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Twitter is used in India mainly for news – Bally chohan

November 6th, 2009

Do you know how the Twitter is used in India. In India   people log on toTwitter mainly for reading updated news

www.pluGGd.in is a survey site which has revealed that near about 16% Indians log on to twitter for getting updated and real time news.11% Indians are on twitter for social networking and 10% are on twitter in search of something or research purposes.

web updates by – bally chohan

Microsoft on demand email service launched in India

November 6th, 2009

Microsoft has launched an on demand email service in India whose price Starts at around Rs 100 per month for the  small and medium business enterprise customers to access Microsoft’s e-mail, collaboration, conferencing and productivity capabilities online.

check the official site :

www.microsoft.com/india/onlineservices

The services will be available in India from Nov 7.

Radhakrishnan now the new ISRO chief

October 31st, 2009

Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) new chairman will be K.Radhakrishnan.

The first priority of Radhakrishnan would be to develop the cryogenic engine to be used for GSLV to be launched this year-end.

Radhakrishnan said the new assignment was a huge responsibility and he would do his best to carry on the good work of his predecessors notably Madhavan Nair, Dr. Kasturirangan and U.R.Rao.

Radhakrsishnan is one of India’s senior most space scientist who has played a role in the launch of 24 space missions including Chandrayaan.

Radhakrishnan, an electrical engineer from Kerala University of the 1970 batch, holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore and a doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur.

Starting his career at ISRO here as an avionics engineer in 1971, he went on to hold key positions such as director of the Regional Remote Sensing Service Centres and the director of Indian National Cenre for Ocean Information sciences.

Radhakrishnan has been a member of the Space Commission since October 2008.

Narendra Modi tested positive for swine flu

October 30th, 2009

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been diagnosed with swine flu. He will be kept in isolation for seven days. For any emergency, he will be available over the phone for consultation.

Barack Obama declared H1N1 swine flu a national emergency

October 24th, 2009

Barack Obama has declared 2009 H1N1 swine flu a national emergency in US, the White House said on Saturday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionsaid said that H1N1 swine flu has become widespread in 46 of the 50 U.S. states, a level comparable to the peak of ordinary flu seasons but far earlier and with more waves of infection expected.

Obama signed the statement on Friday night.