Monthly Archives: February 2010
Saudi Arabia can be an interlocutor with Pakistan: Tharoor
Riyadh, Feb 28 Saudi Arabia, with its close ties with Islamabad, could be a “valuable interlocutor” in improving India’s ties with Pakistan, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi… Read more
Kannada comedian Shankar dead, few pay last respects
Bangalore, Feb 28 Kannada comedian B.K. Shankar died after a brief illness Saturday but sadly hardly any from the state’s film industry paid their last respects to the actor who… Read more
Japan issues tsunami alert after Chile quake
Tokyo, Feb 28 The Japan Meteorological Agency Sunday issued a major tsunami alert for its Pacific coast after a powerful earthquake struck Chile, Xinhua reported.
Privacy will be protected under UIDs: Nandan Nilekani
By Murali Krishnan New Delhi, Feb 28 Privacy will be protected under the Unique Identity (UID) project and personal data will not be accessible to everybody, insists Nandan Nilekani, chairperson… Read more
PM arrives in Saudi Arabia on historic visit
Riyadh, Feb 27 Manmohan Singh arrived here Saturday on a historic three-day trip to Saudi Arabia, becoming the first Indian prime minister to visit the Gulf country in 28 years.
11 killed in militant attack in Philippines
Zamboanga City (The Philippines), Feb 27 (DPA) At least 11 people including 10 civilians were killed and several injured Saturday when Muslim militants attacked a village in southern Philippines, a… Read more
Physicists create circuit for new generation computer
Washington, Feb 27 Quantum computing – a new paradigm in information processing that may complement classical computers, could soon become a reality with physicists successfully creating a circuit using neutral… Read more
Court stays Delhi municipality engineer’s imprisonment
New Delhi, Feb 27 An engineer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), ordered to spend seven days in jail for contempt of court, has got reprieve after the Delhi… Read more
‘Best of India’ exhibition opens in Almaty
Almaty (Kazakhstan), Feb 27 A two-week “Best of India” exhibition that aims to further promote and strengthen trade and commercial relations between India and Kazakhstan and to disseminate information about… Read more
UN condemns attacks that killed 17 people in Kabul
New York, Feb 27 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned the Taliban for the “senseless disregard” of human lives in the bomb attacks in Kabul that killed at… Read more
