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5 Indian Americans were selected for Simons fellowships in Maths and Physics, based on their proposed research plans.
Eve Carson, an ex-UNC student body president and Morehead-Cain Scholar, was abducted, robbed and shot to death in 2008.
Startup City
Imagine trying to put together a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle without having seen the picture first. Read to know.
Unlike
traditional, clean energy offers an opportunity for entrepreneurs to
play a significant role in contributing to the Indian economy.
LSI is Hiring for India Operations in California
US-Indian
Nitin
Tumma, a 17 year old Indian American has been honoured with the Nobel
Prize for juniors in science competition for his research on cancer
pathogenesis.
In
good news to American visa applicants, US today announced those Indians
who are renewing their visas, valid or expired, within 4 years, are
likely to get waiver for a personal interview.
Technology
Today
there are a number of new social networks other than Facebook that
stand out in functionality and beauty. Here are the top 8 that could
take over the future.
Apple
says it sold over 3 million of the newest version of the tablets in the
past four days. If these numbers have you wondering why Apple is #1 in
the tablet market, and how come Android didn't rule the roost, your
answers are here.
Business
India
has emerged as the second most promising market after China in terms of
maximum opportunity for rapid growth among emerging market economies,
says a survey.
Air
India is owed a sum of over Rs.57 crore in outstanding dues by
different ministries and departments, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh
said.
Magazine
Founded
in 2006 by V.A Venkatesh Babu, California headquartered Tiara
Consulting, is disrupting the traditional partner/vendor model and going
a mile ahead to enable a client's business in a 360 degree view.
When Shibulal spoke to CEOs of several global companies, he saw a dichotomy. Read to know more..
Enterprise IT
There is intense competition in the cloud business and Amazon has emerged as the champion in the cloud computing world.
India
is proving to be a good example to other nations. Recently Uganda, an
African nation approached India to looking forward to get India’s
cooperation to promote its(MSME) sector.
Real Estate City
Mumbai
real estate developers are now focusing on "by-invitation projects"
concept, which is to develop projects for a selected group of people.
Some
of the localities are incredibly expensive, and buying a residential
property in such localities only remains a dream for many.
CXO Insights
The Big Data Challenge
Mayank Bawa - CEO, Aster Data Systems
Mayank Bawa - CEO, Aster Data Systems
Wired Magazine has called our era "The PetaByte Age" - an age of infinite storage and clouds of processors. Read to know.
Opportunity For Transformation
Vipul Jain - CEO & MD, Kale Consultants
Vipul Jain - CEO & MD, Kale Consultants
Airline, travel, and logistics industries face a slowdown in demand and are in an environment of intense competition.
Travel
Fatehpur
Sikri is a fascinating ghost city built in the 16th century; 37 km from
Agra Akbar the great, who at 26 years did not have an heir, founded
this historic site.
India
is a land of spectacular beauty. A visitor on Indian land can
experience the bit of everything since India is known for its diversity.
Blogs: Editor's Choice
World
Wide Web and the search engines have significantly eliminated the need
of going through telephone directories, yellow pages or classified ads
in order to look for products or services required.
No
writer was ever such a failure in life as Henry Miller before his
mid-forties and seldom has any successful contemporary author ever
received such limited financial compensation for his..
QA Times
One
classic hiring mistake is using testing as a transitional job for new
programmers which is not uncommon. Here are the tips to avoid wrong
hires.
There
is a very thin line between severity and priority. A tester must know
which bug is severe and which to be handled with priority. Here are tips
to help you differentiate between severity and priority.
Most Read Jokes
Three
men who were lost in the forest were captured by cannibals. The
cannibal king told the prisoners that they could live if they pass a
trial..
Whenever
I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't
help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all..
A Chinese student was learning English from a 30 day rapid learner book.
He decided to try it out in the college canteen.
When served coffee he..
Humor of the Day
A man goes to his doctor and says "Hi doc, remember me"?
"No, but what can I do for you?"
"You know doc, I came to you two years ago..
A
trucker is driving down the highway when he hears a loud thump under
his semi. He stops to check the damage, then calls his boss..
A
police man is driving down the road when all of the sudden the freeway
starts to get backed up. Not long after, he finds himself stuck..
Life & Style
Admitting that high infant mortality was a big health issue for the
nation, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday told parliament that
India's situation is worse than most of its neighbours.
The proposal for the 12th Five Year Plan includes a new initiative to
supply essential medicines free of cost for patients seeking healthcare
in public health facilities, the health ministry said.
Book of the Day
The Ramayana is the oldest poem in Sanskrit.Hence its author is known as the Adi Kavi or pristine Poet.
What makes India a nation? What has held its many disparate societies with their diverse, sometimes conflicting...
