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Changing Facets of Asian Women

THOSE UNDEFINED four walls, one unlocked closed door, charitable household jobs, viel of shyness in front, extremely introvert, not allowed to talk to men, to follow the hard core traditions of families inspite of being so harsh norms, women have walked d... Read >

Top 10 things frequent flyers and flight attendants hate

GONE ARE the days when travelling by air was considered an experience to remember. Ask frequent flyers and they will say that it’s bad. There is hardly any courtesy among passengers or the cabin staff. The situation is such that frequently travelling busi... Read >

Parliament to go digital

IN EACH session of Parliament, huge boxes filled with heap of papers related to various reports that have to be tabled can be seen in the premises of the law making institution. Each session of both the houses of parliament needs a huge sack of paper as e... Read >

Billboard music awards: Britney, Rhianna sizzle, Beyonce awarded

IT WAS a red carpet night for the musical world in America at the Billboard Music awards, which honour artists according to their standing in the Billboards music charts. The night was filled with music, high-end performances, and some acknowledgements in... Read >

Video games: Silent health hazard for kids

GONE ARE the days when kids used to be satisfied with a bat and a ball or parents buying favorite toy of their choice. Kids of today's generation seem to be getting demanding and greedy, and if their demands are not fulfilled, they resort to ways such as ... Read >

Was IPL 4 auction rigged???

INDIAN PREMIER League, the brand in the making for the first 2 years, one which brought about the commercial side of cricket in India, now stands; once again I may add, amidst controversies and fall outs. This time around it is the Secretary of the Board ... Read >

Union Budget 2011: ASSOCHAM expects addressing of macro issues

IN THE wake of escalating inflation, scandals, tight liquidity and rising current account deficit, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is presenting the sixth union budget 2011. With challenges galore, Mukherjee's need of the hour is to satisfy the comm... Read >

Mukherjee's budget woes: Inflation, deficit, taxes, and reforms

WHEN FINANCE Minister Pranab Mukherjee delivers his sixth budget he will have to address the issues related to high inflation, tight liquidity, and rising current account deficit. Subsidies are becoming difficult to manage and there is a feeling among bus... Read >

Railway Budget 2011 highlights

RAILWAY MINISTER Mamata Banerjee is delivering the Rail Budget in the Lok Sabha in her characteristic style not in any way unnerved by the huge din and cry being made by the opposition members. Repeatedly the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar had to make inte... Read >

Railway budget 2011: Mamata delivers budget in Lok House

UNION RAILWAYS Minister Mamata Banerjee has made a number of proposals in her third railway budget, which is being presented today in the Lok Sabha. Calling the railway budget 2011 the common man's budget, Mamata began her speech on a melodramatic note an... Read >

Indian Railways to recruit lakhs of people: Mamata

UNION RAILWAYS minister Mamata Banerjee has indicated that in the upcoming railway budget she has no plans to increase passenger fares. She also offered a olive branch to the Left Front at a railway programme at Haldia in West Bengal. She said that if the... Read >

Will Mamta get away with a balancing act?

The Railway Budget to be delivered by Union Railways Minister will be interesting as Mamta Banerjee will try to balance political mileage with practical issues confronting the Railways. Due to the many calamities and mishaps that took place in 2010 the... Read >

Toyota recalls 1.7 million autos worldwide on quality issue

TOYOTA MOTOR Corp said it would recall more than 1.7 million vehicles worldwide, bringing its total for recalls to nearly 16 million since late 2009 and dealing a blow to its efforts to restore its reputation for quality. The recalls are for various is... Read >

Google co-founder Page takes over, targets Facebook

GOOGLE INC co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO from Eric Schmidt, a surprise move to make the company more nimble at a time when competition heats up with fast-growing rivals like Facebook. Page's assumption of day-to-day operations marks a ret... Read >

Blackberry say talks with Indian Govt ongoing and positive

RESEARCH IN Motion Ltd on Thursday (January 20) said its talks with the Indian Government over access to deciphering corporate emails sent through its BlackBerry smart phones are ‘ongoing and positive’. The statement follows a local newspaper report t... Read >