Archive for June, 2008
Posted in June 12th, 2008
Google has allowed its US and British gmail users to test the new features it has put on its software from last thursday. A new tab Google labs has been created in the gmail which the users can tap for testing out the new features. These features after necessary modification as suggested by users and [...]
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Posted in June 12th, 2008
Deposed Nepal King Gyanendra , the world’s last Hindu king, left the palace today marking the end of the King rule in Nepal. He left for a smaller summer palace outside the capital, and said that he will live as a commoner and accepted the rule of the maoist led government. The King’s palace is [...]
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Posted in June 12th, 2008
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai will seek fifty billion dollars of aid from Donor Nations to rebuild the nation torn by wars for the last three decades, when they meet in Paris today. About 85 countries are trying to help Afghanistan build up its security forces, strengthen infrastructure, cut poverty and strengthen rule of law. With [...]
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Posted in June 12th, 2008
The rivals Taiwan and China have started formal bilateral discussions after nearly a decade, with the goal of firming up agreement on expanded charter flights between the two countries, which will be happening after 59 years. The talks are being held in Beijing , scheduled till friday, and both teams are sounding confident of forging [...]
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Posted in June 12th, 2008
After the ouster of Hillary Clinton from the US Presidential race, Barak Obama has fast catched up in winning the hearts of US women voters. As per the latest Gallup survery conducted between June 5-9, Obama leads with over 51 percent of the voters favouring him, versus only 38 percent for Mccain. This is a [...]
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Posted in June 12th, 2008
The Indian Central Bank, RBI i.e Reserve Bank of India today took the harsh measure of hiking its lending rate by 25 basis points to reach eight percent with immediate effect. Though this was expected to come anytime , many a bankers have been taken by the speed at which it has been implemented. This [...]
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Posted in June 12th, 2008
Bush has spoken harsh words against Iran once again stating that the world cannot survive in peace if Iran becomes a Nuclear weapon state. European leaders joined in this warning and wanted the world community to force Iran to stop all its ambitious plans for acquiring Nuclear weapons capability through all means including sanctions.
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Posted in June 12th, 2008
The US Presidential fight has started right earnest. Republican candidate John Mccain has hit at Democratic candidate Barak Obama saying that Obama, if voted to President power, will be adding to the misery of the people by adding the taxes. He therefore requested the US citizens to think twice before voting for Obama, and said [...]
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Posted in June 11th, 2008
Lehman bros, one of the leading Investment Banker from US, is seriously in search for a tie up with any leading bank. This has become necessary to enable it to access cheap funds continuously, since it does not have the reserve cushion anymore. To make things worse for Lehman, likely candidate banks like Barclays, HSBC [...]
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Posted in June 11th, 2008
US has blamed India for making Doha talks fail. US said that India has raised objections even on issues where many other developing countries had agreed. It said that the current export restrictions by India on certain food items will be creating more problems for its Asian neighbors since supplies will come down for them [...]
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