The Indian economy may be growing up at a fast clip but it’s not lifting all boats equally. Management consultancy firm Hay Group has put out a new report that the wage gap between managers and clerks is increasing in India. The pay gap multiple between managers and clerks in India is 7.4 in 2007. […]
Two bomb blasts killed 40 people and injured over 80 on Saturday evening at the Lumbini amusement park and a food stall in the Kothi area in the South Indian city of Hyderabad, capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The blasts are said to have occured around 7:40PM local time within minutes of each other. […]
This is straight out of Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Remember those clowns in the U.S. intelligence services who failed to see the 9/11 attack coming but managed to see non-existent weapons of mass destruction. Yes, those dodos now want to launch an internal communication tool called A-Space modelled on the popular social networking sites MySpace and Facebook. […]
Health dangers lurk in the oddest of places. True. Very true. An Australian professor Lidia Morawska has found that laser printers emit fine particles that can enter the lungs, causing respiratory and cardiovascular problems and potentially even cancer. Professor Morawska told the Brisbane Times: Ultra-fine particles are of most concern because they can penetrate deep […]
Any reasonable person who’s had the misfortune of watching the Fox News channel in the U.S. knows only too well its “Unfair and Unbalanced” tone. So, it’s with deep regret we note that News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has finally managed to get his grubby hands on one of the world’s finest newspapers – the […]
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has banned two underwear ads on the grounds of vulgarity. Officials from India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting said advertisements of “Lux Cozy Underwear” and “Amul Macho Underwear” that are being telecast on several television channels, are indecent, vulgar and suggestive. The ban prohibits transmission or retransmission of the […]