New York: If you've used Facebook, chances are you've needed help with reporting spam, un-tagging photos or understanding the site's ever-changing privacy settings over the years. Facebook's redesigned help centre aims to make it easier for users to navigate and find what they need help with on the site or its mobile applications. Though it's only fully accessible on Facebook's website, the new help center is designed to look and...
10:00 AM, Oct 03, 2012
Moscow: Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg was in Moscow on Monday, where top officials were pressing him to expand the company's operations in Russia. Russia's communications minister tweeted that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev urged the social media giant's founder to abandon plans to lure away Russian programmers and instead open a research center in Moscow. A Facebook spokeswoman, who refused to be named because she wasn't authorised to discuss the matter...
11:01 AM, Oct 02, 2012
An anti-US rally called in by a Muslim group in Kolkata against the 'anti-Islam' film turned violent as protesters tried to break through police barricades and enter the American Centre. The police, however, managed to pacify the crowd and bring them under control, thus preventing any untoward incident, said sources. The film, 'Innocence of Muslims', by US director Sam Bacile, has led to violent protests worldwide, including demonstrations in Chennai ...
04:17 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Kolkata: An anti-US rally called in by a Muslim group in Kolkata against the 'anti-Islam' film turned violent as protesters tried to break through police barricades and enter the American Centre. The police, however, managed to pacify the crowd and bring them under control, thus preventing any untoward incident, said sources. The film, 'Innocence of Muslims', by US director Sam Bacile, has led to violent protests worldwide, including demonstrations in...
03:42 PM, Sep 27, 2012
California: US Internet company Google Inc on Wednesday agreed to buy 48 megawatts (MW) of wind energy for its Oklahoma data center from the Canadian Hills wind power project in Oklahoma, which is expected to enter service later this year. In a release, Google said it has been working with its local utility, the Grand River Dam Authority, to procure additional renewable energy since plugging in the Oklahoma data center...
12:21 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Madurai: A division bench of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court here has directed the Union Government to file a report listing steps that could be taken to prevent the deaths of Indian citizens in Sri Lankan waters in future. Justices Vinod K Sharma and A Selvam issued instructions to Additional Solicitor General (ASG) P Wilson in this regard on Monday after hearing a batch of public interest...
12:25 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New York: It's a re-imagining of the famed Manhattan skyline. Slowly but surely, after years of construction, recovering from the devastation of the September 11 attacks. 4 World Trade Center is expected to open for business in 2013, that will be 12 years since 9/11. As we come upon the eleventh years since the attacks, it's a concrete achievement as much as a symbolic one, restoring - as some would...
08:57 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New York: Eleven years after terrorists attacked the World Trade Centre, the new multibillion-dollar World Trade Centre once again dominates the lower Manhattan skyline. Hundreds of construction workers are at the 16-acre site every day, and tourists snap thousands of photos of the two towers that are nearing completion. Here is a look at the status of the trade centre's major components, according to its developers: " Most of the...
12:34 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Chennai: This Sunday will be a working day for those at the Indian Space Research Organisation, that too a hectic one. The space agency is set to reach another milestone " the 100th Indian space mission " when PSLV-C21 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota at 9.51 am. And, among those looking up at the sky from the space port for a perfect launch will be...
11:45 AM, Sep 08, 2012
![Adding a splash of colour to the Taj Mahal]( "Adding a splash of colour to the Taj Mahal")
Imagine if you could just paint the large dome of the Taj Mahal a brilliant purple. Contrast this with hot pink pillars on either side and glittering stars by the archway. Well, purists would probably find the idea blasphemous but a lot of little girls experimenting with their virtual colouring skills at Citi Centre last weekend seemed to think it was pretty cool. This was actually an activity at the...
09:03 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama has appointed Romesh Wadhwani, an Indian American founder of several software and IT companies, on board of trustees of the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. Announcing his intent to appoint Wadhwani and nine other general trustees of the centre, Obama said, "These dedicated men and women bring a wealth of experience and talent to their new roles and I am proud to have...
04:48 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Chennai: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday expressed hope that a time would come when her governments views would be taken seriously by the Centre. She made the remark while speaking at a mega event to mark the 14th anniversary of Jaya TV wherein music maestros of Tamil film industry, M S Viswanathan and T K Ramamurthy, were honoured. Jayalalithaa said last year she had recommended Padma awards for the...
12:05 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Chennai: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday expressed hope that a time would come when her governments views would be taken seriously by the Centre. She made the remark while speaking at a mega event to mark the 14th anniversary of Jaya TV wherein music maestros of Tamil film industry, MS Viswanathan and TK Ramamurthy, were honoured. Jayalalithaa said last year she had recommended Padma awards for the duo but...
10:02 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The scientists at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) along with the scientists at the Mayo Clinic, have found that the compound Plumbagin from common koduveli plants (Plumbago species) has enough anti-cancer properties to be developed into an effective anti-cancer drug. The findings have been published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Cancer. It has been found that plumbagin cuts off new blood vessels to...
01:01 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to accord a personal hearing to VHP leader Sadhvi Ritambhara and pass a reasoned order on her plea for issuance of a passport for ten years instead of one as she frequently visits abroad for giving religious discourses. "The present petition (of Sadhvi) be treated as a representation by respondent (Regional Passport Office of the External Affairs Ministry) and...
06:11 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Rajeev Chawla Age: 50 Profile: An IAS officer, Chawla was the principal secretary to the revenue department (Bhoomi and urban property registration) in Karnataka before being transferred as the Metropolitan Commissioner, Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority. His Achievements In 1998, Chawla was the first one to roll out an initiative, now called Bhoomi, to digitise land records in the state. He also launched a project to create Urban Property Ownership...
04:03 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress, the second largest constituent in the centre's ruling dispensation United Progressive Alliance (UPA), on Saturday said it was in a position to "dictate terms" to the coalition. Addressing the maiden conference of the party's youth arm Trinamool Yuva, Trinamool leader in Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay said, "When our leader Mamata Banerjee is in a good mood, and smiling, the UPA government ministers are also seen smiling."...
02:39 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Imphal: BJP president Nitin Gadkari has likened the plight of people of the Northeast with that of the Kashmiri Hindus, alleging a foreign hand behind the exodus of Northeast students and workers from south India. Saying that the attacks on them appeared to have been perpetrated by illegal migrants living in the country, Gadkari described the exodus as "unfortunate". He also alleged that nothing was done to ensure the safe...
01:14 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Chennai: Key UPA partner DMK on Thursday requested the Centre to hold talks with the agitating bank unions to resolve the issues amicably as their two-day nation-wide strike severely affected banking operations. Party chief M Karunanidhi said the unions were protesting against Banking Laws Amendment Bill and outsourcing of jobs among others. "I request the Central government to hold talks with the representattives of the associations to ensure their protest...
06:17 PM, Aug 23, 2012
