Tag Archives: News

What happens to the Doctorates?

Well the news is out the Govt. of India is derecognizing 44 so called deemed universities in India due to lack of infrastructure facilities. Finally some one in the Education department recognized it and blew the whistle.
Although I didn’t study in any of these universities but I have visited some of them during my UG [...]

Irony series

Well I have always wanted a irony series with news that I have read or instances of my blog posts or anything  that contradicts each other and finally I’m starting it today.
I just want to point out the ironies nothing more than that and probably what I consider as Irony might not be the same [...]

Where is bi.ng and Ap.pl?

Just read the news that the mighty Google has released its own URL shortener tool http://goo.gl which is available with Google Toolbar and  FeedBurner according to press release.I’m sure the tool will slowly be used by all Google products and may be ship with Android and Chrome OS which would be cool.
Pretty much every IT [...]

The Ripple Effect

With the United Progressive Alliance – UPA lead by Congress(I) winning the 2009 Indian parlimentary election with a surprise and its ripple effects has started showing up.
Obviously the first place to feel the effect is the closest to the center that’s Srilanka where BBC has reported that Velupillai Prabhakaran leader of LTTE has been killed. [...]

India Election result maps(2009) using ESRI Arcgis Flex API

As usual I was lookig for a site that would show the Indian goverment election 2009 and I found out that electio commision has a site set up with the maps and stats online.
Here is the web site http://www.eciresults.nic.in/
The intersting part is they have a amazing interative map online using ESRI Arcgis Flex API and [...]

Google News in Tamil..

Not sure how long Google News had tamil news feed from Aug 6 2008 but I just found about it today. Now I will be able read all crappy,funny and gossips from tamil news papers as well.
With every political party preparing for elections its going to be fun. Since none of the parties can give [...]

Irony

Here is an article that I was reading today which basically says that Indian chefs are welcome in UK but not IT workers.
Soon after that I was wondering if Veera Pandiya Kattabomman welcomed any of them to his kingdom. Time changes lot..:)

When will Indian politicians be like this

I’m wondering how long it will take for Indian politicians to keep aside politics and come together like in US for a day.
We Indians follow the west a lot , boast about every successful NRI living in the west and compare everything with US.
If it has already with out my knowledge plz let me know.

No Smoking..

My dear Smoker’s,
If you haven’t heard the news that you can’t legally smoke inside your office/restrooms in India any more. The law will be effective Oct 2 2008 and its a good initiative by the government.
Passing law is an easier task but implementing it properly is always been a problem since Independence. For e.g the [...]

Fake Currencies

One more way a citizen can be mugged. Check this article.
Isn’t it the responsibility of the bank to check the validity of currency before circulating it?  Shouldn’t they compensate for the money the account holder has lost?
I’m not a lawyer so I will have to assume the reporter has done is job good but who [...]