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India's Parvathy Omanakuttan first runner-up at Miss World contest

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:49:04 +0000

Russia's Ksenya Sukhinova was Saturday crowned Miss World 2008 after beating scores of international beauties, including India's Parvathy Omanakuttan who finished first runners up, at a glittering African extravaganza held here.

"Miss World 2008 is Russia," announced Julia Morley, head of the Miss World committee that organises the event.

The 21-year-old Parvathy, who hails from Kottayam in Kerala, narrowly missed out on joining five Indian glamour queens Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999) and Priyanka Chopra (2000) who had won the title.

The Great Indian News Channels

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:59:10 +0000

With the launch of more than a dozen news channels in India there is a war for getting news on these 24 hour news channels. Since there is nothing better to put on air the channels have come up with these unique news items in the garb of breaking news.

Here is a sample of screen caps I got in an email. Just shows what these channels have to come up with in the name of BREAKING NEWS.

Simran Kaur Mundi, Miss Universe India 2008 candidate

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:17:13 +0000

Simran Kaur Mundi was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2008, in April 2008. Simran will represent India in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant.

Simran Kaur, who has grown up in Mumbai, wants to open a beauty school in India that will help aspiring models to get the required grooming and etiquette. She is a biotechnology student from Versova. Simran loves sketching, listening to music, playing basketball, and being around kids. Simran works for a cinema chain in
Mumbai.

India’s Most Wanted Female Criminal

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:30:00 +0000

Finally the women are becoming accomplice to their male counterparts. For the first time in its history, the Indian police department has drawn up a list of India’s most wanted woman criminals. Traditionally police department focuses on male criminals, and hence the woman criminals get away easily.

Watermelon: It's the Natural Answer to Viagra

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:40:48 +0000

We in India are known for our fetish for natural products. From clothes to bags to drugs, we have marketed ourselves as the world's original environmentalists. Well not exactly. But we always claim to go back to nature for our subsistence. That's why a natural substitute for Viagra was just a matter of time. And this substitute is tasty too. Recommended by doctors – okay, they say doctors only recommend apples, but we all know the apple is only a representative for all fruit – the watermelon, says an Indian researcher in the US, has juices that are good enough to stir any man's.

Google 4 Doodle Announces Winner - A 6th grade student won the big prize

Mon, 26 May 2008 17:11:17 +0000

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These past few weeks, we have seen the Mountain View company getting involved in a number of charity actions, trying to bring its support to victims all over world. The disasters in Myanmar and in China's Sichuan have reached a death toll of approximately 150,000, with almost the same number of surviving victims, to whom Google has tried to bring its full support. Besides its implication in these disasters, Google also found the time for some more pleasant social activities, namely for the Doodle 4 Google contest.

The contest, which was held in the US, was

Earthquake Zones In India

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:06:18 +0000

Destructive catastrophe in Japan raises a practical question “Is India Earthquake prone?” Undoubtedly , the answer is “Yes”. In past, occurrence of several significant earthquakes has proved the subcontinent’s susceptibility. The earthquakes mostly occurred in highly populated and urbanized localities causing great damage

2G Scam- What’s it all about?

Sun, 29 May 2011 18:30:00 +0000

The 2G scandal has become one of the largest financial corruption cases in history of India. Telecommunications and IT Ministry A.Raja is considered to be responsible for the entire scam. According to the investigation performed by the CBI the scam worth 200,000,000,000.

Winslet's 'Weird' Sex Scene With DiCaprio

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:51:14 +0000

It was more than a little awkward for Kate Winslet to film sex scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio in front of husband, Sam Mendes, who directed the stars in the upcoming drama "Revolutionary Road". I just kept saying, 'This is too ... weird', Winslet tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, according to The Associated Press. And Leo was like, 'Oh, get over it. And I'm going, Yeah, a little reminder: You're my best friend. He's my husband. This is a bit weird. Mendes, who directed "American Beauty" and "Road to Perdition," says, "I will admit it was quite bizarre to direct my wife in how to make love. But it's difficult whether you're married to a person or not."

And now, every fourth Indian is connected!

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:30:22 +0000

Every one in four Indians has a phone now, thanks to the scorching pace at which the burgeoning telecom services sector grew in the last fiscal, says an annual survey .

With the total wireless subscriber base crossing 261 million as on March 31, wireless connectivity forms 22 percent of the total tele-density at 25 percent across the country, the survey adds.

The annual survey by Voice and Data of CyberMedia group revealed that the Indian telecom subscriber base zoomed by 66 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the fiscal under review over the previous year.

'A booming economy, easing of entry barriers and lowering of tariffs fuelled the growth in FY 2008, with 104 million new subscribers getting connected and making India the second fastest growing telecom market in the world,'