CAIRO: Egyptian military has spotted the wreckage of a Russian passenger plane that crashed today in the Sinai Peninsula with 224 people on board, the government said. “Military planes have discovered the wreckage of the plane… in a mountainous area, and 45 ambulances have been directed to the site to evacuate dead and wounded,” a cabinet statement said. A “Russian […]
» Read moreMillionaire NRI Robin Raina to see slums being demolished and scores of people rendered homeless as India dressed itself up for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Raina. Raina, who runs a highly successful billion dollar American software company and recently won a multi-million dollar deal with London Stock Exchange, decided to come to the rescue of Delhi’s Bawana refugees by building […]
» Read moreGogle is reportedly merging its two operating systems: Android and Chrome. According to a report in Walls Street Journal, “Google plans to fold its Chrome operating system for personal computers into its Android mobile operating system…” The report, which cites people familiar with the matter as source, says that the company plans to preview the combined new OS in 2016 […]
» Read moreFashion focused e-tailer Jabong has appointed former Benetton India MD Sanjeev Mohanty as its chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD), effective early December 2015. With his appointment, perhaps for the first time, Indian e-commerce would witness a chief executive from a traditional retailer heading an online venture in India. Jabong has been making headlines owing to multiple reasons, […]
» Read moreUS social networking major Facebook has partnered state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to create 100 Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India to drive digital penetration in the country. Facebook is investing Rs 5 crore per annum for buying bandwidth from BSNL in this joint initiative that also includes IT infrastructure services providers such as Quad Zen and Trimax for equipment and […]
» Read moreA special women’s court on Friday sentenced 28-year-old petty thief Chandrabhan Sanap to death for brutally raping and murdering 23-year-old Andhra techie Esther Anuhya in January last year. On Tuesday, special judge Vrushali Joshi had pronounced Sanap guilty. On Wednesday, during the arguments on the quantum of sentence even as the special public prosecutor Raja Thakare sought the death sentence, […]
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