“Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon” - Lata Mangeshkar

Posted by ks on 08/15/10 at 12:01 AM
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“Mera Desh Mera Swadesh” - Video

Posted by ks on 08/14/10 at 08:55 PM
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Welfare fund to help overseas Indians in difficulty

Aug 11, 2010
New Delhi In a bid to provide urgent assistance to stranded and destitute Indians, Government has set up a fund in its missions in 42 countries which will extend help by providing air ticket, medical services and food.

The ‘Indian Community Welfare Fund’ has been set up by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs to provide necessary “on-site” welfare services to Indians in difficulty.

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Posted by ks on 08/11/10 at 09:56 PM
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India Gains Independence (1947) - A Rare Video

August 15, 1947

Posted by ks on 08/02/10 at 05:44 PM
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Economic Extremes Seen Side by Side In India

Posted by ks on 07/30/10 at 01:01 PM
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India: No Country for Old People?

Posted by ks on 07/30/10 at 12:43 PM
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India Sees Explosion Of Mobile Technology

July 20, 2010

Posted by ks on 07/26/10 at 10:04 PM
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A $35 Computer Tablet? India Is On The Case

July 23, 2010
Can you imagine a tablet computer priced less than the cost of a textbook?

It may soon be a reality. The Indian government unveiled a $35 prototype of a touch-screen tablet for students that could be a game changer in the consumer electronics world. That’s because it would be the world’s cheapest if it goes into production, according to the Guardian.

“I am a little surprised that they hit a price point as low as they did,” says Dmitriy Molchanov, an analyst for the Yankee Group. But he says it’s part of a trend: “Within two years, extremely low-cost tablet devices are going to be the norm.” ...

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Posted by ks on 07/26/10 at 09:48 PM
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63 dead, 150 injured as trains collide in West Bengal

July 19, 2010. SAINTHIA (Birbhum): Death came at express speed to the sleepy station of Sainthia early Monday when the Uttar Banga Express roared in at 90kmph and crashed into the rear of the Ranchi-bound Vananchal Express, which was about to pull out of the platform. At least 63 people died and more than 150 were injured but what increased the tragedy’s magnitude manifold was the bizarre sight it threw up—a compartment flung in the air by the impact and landing in a mangled heap on a 25-foot-high road bridge running across the station.

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Posted by ks on 07/19/10 at 05:42 PM
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India Adopts a New Symbol for Its Currency

July 15, 2010.

NEW DELHI — “The Indian rupee joined the U.S. dollar, the British pound, the euro and the Japanese yen on Thursday when it got its very own symbol.

The rupee’s new rune is a modification of a letter in the Devanagari script, which is used to write Hindi, India’s official language. It was designed by D. Udaya Kumar, a student at the Indian Institute of Technology, who studied typography, scripts and ancient printing methods. It looks like a capital letter R, minus its vertical leg, and with two added horizontal lines through the upper, curved portion.”

Read the full story in New York Times

Posted by ks on 07/15/10 at 03:37 PM
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