
New Delhi: To mark the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day, Google has posted a flower-themed Google Doodle on its home page. As you open the Google homepage, you will be greeted with a colourful doodle that features an animated image of blooming flowers in purple, red and yellow colours that spell Google. The doodle beautifully portrays the flowers blooming out of the shurbs to form the Google logo. Earth Day...

12:24 PM, Apr 22, 2012

New Delhi: Ticklish pandas, frolicking penguins, a growling lion, a cascading waterfall, waterfall climbing fish, a fish devouring bear, birds, butterflies, a koala and a jumping frog get together on an animated and interactive Google logo to celebrate the 41st Earth Day. The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970 and was founded by US Senator Gaylord Nelson. The original Earth Day was attended by about 20 million...

09:26 AM, Apr 22, 2011

Abhishek Bachchan was appointed the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) ambassador for Earth Day. ...

04:48 PM, Mar 28, 2010

Buyer chose Tata's Nano because the small car is one the best on mileage. ...

03:57 PM, Apr 22, 2009

Islamabad: International cricket is likely to resume in Pakistan from April after a gap of nearly three years following a terror attack on the Sri Lankan team, a federal minister said on Friday. The Pakistan Cricket Board is in contact with the Interior Ministry and the Bangladesh Cricket Board for hosting a Test and one-day series with Bangladesh in April-May, Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani said ...

06:10 PM, Apr 22, 2008

Dhaka: Spurred on by a blistering century from Chris Gayle, Barisal Burners made a mockery of a target of 166 to power to a ten-wicket win over Sylhet Royals in the Bangladesh Premier League opener at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. Gayle's unbeaten 101 from 44 balls in a thumping opening partnership with Ahmed Shehzad (56 not out off 35 balls)) made what had appeared a testing total into a ...

10:18 AM, Apr 22, 2008

Perth: Former Australia opener Michael Slater is mighty impressed with Virat Kohli's technique and reckoned he is the best young batsman in world cricket today. The thing that impresses me about Kohli is his technique. If you look at all the upcoming batsmen in the world, they have techniques for Twenty20 cricket and not Tests, Slater said after the Delhi lad inspired India to a four-wicket win in the second ...

10:09 AM, Apr 22, 2008

London: Teenage fast bowler Mohammad Amir, one of three Pakistan cricketers jailed in England for spot-fixing, was released on Wednesday because of good behaviour after serving half of his six-month sentence. The 19-year-old Amir was freed from a young offenders' institution in Weymouth, southwest England. Amir is in high spirits and he will meet with his lawyers to decide when to appeal in Court of Arbitration against ICC's five-year suspension. ...

10:28 AM, Apr 18, 2008

New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram has endorsed Gautam Gambhir's view that India should play on spinning wickets while hosting teams like England and Australia. Faced with severe criticism by the Indian media for failing to handle the pace and bounce of the Australian tracks, Gambhir had insisted that the Aussies would sweat on turners in the sub-continent. And Akram also feels the same. I always believe in home ...

10:34 AM, Apr 17, 2008

Adelaide: The flopshow of India's senior batsmen in the Test series loss to Australia notwithstanding, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday refused to say anything on their future, insisting that decisions would not be taken in haste. There is intense speculation on the future of India's senior batting trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman after their failure to perform in the 0-4 series whitewash at the hands ...

10:39 AM, Apr 16, 2008

Napier: Captain Ross Taylor struck his sixth Test century as New Zealand moved in fits and starts to 331-5 after being sent into bat on Thursday's first day of their one-off Test against Zimbabwe. Taylor was 111 not out at stumps, helping New Zealand build solidly on the 124-run opening partnership between Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill. McCullum made 83, Guptill 51 and former captain Daniel Vettori a valuable 38 ...

04:25 PM, Apr 15, 2008