Goodbye Hotmail, Hello Outlook
Microsoft is renaming its vintage Hotmail email service as Outlook.com. Hotmail was still the world's largest email service with 324 million users (about 36 per cent of the market) but had been losing its market to Google's fast-growing Gmail.
Foreign Degrees, a Fading Dream
Why foreign education is no longer a craze among Indians. Plum international jobs are hard to come by with global economies stuck in a slowdown, and a depreciating rupee is only adding to the problems.
Facebook Sinks to Record Low as Doubts Grow
A sobering report from Bernstein Research, combined with online chatter about the potential proliferation of automated Facebook accounts and a looming sell-off of employee shares next month all conspired to rock the stock, analysts say.
Book on Gandhi’s Leadership Qualities to Hit Stands in China
A book written by veteran Indian diplomat Pascal Alan Nazareth on Mahatma Gandhi’s outstanding leadership qualities, which have great relevance in today’s world plagued by violence and terrorism, has been translated into Mandarin and will soon hit the stands in China.
India Leading Exporter of Illicit Party Drug
India has emerged as the biggest source of party drug Ketamine illicitly exported across the world, according to the 2012 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), prepared by Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs under the US Department of State.
31 is the New 13: A Generation that Refuses to Grow Up
He lives at home. He lies about who he is meeting at night. He has lots of toys. Meet today’s 31-year-old going on 13 and refusing to grow up as long as there’s another gadget he can buy to entertain himself.
Oprah’s India: Through the Lens of Western Universalism
Oprah’s defenders claim that there was no malice intended. We agree. But the lazy two-part production demonstrated the insidious nature of stereotypes – that they can occur even without intention
Behind India’s Grid Breakdown, Deeper Energy Issues – and Opportunities
An Indian energy entrepreneur says fixing the country's failing grid would miss the point.
Why India Sucks for the Elderly
The elderly in India, as it has been extensively reported in mainstream media, live far from a peachy life. From depression to truant children, the aged in India are a lot, whose reality is nothing like what they show you in insurance and health drink ads.
Modi as India’s Ambassador, and the Future of Diplomacy
Analysts in India have tended to view the recent visit to Japan of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi through a narrow political prism. They see it as an image-building exercise conjured up by Modi’s slick PR machinery to project him on the international stage and appear, well, Prime Ministerial.
Jobless Generation Puts Brakes on US
Youth unemployment has reached crisis levels around the world, with almost 13 per cent of the global youth labour force out of work this year, according to the International Labour Organisation.
Foreign Media on India's Two Blackouts
About 600 million people lost power in India on Tuesday when the country's northern and eastern electricity grids failed, crippling the country for a second consecutive day.
World's Biggest-ever Blackouts.
The collapse has left more than half of the country or 600 million people without power.
A Hideaway for India's Rebel Couples
Indian couples that have angered their families by pursuing "forbidden" relationships are increasingly seeking refuge in special shelters run by the police.
Titanic Menu Sold for 46,000 Pounds
The menu of the first dinner served to the first-class passengers of the ill-fated liner Titanic on April 10, 1912 has been sold for 46,000 pounds at an auction.
India's Shopping Malls Lose Bustle as Economy Cools
Asia's third-largest economy is growing at its slowest pace in nine years and sluggish consumer spending is forcing mall developers to scale back plans.
For Indian Women in America, a Sea of Broken Dreams
To truly come to grips with the intensity of the problem faced by individuals trapped in the H-4 visa quagmire, a glimpse into the corrosive nature of the visa’s work restrictions is useful.
On the H-4, a Trail of Misery and Lonely Battles
Deprived of work and education opportunities, spouses of U.S. work visa holders often find themselves descending into ill health and low self-esteem
Tulsi Gabbard: First Hindu in Race for US House
Tulsi Gabbard, who trailed behind her nearest rival by over 40 points a few months ago in the race for the Congressional seat from Honolulu, has now taken a narrow but crucial lead of five points in the latest polls, brightening prospects for the first Hindu to be elected to the US House of Representatives.
Worst Blackout in Decade Leaves 300m wWthout Power
A massive grid failure in Delhi and much of northern India left more than 300 million people without electricity on Monday in one of the worst blackouts to hit the country in more than a decade.
Apple vs Samsung: What the Big Fight is all About
Apple-Samsung are set for a showing in one of the most watched patent trials today in San Jose, California. The trial could decide the future of the smartphone and tablet industry as Apple has accused Samsung of slavishly copying the design of its prized iPad and iPhone.
As Tensions in India Turn Deadly, Some Say Officials Ignored Warning Signs
There is a numbing familiarity to the riots that struck the eastern Indian state of Assam this month, leaving 48 dead and 400,000 people homeless. The violence had been building for months and even years — thousands of years.
Bowel to Bowl
Fancy eating out at a toilet restaurant? Bizarre and unappetising as it may sound The Modern Toilet Restaurant in Taiwan has become a rage with locals as well as tourists.
US Varsity Launches Undergraduate Certificate in India Studies
One of America's top research institutions, the University of South Florida's World Centre for India Studies, is introducing an undergraduate certificate in India studies beginning end-August.
Indian IT Companies Step up Hiring in US
The pace at which Indian IT will expand its direct presence in the US with local hires looks certain to accelerate rapidly.
Night Shifts can Raise Risk of Heart Attack by 40 PC
Night shift workers are at the highest risk of heart attacks and strokes because of their unhealthy eating and sleeping habits, a new research has claimed.
Infosys May Freeze New Campus Hiring
Infosys may not visit campuses to hire engineering graduates in the second half of this year according to a report by global brokerage firm Morgan Stanley.
Indian IT Firms Supported 280000 Jobs in US Last Year
Indian IT companies supported as many as 2.8 lakh jobs in America last year amid a gloomy employment scenario in the US and have invested a whopping over five billion dollars in FDI through acquisitions and green-field projects, according to India's top envoy in Washington
With MBA from US, Indians Return to do Business at Home
More and more Indians graduating from top global business schools, including Wharton, Harvard and Stanford, are spurning traditional job offers in favour of starting up new business ventures back home.
The Poor Anna Genie Doesn’t Work any More
In less than a year, the same old Anna with an attempted Gandhi visage, is a lonely man again. This time, for a change, it’s not stage-managed.
Investigators Seize Antiquities Thought Stolen from India
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office issued an arrest warrant for the dealer, Subhash Kapoor, on charges of possessing stolen property. Mr. Kapoor owns a gallery on the Upper East Side known as Art of the Past that advertises its role in providing antiquities to several of the world’s major museums.
Branding a Homemade Indian Staple
Global Yogurt Franchises Attempt to Brand a Homemade Indian Staple
Australia Issues Travel Advisory for Northeastern States
Australia has issued a travel advisory asking its citizens to reconsider their travel plans to India's Northeastern states of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura.
Chennai's Victorian Rules for the Young
Chennai does not need khap panchayats or Shri Ram Sene to keep boys and girls apart. It has a well-oiled suffocating Victorian prudishness that works quite well even in an institution like the IIT.
The Invisible Assam Riots: When Cameras Looked Away
The mainstream media’s slow response to the Assam riots created an information vacuum that the social media networks, with all their faults, filled to capacity.
Olympics: Apology for N Korea in Wrong Flag Row
Olympic organisers have apologised to North Korean athletes whose images were shown next to the South Korean flag.
Nalanda - World's Oldest University Recreated
Nalanda in Bihar, a renowned seat of learning and excellence 800 years ago, will soon stand tall again - this time as a truly international university.
Time Stops on Kolkata's Sudder Street
It's not just another bylane of Kolkata. Sudder Street is known to break down barriers betweeen foreigners and locals making it one of the most-loved hangouts for tourists in Kolkata.
Oprah Winfrey Attacked for Ignorant India Special
Oprah Winfrey has been criticised after the broadcast of a two-part TV special about her trip to India in January.
Sex Comedy in B-town: Audiences Ready, Censors Alert
Sex and comedy sells well in Bollywood. And together, they can make for a hit recipe. But while audiences are ready to sample and savour the genre, sex comedies are few and far in India, given the censors' wariness of them
Four Young Indian-American Scientists Honoured by Obama
Four Indian-American researchers figure among 96 named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest US honour for young professionals.
Close-Up: Mumbai's Street Ear Cleaners
The country's streets are home to a thriving economy, hard to measure because it is informal, but unquestionably large.
The Myth of the Physically Unfit Indian
Is it any surprise that Indians appear to be more physically fit than their counterparts in more prosperous parts of the world?
India US Raises Arms Sales Pitch to India to Contain China
After describing India as "a linchpin" in its new strategic policy to "re-balance" military forces towards Asia-Pacific, in what is seen by many to be an unfolding grand design to "contain" China, the US is now cranking up its arms sales pitch to New Delhi.
Americans Don’t Understand Cricket, but Like if India, Pak Play
We’re for cricket. We don’t understand it, but we like it,”
Now, Send a Long-distance Kiss with Kissinger
Couples just have to connect the devices to computers via USB cables, link up online and start kissing the silicone material to trigger sensors that move the gadget on the other side.
Youth Delegates Shame India, Harass Women in China
The visit was supposed to be an opportunity for 100 young Indians from different parts of the country to get a glimpse of China and project the soft power of an emerging, young India. Instead it turned out to be an embarrassment for the country and disturbing for many of the women delegates travelling in the group.
Mapping Toilets in a Mumbai Slum Yields Unexpected Results
Cheetah Camp has one working toilet per 170 people, Harvard students found.
Silence Eva Jayate
Aamir Khan not only deviously censored any discussion of Ambedkar and Reservation, but seemed content to use the 1920s language of high-caste reformers
The Last Indian Village
Chitkul enjoys the distinction of being the last inhabited Indian village along the border.
The Skinny on Ash’s Fat
Aishwarya’s figure is cause for global distress. The querry “Aishwarya figure”throws up over 4 million results on google.
Tuning In to Tune Out
Music is the essential stressbuster for many Bollywood stars, trying to cope with erratic shooting schedules, hectic travel and long hours under the arclights, not to mention the unrelenting paparazzi gaze.
Indian Designer Baby Factory
“Earlier it was a form of colonization, but now studies show the numbers are divided equally — 50 percent of surrogate babies are born to rich Indian parents and 50 percent to foreigners by Indian surrogates.”
No Place to Die
“The problem is reaching an alarming level. Unless the government intervenes and provides land for new burial grounds the issue can’t be solved.”
Gurdwaras Go Hi Tech
From translation screens to air conditioning,gurdwaras are embracing technology.
Pranab Mukherjee Elected India President
Mr Mukherjee, a veteran of the ruling Congress Party, was elected by members of the national and state parliaments.
Mob Justice at the Maruti Factory
The human resources manager who died Wednesday night during a violent labor clash at a car factory near New Delhi didn’t die an easy death.
You Still Eat with Your Hands? Oprah’s Magical Mystery Tour of India
After visiting the strange exotic “slum people” who seemed to live on top of some magic faraway tree, she immediately proceeded to the home of one of Bombay’s richie-rich families. And then displayed her ignorance there as well.
India's Outlook Dubs Obama Underachiever after Time Cover
An Indian magazine has dubbed US President Barack Obama "the underachiever" on its latest cover, two weeks after US-based Time magazine did the same to India's prime minister.
Why Yahoo and Marissa Mayer are a Triumph for all Women
Marissa Mayer’s appointment as Yahoo CEO, by a board that is fully aware of her pregnancy is a big win for women in workplaces around the world.
It’s 1934, Not 2012, Stupid
There are two Indias: a small English (11 percent understand it) India and a big non-English (89 percent) India. For the non-English India the year is 1934, for English-India, it is 2012.
How the Changing Monsoon Is Changing India
Climate scientists are trying figure out how environmental changes are affecting the yearly monsoons — and the lives of millions
Delhi Street Vendors' Market as Global Model
In a matter of 15 minutes a deserted road facing the capital's Indira Gandhi Stadium complex comes alive with a colourful ensemble of clothing and other utilities. Street vendors gather here every Sunday to set up a bazaar which its promoters say could serve as a global model.
Indian Touch to Olympic Arts in London
Iconic sculptor Anish Kapoor, the India-born winner of the Turner Prize, has given Britain its Olympic mascot - the ArcelorMittal Orbit - the country's biggest public art installation.
Pranab Mukherjee Tipped to Win India Presidential Poll
The position is largely ceremonial, but the new president could play a decisive role in determining who forms the next government when national elections are held in 2014.
Rajesh Khanna: The Superstar who Could not Handle Success
Such was the Rajesh Khanna craze that he had 15 consecutive solo super-hits between 1969 to 1971, a record which the biggest superstar of Hindi cinema Amitabh Bachchan also could not break. And like most of the batting records set by Sachin Tendulkar it is likely to remain unbroken, the Khan superstars of this day and age notwithstanding.
US Cautions Citizens against Overseas Travel, Including India
The United States has issued a fresh travel advisory on overseas travel to its citizens, including India which "continues to experience terrorist and insurgent activities."
A Quest for Six-Packs, Inspired by Bollywood
As leading men flaunt beefcake on-screen, fitness centers have quickly multiplied in India.
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