India has emerged as the secondlargest seller of carbon credits in the global market with six per centshare in 2007, while China tops the list with a huge 73 per cent, aWorld Bank report said. "Indiaand Brazil, at 6...
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Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with asolar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge amobile phone or an iPod.Japanese lingerie maker...
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""Terror struck Jaipur on Tuesday when seven serial blasts rocked crowdedareas including one near a temple in the space of a few minutes leavingat least 25 killed and scores injured.Police sources said that25 persons perished in the attack that triggered a stampede in...
""An estimated 100 million people - mostly the poor and illiterate -smoke beedi in India and 200,000 tuberculosis deaths are due to thesehand-rolled cigarettes, a health ministry report released on Mondaysaid. The...
Twenty-one Indian companies, including Infosys Technologies, TataConsultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro, are among the top 100 BPO firmsin the world, according to a new study.Five of the Indian firmsfiguring among the 10 best outsourcing service providers are: Infosys(No.3),...
More than half of Indian children under the age offive do not get the health care they need, according to a report bySave the Children. It ranks India alongside Ghana when it comes to providing basic health care to its children under five years of age. The annual report...
Yahoo! India has launched a new concept for Yahoo! India Search calledGlue Pages Beta. This new search experience integrates relevantinformation from across the Web onto a single 'visual' search resultspage. Glue Pages Beta aggregates text, images, and video contentrelated to...
""Popular online video site YouTube on Wednesday launched its Indian edition, at www.youtube.co.in,that features a localised homepage and search functions, allowing usersto create and share videos, discover the most popular and relevantvideos in India, and connect with other...
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IT major IBM has launched the world's fastest microprocessor, the dual-core POWER6 in India.Alongwith the launch, System p570 server and bladeCenter JS22 powered bythis new chip, also would be available in the country, said Shashi BMal, Director Systems and Technology Group,...
Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, India, Italy, Portugal,New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will also be able to purchase theiPhone for use on the Vodafone network.Mobile services provider Vodafone...
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""Anintellectual is someone whose mind watches itself, said French-Algerianwriter-philosopher Albert Camus; turns out that someone is keepingtrack of intellectuals too. The latest issue of the influential Foreign Policy magazine has identified the world's Top 100 "public...
Patience is probably your only pal if you are using the internet on thego. With data cards falling to speeds under 10 kbps, there may be timeswhen it takes all your self control to stop from chucking that laptopout of the window. Here are some tips for those suffering form...
Enlarge Photo A white back vulture seen in Pinjore, in Haryana in this May 10, 2003 file...Asian vultures could become extinct in 10 years unless officials stopthe use of a livestock drug that has caused the birds to decline fasterthan the dodo, British and Indian...
At least 16 schoolgirls were made to strip naked by their teachersin Jharkhand after one student complained she had lost her pocketmoney, police said on Tuesday.Officials said the girls in Jharkhand were taken to a room and strip-searched one by one at the weekend, while...
Good luck trying eat these foods.Durian Durianis a fruit native to Thailand. They general grow to be about the sizeof your average melon. They have a light green layer that is hard likethat of a coconut. It has sharp spikes on the outside as well. When youcut the...