Indian made e-reader to take on Kindle
New Delhi: After two years of hard work, Vishal Mehta, an ex employee of Amazon.com, launched the Infibeam Pi, an e-reader that looks like the Amazon Kindle. It has the same e-Ink screen that the Kindle sports, reports Sruthijith KK of The Economic Times.
Mehta, who is having an engineering degree from Cornell and an MBA from MIT-Sloan, worked in Amozon.com for five years and was a Senior Manager at the company in 2007. To start his own online retail venture, Mehta quit his job, …

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Over 25 million more children will suffer from malnourishment by 2050 due to effects of climate change and India will be one of the worst affected in the Asian region, a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute said on Wednesday, published in leading newspaper.
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Realizing fact that most of us have right will and want to support community so GoDesi.com decided to initiate ‘Fight Hunger Drive’. Imagine just $2 can feed kid and save one life.  Imagine just $1000 each year, can save …

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India, a land of so many colors, added one more color yesterday when Indian politicians took a step towards making history when they voted to reserve a third of all legislative seats across the country for women.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared Saturday his government is committed to “all round social, economic and political empowerment of our women, whatever effort and resources the task might take.” He’ll even fundamentally undermine the foundations of India’s democracy to do it.
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The decision by New Zealand’s largest Sikh temple to hail as martyrs the three men who assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has upset some members of the Indian community in Auckland.
The temple in Manukau has hung on its walls portraits of Gandhi’s bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, who were killed in a gun battle after firing more than 30 bullets into her in 1984, and of co-conspirator Kehar Singh, who was sentenced to death, the Weekend Herald reported Saturday.
Entitled “Shaheed Bhai” – or martyr brother – they hang …

Nakkeeran has confirmed the video is Nithyananda with Tamil actress ranjitha
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Can’t belive what I just saw! Recently in SUN NEWS a video had been released featuring Swami Nithyanandha in which Nithyananda was having a secret sexual affair with an south Indian actress. After several views it was confirmed. Swami Nithyananda, a so called spiritual preacher to the outside world was today caught in the video clip which showcased that Swami Nithyananda had a sexual affair with an unknown Tamil actress whose face was masked in …

A veteran animal trainer whose dream was to work at SeaWorld’s Shamu Stadium was killed Wednesday when one of the show’s whales Orca whom she loved most, dragged her underwater.
SeaWorld said that 12,000-pound Tilikum pulled Dawn Brancheau, 40, into the orca’s tank about 2p.m.
Witnesses told the Orlando Sentinel that the animal suddenly grabbed Brancheau by the upper arm, tossed her around in his mouth and pulled her beneath the water as dozens of tourists looked on in horror.
Brazilian tourist João Lúcio da Costa Sobrinho, 28, and his girlfriend, Talita Oliveira, …

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Shah Rukh Khan’s latest movie ‘My Name Is Khan’, which made $18 million in its opening weekend worldwide, will be dubbed in German and Turkish and will be subtitled in Polish to help a wider international audience.
The decision to dub the film in various languages came instantly for the company so that it reaches out to as many people as possible.
‘Every country has a different requirement. In Poland, it will be released with Polish subtitles. In Germany, we want the film to go down much deeper to the …

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Eurofighter Typhoon arrived in Bangalore on Thursday for a thorough evaluation by the Indian Air Force (IAF) as part of its medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) programme.
The field trials by six fighter jet makers for the Indian Air Force contract worth estimated 10 billion dollars should be complete by the end of 2010.
The Eurofighter is competing against Dassault’s Rafale, Saab’s JAS 39 Super Gripen IN, Boeing’s F/A-18E/F-IN Super Hornet, Lockheed Martin’s F-16IL and Russia’s MiG-35.
“The aircrafts are on their way. They will start flight test from Monday at …

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Indian classical music is part of an ancient tradition in which music formed the core of worship rituals. Gradually it diversified into two main forms: music for the gods, marga-sangeet, and music for the people, desi-sangeet, the latter forming the roots of what we now know as folk music.
Another very gradual and long-drawn-out evolution through complex historical and social factors led to two distinct traditions of classical music in India — North (Hindustani) and South (Karnatic).
In Indian classical music there are no chords — only notes …

Bangalore, Jan 28 : Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chief K. Radhakrishnan on Wednesday said the configuration for the new moon mission ‘Chandrayaan-2′ is being finalized and added that it would be launched by 2013.
Chandrayaan-2, which will be a joint effort between ISRO and Russia, will consist of a lander and a rover for a soft land on moon.
The rover will move on the surface of the moon and pick up samples of rocks and soil and conduct a chemical analysis on it. The data would then be sent to …

The Pentagon has notified the US Congress of a possible sale of 145 state-of-the-art light-weight towed Howitzers to India. The deal is worth $647 million.
Describing India as an important force for ‘political stability, peace, and economic progress in South Asia‘, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency told the Congress: ‘India intends to use the Howitzers to modernise its armed forces and enhance its ability to operate in hazardous conditions.’
‘The Howitzers will assist the Indian Army to develop and enhance standardisation and to improve interoperability with US soldiers and marines who use …

The film, Dunno Y … Na Jaane Kyun, was made in the wake of a High Court ruling last year which legalised homosexuality. But the film industry and gay rights campaigners are steeling themselves for protests from religious conservatives.
Film posters featuring two semi-naked young men locked in a passionate clinch reveal how liberal India’s traditionally conservative society has become. But they are expected to fuel controversy in the run up to its release in May.
Gay activists say that they are braced for a backlash from religious and political conservatives, many …

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The simian menace in Delhi and NCR seems to be going out of control as attempts to free the areas of monkeys have started getting on to residents of Noida and Ghaziabad.
For close to a year now, residents of many areas in Ghaziabad and Noida say they have been suffering from the menace. The priests of Shiv Mandir in Sector 11 in Noida say that nearly eight to ten people stand guard inside the temple with sticks during the Puja to make sure the devotees are not attacked.
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Demand for bulletproof cars has gone up in India ahead of the Indian general elections.
The increasing terror attacks have now forced the political leaders to seek shelter behind bullet proof cars.
The bulletproof vehicle makers are cashing in on the fear among the politicians. They are making a good business ahead of the general elections. The makers are expecting a double increase in their business this year.
The Sobtis in Jalandhar are armouring cars of the politicians in their Laggar Industries” workshop. This year comparatively they are armouring more cars than the …

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New Delhi, Jan 7 : Country’s leading car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India today launched its latest offering in the ‘C’ segment ‘Eeco’ at an introductory price of Rupees 2.59 lakh at showroom(Delhi).
”Eeco performs the twin objectives of being a spacious family car and a dependable vehicle to run businesses,” said Maruti Suzuki Managing Director and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi.
The Eeco comes with a flexi design offering seven-seater and five-seater versions.
The car which is powered by 1200 CC petrol engine
has a BSIV compliant and will be available in six colours …

Twofriends (Madhavan and Sharman Joshi) embark on a quest for a lost buddy. On this journney, they encounter a long forgotten bet, a wedding they must crash, and a mermorial that goes impossibly out of control. As they make their way through the perilous landscaape, another journ.ey begins: their inner trip through memory lane and the story of their friend- the irrepressible free-thinker Rancho, who in his unique way, touched and changed their lives. It’s a story of their hostel days that swings between rancho’s romance with the spirited Pia …

A RECENT newspaper article talked about how some companies are making entrepreneurs of their own employees yet keeping them in their original jobs!
The new trend in corporate HR retention strategy is to encourage employees to turn to entrepreneurship while on the job!
This is interesting. The idea is to address a growing talent crunch by letting managers become entrepreneurs so they can do something different apart from their regular jobs.
If you had a choice, what would you do?
Have you thought of starting a business? Do you have what it takes to …