Sunday, 1 April 2012

Record breaking US lottery prize of $640M Mega Millions JACKPOT shared b/w 3 people

Record breaking US lottery prize of $640M Mega Millions JACKPOT shared b/w 3 people

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Record breaking US lottery prize of $640M Mega Millions JACKPOT shared b/w 3 people

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 05:29 AM PDT


Three lottery tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland hit the world record-breaking $640 million Mega Millions jackpot, dashing the get-rich-quick dreams of millions of players across the country. Each

Vidarbha cotton growers protest against new tax

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:57 AM PDT


Cotton, farmers in Vidarbha region protested against the Maharashtra government's declaration of imposing 5% VAT on cotton. Farmers demanded a rollback of the decision pointing out that in other cotton-growing

Lakshmi Mittal tops Asian Rich List

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:33 AM PDT


As per the the Asian Rich List, naming Britain's '101 Wealthiest Asians 2012' and brought out by EasternEye, a publication of the Asian Media & Marketing Group (AMG), NRI steel

Chinese hacker Gu Kaiyuan (“Luckycat” cyber campaign) attacks Indian Govt websites

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:21 AM PDT


As per a report released by IT security firm Trend Micro, websites of Indian government and Tibetan activists in India are under attack in a cyber attack campaign engineered by

BrahMos develops anti-aircraft variant of the missile

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:07 AM PDT


Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos has developed an anti-aircraft carrier variant of the 290-km supersonic cruise missile. BrahMos has achieved the capability to attack aircraft carriers using the supersonic vertical diving

Government looking for more storage facilities for bumper wheat production

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:50 AM PDT


As the country gets ready to harvest a record wheat crop, in excess of 90 million tonnes, 3.4% more than 2011-2012, the government is managing to clear its grain inventories

CBI calls Tatra chief Ravi Rishi for investigation

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:23 AM PDT


Ravi Rishi, owner of the Vectra Group called by the CBI for investigation. Mr Rishi, a London-based businessman is the chief of Vectra Group which has majority stake in Tatra

Nancy Powell confirmed as US envoy to India

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:10 AM PDT


Career Diplomat Nancy Powell confirmed by the US Senate as Ambassador to India, a position that had remained empty for the past year since President Obama's first ambassador to India,

'Frankenstein monster' Lokpal may further raise corruption: Katju

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:03 AM PDT


Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju recommended the Parliament to refer the Lokpal Bill to a Standing Committee for additional deliberation so that practical corruption investigation machinery can be shaped. Mr.

India gives over US $4 million to UNDEF

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 02:16 AM PDT


Over US $4 million contributes by India to the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF). Thus, India's total contribution to UNDEF is now $30 million since the Fund was launched in 2005. 

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