Category: India
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Starbucks finally opening stores
After I had mentioned on my blog earlier about Starbucks coming to India, yesterday it was announced that the iconic coffee chain will be opening 50 retail outlets by the end of this year. If memory serves me right, its been more than 6 years since Starbucks started thinking of putting up their chain in…
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Blackout is the online Satyagraha
With news breaking out that one of Indian websites have been taken down due to the government censorship is exactly when the news started getting heating up in the western world. The two new legislations / regulation that are in the process of getting approved in the US Senate are now under fire from major…
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Kingfisher enigma fails to die in Media
I fail to understand why everyone is after Kingfisher. In a day, in a time span of 30 minutes there are three news that appear. One of them states that Airlines have mounted up debts because of Government Policies: Given the present conditions, many in media are debating whether India should have allowed 24% FDI…
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Type of Governments around the world
Throughout the history of mankind, they have been witness to many civilizations which have arisen and fallen. These civilizations were grown up to form organized rulers from Dynasty and Kingdoms to today’s Governments. The mankind has seen and has been ruled by many governments, all of various shapes and sizes and ideologies. Listed below are…
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Petrol Prices in India dip by Rs. 2, but still costly than a beer
Often when elections near, you get some cheer! Here, have some beer! Beginning Wednesday, the price of petrol will fall in Delhi by Rs 2.22 a litre and by Rs 2.34 a litre in Mumbai. It is not very clear from all explanations we have got why this price dip now? The Minister of State…
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Troubled Kingfisher seeks help
This is one of the many times Oil marketing companies have refused fuel to troubled Kingfisher airlines. In the past, they have done and they are doing it now too. The airline is pretty much grounded with 50 to 100 cancellations. I wonder how other airlines are able to cope up. Vijay Mallya, the face…
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Astro Garden: An cosmic solution
Have you ever heard of an Astro Garden? I was a bit surprised when I read about Astro Garden in the local news paper. How much is the level of beliefs that people have? From gems to stones, metals to flowers and worshiping god on particular days, and trees. If it was anything else, I…
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Fuel Prices and its illeffects
Everyone is up in arms with the back to back hike in fuel prices. To be precise, the Petrol prices. India is among large importers of crude oil and price of which is so volatile. All Oil PSUs in India are running into losses because of the various subsidies given by the government for all…
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Advantages of using Analytics for blogs and websites
Advantage No.1: Statistics: It tells you how much your blog is visited and from where. This is in particular useful to guage two things. One the amount of revenue your site can get, two to see viability of the website. By viability, I mean, to see how much are you getting in return for your…
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Organize your "to do's" so you can get to your "I do's"
Think of Google as your one stop shop for almost everything. Well, almost… While there are so many tools we use today, there is little in the way we think that Google does. No one thinks what Google does. Lets learn to think out of the box. Enter the Google.com/Wedding portal With the help of…