Posts Tagged ‘News’

Is Mumbai ready for “Tide of the Century”?

July 16, 2009. Tags: , , , ,  •  No Comments

Mumbai is at an average elevation of 10-15 meters above sea level and receives an annual rainfall of about 2,200 mm per year, of which almost 50% is recorded in July every year. I am sure everyone would recollect the tragic 26th of July, 2005 when the rains created a havoc all over Mumbai bringing this metropolis to a grinding halt - for 3 consecutive days! With a record rainfall of 944mm in a single day, it caused tremendous losses …

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Hurray! Blogger turns 10 in August

June 20, 2009. Tags: , , , ,  •  No Comments

Google’s about to have its second tenth birthday. In late August, Blogger will officially turn 10 years old. As our birthday draws near, we thought it would be interesting to share some fun facts about Blogger:

Every minute of every day, 270,000 words are written on Blogger
Millions of people worldwide use Blogger to publish to their blog each week
Almost two thirds of Blogger’s traffic comes from outside North America (What’s the #2 country after the U.S.? Brazil, followed by Turkey, Spain, …

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Heart Surgery for Kids - Free of Cost

March 11, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  4 Comments

Yes, you read it right… One hospital in India has pledged to perform heart surgeries on kids, absolutely FREE of cost.

The SAI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER MEDICAL SCIENCES will perform the heart surgeries on kids. If you want to avail this fabulous facility, please contact following address:

Sai Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences
EPIP Area, Whitefield,
Bangalore 560066
Karnataka, India
Telephone: +91-080-28411500
Fax: +91-080-28411502
Email for general queries: adminblr@sssihms.org.in

SHARE this information will all… Let’s be a part of this humane effort to save the …

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Beware before accepting friend requests in ORKUT

January 22, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , ,  •  3 Comments

Recently Mumbai Mirror published a lot of instances where terrorists and underworld people has got connecting through Orkut. Yes, the simple yet powerful social networking tool Orkut… Like Dawood Ibrahim, Chotta Shakeel, and many more gangsters are getting new manpower (!!) through Orkut only. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) of India has started their investigations. So please start removing the unwanted / unknown contacts through Orkut.

It is usual that we receive friend request from unknown people. But if you actually do not know that person it …

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Barack Obama, We Love You…

January 20, 2009. Tags: , , ,  •  3 Comments

Barack Obama is all set to create history today by being sworn in as America’s first black President to bring hopes of change to a nation battered by recession and weary of wars.

Preparations are on in full swing to mark the momentous occasion in American history. Security has been stepped up all along Pensylvania avenue - the route to be taken by Obama from the White House to Capitol Hill where he will take the oath as America’s first African-American …

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Pakistani president Zardari matters to the world!

December 28, 2008. Tags: , ,  •  6 Comments

Finally there is at least one good news for Pakistan. TIME magazine has listed Pakistani president on its list of ‘20 People Who Mattered Most in 2008’! President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, has made it to Time magazine’s new list of ‘People Who Mattered Most’. 

List of People Who Mattered Most…

Ingrid Betancourt: Former Colombian presidential candidate held hostage in the jungle for six years
Rod Blagojevich: Had tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant senate seat to the highest bidder.
Gordon …

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Tata to sponsor Team Ferrari in next Formula 1 race

December 18, 2008. Tags: , , ,  •  4 Comments

Times Now just reported that India’s most renowned corporate brand, Tata and one of the biggest teams in Formula 1, Team Ferrari has inked a deal wherein the Tata’s will sponsor Team Ferrari in the forthcoming race. It may be recollected that in last 3 years, India participated in the Formula 1 racing with Narayan Karthikeyan making a mark. Now this year, India has gone ahead with sponsoring entire racing team!

Ratan Tata was quite happy with this global branding deal, …

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