Archive for August, 2010

Mary Kay celebrates success of independent sales force

August 31st, 2010

The seminar was aimed at recognizing the Mary Kay independent sales force for their achievements while also providing education, inspiration and motivation for the year ahead.

Hyderabad students pledge to extend green cover, plant saplings

August 31st, 2010

A group of 3000 students from Delhi Public School in Hyderabad, came together on Monday to do their bit to fight climate change. The students pledged to increase the green cover in their city and neighborhood and planted saplings on this occassion.

HP Launches CloudStart to Fast Track Private Clouds

August 31st, 2010

HP today announced HP CloudStart, the industry’s first all-in-one solution for deploying an open and flexible private cloud environment within 30 days.
Built on an HP Converged Infrastructure, HP CloudStart simplifies and speeds private cloud deployments. Consisting of hardware, software and services, HP CloudStart empowers businesses to deliver pay-per-use services reliably and securely from a common portal, and it offers the ability to scale and deploy new services automatically. more…

Holding regular family meetings: Best thing to stay together

August 29th, 2010

The gap present between children and parents can be bridged to a great extent through holding regular family meetings. Children will feel more confident and more delighted being part of such family meetings.

ICCR holds exhibition of Korean art

August 29th, 2010

From August 26 to September 1, 2010, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will organise exhibition of photos, paintings, fine arts and crafts work of artists from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at Azad Bhavan Art Gallery.

Mother Teresa’s birth centenary being celebrated today

August 27th, 2010

The birth centenary of Mother Teresa is celebrating all over the world, today August 26. Mother Teresa, who came to India in 1929, and worked for the homeless and the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta, now Kolkata.

Facebook beats Orkut, crowned with numero uno position in India

August 27th, 2010

After trailing Orkut for a long time in India, social networking site Facebook has finally achieved the top position in the country, if data released by research firm coMscore is to be believed.

US FDA approves controversial contraceptive pill ‘Ella’

August 24th, 2010

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved the controversial ‘morning-after’ pill ‘Ella’. The contraceptive medicine extends the post-sex pregnancy prevention for upto five days.

Bikanervala: The king of Indian sweets and curries opens in UK

August 24th, 2010

Our very name ‘Bikanervala’ spells a family tradition of sweets and exotic cuisines that goes back well over a century, to the era of Royal Houses of Rajasthan, where our forefathers developed and perfected a wide range of exquisite delights.

‘Down to earth’ attitude should be inculcated in people

August 19th, 2010

Society will stand to gain immensely if children are taught to be ‘down to earth’ for all times to come right from young age. Once this single value is properly cultivated in a person, he is destined to make good contribution from a social viewpoint.

Pregnancy: Are you ever too old to conceive?

August 19th, 2010

Is there a definite reproductive age? Some women start ovulating by the age of ten, whereas, some other ten year old’s are still biologically too young to reproduce.

From death to branding icons

August 17th, 2010

The sad demise of celebrities paves them a way for milking money. Celebrities are the ultimate, sexiest and most glamorous brand endorsements. They gain more value and popularity after their death than they were alive.

From celebrities to dead, from dead to brand icons

August 14th, 2010

MJ has sold nine million albums since his death, such headlines are enough to boost sales. His picture is printed on T-shirts, tea mugs everywhere possible by the sales promoters.

Meaning of love in present times

August 14th, 2010

The pleasant meaning of love is to get smitten up suddenly or to feel special and to make somebody feel special. But the honest meaning is to get a company to share your life or may be the present time.

OtterBox commuter and Defender cases for iPad available

August 12th, 2010

The new iPad cases from OtterBox incorporate three layers of hardcore protection in a rugged but stylish looking case. The case promises style and protection as well.