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Mumbai, (IANS) Interest rates on automobile, housing and commercial loans could come down and banks will have Rs.180 billion more to lend as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday cut key rates, but just a tad to spur growth and keep inflation in check. The repurchase rate, or the interest on short-term borrowings by [...]

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Madrid, (IANS) A record one billion tourists took international trips last year, says a report published Tuesday by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The figure showed a four-percent rise from that in 2011, Xinhua reported. Around 1.03 billion tourists visited foreign countries, 39 million more than in 2011, the report said. The strongest growth [...]

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BlackBerry 10 release event is finally here and great BB10 OS features and large number of apps will save it from demise Just one more day is left in BlackBerry 10 release. The new operating system from Research in Motion is getting huge media exposure across the world and there are speculations as to how [...]

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HTC Butterfly or Droid DNA comes to India with great specs and features. But its very high price of Rs. 44,900 may adversely affect its chances in very price conscious country like India HTC Butterfly is one of the best Android smart-phones to have hit the Indian market. But besides being among the best it [...]

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Indian smart-phone market is coming of age, or so it seems. Some great handsets are being introduced in the market by local companies that give smart-phone lovers value for money products with great specs and very useful features. Though these handsets may not be comparable to top-ranked smart-phones including Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3, [...]

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ALIGARH: The Department of Electrical Engineering, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University organized a Workshop on Advances in Gas Insulated Systems. In her inaugural lecture, Prof. Nandini Gupta highlighted the advantages of Gas Insulated Substations for extra high voltage systems. The effect of partial discharge on the insulation including GIS Systems [...]

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Kamal Hassan’s latest film that is under huge controversy in many parts of the country specially in Tamil Nadu has been released in neighboring state of Karnataka. the film’s fate in Tamil Nadu remains a mystery with the  government asking the actor/ director to make changes in the film for over more than one hour. [...]

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Can Surface Pro be a success? With the release date is coming near, tech market is quite concerned about the new Microsoft tablet/Ultrabook. At least a few analysts think that the Surface Pro might face the same fate of its Windows RT sibling, the Surface RT. Microsoft is really anxious about the developments. The company [...]

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Will the 2013 be the comeback year of Research In Motion? Can RIM get back to the fore of mobile market with its upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS? With the release date of BlackBerry 10, January 30, is near the corner, analysts are busy talking about the possibility of BlackBerry’s return to the global market. Well, [...]

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Maitinee idol and top rated Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan has divided India Pakistan (video). But it has finally brought Indian Muslims in focus Shah Rukh Khan, the badshah of Indian cinema has become the latest reason for India and Pakistan to fight. He is a billionaire actor/business man with a keen nose for success [...]

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By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Let the nutty flavours of squid meat, the juicy sink-your-teeth-in flesh of prawns, the delicate texture of sweet crab meat and the creamy texture of octopus assail your senses. Fish is no longer the only aquatic offering that will satisfy the palate of the Kolkata foodie. The capital of West Bengal, [...]

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Surface Pro tablet is set to be released pretty soon and Apple is readying to face it with iPad 5 or new iPad 4 with major improvements in specs Is a 128GB iPad version on the card? Though not much is known about it thus far, nonetheless there are reasons to believe that Apple is [...]

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Apple doesn’t seem to be in its best health right now. Not just stock market is an indicator of its slide in fortune, even the lack of enthusiasm among people across the world is worrying for the company and investors. There was always a sense of something new coming to the smart-phone market prior to [...]

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Dhaka, (IANS) India and Bangladesh Monday inked an extradition treaty and a friendlier visa regime, as New Delhi appreciated Dhaka’s role in helping address India’s security concerns, especially in tackling Indian insurgent groups operating out of Bangladesh. The agreements, inked during the visit of Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to Dhaka, also saw both the [...]

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