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January 24th, 2008 Avian Flu has affected over half of West Bengal, India. It has even been detected 40 km (kilometers) away from where I live (Kolkata).

April 13th, 2009 Traveling is a passion for some and obsession for others. If you have a habit of stepping out of the house, then you sure can't leave it just like that.

July 6th, 2007 Note: This is for Indians who have to travel abroad on short business trips. Which overseas travel insurance company do you use for short trip? I used New India Assurance before, but I find their policy of payment after the expenses have been paid very inconvenient especially if you are for short periods and do not have the time nor energy to pursue your claim afterwards.

September 26th, 2006 Dr. House MD is probably the best Television serial I have seen. Intellectual, witty and overall humane.

November 4th, 2007 Why in the world I am getting overseas travel insurance ads on my highly technical blog? I am not talking about an individual page where I can understand that Google Media bot haven't crawled yet. I am talking about the front page! The only time I talked about travel insurance was in July 7th.

March 17th, 2005 A seismologist in India says that the country has moved closer to Indonesia due to the massive earthquake which triggered the tsunami in December. The findings of Dr Gahlaut's survey reveal that the geographical distance between India and Indonesia - the epicentre of the deadly earthquake - has reduced from distances of five meters to 15 millimetres.

February 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - India can rightly be called the back office of the world for its achievements in Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services, Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Mao Siwei said Sunday. 'Now China is called the 'factory of the world,' while India the 'back office of the world'.

October 4th, 2005 India’s global image and reputation is rapidly growing. Top Internet decision makers, PIR, have decided to make India a hub for the technical backend of all new websites, a move that is expected to significantly reduce time to resolve websites.

September 21st, 2009 Travel brands and deals on Twitter: Who to followNEW YORK — What are you looking for when you follow a travel brand on Twitter? News? Deals? Exclusive offers? And which Twitter travel feeds are the most popular? DealBase.com researched airlines, hotels and booking sites on Twitter and found that of the brands surveyed, JetBlue's Twitter feed had the most followers mid-September with 1.2 million. Of the Travel booking Web sites DealBase looked at, Travelocity had the most followers with nearly 25,000 and among hotels, Marriott had the most followers with more than 15,000.

April 20th, 2005 Report from the 4th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications, organised by the World Health Organization and others.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Rs.70-billion accounting fraud at Satyam Computer will not mar the image of corporate India abroad, Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal said here Tuesday. 'There are a lot of shining stars in India's corporate world who will ensure that the flag of India keeps flying high,' said Sibal.

November 18th, 2008 Collect calls and calls to 1-800 numbers should be free, right? Unfortunately in India, there isn't a simple way to call a 1-800 number in USA or make a simple collect call for free. However there is a way and it is free.

May 22nd, 2008 Recently I had to travel from Kolkata to San Francisco via New Delhi, New York City and return via Los Angeles and Frankfurt, pretty much I covered the globe twice in eight days with 4 days or actual work / fun. Here is my experience in brief.

December 18th, 2005 Microsoft plans to make India a hub for research, product and applications development. It announced plans for investing $1.7 billion over the next four years, and increasing local headcount by 3,000 to 7,000-level.

March 3rd, 2009 Considering you are an iPhone lover which is quite obvious, are you a traveler too? Do you love to travel and try out different cuisines and different hotels in unknown cities? Then there may not be a better app for you than this. Simultravel GPS iPhone app not only helps you make hotel reservations around the globe from your iPhone, it also gives you an interactive map to locate it and gather information.