No word if it’s going to be our problem our our great-great-great-great grandchildren’s problem, but a new study by researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research suggests that human impacts on the environment may eliminate monsoons on the Indian subcontinent. The basic science is that the hot weather creates low-pressure zones over the [...]
BMW AG has announced that it will invest 1 billion rupees to build a factory in India in order to tap into the growing automobile market in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The factory will be set up at Chengelpet in southern Tamil Nadu, where vehicles will be assembled using kits imported from overseas. BMW hopes that [...]
Despite entering India almost 10 years ago, McDonald’s has never had a location in Kolkata - but that’s all to change in 2007. McDonald’s India Managing Director and Joint Venture Partner for North India Vikram Bakshi says that by “2006-07 we will be in a position to expand eastwards and our first outlet will be [...]
Calcutta’s famous rickshaws are about to banned on humanitarian grounds, according to Buddhadev Bhattacharya, chief minister of West Bengal. Stating that “nowhere else in the world does this practice exist and we think it should also cease to exist in Calcutta,” Mr. Bhattacharya said the rickshaws will be phased out in four to five months, [...]
Tomorrow, a celebration in Kozhikode will celebrate the city’s declaration of being “litter-free,” after a new program successfully rid the city of its fly-infested trash and overflowing garbage bins. In Kozhikode, a team of 730 “smartly uniformed” women driving autorickshaws pick up garbage from every home, shop, and office, handling 300 tons of waste within [...]
The BCCI renamed Sourav Ganguly as the captain of India’s cricket team today, replacing Rahul Dravid who led the team to a loss during the recent tri-series with Sri Lanka. Ganguly, who recently completed 10,000 runs, was named by cricket board secretary SK Nair, who also mentioned that the team for the upcoming Zimbabwe tour [...]
Indian officials warned about the presence of mosquitos in the Andamans following the recent tsunami that killed 5,500 people in the area. The cause for concern was that scientists found the anopheles sundaicus mosquito in the area, which carries the malaria parasite, and can lay its eggs in salt or fresh water. The dense population [...]
The Maharashta government declared an outbreak of Leptospirosis in the municipal areas of Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivali today after the disease claimed a number of lives following the Mumbai floods. Thirty-seven Mumbaikars died from the disease since the flood, as well as 29 people in neighboring Thane.
The outbreak is reminiscent of the recent Streptoccocus [...]
Indian fashion designer Ashish Soni is the first Indian to ever be invited to New York Fashion Week, where he will promote “Incredible India” at the world-famous fashion festival next month. Soni is currently designing yoga kits, mats, towels, and t-shirts emblazoned with the Incredible India logo in a tourism ministry-backed effort to promote India [...]
With national selectors set to meet on Friday to determine who will lead Team India on a tour of Zimbabwe this month, many are expecting that Sourav Ganguly will be reinstated as the captain after Rahul Dravid’s poor showing in Sri Lanka. Dravid replaced Ganguly after the former captain batted poorly in a home series [...]