2014-12-24 India Spotlight

Microsoft Employee Pens The Worst/Best Corporate Blog Post Of All Time   
TechCrunch
Recently a Microsoft employee published a blog post on the company's Office blog. The missive, under the name of Tim Carroll, a “senior product manager on the Office 365 team,” is perhaps the worst and best corporate blog post of all time. A Microsoft ...

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Firstpost   

The lesson BJP should take from J&K polls: Most Muslims can't trust them yet   
Firstpost
Every time Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Kashmir, he was seen wearing a pheran — the loose overcoat people drape over their clothes during winters. The pheran was an apt metaphor for the way the BJP was trying to dress up its ...

2014-12-24 India Health

KPBS   

How A Compound Found In Red Wine Could Promote Health   
KPBS
Above: Red wine may impart health benefits in lower doses than previously thought, according to new research out of the Scripps Research Institute, Nov. 5, 2013. Tuesday, December 23, 2014. By David Wagner. San Diego scientists have discovered how ...

2014-12-24 India Science

Gizmag   

NASA tests gecko tech to pick up and recycle space trash   
Gizmag
Gripping technology inspired by the force that geckos use to climb even vertical, smooth surfaces has been tested in microgravity. Researchers want to see if it might one day be used to get work done in outer space, and clean up the increasing amount of ...

2014-12-24 India Sports

Daily News & Analysis   

Biopic on me should promote badminton: Saina   
The Shillong Times
Bhopal: Ace shuttler and Olympic Bronze medallist Saina Nehwal said that she won't mind a biopic made on her life and wants it to highlight the sport of badminton rather than focus on her. Saina, who won three titles this year including the recently won China ...

2014-12-24 India Entertainment

Hindustan Times   

Dadasaheb Phalke awardee K Balachander passed away after battling for life   
Hindustan Times
Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, veteran film director K Balachander passed away on Dec 23 evening after battling for life at a private hospital for over a week. Balachander has over 150 films to his credit including Aval Ora Thodar Kathai, Avargal, Varumayin ...

2014-12-24 India Technology

Firstpost   

The best of tech: From iPad Air 2 to Samsung Tab S 8.4, the best tablets of 2014   
Firstpost
The year hasn't been really great for tablets. The product category witnessed yet another sloppy year as the tablet sales continue to slump. The fall of the tablets hasn't spared even the reigning iPad, which is expected to bear the brunt with its first-ever yearly ...

2014-12-24 India Business

Moneycontrol.com   

Deutsche ups UltraTech target, cuts JPA target post deal   
Moneycontrol.com
Brokerage house Deutsche Securities has raised its target price of UltraTech Cement by 4 percent to Rs 3050 after the company Tuesday announced its acquisition of two cement plans of JP Associates. The brokerage has also trimmed its target price for JP ...

2014-12-24 India World

Fox News   

Ukraine Vote Takes Nation a Step Closer to NATO   
New York Times
MOSCOW — With a Russian-backed separatist insurgency still gripping eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Parliament voted on Tuesday to take steps toward joining NATO. It was a pointed rebuke to Russia that immediately drew an angry response.
Ukraine inches closer to NATO membership, enrages Russia   Zee News
Ukraine's complicated path to NATO membership   euronews
Ukraine pokes Russia, makes move toward NATO. Was it really necessary? (+ ...   Christian Science Monitor
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Toronto Star   

Who pulled the plug on North Korea`s Internet?   
Zee News
North Korea`s Internet was on the fritz for a second day Tuesday. But the US is staying silent on whether it launched a cyber attack as payback for the hacking of Sony Pictures. And in the murky world of cyber security, experts say there are several plausible ...

2014-12-24 India India

Firstpost   

The lesson BJP should take from J&K polls: Most Muslims can't trust them yet   
Firstpost
Every time Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Kashmir, he was seen wearing a pheran — the loose overcoat people drape over their clothes during winters. The pheran was an apt metaphor for the way the BJP was trying to dress up its ...