World’s most fuel efficient engine powers first flight
Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, the most efficient flying in the world have powered the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft to the skies for the first time on Friday. The aircraft took off from Toulouse, France,...
View ArticleBBA appreciates IT raid on RiddiSiddhi
By Umesh Kamble Mumbai : The Bombay Bullion Association favoured the income tax (I-T) raid on the office of the bullion dealer RiddiSiddhi Bullion Ltd, and the residence of its managing director...
View ArticleNew Academic Session commences at XLRI
XLRI Jamshedpur, the premier Private B-School in India has announced commencement of the new academic session 2013-14. A totalof 420 students drawn from the three flagship programmes: Business...
View Article“Exclusive summer collection” from CCIC @ Bangaluru
Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Limited (CCIC) retails Authentic Indian Handlooms and Handicrafts through its showrooms on M.G.Road and H.S.R BDA complex, Bangaluru. The products are...
View ArticleJK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The country’s most exciting and hard fought motorsport event for young racing enthusiasts is back. 2013 marks the 10th successful successive year of India’s only Karting championship-the JK...
View ArticleFirst Ever Michelin Guide to Hiroshima
Michelin has published the 2013 Special Edition MICHELIN guide Hiroshima, which lists the region’s best eating establishments. 278 restaurants, 48 ryokans and 36 hotels are featured in the guide. For...
View ArticleTop Up Summer Salads with Chilled Beer Raasta
As summer bears down on you with the mercury soaring, refresh yourself with salads and chilled beer. Raasta offers salads containing select mixed greens, elegant toppings, and choices galore. This...
View ArticleObama to Defend US Surveillance Program at G8 Summit
US. President Barack Obama will defend the secretive internet surveillance programs conducted by the US. intelligence community when he meets with leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations...
View ArticleEU Countries Grant Partial Mandate for Negotiating FTA Deal with US
Senior EU officials said late Friday that EU member states have granted a mandate to the European Commission for negotiating a free trade agreement with the United States (US). While hailing the...
View ArticleFrantic efforts among BJP and JDU leaders to save alliance
Ahead of its weekend review, JD(U) on Friday gave clear signs yet again of an emerging split with BJP, saying there are problems and the situation is “difficult” even as a senior party leader lashed...
View ArticleCBI initiates another probe against AgustaWestland
CBI has started another probe against UK-based helicopter supplier AgustaWestland for alleged corruption in the supply of Light Utility Helicopters to Army. CBI sources said the preliminary inquiry has...
View Article‘Rebuilding Infosys to take 3 years; involve tough decisions’
Recalled to ride out the bad times for Infosys, its Chairman N R Narayana Murthy on Saturday said the “daunting” task of rebuilding a “desirable Infosys” would take at least three years and there would...
View ArticleModerate Hassan Rouhani wins Iran presidential election in landslide
Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second...
View Article16th June marks Tereshkova as first woman in space fifty yrs ago
On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly into space in a scientific feat that was a major step for the Soviet Union. Two years after Yuri Gagarin’s historic first manned...
View Article20 killed in south Iraq by a series of car bombs
As Iraq grapples with violence and prolonged political deadlock, a wave of car bombs killed 20 people on Sunday, raising fears of all-out sectarian war. A total of seven vehicles, rigged with...
View ArticleJD(U) walks out of NDA; breaks alliance with BJP in Bihar
In a major setback to National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha election, the Janata Dal (United) broke its ties with BJP in Bihar, bringing to end a 17-year-old alliance that...
View ArticleEgypt snaps ties with Syria, calls for enforcing no-fly zone
Egypt has severed diplomatic ties with Syria and asked the world powers to enforce a no-fly zone over the war-torn country as part of efforts to oust embattled Syrian regime led by President Bashar...
View ArticleDRDO to introduce defence shield to tackle enemy missiles fired from 5,000 km...
India’s missile defence system is set to get a big boost as it is developing capability to intercept enemy missiles fired from a distance of up to 5,000 km. According to DRDO chief Avinash Chander, the...
View ArticleIndian couple fearing dishonour killing win right to stay in Australia
An Indian couple from Punjab have won the right to stay in Australia after applying for refugee status on the grounds that they may be subjected to honour killing in India for an inter-caste love...
View Article30 marine police stations to be set up in Tamil Nadu
In Tamil Nadu, 30 marine police stations will be set up soon. Disclosing this at a function at Tirunelveli, Coastal Security Group Additional Director General of Police Sylendra Babu said that 24 fast...
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