2015-01-01 India Spotlight

Search Engine Land   

Where's Santa? The 2014 Santa Tracker Review, From NORAD To Google   
Search Engine Land
Santa Claus is on his way -- and there are two excellent services to track his progress. Our guide to getting the most of out NORAD Tracks Santa and Google Santa Tracker. Danny Sullivan on December 24, 2014 at 3:29 pm. 2.7k; More. NORAD Google Santa ...

2015-01-01 India More Top Stories

NDTV   

India Retaliates After Soldier Killed, 4 Rangers Die. Pakistan Registers Protest   
NDTV
New Delhi: Four Pakistani soldiers were killed in retaliation after an Indian jawan was shot dead in the Samba district, 41 km from Jammu. Pakistani Rangers who guard the border in Kashmir fired on a group of Indian soldiers on patrol, the second ceasefire ...

2015-01-01 India Health

Daily News & Analysis   

If parent attempted suicide, kids more likely to try, too   
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - The children of people who attempted suicide, regardless of whether they have a mood disorder themselves, have a four- to five-fold increased risk of trying to take their own lives, according to a new study. While mood disorders play a role ...

2015-01-01 India Science

NDTV   

NASA's SMAP Instrument All Set to Measure Earth's Soil   
Microfinance Monitor
NASA's Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) instrument is all set to measure the moisture lodged in Earth's soils with an unprecedented accuracy and resolution. The instrument's consists of three main parts – a radar, a radiometer and the largest rotating mesh ...

2015-01-01 India Sports

Firstpost   

Good but not transformative: Summing up MS Dhoni as India's Test captain   
Firstpost
Legacy is a heavy word. It comes loaded with the weight of times past and times still to come. If you are India's cricket captain, it comes with the additional burden of the hopes and dreams of tens of millions. It is not an easy thing to shrug off. The great irony ...

2015-01-01 India Entertainment

Financial Express   

Despite row, defiant CM Akhilesh Yadav makes Aamir Khan's 'PK' tax free in ...   
Financial Express
Pk protest, pk banned, aamir khan Right wing activists protesting against Aamir Khan starrer 'PK' burn the film's posters outside a movie theatre, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (PTI). Other Articles. Nathuram Godse's temple should come up in every district: Azam ...

2015-01-01 India Technology

NDTV   

Govt blocks 32 websites to check ISIS propaganda   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Centre has blocked 32 websites, including vimeo.com, dailymotion.com, pastebin.com and github.com, in an effort to curb ISIS propaganda, prompting a wave of online protests. An Indian "hacktivist" group, Anonymous India, has threatened ...

2015-01-01 India Business

New York Times   

Crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 Spotlights Indonesia's Poor Air Safety Record   
New York Times
JAKARTA, Indonesia — When a team of United Nations auditors visited Jakarta in May to rate the country's aviation safety, they came to a troubling conclusion: Indonesia was well below the global average in every category, and scored just 61 percent in ...

2015-01-01 India World

Voice of America   

N. Korean Leader Says Open to Summit with South   
Voice of America
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA—. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday that he was open to a high-level summit with neighboring South Korea, days after Seoul proposed that dialogue resume. "If South Korean authorities sincerely want to improve ...

2015-01-01 India India

Times of India   

Faith in Narendra Modi govt high, but Sangh hotheads a concern: TOI survey   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: It's been seven months and five days since Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's 15th Prime Minister, and he clearly retains the confidence and goodwill of the metropolitan middle class. His government is viewed by a majority of people in eight ...

2014-12-31 India Spotlight

Firstpost   

Micromax Yu Yureka receives 'phenomenal' response, sales to begin on 13 ...   
Firstpost
Update: Registrations for the smartphone closed on 24 December at 3 PM. Micromax hasn't mentioned the number of registrations it has received but claims it has got a phenomenal response for the Yu Yureka smartphone. Initially, the registrations were ...

2014-12-31 India More Top Stories

Firstpost   

AirAsia Live: 6 bodies recovered, including flight attendant's in QZ8501 crash   
Firstpost
Indonesia search and rescue says 6 bodies recovered so far from AirAsia crash in Java Sea. According to an Associated Press report, six bodies lost in the AirAsia crash have so far been recovered from the Java Sea, including a woman wearing a flight ...

2014-12-31 India Health

Zee News   

Risk of having cancer again can be prevented by reprogramming stem cells   
TheHealthSite
New York, Dec 30: After full body radiation, certain faulty stem cells re-engineer the blood system that creates cancer risk in people which can be prevented by artificially activating a stem cell maintenance pathway, research has found. 'In a healthy blood ...

2014-12-31 India Science

News Nation   

'Thinking' robo-turtle for undersea mission   
Times of India
SINGAPORE: Indian-origin researchers have developed a next-generation 'thinking' robotic sea turtle capable of performing complicated tasks such as surveillance and energy harvesting. In the near future, it would be possible to produce a swarm of ...

2014-12-31 India Sports

The Indian Express   

MS Dhoni should have continued as player   
Hindustan Times
It was a day of surprises at the MCG just before the end of the year. Firstly, the declaration by Steve Smith in the morning, and then in the evening, the surprise retirement of India captain MS Dhoni. And by evening, the news of MSD would have completely ...

2014-12-31 India Entertainment

Times of India   

Filmmakers fume as Maharashtra home department places 'PK' under police probe   
Times of India
MUMBAI: The state home department has asked the police to "look into" the content of the Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK', which has evoked protests from right wing groups. The police are yet to receive the mandate of the inquiry. The film fraternity has not taken ...

2014-12-31 India Technology

Mashable   

IE, once king of browsers, to be phased out   
Times of India
Microsoft is developing a new, streamlined web browser that will replace Internet Explorer, according to reports, in an apparent attempt to move towards other popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox. The new app could also help Microsoft distance itself ...

2014-12-31 India Business

Firstpost   

Excise duty concessions for auto sector to go: Jaitley is right to remove industry's ...   
Firstpost
The government is likely to end the excise duty concessions to cars, two-wheelers and SUVs by 31 December, according to a PTI report that quotes an unnamed finance ministry official. High time. In an infrastructure-short country, the last thing to do is to ask ...

2014-12-31 India World

Times of India   

Palestinian draft resolution fails in UN council, US votes against   
Times of India
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories by late 2017. Even if the draft had received the minimum nine votes in favor, it would have been defeated by ...

2014-12-31 India India

Hindustan Times   

Amit Shah innocent in Sohrabuddin killings: Court   
Hindustan Times
BJP president Amit Shah, the closest aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Tuesday cleared of ordering police to carry out the extrajudicial killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and his friend when he served as home minister of Gujarat almost a ...

2014-12-30 India Spotlight

NDTV   

Premji Eyes Stake in HDFC Standard Life Insurance: Report   
NDTV
Premji Invest, the family investment arm of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, is likely to buy a stake in HDFC Standard Life Insurance, according to a media report. The likely investment will mark the billionaire's entry into the insurance business. Reports quoting ...

2014-12-30 India More Top Stories

Firstpost   

AirAsia live: Pilot error on flight path took QZ8501 through storm zone?   
Firstpost
An Australian aviation expert said on Tuesday that human error undoubtedly led to the disappearance of AirAsia flight QZ8501 after the pilots flew directly into a well-known danger zone above the Java Sea. Expert Neil Hansford said that either the Indonesian ...

2014-12-30 India Health

Empire State Tribune   

Headaches May Be The Only Clue To A Brain Tumor   
Empire State Tribune
Headaches are common, more prevalent than we imagine them to be. According to the latest research article published in the journal Neurosurgery, headaches may be associated with brain tumors. The article was written by Ammar H. Hawasli, who belongs ...

2014-12-30 India Science

Kolly Talk    

Turtle robots could help with underwater tasks   
Pune Mirror
Robots in the shapes of turtles and fish may soon lend humans a hand in performing underwater tasks such as water- quality testing in reservoirs and deep-sea cable inspection. These intriguing solutions developed by National University of Singapore (NUS) ...

2014-12-30 India Sports

The Indian Express   

Live - India vs Australia, 3rd Test, Day 5: Indian top order collapses   
Hindustan Times
Shaun Marsh was run out for 99 attempting a desperate single before Australia declared on 318 for nine to bring lunch early and set India 384 to win the third test in Melbourne on Tuesday. Marsh had patiently grafted for more than four and a half hours ...

2014-12-30 India Entertainment

Firstpost   

Saffron intolerance: VHP, Bajrang Dal attack PK screenings in Ahmedabad ...   
Firstpost
Alleged Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activisits vandalised theatres in Ahmedabad during protests against the Aamir Khan-starrer PK, said reports. Alleged Bajrang Dal and VHP activists protested against PK. Agencies. At least 20 members ...

2014-12-30 India Technology

Mobiletor.com   

Govt reports 40 percent annual hike in cyber crimes in India   
Mobiletor.com
The government has observed an annual increase of more than 40 percent in cyber crime in India over the past few years, says a new report. Various nefarious activities such as hacking, phishing, spamming, transmission of unauthorized content as well as ...

2014-12-30 India Business

Firstpost   

Cabinet clears ordinance on Land Acqusition Act, makes it easier to acquire land   
Firstpost
New Delhi: The Centre today recommended promulgation of an ordinance making significant changes in the Land Acquisition Act including removal of consent clause for acquiring land for five areas of industrial corridors, PPP projects, rural infrastructure, ...

2014-12-30 India World

Voice of America   

Rescuers Expand Search for Missing AirAsia Jet   
Voice of America
The search for the missing AirAsia jet has resumed off Indonesia with officials believing the airliner may be at the bottom of the Java Sea. But Indonesian search-and-rescue officials say they will expand their efforts to include land, hoping the plane may be on ...

2014-12-30 India India

Firstpost   

Missing in inaction: 5 reasons why the Congress must want a Rahul-mukt party ...   
Firstpost
Though there was not much to “celebrate,” the Congress celebrated its 130th Foundation Day on Sunday. Sometimes tradition demands you just have to keep a stiff upper lip and go through the motions. Except if you are Rahul Gandhi. Then apparently you ...

2014-12-29 India Spotlight

Farm loan waivers   
The Hindu
The RBI Governor's anguish that debt waivers constrain credit flow to the farmer is understandable, and quite rightly so (“Farm loan waivers hit credit flow: Rajan,” Dec.28). Be it the UPA government in 2008 or Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Chief ...

2014-12-29 India More Top Stories

Firstpost   

AirAsia live: QZ8501 has crashed; could be at bottom of sea, says search ops head   
Firstpost
The AirAsia plane which went missing with 162 people on board en route for Singapore is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency chief said Monday. "Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the ...

2014-12-29 India Health

Cardiorespiratory fitness enhances memory in older adults   
Sierra Leone Times
A new study has examined the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), memory and cognition in young and older adults and has shown that cardiorespiratory fitness improves memory among older adults. The study conducted at Boston ...

2014-12-29 India Science

Press Herald   

2015 Predictions: The year ahead for Bollywood celebs   
Times of India
It's that time of the year when most of us would be interested to know how 2015 will treat us. A Bollywood fanatic and a movie buff will go even further and be eager to know how 2015 will fare for movie stars. Astro-numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi explains what ...

2014-12-29 India Sports

Hindustan Times   

Australia 90/1 at lunch; lead by 155   
Daily News & Analysis
Australia took a 155-run lead at lunch after fast bowler Mitchell Johnson quickly polished off the Indian tail on the fourth day of the third cricket Test at the MCG here on Monday. Australia were 90 for one in 22 overs in their second innings at lunch. This was ...

2014-12-29 India Entertainment

Financial Express   

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev calls for social boycott of PK   
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday called for a social boycott of those involved in the making of the Aamir Khan movie 'PK' as it has criticised Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Ramdev, who was in Mumbai to condone the death of the mother of one ...

2014-12-29 India Technology

Daily News & Analysis   

With over 60k cyber fraud cases till June 2014, India registers forty% annual rise ...   
Bharat Press
Hacking, publication of obscene contents, bank card and banking frauds amongst different cyber crimes have registered an annual improve of greater than forty% in the nation in the previous two years. In line with Residence Ministry statistics, as many as ...

2014-12-29 India Business

Moneycontrol.com   

ING Bk staff want job safety post merger,to strike on Jan 7   
Moneycontrol.com
To ensure that interests of all the stakeholders are 'protected', SA Sridhar from the ING Vysya Bank officers' association said a "tri-partite agreement" between Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB), ING Vysya Bank, and employees and officers, be signed which will lay ...

2014-12-29 India World

Reuters   

Indonesia searches Java Sea for missing AirAsia plane, relatives wait   
Reuters
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia searched the Java Sea on Monday for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing after its pilot failed to gain permission to alter course to avoid a storm cell during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to ...

2014-12-29 India India

Daily News & Analysis   

Bengaluru blast: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announces Rs 5 lakh ...   
Daily News & Analysis
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced a compensation of Rs five lakh to the kin of a woman who was killed in the low-intensity explosion outside a popular restaurant here that also left three persons injured. Speaking to reporters after visiting the ...

2014-12-28 India Spotlight

The Hindu   

Fifty shades of saffron   
The Hindu
On December 11, 2014, when the U.N. General Assembly adopted June 21 as the International Day of Yoga, as recommended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India rejoiced. Never mind that the day before was the first Human Rights Day under his watch; ...

2014-12-28 India More Top Stories

Hindustan Times   

JK govt formation: State in for long haul as PDP is willing to wait, Omar off to ...   
Hindustan Times
The PDP said Saturday it wouldn't mind a few days of governor's rule while NC's Omar Abdullah appeared to bow out of the race by flying off to London, twin indications that Jammu and Kashmir will have to wait longer for the new government. PDP leader ...

2014-12-28 India Health

Daily News & Analysis   

New Non-Invasive MRI Scan to Detect Alzheimer's Early Developed   
Microfinance Monitor
Scientists have developed a new non-invasive MRI-based scanning method to detect Alzheimer's disease in its early stages, that was not possible in the traditional imaging method, raising hope that drug makers can now focus on treating the disease at its ...

2014-12-28 India Science

Livemint   

MOMentous year for ISRO   
Deccan Chronicle
Nellore: The year 2014 will remain the most memorable for scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation as they had five most successful launches besides other notable achievements. Two GSLV missions, one in the beginning of the year and the ...

2014-12-28 India Sports

IBNLive   

India vs Australia, 3rd Test: Indian batsmen face daunting task   
Hindustan Times
Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane kept India in the hunt as the visitors reached 224 for three at lunch on Day 3 of the third Test against Australia at the MCG in Melbourne on Sunday. Resuming the day on 108 for one in response to Australia's first innings score ...

2014-12-28 India Entertainment

The Hindu   

Amitabh Bachchan Receives ANR Award   
IndiaGlitz
The Akkineni International Foundation founded by Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) today bestowed one of India's most acclaimed Actor Amitabh Bachchan with ANR Award. The Actor was presented with the prestigious award for his decades of dedication to ...

2014-12-28 India Technology

Mashable   

Facebook apologises to grieving father over 'thoughtless' Year in Review app   
TVNZ
A Facebook app showing users the highlights of their year has been dubbed cruel after a picture of a man's dead daughter appeared on his page. Eric Meyer, a web designer and writer, has expressed his frustration with Facebook on his blog after a preview ...

2014-12-28 India Business

NDTV   

Uber broke India's financial rules: RBI chief Raghuram Rajan   
Hindustan Times
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) chief Raghuram Rajan lashed out at Uber, already under fire over the alleged rape of a passenger in Delhi, saying the US taxi-hailing firm violated India's financial regulations by using an overseas payment system. A row over the ...

2014-12-28 India World

Hindustan Times   

Sony row: N Korea compares Obama to monkey   
Hindustan Times
North Korea has compared US President Barack Obama to a monkey and blamed the United States for shutting down its internet amid the hacking row over the movie "The Interview." The North has denied involvement in a crippling cyberattack on Sony ...

2014-12-28 India India

Hindustan Times   

JK govt formation: State in for long haul as PDP is willing to wait, Omar off to ...   
Hindustan Times
The PDP said Saturday it wouldn't mind a few days of governor's rule while NC's Omar Abdullah appeared to bow out of the race by flying off to London, twin indications that Jammu and Kashmir will have to wait longer for the new government. PDP leader ...

2014-12-27 India Spotlight

Search Engine Land   

2015 Predictions: Google In The Year Of The Goat   
Search Engine Land
What's in store for the SEO world this coming year? Columnist Chris Marentis shares his predictions. Chris Marentis on December 22, 2014 at 6:40 pm. 2.5k; More. chinese-new-year-goat-ss-1920. It's that time of year when people seem almost instinctively ...

2014-12-27 India More Top Stories

The Hindu   

Shift in PDP stance on BJP, Vohra to meet both for govt formation talks   
The Indian Express
Asked which of the two parties would BJP prefer to ally with, Madhav said it Asked which of the two parties would BJP prefer to ally with, Ram Madhav said it was not about the party but a choice of providing a stable and credible government. Written by Mir ...