Desi Girl Shivani Sud Wins Intel Science Talent Prize

A pretty Indian-American girl Shivani Sud won the top prize at the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search competition in the U.S. on Tuesday. As the grand prize winner, Shivani Sud gets a $100,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation. This is the first time that an Indian-American student has won the top prize, which is often […]

Teradata Sets up Global Consulting Centre in Pune

Data warehousing expert Teradata has opened a second Global Consulting Centre in India at Pune. Teradata’s Pune Global Consulting Centre will offer business intelligence solutions for telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, banking and insurance industries in the Americas. Teradata selected Pune because of its talented pool of mature IT professionals and IT educational institutions that can provide […]

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated in Rawalpindi

Former Pakistan Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi today at 6:16 PM local time adding to the instability of this nuclear nation in South Asia. Early reports say that a suicide bomber shot Benazir in the neck and chest as she was leaving a campaign rally in […]

No More Free Lunch, Microsoft Tells Pirates

Your free lunch days are over, Microsoft is telling software pirates and their cheapo customers. Make no mistake, Microsoft is aggressively going after pirates of its software these days. And to prove that it means business now where piracy of its software is concerned, the software company’s been throwing around some impressive numbers. Just the other day, […]

Vatican Hits Back at Hindu Activists on Diwali Eve

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 […]

Kerala Model Under Scrutiny

Kerala is that odd state in India with a high rate of literacy and life expectancy, higher quality of life compared to other Indian states and possibly the highest rate of migration of its people in search of better prospects. The Kerala model of high investment by the state in education and healthcare for its population […]