Pune: It's been two decades since the government launched its battle against discrimination of HIV positive people with an iconic advertisement, crores of rupees have been spent to counter persecution of the HIV infected. But the campaign ironically has failed to eliminate prejudice even within the government departments. A 41-year-old bus driver from Pune, an HIV positive, was sacked by the State Transport Department last month. The sole breadwinner in...
06:21 AM, Jun 05, 2012
2011 threw up an unexpected googly when environment minister Jairam Ramesh threw a tantrum over diesel SUVs. In his opinion they were gas guzzling, pollution spewing behemoths whose owners should be taxed heavily. Matters reached a head last month as I was boarding a flight to Munich. The diesel subsidies and debates over the exclusion of diesel Benzs and BMWs from our roads seemed to gain further momentum as the...
08:21 AM, Jun 03, 2012
On this episode of Overdrive, we bring to you ten tips to save fuel while driving a bike and much more. ...
07:08 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Sundar Pichai, senior vice president for Chrome and Apps at Google, stated that the Google Drive will get offline mode in five weeks. On the sidelines of the D10 Technology summit, Pichai told 'All Things D' author Walt Mossberg that Google's online storage service (Drive) will get offline support in five weeks from now. That means we can anticipate the offline mode in the first week of July....
11:22 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: First it was Vidya Balan and now it is Bill Gates who has come forward to extend support to Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh's sanitation drive. Gates, who has supported India's battle against polio, will now help alter behavioural patterns connected with sanitation. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Ramesh said, "We discussed how the Gates Foundation can support us in bringing behavioural changes along the lines of...
10:19 PM, May 30, 2012
HYDERABAD: A day after oil companies announced the steepest ever hike in petrol price, auto-rickshaw drivers in the city seemed to have taken an oath to pass on the burden to the people, disregarding the mandatory meter chargers, and further fuelling public fury. At several places, people were seen arguing with the auto-drivers for overcharging them in the name of the petrol price hike. I travel the same distance to...
08:40 AM, May 25, 2012
CHENNAI : The city was brought under the blanket cover of an intensified anti-dengue fogging drive on Thursday, following a dengue outbreak in the southern districts of the State. Mayor Saidai S Duraisamy launched the drive by the Chennai Corporation at Varadharajapettai in Egmore.According to a health officer with Chennai Corporation, fogging will be done in the 200 wards of the city on two selected days every week.Fogging is planned...
08:27 AM, May 25, 2012
The three-year-old in China cruised his toy motorbike right down a busy street but thankfully he was stopped before getting hurt. ...
09:40 AM, May 23, 2012
On this episode of Overdrive, we bring to you all you need to know about Honda CBR 150R and Hyosung GT 250 and much more. ...
06:58 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday will be hearing the anticipatory bail plea of the alleged driver in the Gurgaon BMW hit-and-run case. A pregnant woman and her driver were killed in the May 5 accident. Meanwhile, Gurgaon police has issued a notice to the car owners son. Devender Singh Sehrawats 21-year-old son who they claim is unwilling to cooperate. On Saturday, Rajesh, employed as a driver by the...
06:40 AM, May 14, 2012
On this episode of Overdrive, we bring to you all you need to know about BMW M3 and M5 series and much more. ...
11:06 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Gurgaon accident was the result of a speeding BMW ramming into a Tata Indigo. The impact was such that the Indigo flipped in the air leaving two of its occupants Kshama Chopra Shetye and Sanjay Gulati dead. One week on, the police claim they don't know who was at the BMW's wheel that was moving at breakneck speed. This despite having information on the exact identity of...
10:21 PM, May 12, 2012
'Action'- With entertainment is touted by its makers as India's first full on 3D comedy is coming with an ensemble cast starring Allari Naresh, Vaibhav, Raju Sundaram, Shyam, Sneha Ullal, Neelim Upadhyay and Kamna Jethmalani in the leads. Directed by Anil Sunkara, who has produced the movies like Bindaas and Aha Na Pellanta with AK Entertainment, the movie will be released in Telugu and Tamil. The first schedule was wrapped...
04:41 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: A DTC driver accused of driving rashly and mowing down a pedestrian, who was crossing a road, has been absolved of the charges by a Delhi court which held that drivers cannot always be blamed for accidents due to the "menace of jaywalking" in the city. Observing that "even the most vigilant driver cannot avoid an accident if someone unexpectedly walks into middle of the road", Metropolitan Magistrate...
03:39 AM, May 12, 2012
Washington: Google's self-driven cars will soon be appearing on Nevada roads after the state's Department of Motor Vehicles approved on Monday the nation's first autonomous vehicle license. The move came after officials rode along on drives on highways, in Carson City neighborhoods and along the famous Las Vegas Strip, the Nevada DMV said in a statement. The Nevada legislature last year authorised self-driven cars for the state's roads, the first...
11:30 AM, May 08, 2012
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