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Couple of weeks back Mr. Suresh Kalmadi had announced that Commonwealth Games would be World’s best and at par with Beijing Olympic Games. Personally, I was taken by surprise with that statement. I would be happy even if we are able to host…

This has happened earlier than expected – I have just come across this photo and thought I would share it with the readers. Its been around 3 weeks since the New Rupee Symbol was launched – It seems our Mint has got into action and came up…

Given the two options – a fixed line phone and a mobile phone – in front of you, which one would you latch on to make an instant call to your colleague? With the call charges almost same on both the connections (infact, even lower…

A little over 2/3rd of the Earth is covered by water – But how much of it could be tapped by the mankind? Not much. As most of the water available from the sea is highly saline. Basically, water is considered fresh if it contains less than…

IRCTC seems to hitting rough weather with Indian Railways - First their Menu went off the table, and now it is the e-ticketing business which seems to be at stake. Remember the sound of empty scissors that barbers create during the…

Winding the coil and unwind it! – thats what RBI seems to have done better than most other Central banks world over since the start of the global recession. In fact, RBI has gone one step further and announced that it will come out with…

Have you already started using the New Rupee Symbol? – most probably not. The computer keyboards are not yet equipped for that. But there is an alternative way you can use it in documents and spreadsheets. Download this font developed by…

I am very glad to see this news – Bangalore University becomes the First University in India to allow transgenders to pursue higher education. Infact, they have gone ahead and created reservation quota of one seat in each of the 60…

Last weeks biggest news undoubtedly was the launch of low-cost $35 tablet by the Indian Government for Educational purposes. Trak.in saw huge surge of traffic as we managed to bring out this news before anyone else and also procured some…

Internet Penetration in India is one of the lowest in the world – more so of the broadband. It is ironical that even though India is one of the biggest Software services hub in the world, yet we rank so lowly when it comes to ICT…

This is big news – Finally a low-cost computing-cum-access device has been unveiled by HRD minister Shri. Kapil Sibal. The price is this device is expected to be around $35. However, HR ministry is aiming at bringing down the cost of this…

Ever came across experience of food poisoning or paani-jyaada chai on a railway joint or onboard train - Did you ask a question as to who is catering it? Well, most of it would have been monopolized by the catering services of IRCTC.…

Google just announced their New version of Google Map & Earth, which is aimed at providing accurate boundaries and geopolitical features of the country. Google had earlier come under fire for not showing  the International…

3G on Mobile promises to bring about a sea-change in how we use data on our mobile phones. The higher speeds of 3G will allow consumers to do things that would not have been possible with existing GPRS / Edge internet services. 3g internet…

The revival in the global economy witnessed since the early 2009, could well be deceptive if one goes by the demand for passports which has fallen drastically, at least in the populated country like India - though this cannot serve as a…

The DTH space is hotting up – Past couple of years have seen many new entrants in this, now-competitive, Direct-to-home market . DTH technology has moved from simple digital signals to Mpeg 4 to High definition now. Consumers can even…

The biggest news of last week undoubtedly was the finalization of new Indian Rupee Symbol. India has now joined the ranks of Elite countries who boast a unique currency symbol of their own. Although, we have a new symbol now, the process in…

Let me take you back by 6 years, when I took a plunge into stock markets - Infosys was a marquee name for me then and, may be, even now. And, at that time I was not even aware that TCS was a bigger company than Infosys (Oops! my ignorance).…

The growth stories witnessed in India and China over the past decade can easily standout as torchbearers and growth engines of the world economy. While China excelled as the global manufacturing hub, India proudly emerged a low-cost…

I just came across the interview given by Mr. Suresh Kalmadi, the President of the IOA. The man who is heading the organization of this event. Hosting of  Commonwealth games has been marred by controversies, especially due to the…