Washington, May 6 (IANS) Indian data centre technologies expert Shekhar Dasgupta has presented a new set of measures that go well beyond raising efficiency of IT infrastructure paving the way for leaner and greener data centres. These measures could improve performance and revenue besides reducing costs and environmental impact, he said speaking at the Data […]
Lucknow, May 6 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) has ordered the deployment of more security personnel for the fifth phase of polling in 15 parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh May 7, officials said Tuesday. With several incidents of booth capturing in the third and fourth rounds of balloting in the state and apprehensions about further […]
Washington, May 6 (IANS) Mumbai-educated Harish Manwani has been elected to the Board of Directors of Qualcomm Incorporated, the San Diego, California-based global leader in wireless telecommunications products and services. Manwani, who currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Unilever PLC brings more than 35 years of consumer product and global management experience, a […]
Title: On A Clear Day You Can See India; Author: C. Balagopal, Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India; Pages: 203; Prices: Rs.299 It was at age 60 that C. Balagopal decided to unwrap memories and rely on old notes and diaries to put together this fascinating book on what he saw – and did – as a […]
Washington, May 6 (IANS) Nina Davuluri, the first Indian American to be crowned Miss USA, will lead the women’s forum session and the “Be Fit Be Cool’ walkathon at the 32nd annual convention of Indian-origin physicians. Over 2,000 physicians and their families are expected to attend the annual convention of the American Association of Physicians […]
Lucknow, May 6 (IANS) Kumar Vishwas, who is Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Amethi, Tuesday alleged that his family had been asked to leave the constituency or face forceful eviction. According to sources, district police officials late Monday reached the rented accommodation of the AAP leader and asked his wife and other relatives along […]
Jammu, May 5 (IANS) Timely detection of a landmine by Border Security Force (BSF) troopers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district near the international border averted a major tragedy in the area Monday. BSF sources told IANS that troopers of the 9th battalion detected an anti-personnel mine at Regal in Rajpura area of Kathua Monday morning. […]
Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) Campaigning came to an end Monday evening for the second and final phase of Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Seemandhra of Andhra Pradesh scheduled Wednesday. Loudspeakers fell silent, door-to-door canvassing by all political parties and their candidates came to a halt and the poll advertisements on television channels were taken off […]
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Should you be more careful about fellow women commuters in Delhi Metro as figures furnished by the CISF, in charge of guarding the metro, show that an overwhelming majority of pickpockets nabbed this year are women? But, if Delhi Police are to be believed, the figures provided by CISF “are grossly […]
Kiev, May 5 (IANS) Militants shot down a military helicopter near Sloviansk city in eastern Ukraine, BBC reported Monday citing a Ukrainian defence ministry statement. It was the third such incident of a Ukrainian military helicopter being downed over the city in recent days. The crew of the aircraft, however, survived largely because the helicopter crashed […]