Category: India

  • India is the third most powerful Nation in the world

    It is shockingly surprising news for me. An official United States report on global governance has declared that India is the third most powerful nation after the United States and China. The report (‘Global Governance 2025’) was issued jointly by the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) and the European Union’s Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).…

  • Why do we celebrate Teachers’ Day?

    Today whole country is celebrating Teachers’ Day. Teachers’ day is celebrated across India on 5th September to honor the teachers for their contribution to society, with great verve and enthusiasm. This day is considered a “celebration” day in schools and colleges, where the usual classes are replaced by activities of celebration, thanks and remembrance. Actually…

  • Facebook overtakes Orkut in India

    According to the latest report by research firm comScore, Facebook has overtaken its competitors like Orkut and Yahoo in India to become the largest social networking site with more than 20 million visitors in July this year. Facebook registered a growth of 179 per cent whil Orkut is lagging behind at a growth rate of…

  • Download Indian Rupee Font and Symbol

    After a long wait, the Rupee has a symbol like other major global currencies. Earlier five different design were shortlisted for Indian rupee. The Rupee Symbol includes Both Devnagiri “Ra”and the Roman capital “R” and has two parallel lines running at the top. The two parallel lines denotes the Indian Flag [equal to (=) sign].…

  • Economic Disparities in India

    Winter was at its zenith in Delhi on 31st Dec 2009 night. I was returning from Noida to Delhi in my office bus. I saw a few blue coloured polyethylene tents on roadside and flames coming from cooking stoves. Soon I realised that those tents were occupied and the dwellers inside were cooking food for…

  • What is Bharat Bandh?

    Bandh is a Hindi word whose meaning is ‘closed’. Bharat stands for India. Bharat Bandh is a form of protest which is mainly used by political parties in India. During a Bandh, a political party or a community declares a general strike. Normally in any Bandh or strike, the community or political party declaring a…

  • What is Bhopal Gas Tragedy?

    Bhopal Gas Tragedy was the worst industrial catastrophe in the Indian History. It occurred in 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. At the time of accident, UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of the U.S. company Union Carbide Corporation (UCC). UCC is now a subsidiary…

  • Engineering Colleges which accept AIEEE scores

    The result of AIEEE 2010 has been announced and it is now available on cbseresults.nic.in. Around 1 million engineering aspirants appeared in this test. Due to large number of students take AIEEE, it has become more competitive than IIT-JEE. AIEEE is organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India. It was first…

  • Interstate Vehicle Registration and Road-tax in Bangalore

    Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, is India’s largest IT exporter. Almost all the top IT companies have their offices in Bangalore so it has become the first choice for IT professionals in India. No doubt, it is the fastest growing metropolis in India. Every month thousands of computer geeks come to Bangalore for better…

  • Prahlad Jani :: A Man who has not eaten for 70 years

    There is a man called Prahlad Jani, an 82-year-old Indian, who claims to have eaten not a single grain of rice or consumed a drop of water for the past 70 years and still is healthy and alive. This breaking news has surprised doctors all over the world who have found that the monk’s body…