Missionary School teacher punishes 5 year old student by tearing fistful of her hairMarch 16th, 2005 A five year old girl failed to bring a plastic bag to school and paid a "heavy price". She is now in a state of shock.
Slain engineer's body beings sent to IndiaJanuary 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - As police investigated the murder of a software engineer from Hyderabad in the US, the Indian consulate in Houston sent an official to Little Rock, Arkansas to help arrange the transfer of the body to India. The body of Akshay Vishal, an employee of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Limited who was on contract with US company Jet Falcon, has been sent for autopsy.
US versus India Broadband Connectivity Comparison - 50 Times Slower But CostlierSeptember 20th, 2008 In India I can get 1Mbps from Tata Indicom / VSNL for Rs. 2500 (~ 55.55$ / month with 45Rs-1$ conversion rate) + Tax which brings it to Rs 2800 per month.
Gmail up and running after giving users hard timeFebruary 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thousands of tweets and hours later, the Gmail malfunction that led to hue and cry in the Internet community Tuesday seems to have been resolved - more or less. 'A number of users have had difficulty accessing Gmail today.
India Fourth Largest Internet UserJanuary 12th, 2006 U.S. continues to lead with nearly 200 million Internet users at the end of 2005, China and India are now in second and fourth place among Internet users. India boasts 50.6 million internet users.
Cyber attacks on US, S. Korea aimed at registering protest: ExpertsJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The latest cyber attacks against South Korean and American websites are more intended at venting anger than causing damage. The attacks on Estonia and South Korea, for instance, might best be thought of as the 21st-century equivalent of banging a shoe at the United Nations.
Union expresses anger over British Council outsourcing jobs to IndiaJuly 29th, 2009 LONDON - A decision to recruit at least 100 Indian workers, if not more, to fill finance and IT posts at the British Council in New Delhi and other parts of India has infuriated unions, who fear that this could be the blueprint for Whitehall. Final decisions about which jobs will go to India will be taken in the next few weeks, but they are expected to include 58 finance posts, up to 40 IT posts and 15 posts for a new centre of excellence, The Times reports.
Google apologises for Gmail outage that affected millionsFebruary 24th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Google Tuesday apologised for an outage that struck possibly millions of users of its email system, Gmail, earlier in the day. 'The Gmail outage that affected many consumers and Google Apps users worldwide is now over.
Slain Indian engineer's body being shipped home from USJanuary 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The body of Akshay Vishal, an employee of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services who was murdered in a robbery attempt in the US, is expected to be flown to India Saturday. A consul from the Indian consulate in Houston has reached Little Rock, Arkansas, where the incident took place, to coordinate with the local authorities and complete the necessary paper work.
India Set to be Technical Backend for All New .org Web SitesOctober 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.
Apex IT body shocked by Satyam chief's confessionJanuary 6th, 2009 BANGALORE - Nasscom, the apex body of the IT-BPO industry in India, expressed its shock Wednesday at the confession made by Satyam Computers' erstwhile chief B. Ramalinga Raju, who admitted to a Rs.40 billion fraud before quitting his post.
Social networking sites can help protect youngsters from cyber bullyingMay 12th, 2009 SYDNEY - An inquiry into cyber bullying has revealed that young victims can use friendships on social networking websites to help protect themselves. Gillian Calvert, the NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People, told the inquiry that cyber bullying should not be viewed as a new phenomenon.
Global meltdown has hit IT sector hiring in India: NilekaniFebruary 15th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies vice-chairman Nandan M. Nilekani Monday admitted that the global economic meltdown has affected hiring in India's IT industry.
Google launches a mobile internet bus in Tamil NaduFebruary 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - Google India Tuesday unveiled an Internet bus, a mobile vehicle designed to provide information on Internet and computer to people in cities across Tamil Nadu. Dubbed as 'Google Bus', the vehicle which was flagged off from Chennai will cover 15 towns including Erode, Dindigul, Pudukkottai, Trippur and Nagercoil in 45 days.
India In Brief On The Republic DayJanuary 26th, 2007 1. Goldman Sacks predicts India will beat US by 2050, lagging only behind China in economy. I think it will be much sooner.