Hindu Drinking water from Mosque is a crime?

Several Hindus were attacked and forced out of their homes in Pakistan's southern Sindh province after a boy of the community drank water from a cooler outside a mosque.

About 60 Hindu men, women and children were recently forced to abandon their homes at Memon Goth in Karachi, the capital of Sindh, after influential tribesmen of the area objected to the boy drinking water.

"All hell broke loose when my son, Dinesh drank water from a cooler outside a mosque. Upon seeing him do that, the people of the area started beating him up," a Hindu man named Meerumal told The News daily.

"Later, around 150 tribesmen attacked us, injuring seven of our people who were taken to the Jinnah Hospital," he said.

Hindu Drinking water from Mosque is a crime?

Oracle Octopus Paul to Retire.

At last octopus paul who predicted the FIFA WC 2010, is set to get away from the media and the world eye.

The Sea Life Oberhausen aquarium's spokeswoman Tanja Munzig told AP Television News on Monday that the intuitive invertebrate will "go into retirement and do what he likes to do best: play with his handlers and delight children who come visit to him."

Oberhausen is located in Germany, where Octopus Paul was born.

Oracle Octopus Paul to Retire.

Computer algorithms to help develop flu vaccines

Researchers are using computer programs to develop a fast and efficient method of generating vaccines for new strains of flu viruses.

Dimitris Papamichail, and a team of researchers from Stony Brook University have created algorithms that will design viruses that serve as live vaccines, which are then synthesised to specification.

The new method is called Synthetic Attenuated Virus Engineering (SAVE).
"Our approach is not only useful for influenza; it is also applicable to a wide range of viruses," said Papamichail.

Computer algorithms to help develop flu vaccines

Being Slim doesn't always means Being Healthy.

You may be slim and still have dangerously high levels of fat within you, according to the British Medical Research Council.

Using MRI body scanners doctors demonstrated that even super-slim people could have high levels of internal fat collecting around the heart, liver, kidneys and pancreas. These people, dubbed "skinny-fats", could be seriously putting their health at risk.

"The fat we can see on overweight people is subcutaneous fat," The Daily Telegraph quoted Dr Ron McCoy, Melbourne-based spokesperson for the Royal College of Australian GPs, as saying. However, what could be more dangerous is visceral fat or the fat we can't see but which surrounds vital organs.

Being Slim doesn't always means Being Healthy.

Can you Belive it ? Indian Foreign Ministry is on twitter.

Following the steps of West side type of effort like US to interact with the public directly, Indian foreign ministry has has created a Twitter account and got several followers already.

You can follow them at @indiandiplomacy

In probably the first effort by a government ministry to experiment with the new age internet tools, the Twitter account was created on Thursday, which initially had only two posts.

A Facebook account is also being planned as is the launch of a new web portal by the public diplomacy division of the external affairs ministry, an official told IANS.

Can you Belive it ? Indian Foreign Ministry is on twitter.

Car cheaper then Nano designed by India's Ajmer Students is just worth $1555.

Inspired by the World's Cheapest Car, Engineering students from Ajmer had been working overtime i.r., eight hours a day to create a dream car for the middle class families. It runs on diesel and costs just 70 thousand rupees.

"When Tata launched its Nano car, we started thinking about all the areas where costs can be cut. Our basic idea was to locate all factors through which costs can be reduced and our car can be within the reach of the middle class," said Chaturbhuj Sharma, Engineering student, Bhagwant University.

Another student Samir Singh says, "We had to change a lot of designs and specifications to increase the fuel economy of the car. And through the efforts of our dedicated team, this car will run 35 kilometers per litre."

Car cheaper then Nano designed by India's Ajmer Students is just worth $1555.

Only 8 Indian Cos among 500 World's Biggest Companies.

Only Eight Indian companies feature in the list of the world's 500 largest companies compiled by American business magazine Fortune.

The compiled list by the magazine is topped by US retailer Wal-Mart Stores(1st), followed by oil giant Royal Dutch Shell(2nd) and another oil major, Exxon Mobil(3rd),British Petroleum (BP)(4th)  followed by Toyota Motor (5th), Japan Post Holdings (6th), Sinopec (7th), State Grid (8th), AXA (9th) and China National Petroleum (10th.)

Besides IOC and RIL, the other Indian companies in the list are steel-maker Tata Steel, auto company Tata Motors, oil entities Bharat Petroleum(BP), Hindustan Petroleum(HP) and Oil & Natural Gas (ONGC) and public sector bank SBI (State Bank of India).

Only 8 Indian Cos among 500 World's Biggest Companies.

Nelson Mandela under pressure from FIFA to attend FIFA WC 2010

Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela says the former South African president has been put under "extreme pressure" by Fifa Governing Body to attend Sunday's World Cup final.

Nelson Mandela will be 92 years old by next week.

Nelson Mandela cancelled plans to attend the opening ceremony after his great-granddaughter died in a car crash the night before the tournament.

Fifa head Sepp Blatter has said it will be "wonderful" if Mr Mandela attends.

Speaking to the BBC, Mandla Mandela said: "We've come under extreme pressure from Fifa (the governing body of world football) requiring and wishing that my grandfather be at the final.

Nelson Mandela under pressure from FIFA to attend FIFA WC 2010

Clash of Oracles, Octopus Paul v/s Parrot Mani Parakeet.

Both of the Animal Oracle had delivered the results. Octopus Paul form Germany had selected Spain to be FIFA WC 2010 champions, where as Muniyappan's Mani Parakeet which is professional fortune teller in the streets of Singapore had picked Holland to the World Champions 2010.

People are seeking Mani's help to win bets on the World Cup matches, according to a report by the Channel News Asia.

Muniyapan, Mani's owner of Indian origin, said he was now getting 10 customers in an hour compared to 10 on a regular day due to growing popularity of his parrot.

Clash of Oracles, Octopus Paul v/s Parrot Mani Parakeet.

Going 3D is the new talk in Adobe.

The company has revealed it will include 3D support in a future version of the browser plug-in.
The news of the update first leaked out in October’s Adobe Max conference, which includes a presentation entitled “Flash Player 3D Future.”

Adobe product manager Thibault Imbert was first to hint to the presentation in a blog post, but declined to give further details, save for the fact that Adobe will release a “3D API” in a “future version”:

Going 3D is the new talk in Adobe.

Gen Y Will Not Grow Out of Social Networking [STUDY]

In a survey conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, majority of technology experts and stakeholders believe that social networking and online sharing is just for today’s youth frenzy.

More than 2/3 of those surveyed indicated that the Millennial generation  otherwise known as Generation Y  will continue to use social networking tools as they mature into adult life stages and have families of their own.

The research is part of Pew’s fourth “Future of the Internet” study which includes responses from selected experts and Internet  users who were asked to think about “the future of the Internet-connected world between now and 2020.”

Gen Y Will Not Grow Out of Social Networking [STUDY]

India records highest rise in gas production worldwide.

India recorded the highest rise in natural gas output worldwide in 2009 after Reliance Industries' eastern offshore KG-D6 field came into production, global energy giant BP Plc said.

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-run RIL began gas production from the Krishna Godavari basin in April, 2009, and its 60 million standard cubic metres per day output led to a 75 per cent jump in natural gas availability in the country to 140 mmscmd.

"Last year, India had the highest increase in production of natural gas worldwide. And I just checked, it also had the highest corresponding increase in consumption in natural gas worldwide," BP Plc Group Chief Economist Christof Ruhl said.

India records highest rise in gas production worldwide.

Facebook tie up with Malaysia's MOL for payment credits

With growing in members, Facebook is partnering with a Malaysian company to sell credits at retail outlets across Asia for the first time, aiming to make it easier for millions of people to purchase virtual goods and play games on the social networking site while boosting revenue for developers.

Electronic payments company MOL, part of the business empire of tycoon Vincent Tan will offer the online currency from Aug. 1 at more than 500,000 outlets including 7-Eleven stores, Internet cafes and online banks in five Southeast Asian countries, India, Australia and New Zealand, company spokesman Nor Badron said Friday.

The move is targeting people who don't have a credit card, particularly younger Facebook users, and those who don't want to take the risk of making electronic payments online.

Facebook tie up with Malaysia's MOL for payment credits

Oberoi Ranthambhore is one of the world's best hotel : Travel & Leisure Magazine

The Oberoi Group's Vanyavilas Hotel at Ranthambhore has been ranked the best in the world, by the Travel and Leisure magazine.

The hospitality major also reinforced its position at the top with four of its properties making it to the top 15 list released by the magazine on Friday.

Commenting on the recognition the Oberoi Group chairman PRS Oberoi said, "I am delighted that The Oberoi Vanyavilas has been ranked the best in the world and our four group (hotels) have been ranked amongst the 15 best in the world."

Oberoi Ranthambhore is one of the world's best hotel : Travel & Leisure Magazine

Harley-Davidson, India's First Outlet in Hyderabad.

Legendary Harley-Davidson, the USA-based heavyweight bike maker opened its first dealership outlet in the country in Hyderabad on Friday.

Though the company has identified dealers in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Bangalore, the outlet in Hyderabad - Banjara Harley-Davidson - became the first to start operations.

"We will launch our bikes in other cities before the end of this year," said Anoop Prakash, Managing Director, Harley-Davidson India after the outlet was formally inaugurated by Telugu Film star N T Ramarao.

Harley-Davidson, India's First Outlet in Hyderabad.

India's PM Security personal responsible for 8 year old Death?

Is this incident show that all are unequal before law? The family of a child who died in Kanpur earlier this month has blamed the Prime Minister's security for causing delays that they believed were fatal.

Eight-year-old Aman Khan was in a car with his parents on July 3. He had serious head injuries from an accident at home. In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, Aman's mother states that roads had been blocked for the PM's visit to IIT. She claims the diversion turned what should have been a five-minute journey to a hospital a kilometer away into a one-hour drive.

In her letter, Aman's mother has requested Sonia Gandhi to ensure that this does not happen again.

India's PM Security personal responsible for 8 year old Death?

Sueing season is back, NTP sues Apple, Google, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, LG

(Reuters) NTP Inc said it filed patent infringement lawsuits against several of the world's top mobile phone companies including Apple Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft and Motorola Inc.

The privately held company, which is also suing HTC Corp and LG Electronics Inc, waged a long legal battle with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion that led to an eventual settlement.

NTP filed lawsuits on Thursday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia accusing the companies of infringing eight patents related to the delivery of email "over wireless communications systems."

Sueing season is back, NTP sues Apple, Google, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, LG

Hard Time for the 23 Million Chinese Bachelors wating to be Married :(

Thanks to the China's One Child policy which was intended to check the country population growth, now facing its side effects.

According to the survey by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China may result in 23 million Chinese men ending up as bachelors in the next ten years

As per 2005 census data the sex ratio of newborn babies was 120 male births to every 100 female births, falling well below the international average of 103-107 boys for every 100 girls born.

The Chinese infant sex ratio was 119.45 male births per 100 female births last year, said Li Bin, director of the National Population and Family Planning Commission.

Hard Time for the 23 Million Chinese Bachelors wating to be Married :(

Watching 3D content at Home with in next 2 years, No Big Deal.

With the rapid development and advancement of 3D Content arena, watching 3D Media at home will be common sight to see, thanks to Avatar which made the general public to think about it and  FIFA WC for raising awareness of the Technology.

Although many believe that consumers will never want to wear 3D glasses at home, and 3D TVs have only been on sale for a matter of months, a combination of factors points to faster adoption of 3D than of previous new technologies.

Unlike high-definition video or the VHS-Betamax battle before it, where deployment was held up for years while movie studios and electronics makers supporting rival formats battled for dominance, 3D presents no such prospect of a format war.

But TVs are already on sale from Samsung that convert two-dimensional signals into 3D in real time, meaning that consumers can already start to enjoy images leaping out of the screen, even with little original 3D content yet available.

Watching 3D content at Home with in next 2 years, No Big Deal.

Indian IT Business is likely to be numbed by Europe Financial Crisis.

With the Crisis in European Business Circuit which is likely to hit the Business of Indian IT Firms, thanks no such problem is faced from the US which contributes more than half of its business

Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies and Wipro Ltd face uncertainty on orders from Europe - the second-biggest market for the sector after the United States.

"There has been no major impact on volume growth due to the crisis," said Harit Shah, an analyst with brokerage Karvy Stock Broking. "It could have an impact going forward, especially due to the euro. We will have to watch for what the management has to say."

Indian software services firms are ramping up investments to grow their market share in Europe, which accounts for about a third of their revenue.

Indian IT Business is likely to be numbed by Europe Financial Crisis.