Tag: india

  • Indian rocket puts 10 Satellites into orbit

    Indian rocket puts 10 Satellites into orbit

    The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has added another feather to its cap by launching a polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) carrying 10 satellites in its payload. The PSLV weighing in at 230 tonnes and almost 12 storeys tall carried a 690 kg CARTOSAT-2A, ISRO’s Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1), weighing 83kg, and eight nano satellites…

  • The Firefox Bus

    The Firefox Bus

    The Firefox logo is getting spotted everywhere from the deep space to a bus in rural India. Though not as big as its intergalactic counterpart the Firefox bus is still pretty cool. While coming from Mysore, we suddenly saw a big Firefox logo pasted on a bus. We stopped the car and and stopped the…

  • ISP goofs up gives wrong IP address to the cops costs techie 50 days in jail

    ISP goofs up gives wrong IP address to the cops costs techie 50 days in jail

    With the makings of a typical Bollywood flick, it’s ironic that this story revolves around a famous South Indian ruler. The plot involved – an innocent techie A culprit Cyber Crime Police and ISP Bharti Airtel. The story goes like this; a group on Orkut was created that was dedicated to defame a South Indian…

  • Tara Tiny at $2450 is the world’s cheapest car and it runs on electricity

    Tara Tiny at $2450 is the world’s cheapest car and it runs on electricity

    Replacing the Tata Nano ($ 2500) as the world’s cheapest car is the Tara Tiny, it costs only 99,000 Indian Rupees ($ 2450) and runs on Electricity. Developed by a less known company Tara International the Tiny can seat 2 and Titu can seat 4 respectively. Each of the cars can be recharged daily at…

  • One of the best ads ever – Happydent India

    A masterpiece by Mccann Erickson the ad has clinched the silver lion in Cannes Lion 2007.

  • Indian Government issues a Blackberry blackout.

    Indian Government issues a Blackberry blackout.

    Tata Teleservices’ application to offer BlackBerry Services in India has been rejected after the Department of Telecom (DoT) forwarded the request to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) citing that Under India’s Information Technology Act of 2000, the government has the right, under certain circumstances, to intercept electronic communications for security reasons and in…

  • Indian State shuts Windows, schools to use only Linux

    Indian State shuts Windows, schools to use only Linux

    India’s southern state of Kerala will be the first in the country to completely switch from Microsoft Windows to only GNU/Linux free software. Linux will be used in the mandatory IT test at the state SSLC examinations that half a million students will appear for from next week. Till last year, they could take the…

  • Tata Nano the $2500 car

    Tata Nano the $2500 car

    Tata has finally unveiled the much awaited $2500 People’s car at the New Delhi Auto Expo. The Tata Nano is powered by a 2 cylinder 624-cc engine which churns out a minuscule 33 horsepower while giving around 54 miles to the gallon. Tata claims the car meets all the safety and environmental standards. It has…

  • Monkey infected state seems to have an Ape ruler too.

    Monkey infected state seems to have an Ape ruler too.

    If this next story is to be believed, we all can for surely say that this state in India is indeed the descendants of monkeys if not apes. Why? You may ask. Well, in order to curb the antics of these beasts the head of state of Himachal Pradesh in North India has come to…

  • Water in Indian state is so contaminated that it mutates you

    Water in Indian state is so contaminated that it mutates you

    There is a saying about the waters of Punjab; folklore suggests that water that flows there is so sweet and healthy that it could help you digest a nail! Rest assured even after a hearty Punjabi meal, you’ll be hungry for the next thanks to the digestive properties of the water. However there is some…