Diwali 2007 will be remembered for the epic battle of two Bollywood love stories on the Big Screen. Saawariya vs Om Shanti Om. Who will walk away with the Diwali honors for the more entertaining movie? Will the winner be Saawariya featuring newcomers Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in a tender love story? Produced by Sony […]
Some 58 million Indians will languish without access to electricity in the year 2030, according to the World Energy Outlook 2007 figures released today. According to the World Energy Outlook figures put out by the International Energy Agency, the share of India’s population without access to electricity will fall from 38% to 4%. Since the […]
Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.com wants to expand its electronic marketplace operations to India, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Alibaba.com CEO David Wei told the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) after the company’s recent $1.5 billion IPO: “Although we believe that Chinese manufacturers’ competitiveness will remain for a very, very long term, for some categories ‘made in […]
Stung by persistent criticism of Hindu activists that Christian missionaries in India are pressuring and inducing poor Hindus to convert to Christianity, the Vatican threw the gauntlet at Hindus on the eve of the Diwali festival. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue said on Monday: Belief and freedom always go […]
Heady from its overwhelming success in the search arena, Google wants to extend its sway into the mobile arena as well. On Monday, the Mountain View, California company rolled out a new alliance of 34 members called Open Handset Alliance to develop new cell phones based on open technology standards. Google and other members of the […]
The Wall Street Journal is tooting its horn that it’s hit the one million paid subscriber mark for its online edition WSJ.com. WSJ.com subscribers stood at 989,000 at the end of the third quarter, up 25.5% year over year. WSJ.com is that rare success in a sea of failures of newspapers that have struggled to get […]