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Fans Brace-up For Delay: Aakash 2 PC Tablet Specifications Yet To Be 'Finalized'

The specifications of the world's cheapest PC tablet Aakash's developed version will be finalised within this month said Union Telecom and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, contradicting to his earlier statement that the much-awaited low-cost tablet will be released by May.

Jun 4, 2012

Kerala Govt Imposes Complete Ban On Tobacco-Based Products

Kerala government announced a complete ban on the manufacturing and sale of gutka products in the state in order to control the increasing incidence of gutka-induced diseases like oral cancer

May 26, 2012

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Petrol Price Hike: 5 things to Watch Out For

The announcement of the government to hike petrol price by Rs 7.50 per litre, which will come into effect on Thursday, has not gone down too well with the public and government allies. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is even planning a nation-wide bandh to demand immediate rollback of the petrol price hike.

May 24, 2012

HP to Lay Off 27000 Employees, Expects to Save Over $3 Billion Annually

Following declining profits and stiff competition from rival companies, tech firm Hewlett-Packard (HP) has decided to lay off 27,000 jobs by 2014.

May 24, 2012

Petrol Price Hiked By 12%, High Inflation on Cards

Indian government announced a petrol price by Rs 7.50 a litre. The price increment is effective Wednesday midnight.

May 23, 2012

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Scientists Identify Fossil Of Car-Sized Turtle Which Ate Crocs

Paleontologists have identified the fossil remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant turtle discovered in Colombian coal mine in 2005, according to a study published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.

May 20, 2012

Facebook Valued At $104 As Public Trading Set To Begin; Shares Priced At $38

Facebook raised $16 billion in the largest initial public offering (IPO) by a technology company in history as it increased the price of its offering to $38 per share on Thursday. The social media giant's valuation shot up to about $104 billion before public trading begins Friday on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol FB.

May 18, 2012

Rupee Sinks To Record Low; India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Says Austerity Needed

The rupee on Wednesday closed at a record low of 54.49 against the U.S. dollar, prompting calls for quick government measures to curb volatility.

May 16, 2012

Punjab Minister Tota Singh Gets One-Year Jail For Official Car Misuse

Punjab Agriculture Minister Tota Singh was on Saturday sentenced to one year in jail by a district court in Mohali for misuse of his official car.

May 6, 2012

India Need Adequate Supply of Energy at Affordable Price: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Sing said on Saturday that India need to set an appropriate pricing for oil prices in the country.

Apr 28, 2012

A surface-to-surface Agni V missile is launched from the Wheeler Island off the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

India Relying too Much on Other Countries for Critical Weapons? China Thinks So

India is still in celebration mood following the successful launch of Agni-V, its first Inter-continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on Thursday (April 18) but China thinks India will be helpless without the support of other countries. Global Times, owned by the Communist Party of China, said that India rely too much on other countries for its weapons.

Apr 23, 2012

US Defies Hafiz Saeed's Mock Remark

Denying the mock remark that was made by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed about the declaration of a $10-million bounty on his head by the United States, the Department of State has clarified that it is not an effort to pressurise Pakistan to reopen supply routes to the US and NATO forces to Afghanistan.

Apr 4, 2012