Google unveils Samsung Nexus S smartphone

GOOGLE UNVEILED its latest smartphone, Samsung Nexus S, with the Android v2.3 Gingerbread operating system on Monday. Gingerbread is the latest Android version. The phone will support both 2G and 3G network. The Nexus S will come to the store in the U.S. via Best Buy on December 16.

Nexus S features almost the same as the Samsung's Galaxy S. The 4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED screen returns, embedded within a curved glass and protected with anti-fingerprint coating. it features include 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Standard

Ashes 2010: England needs six more wickets to win Adelaide Test

KEVIN PIETERSEN claimed a key wicket with the last ball of day four following his earlier heroics with the bat to give England real encouragement in their pursuit of victory in the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. Pietersen, who scored a career-best Test score of 227 to help England reach 620-5 declared, struck with his occasional spin to dismiss Michael Clarke for 80.

Australia ended day four on 238-4, still trailing by 137 runs with six wickets in hand. Mike Hussey was the unbeaten on 44.

The fourth-wicket pair had given Australia, set 375 to make England bat again, hope

Hindu Chakra bracelets popular among celebrities

CHAKRA BRACELETS, deriving inspiration from Hinduism, appear to be becoming popular among entertainment celebrities.
 

Singer Cheryl Cole, actress Sienna Miller, musician Kanye West, etc, have been reportedly spotted sporting Chakra bracelets.
 

Other celebrities who own Chakra bracelets reportedly include singers Pixie Lott and Paloma Faith; pop-musician Katy Perry; models Alexa Chung, Georgia May Jagger, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Amber Le Bon; actor Jude Law; television presenters Fearne Cotton and Jameela Jamil; actresses Drew Barrymore and Blake Lively; socialites Pixie Geldof and Olivia Palermo; etc.
 

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada, United States of America, has urged celebrities

Youngsters pledge to spread light across the country

THREE HUNDRED students carrying solar lanterns marched on the Marine Drive footpath from Hotel Trident to Chowpatty, to launch a national electrification project ‘Chirag Light India Movement,’ on the evening of December 3.

The movement aims to provide solar lighting to 1000 rural households without electricity, located in the remote villages of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. “We have planned to achieve this feat within a span of one month,” said Jyotirmoy Chatterji, 23, president of the movement and a student of HR College of Commerce and Economics.

The solar lanterns that are to be used in the movement are assembled by physically challenged individuals and not purchased directly from vendors. This way one community helps the other to lead a better life. The workers are

Praful Patel says, new fares suggested by airlines can't be justified

CIVIL AVIATION Minister Praful Patel said on Friday that the new fares suggested by airlines cannot be justified and the Government has taken a serious notice of the suggestions.

Earlier, the domestic airlines had proposed a massive rise in ticket prices, ignoring the Government s calls not to resort to exorbitant fares. The new fares have been submitted for review to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Patel said the Government has found airlines are trying to take undue advantage of passengers by increasing their fares. He further said a new economic advisory council has been set up

I will contest from Pulivendula if Party asks me to: Vivekananda

YS VIVEKANANDA Reddy has clarified in a press meet that he would continue in Congress party despite his family members Jagan Mohan Reddy’s and his mother Vijayalaxmi’s resignation from their respective seats at Kadapa and Pulivendula.

 

By the looks of it, Vivekananda Reddy’s words give an impression that a sort-of war has started between the families of Jaganmohan Reddy and his paternal uncle Vivekananda. Vivekananda Reddy recently went to Delhi and met Sonia Gandhi. He was also assured of a berth in the ministry.

He also told the press that if Party high command has ordered him to contest

Vodafone might take till 2020 to make Indian business turnaround

BRITISH MOBILE operator Vodafone's foray into India has been a disaster, so much so that insiders and experts have gone on record to say that it could take the firm until 2020 to make an economic profit.

According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, in 2007, Vodafone paid 5.5 billion pounds to acquire 67 percent of Hutchison Essar. In 2010, it was forced into a 2.3 billion pound write-down after regulatory changes flooded the market with an unprecedented level of competition and sparked a price war. Now, it faces a disputed tax bill and possible retrospective charges on licenses,