Mahendra Kapoor is no more but will be there in our hearts for the ages to come. Mahendra Kapoor died in Mumbai late Saturday following a cardiac failure. He was 74. He was not keeping a good health of late as he had been suffering from heart ailment for long, his son Rohan Kapoor said.
Mahendra [...]
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Information, Society | No Comments
Killer Saturday again taking its toll on Delhi and this time it is Mehrauli Sarai that has suffered. More than four person is dead including a child. Also more than 20 are injured and are shifted to different hospitals.
The blast took place in the flower market in ward no 8, near Mehrauli flower market in [...]
September 27th, 2008 | Posted in Society, Terrorism | No Comments
Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui on Thursday unveiled a new version of the City, Honda’s best-selling compact sedan in India. Honda trying to cash in on the coming festive season in India has taken this step to launch the new honda city. Also the slowdown in US might have prompted Honda to strengthen their [...]
September 26th, 2008 | Posted in Information, Society | No Comments
Knight rider’s have returned and with all new thrills and it is creating a lot of buzz around. Knight Rider was a famous TV series in 80’s, was most famous for its funky and tech savvy car which showed us a peek into modern technology with its talking car KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), a [...]
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Information, Society, TV Show | No Comments
Recently Sun outage is creating headlines since it is affecting our Stock Exchanges. Following are the excerpts from Wikipedia about Sun Outage.
A sun outage is an interruption in or distortion of geostationary satellite signals caused by interference from solar radiation. The effect is due to the sun’s radiation overwhelming the satellite signal. Generally, sun outages [...]
September 24th, 2008 | Posted in Information, Science, Society | 1 Comment
I had never heard of this day. My mistake!!. I heard about the international talk like a pirate day today while coming back from Office when some of the FM channels were asking their listners to call and talk like a pirate. It was very interesting and then I tried going into the detail of [...]
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Information, Society | No Comments
There has been a buzz in the IT industry about the firings in the top Indian IT Companies. I had an interesting observation to share with you.
Try the following search term in google.
tcs firing
wipro firing
satyam firing
infosys firing
September 17th, 2008 | Posted in Information, Society | 11 Comments
Vishwakarma Puja, or Biswakarma Jayanti, or Viswakarma Puja is celebrated annually on September 17. Vishwakarma Puja is dedicated to Lord Vishwakarma the divine architect of the universe in Hinduism.
Lord Vishwakarma is known as the divine engineer since the Puranic age. As a mark of reverence he is not only worshipped by the engineering community but [...]
September 17th, 2008 | Posted in Festivals, Society | No Comments
I Just came across an innovative site to help Bihar Flood victims. Shows how one can contribute without actually spending anything or being physically present by spending just 60 seconds of one’s time. Just have to answer simple questions, and sponsors will pay to the NGO on your behalf.
This is a very innovative way to [...]
September 16th, 2008 | Posted in Bihar Floods, Society | 8 Comments
September 15 is celebrated every year in India as Engineer’s Day to commemorate the birthday of the legendary engineer Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
He was born on 15th September 1861.
Sir M. Visvesvaraya was recognised Internationally for his genius in harnessing water resources, he was responsible for successful design and construction of several river dams, bridges and [...]
September 15th, 2008 | Posted in Information, Society | No Comments