally saves and stores gold...
08:52:17 AM Jan 19, 2012
Houston: Indian-origin Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal took the oath of office for his second term before hundreds of people, with a focus on education and a pledge not to rest on the accomplishments of his first four years. "I Bobby Jindal do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and laws of this state, Jindal said as State Supreme Court...
08:32:06 AM Jan 10, 2012
Jaipur: Gandhian philosophy and thoughts are relevant in today's changing world and can help in finding the solution to any problem, adviser to the Prime Minister, Sam Pitroda said on Sunday. "Gandhian philosophy and thoughts are relevant in the changing world of today and can help in difficult time, and the philosophy is also important for global peace," Pitroda said at a plenary session of the 10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas....
11:14:50 PM Jan 08, 2012
Jaipur: Fulfilling the long-standing demand of its diaspora, India on Sunday said it would allow Non-resident Indians (NRIs) to vote and participate in the election process. He also listed the number of initiatives undertaken by the government like voting rights for NRIs and the new Pension and Insurance Scheme among others. "I am happy to inform you that the government has decided to introduce and sponsor a new Pension and...
09:24:32 PM Jan 08, 2012
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