In an attempt to fit the four and a half hour IIFA event into a three-hour broadcast, Star Plus editors had to cut out some vital parts of the show - including Abhishek Bachchan’s performance. The act, which culminated with Abhishek being joined on stage by his father and Aishwarya Rai, was trimmed by four [...]
The International Cricket Council announced that they would allow cricket umpires to use radios to communicate with each other but won’t let any radio communication be broadcasted to the public. The new technology will link on-field umpires with the third umpire, and will be used at October’s Super Series in Australia, but broadcasters will be [...]
India finds itself at the top of a number of categories in Time Magazine’s “Best of Asia” issue, a poll compiled by Time’s international correspondents in Asian cities. The “virtuoso displays of talent” and “mass outpourings of national pride” made India vs. Pakistan cricket matches the “Best Sporting Event,” while Film City, Mumbai took “The [...]
India accounted for the second highest number of LPRs, or Legal Permanent Residents, to the United States last year according to the U.S. Census Bureau. 70,116 Indians currently make their home in the United States, second to Mexico’s 175,364 and beating out The Philippines and China at third and fourth place respectively. In total, 946,142 [...]
Former Test cricketer Eknath Solkar died in Mumbai on Sunday of cardiac failure, at the age of 58. He had been ill for the past four days and died at his home, according to former teammate Dilip Vengsarkar. Solkar was best known for his brilliant close fielding, especially at short leg, and played a large [...]
Fed up with hotel tariffs and traffic problems in Bangalore, software giant Infosys has built an in-house 500 room four-star hotel called “Le Terrace,” exclusively for clients and visitors coming to Bangalore. The five-story, Rs 40 crore building covers 275,000 square feet, and will even feature a French restaurant. Infosys has 36,750 employees of 53 [...]
What a time to be alive - a developer in Chennai has created a vibrating condom, which features a battery operated chip and can be worn by men and women. The current problem is that HIV infection is spreading throughout India, but condoms are still unpopular, accounting for four to five percent of all contraception. [...]
Aishwarya Rai, “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” will begin work on her first major Hollywood film this August. The $70 million Last Legion will be an action-adventure film featuring Ben Kingsley and Colin Firth, and is set during the fall of the Roman Empire. Ash has been tapped to star in Hollywood projects [...]
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While India’s aviation industry booms, state-owned Air India and India Airlines are falling behind. Obsolete planes, oversized workforces, and government mismanagement have caused the country’s largest carriers to lose ground to smaller private airlines, and now Air India and India Airlines are trying to restructure and make a comeback. After dealing with shoddy service, expensive [...]