New Delhi: A 10 per cent increase in Internet penetration in India can increase the gross domestic product (GDP) by 1.08 per cent, says a report released on Thursday by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). "Indian states with higher Internet penetration can be expected to grow much faster, and by 1.08 per cent for every 10 per cent increase in the number of Internet subscribers,"...
05:52 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Joplin: A massive tornado blasted its way across southwestern Missouri on Sunday, flattening several blocks of homes and businesses in Joplin and leaving residents frantically scrambling through the wreckage. Hundreds of windows were blown out St John's Regional Medical Center, where a few moments' notice gave staff time to hustle patients into hallways before the tornado struck the multistory building. All were quickly evacuated into the parking lot to be...
09:58 AM, May 23, 2011
Chennai: Former chief minister Jayalalithaa was on Sunday elected leader of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Legislature Party. She was elected by 146 newly elected MLAs of the party at a meeting held at the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai on Sunday morning, party sources said. Jayalalithaa, who led her party to a landslide victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Friday, is slated to meet Governor...
10:54 AM, May 15, 2011
New Delhi: A mysterious last-minute candidate from Tamil Nadu's Mylapore constituency has sparked off intense speculation among voters that southern megastar Rajinikanth may be contesting the polls incognito. Both the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) have lodged a battle of populism in the state readying for this months crucial assembly elections. In Mylapore, a traditional stronghold of the DMK, a mystery candidate...
03:20 PM, Apr 01, 2011
London: For a virtually unknown 16-year-old British ukulele player and singer, Misty Miller already boasts an impressive international following. "The places in the world that know my music" South America, China and Australia," she says with slight astonishment. Miller knows this by looking at a "heatmap" generated by a new online tracking tool called Buzzdeck. Built by the London-based music distributors Artists Without A Label (AWAL), Buzzdeck is an attempt...
01:49 PM, Jan 28, 2011
Tanjavur (TN): Popular Tamil cinema comedian and AIADMK Deputy Propaganda Secretary S S Chandran died at Mannargudi near here last night following heart attack. Chandran (69) is survived by wife, daughter and two sons, one of whom, Rohit, is also an actor. He had gone to Mannargudi to meet party cadre and after returning to the hotel, he had complained of uneasiness and difficulty in breathing, party sources said. He...
02:48 PM, Oct 09, 2010
Indian researchers at the MIT in US are using a mobile phone and a small piece of plastic to check eyes. ...
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DMK decided to go on a fast to protest the killing of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy. ...
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Muslims were unnecessarily being portrayed as "terrorists and termed responsible for terrorist strikes," a muslim outfit said. ...
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