Monthly archives: September, 2013

How does the Fiat Linea Classic compete against Maruti Swift DZire?

The Fiat Linea Classic has been launched on Indian shores at an attractive price of Rs. 5.99 lakhs INR (Ex-showroom, Delhi). Though the new Linea features the same design in terms of dimension, as the present Linea, Fiat has done away with some features to make it more competitively priced. The Linea Classic, being quite affordable, will …

Lithium in the brain : Neutrons show accumulation of antidepressant in brain

Experiments with neutrons at the Technische Universität München (TUM) show that the antidepressant lithium accumulates more strongly in white matter of the brain than in grey matter. This leads to the conclusion that it works differently from synthetic psychotropic drugs. The tissue samples were examined at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) with …

Right to Reject gets Supreme Court’s Nod!

Supreme Court gives voters right to reject all candidates in a poll – n a landmark step towards cleaner politics, the Supreme Court today directed the Election Commission to provide a button on voting machines to allow voters to reject all candidates in a constituency, starting with the assembly elections this year. – The Court …

Corning Celebrates Opening Ceremony of Optical Fiber Plant in India

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurates the Corning facility at Chakan, Maharashta CORNING, N.Y., September 26, 2013 — Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today hosted an inauguration ceremony for its new optical fiber manufacturing facility in India. Located in Chakan, near Pune, in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Phase II industrial park, the plant is the company’s …

Process Initiated for Granting Complete Independence and Autonomy to POSOCO. Signing of all FSAs to be completed by next month

With a target to add 88,000 MW of capacity addition during the 12th Plan, the Ministry of Power is initiating several measures in the sector. This was stated by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia while addressing a press conference in New Delhi today. The minister highlighted several measures initiated …

Tor Maa ke… Chawm Ganguly

“Kh***ir Chele, Tor Maa ke Ch**i” (SOB, s***w your mom) yelled the conductor to the Taxi driver. “Tor Maa ke” (s***w your mom) retorted the nonchalant taxi driver with an exaggerated movement of the hand that left nothing to the imagination as he drove away equally unperturbed. The passengers in the bus, many ladies included, …

Target to develop 10,000 MW Power through Solar Energy by 2017

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has set a target of generation of 10,000 Megawatt of power through solar energy by the year 2017. Addressing the Solar Power Developers Meet in the Capital today, the Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah said that the Phase I of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar …

Coal Block Auction Methodology approved

The Government has approved the methodology for auction by competitive bidding of the coal blocks. The methodology provides for auctioning the fully explored coal blocks and also provides for fast tracking the auction by exploration of regionally explored blocks through up gradation of geological data to a reasonable level of certainty. The methodology approved by …