Timely boost: Indian economy grows 7.4% in September 2015 quarter

Timely boost: Indian economy grows 7.4% in September 2015 quarter

India’s economic growth picked up pace in the second quarter of the fiscal, helped by strong manufacturing and signs of revival in investment, giving a timely boost to the government as it makes a case for reforms in Parliament. GDP rose 7.4% in the July-September quarter, better than 7% in the April-June period, data released by the statistics office on Monday showed, raising expectations of a further acceleration in growth in the rest of the…

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6 Must Know Facts About Google’s ‘Project Loon’ Which Aims To Provide Free Internet To Rural India

6 Must Know Facts About Google’s ‘Project Loon’ Which Aims To Provide Free Internet To Rural India

Google has received the government of India’s permission to start testing Project Loon in the country, under which the company will beam internet from balloons in the sky. The projects aims to provide affordable internet access without the high costs involved in setting up traditional infrastructure. Here are 6 things you should probably know about Google’s Project Loon in India… 1. 20-kilometre up in the sky Google’s Project Loon balloons float 20-kilometre above the Earth’s…

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A 7 Hour Long Traffic Jam In Gurgaon Last Night + 7 Worst Traffic Jams In History!

A 7 Hour Long Traffic Jam In Gurgaon Last Night + 7 Worst Traffic Jams In History!

to Delhi civic body’s toll collection drive. The seven-hour-long traffic jam began at around 12:30 am on Saturday when some drivers protested the environment tax collection drive of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi while some didn’t have enough money to pay the same. As a result, they started parking on the Delhi-Jaipur highway leading to chaos on the road. Situation normalised when senior traffic officials from Gurgaon and Delhi rushed to the spot early on…

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13 Things That Happen When All Your Friends Are Getting Married While You’re Still Single!

13 Things That Happen When All Your Friends Are Getting Married While You’re Still Single!

You grow up with a bunch of friends while making new ones, but nothing prepares you for the announcement that they are getting hitched. What? It was just yesterday that you guys were checking out hotties and getting wasted at the club, and now they’ve become grown ups. Holy crap! While they’re running around preparing for their big fat Bollywood shaadis, this is you: 1. Invitations galore. Whether its a card or just telephone call,…

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Delhi Metro Employees Ruthlessly Beat Up A Man Because He Argued With An Official

Delhi Metro Employees Ruthlessly Beat Up A Man Because He Argued With An Official

Namit Khanna uploaded this video on YouTube which shows Delhi Metro officials beating a man. According to the video, the man was arguing with a metro official at the exit gate, which soon enraged the official. He then beat up the man savagely, and other metro officials soon joined in. Only after 45 minutes, during which the man was beaten, and a crowd of 300-400 people gathered, did the officials let go. At 9 in…

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India Is Officially Less Corrupt Than China. Still Only Ranked 85th In The World

India Is Officially Less Corrupt Than China. Still Only Ranked 85th In The World

The latest Transparency International survey has ranked India less corrupt than China, a momentous win for India, which has consistently been ranked higher than China since 1996. India rose 10 places, and ranked 85 (out of 175 countries), while China fell by 20 points to 100. However, India hasn’t actually won anything in its war on corruption. “A country’s rank indicates its position relative to the other countries included in the index,” Transparency International told…

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Indian students abroad

Indian students abroad

Students of Indian origin are traveling in higher numbers than ever before to pursue higher education abroad. In 2006, of the 123,000 studying outside India, 76,000 have chosen USA as a country of their choice followed by UK. Canada and UK are also other major countries in the world and is one of the safest countries for Indian students. The US receives more Indian students than any other country in the world overtaking China in…

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Mark Zuckerberg meets Indian farmer Aasif Mujawar who uses internet.org

Mark Zuckerberg meets Indian farmer Aasif Mujawar who uses internet.org

A day after Mark Zuckerberg’s townhall at IIT Delhi, the Facebook founder posted a picture of him with a soybean farmer Aasif Mujawar from Maharashtra who uses Internet.org to get childcare information. “Aasif and I talked about what the internet means to him and how it helps solve the greatest challenges he has faced as a father. I’m about to be a father soon myself, so I appreciate how he just wants to provide the…

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Four Held For Robberies In Indian Residents’ Homes In US

Four Held For Robberies In Indian Residents’ Homes In US

Four men were arrested in the US for committing burglaries in the houses of people of Indian and Asian origin, a media report said. The police in College Station city of Texas state, on Saturday arrested four people of South American origin on the charge of committing robberies in the area, KBTX.com news website reported on Monday. Police said the group of burglars used to commit the crimes during lunchtime. Since September, the houses of…

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Rahul offers prayers at Sikh shrine in Bathinda

Rahul offers prayers at Sikh shrine in Bathinda

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday offered prayers at Sikh shrine Takht Damdama Sahib at Talwandi Sabo. The Takht Sri Darbar Sahib Damdama Sahib, one of the five seats of temporal authority of Sikhism, is the place where Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, prepared the full version of the Sikh scriptures called Sri Guru Granth Sahib in 1705. Rahul is currently on a two-day visit to the state and on Thursday in Faridkot…

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