East, South-East Asia left high and dry this hot season m&c | Great swaths of South-East and East Asia are suffering from their worst dry-season drought in decades, and the monsoon is still months away. Worse still, the seasonal rains might be postponed by the El Nino phenomenon, experts said. | El Nino, a warming of Pacif...
Samsung in CDMA mode The Himalayan | KATHMANDU: Kathmandu: Samsung Mobile has launched three models of CDMA phones in Nepal — W259, B619 and B309. Samsung CDMA is the first global CDMA brand to enter the market here. | W259 M DUO is a dual standby GSM+CDMA phone with 1.3 mega pixel camera, MPEG4/MP3 player with religious chants...
East, South-East Asia left high and dry this hot season m&c | Great swaths of South-East and East Asia are suffering from their worst dry-season drought in decades, and the monsoon is still months away. Worse still, the seasonal rains might be postponed by the El Nino phenomenon, experts sai...
Excavating 14th century power-broker's palace could shed new light on medieval Nepal Newstrack India | Kathmandu, March 15 (ANI): Reports indicate that the ongoing excavations of the ruins of a 14th century power-broker's palace in Panauti, Nepal, could shed new light on the medieval past of the country. | The Department of Archaeology (DOA) s...
Facebook opening operations office in India The Miami Herald | MUMBAI, India -- Social networking site Facebook is opening an operations office in India, its first in Asia, to help manage rapid growth in the number of users. | The office, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, will have advertising and deve...
Chennai to host Indian Science Congress DNA India | Chennai: Prime minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the 98th edition of Indian Science Congress, to be held here for five days from January 3, 2011. | The Congress, hosted by the SRM University would be attended by over 7,000 delegates from Indi...
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Sony India eyes 30% market share in LCD TVs The Times Of India KOLKATA: Consumer electronic goods major Sony India is targeting a 30 percent market share in the liquid crystal display (LCD) television segment in 2010-11 from the present 25 per...
Soon, broadband in every Indian village: Sachin Pilot The Times Of India NEW DELHI: India is charting a grand scheme targeting its rural outback to reach telecom and broadband services to each of its 626,000 villages, using funds to the tune of $3.5 bil...
Climate Goal Is Supported by China and India Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | WASHINGTON -- China and India formally agreed Tuesday to join the international climate change agreement reached in December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign u...
Facebook opens office in India, first in Asia Chicago Sun-Times | MUMBAI, India -- Social networking site Facebook is opening an operations office in India, its first in Asia, to help manage rapid growth in the number of users.The office, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, will have advertising and develop...
Facebook opening operations office in India The State | MUMBAI, India -- Social networking site Facebook is opening an operations office in India, its first in Asia, to help manage rapid growth in the number of users. | The office, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, will have advertising and deve...
Facebook opening operations office in India to support global growth Hartford Courant MUMBAI, (AP) — Social networking site is opening an operations office in India, its first in Asia, to help manage rapid growth in the number of users. | The office, in the southern Indian city of , will have advertising and developer support te...
Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests The Star | LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has managed to transfer disease resistance from one plant family to another, offering broader protection from potentially costly and destructive pests. Corn is harvested north of Manila, March 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo/Files) | A team led by Cyril Zipfel at Britain's Sainsbury Laborator...
Nokia revises 2009 market share down to 34 pct Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | HELSINKI - Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year. | The revision was due to more accurate measuring methods, including of counterfeit products, the world's largest mobile phone maker said. |...
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