PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi will chair the 23rd Anniversary CelebrAsian Business Opportunity Conference '08, the flagship event of the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC-EF), on May 27-29, at the Hilton Washington Hotel in
The Government of India has conferred "Navratna" status on the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. today, the 1st May 2008. The Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. now becomes the third Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Power. The
CII has projected an 8.3% to 8.6% GDP growth for 2008-09. Mr K V Kamath said this while addressing a Press Conference here today. Despite global slowdown and strong challenges in the domestic economy, there is enough momentum and fundamental
Microsoft Corp. today introduced two new products to help photographers manage their digital photos in a new way using location data, a process known as geotagging. Geotagging is an exciting new way to organize your digital photos that was previously
Miracles will never cease - for now we read about the book of yet another Avatar entitled 'SWAMI AND AMMA -TRAVEL IN THE OCEAN OF TRUTH' at http://todaysdivineincarnations.co.uk the following claim:-"This book was joyfully blessed for release by Bhagawan Sri
DHS issued an updated OPT filing guide for schools and students.In April, DHS published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) titled Extending Period of Optional Practical Training by 17 Months for F-1 Nonimmigrant Students With STEM Degrees and Expanding Cap-Gap Relief
In recent weeks I heard two horrible stories from European clients about their experience entering the US. One a fairly know author from France was kept in secondary inspection for 14 hours, before finally letting him enter the US. The
A Santa Ana police officer driving on the wrong side of the street with lights flashing and sirens blaring has suffered critical injuries after he lost control of his cruiser and struck a stopped tow truck during a pursuit. According
WASHINGTON - Low-oxygen zones where sea life is threatened or cannot survive are growing as the oceans are heated by global warming, a new study warns.Oxygen-depleted zones in the central and eastern equatorial Atlantic and equatorial Pacific oceans appear to
MADISON, Wis. -- A new poll found that only 18 percent of Wisconsin residents believe climate change is extremely problematic in the state.Survey respondents were most concerned about declining water levels in Wisconsin rivers, lakes and ground water. Twenty-one percent
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) have decided to continue their talks on the issue of restoration of judges in Pakistan today, reports our special corrospondent from Dubai, Dhirendra Mishra.This was announced by PML (N)'s leader
An overcrowded tour bus lost control on a slope and flipped over in Hong Kong on Thursday, killing 17 members of a local religious group and injuring 45 others.The driver was arrested on charges of dangerous driving.After visiting the injured,
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Nirmala Deshpande, one of India's last Gandhians whose life was devoted to the cause of the poor and downtrodden, died in her sleep here Thursday morning. She was 79."She fought for the cause of peace
The Pennsylvania primary defeat and renewed furore over his former pastor's anti-American rhetoric has led to a fall in ratings of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.Obama, who still leads Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, however
NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright, actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg are among the newsmakers on Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most
Jaipur, May 1 (IANS) The following is the scorecard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in which Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 45 runs here Thursday:Match No. 18, Indian Premier League, Twenty20, Rajasthan Royals vs. Kolkata Knight
New York, May 1 (IANS) Two Indians, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and industrialist Ratan Tata, as well as PepsiCo's Indian American chief executive Indra Nooyi have been listed by the Time newsmagazine among the world's 100 most influential people of
NEW YORK (AP) — Uma Thurman is at a lower Manhattan courthouse, where she is expected to testify against the man accused of stalking her.Court officers escorted the actress through a side entrance of the state Supreme Court building Thursday
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military killed a man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia and 10 others in an airstrike overnight, an Islamic insurgent group said Thursday.The U.S. military confirmed an attack on a suspected
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police say a car bomb and a suicide bomber have struck a wedding convoy, killing two people and wounding 56 others in an attack northeast of Baghdad.Police say the bomb went off Thursday evening in the
