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Tech: Free online image editing app
One of the best online image editing app i have ever seen
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News: 'The Musalman' - Chennai newspaper written by hand
'The Musalman', an evening paper, has always been handwritten — all four pages of it — everyday, not a single day missed in 81 years
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IndiaShining: Plumber drives Ford to work
"All that you see now is the result of 30 years of hard work," says the man who studied till Std VI and made the education of his children a priority. His son and two daughters have done their engineering and BBA and BCA respectively.
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Miscellaneous: Mercury, Mars can destroy Earth
No one knows exactly how life on Earth will end. But scientists claim that a collision with Mercury or Mars could destroy our planet long before the Sun bakes it to a crisp in five billion years' time.discuss | | category: Miscellaneous | Content type: Text/Pictures | Add this link to... | tell a friend | bakwaas
Tech: Microsoft Research "WorldWide Telescope"
Microsoft Research "WorldWide Telescope" the project which made Robert Scoble cry
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News: Women to guard borders soon
Breaking another male domain, women will soon guard the borders of the country with the government deciding to recruit 750 women constables for the Border Security Force (BSF). The Union Home Ministry has sanctioned the recruitment of 750 women constables for the 2,10,261-strong BSF and a notification in this regard was issued on Wednesday evening.discuss | | category: News | Content type: Text/Pictures | Add this link to... | tell a friend | bakwaas
News: Godhra: Cops free accused, jail 14-yr-old namesake
CNN-IBN's Special Investigation has now learnt about how a key confession was obtained after sustained torture and tutoring by the Gujarat Police. Not only that, as reward, the police set the witness free and in his place a minor with the same name has been in jail for over four years.
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News: Court orders MLA to work at AIDS camp as punishment
He had to choose between sweeping the streets of the Capital or helping out at the camp — punishment for harassing a woman. Talvinder chose the latter saying, "Gande kaam mei kyon padoo?" ("Why should I get into dirty work and sweep?") The MLA and an accomplice were booked in 1992 for forcibly entering a woman's house and harassing her.
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News: Foreigner molested in Ahmedabad's Gandhi Ashram
In a shocking incident, two inebriated youth allegedly molested a foreigner inside the museum of Gandhi Ashram on Monday but strangely no complaint was lodged as it would have required the police to enter the ashram which, according to officials, would have ‘‘affected the sanctity'' of the place.discuss | | category: News | Content type: Text/Pictures | Add this link to... | tell a friend | bakwaas
News: Blueline victim's wife kills herself
Akhid Ali, 30, and his wife, Daliya Bibi, 25, landed at New Delhi railway station on Sunday morning. Within hours, Akhid was killed in an accident and by the next evening, a distraught Daliya had hanged herself.1 comment | | category: News | Content type: Text/Pictures | Add this link to... | tell a friend | bakwaas
News: Heads roll in Yahoo! India
Jerry Yang’s ‘‘strategic work-force re-alignment’’ has started in India as well. Yahoo! India on Wednesday sacked 40 of its employees in Bangalore, many in its R&D division. "It’s just the beginning, more heads are likely to roll in India," said a source. Yahoo employs around 1,500 people in the country; the Research and Development division itself has around 900 people.
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News: Pappu gets life
Pappu Yadav, 2 others get life term for murder. Its about time
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Miscellaneous: Ghost caught on camera
A group of amateur film-makers believe they may have proof that ghosts really do exist after one of them caught something strange on camera.
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News: Management consultants can work from home
In a major relief to management consultants, the government has decided to include them in the list of professionals allowed to operate from residential areas under the small office-home office (SOHO) category. The decision of the Union urban development ministry will benefit thousands of professionals, mostly self-employed, who can now operate from their residence without attracting penal action like sealing of their premises.discuss | | category: News | Content type: Text/Pictures | Add this link to... | tell a friend | bakwaas
IndiaShining: Indian industrial output grows beyond expectations
The growth, led by manufacturing, was slightly ahead of expectations and better than a revised 5.1% in November. Analysts broadly welcomed the latest figure, as it shows government efforts to slow breakneck economic growth are continuing to be successful.
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