Did India take shortcuts to acquire sophisticated launching systems and missile delivery technology from the U.S.? We doubt this interesting question will ever be answered to our satisfaction, especially given the growing cooperation on defense and nuclear technology between India and the U.S. A federal grand jury in Washington DC on Tuesday indicted Indian national
Here’s a short list of upcoming Movie Reviews that SearchIndia.com will most likely be publishing in the near future. Selection of movies to be reviewed are based on SearchIndia.com readers’ suggestions and our own picks. Forthcoming Movie Reviews on SearchIndia.com: English Righteous Kill – Al Pacino, Robert De Niro Burn After Reading – Brad Pitt, […]
A new report by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation places India at a shameful No-122 in the ease of doing business. India ranks behind countries like Ethiopia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Uganda in the 2009 ranking on the ease of doing business. India did slightly better (Rank: No-120) in the 2008 Doing Business study. […]
At first glance, this seems straight out of the Ripley’s Believe it or Not book. Today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) has a piece on Apple in which a Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster attributed the 4% drop in Apple stock price Tuesday in part to concerns that Mr.Jobs appeared thin. But if you think about […]
Lost amid the hype of the successful iPod and the iPhone is Apple’s steady emergence as a giant in the entertainment arena. So what if Apple lost the PC battle of the 20th century to Microsoft. You see, Apple has already ground Microsoft, RealNetworks, Napster and other sundry players into the dust in the bigger entertainment war […]
Two desis have made it to the shortlist for the Man Booker prize for fiction books. They are Chennai-born Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger) and Amitav Ghosh (Sea of Poppies). The other authors on this year’s Booker shortlist include Sebastian Barry (The Secret Scripture), Steve Toltz (A Fraction of the Whole), Linda Grant (The Clothes on their Backs) […]