Archive for January, 2011

Jivo Wellness presents Bade Miya – Chhote Miya offer

January 30th, 2011

Jivo Wellness, one of the pioneers of Canola Oil has announced the consumer friendly scheme ‘Bade Miyan – Chote Miya’ which offers a 1 litre Bottle Free with a 5 litres Can of Jivo Canola Oil.

Miles to go before I reach the school

January 28th, 2011

Priya is not the only student with this kind of a problem. Children as young as 6 years walk 2 kilometres every day to their schools due to the inconvenient timings of the buses.

Directionless women empowerment schemes fail to make difference

January 28th, 2011

Policy approaches have shifted from the concept of ‘welfare’ in the 70s to ‘development’ in the 80s and now to ‘empowerment’ for and of women. Women Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of women.

Consumers downbeat on job, inflation worries: Nielsen

January 26th, 2011

Consumers in most countries globally look set to keep a tight grip on spending in coming months as they worry about job security and rising inflation, a survey by the Nielsen Company showed on Sunday.

Sri Lanka witnesses the largest Tamil music choir ever

January 26th, 2011

Over 21,000 people from all walks of life came together on one platform in Batticaloa to sing in unison some of the key verses from the richest Tamil devotional poetry – The Thevaram.

Cisco Introduces Smart Switching Portfolio, Security, and Finance Offerings Designed for Small Businesses

January 25th, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Jan. 25, 2011 –  Cisco today added new networking, security and storage products to its “Connect” and “Secure” small business portfolios. more…

HP Drives New Era for Cloud Computing

January 25th, 2011

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 25, 2011 – HP today announced a suite of new products and services that enable businesses and governments to leverage the power of the cloud while ensuring they meet required levels of security, performance and availability.
Cloud computing is an important and growing platform for Instant-On Enterprises, where everything and everyone is connected. more…

Hitachi GST raises the ‘reliability’ bar for 7,200 rpm, 3.5-inch enterprise drives

January 25th, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 25, 2011– Committed to the growing market for cost-effective, capacity-optimized drives, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ( Hitachi GST ) today introduced its new enterprise-class, 3.5-inch, 3TB Ultrastar 7K3000 drive family – the world’s first and only 7,200 RPM drive family rated at 2.0 million hours MTBF and backed by a five-year limited warranty. more…

Lessons of life teach us to be rational, calm

January 21st, 2011

Every person brings the debit and credit of his life. We know it very well that our destiny fixes our way of life. The various aspects of our life like success, hurdles and barriers are fixed prior to our birth.

It’s official: Men really are wimps when it comes to illness

January 21st, 2011

A new study has found that men are much more prone to falling sick under work pressure than a working woman, who carries on regardless with a ’stoical response’ when she’s ill.

Getting away from your daily routine is important

January 18th, 2011

One should be moderate in all the aspects of life. There must, therefore be, some change, and little variation in your daily routine. It is a natural human tendency to get bored of doing a thing over and over again.

Lakhs throng to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Mumbai events

January 18th, 2011

The spiritual leader and humanitarian Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was on a three-day visit to Mumbai and has been drawing mammoth crowds to his public events, satsangs (evenings of devotional music), and discourses.

Americans urged to cut salt consumption

January 16th, 2011

The association’s recommendation for the general population is to consume no more than 1500 milligrams (mg) of sodium a day because of the harmful effects of sodium – elevated blood pressure and increased risk of stroke and heart attacks.

Toxic chemicals found in pregnant women: US study

January 16th, 2011

Analyzing data for 163 chemicals, researchers detected polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides, perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), phenols, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), phthalates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

Lohri festival: Celerbration of fertility and life

January 13th, 2011

At this time the wheat crop begins to show signs of a good harvest and farmers celebrate Lohri before the cutting and gathering of crops. Lohri festival is meant to thanks the Gods of fire and Sun for warmth and energy.