Posted by: MI on: January 29, 2012
A small asteroid the size of a city bus zoomed between Earth and the moon’s orbit Friday (Jan. 27) just days after its discovery, but it never posed a threat to our planet, NASA says. The asteroid 2012 BX34 passed within 36,750 miles (59,044 kilometers) of Earth when it made its closest approach at 10:30 [...]
Posted by: MI on: January 28, 2012
Today we have this post about those particular countries which are on the top of the list to produce tea. Tea is the herbal extracts from the leaves of the tea herbs, tea leaves buds which includes other type of extractions as well from the tea containing plant called ‘Camellia sinensis’ from which the tea [...]
Posted by: MI on: January 26, 2012
hree hundred robots whirr to life every morning all over Hyundai‘s Sriperumbudur plant near Chennai, rubbing shoulders with 1,500 employees and 7,000 contract workers. Together, man and machine churn out one car in less than a minute; over 600,000 cars roll out of the factory every year. The number of robots inhabiting the factory has [...]
Posted by: MI on: January 26, 2012
Just how much does that cup of coffee cost? And how much are Americans willing to spend on it? Accordingly, a new research has found that Americans are not giving up their coffee addiction, even when the economic and job climate are weak. Coffee culture is strong in America, and Americans are still paying for [...]
Posted by: MI on: January 25, 2012
PMOIndia has taken Twitter by a storm although it is just 4 tweets old. The account refers to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and will be handled by Manmohan Singh’s media team, PMO sources said. With followers increasing at an exponential rate of 50 per minute the account’s existing fan base is 12,000-strong and growing. “The [...]
Posted by: MI on: January 23, 2012
The Economist’s latest Big Mac Index has come up with a survey and declared Indian rupee to be the most undervalued currency. Currently rupee trades at around 61 percent below its actual price against dollar. 8 out of 10 Asian currencies are undervalued. The currency rating was done by analyzing how a particular good will [...]
Posted by: MI on: January 22, 2012
State Bank of India (SBI) is the only Indian bank in the Top 17 BRIC banks, as listed by Global Finance, an international finance magazine. This list gives details of the Top 50 banks in the emerging markets, especially the BRIC nations. Top 20 of this list comprises banks from the BRIC nations and South [...]
Posted by: MI on: January 20, 2012
It may sound like another Rajinikanth joke, but a new website dedicated to the superstar runs ‘without an internet connection’! Visitors to www.allaboutrajni.com are greeted with a warning that “He is no ordinary man, this is no ordinary website. It runs on Rajini Power” and are advised to switch off their internet connection to enter [...]
Posted by: MI on: January 19, 2012
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released a new list of India’s most wanted criminals. While few of these terrorist have rewards on their heads from Rs 2 lakh to to Rs 10 lakh, other few have Interpol’s Red Corner Notices issued against them. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed: Hafiz, the founder of proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), clearly [...]
