International cricketers to sport red ribbons on World AIDS Day

COME DECEMBER 1 and all leading international cricketers will be seen sporting red ribbons to mark World AIDS Day in their upcoming matches. An initiative of Think Wise partnership which is a joint initiative between the International Cricket Council (ICC), UNICEF and Global Media AIDS Initiative since 2003, the motive of the organisations is to raise awareness around HIV prevention and stop discrimination against people who are living with this disease.
 

On the initiative, South African captain Graeme Smith said that two million people die of AIDS-related deaths each year and nearly three-quarters of them come from sub-Saharan Africa.

Hyderabad 10K culminates with grand success

THOUSANDS OF people from different walks of life came forward to take part in the Annual Hyderabad 10K race event which was held on November 26 and 27. The race took off from Peoples Plaza, Necklace road located in the periphery of historic Hussain Sagar Lake. Hyderabad Police Commissioner, A K Khan, flagged off the run. Popular figures from the world of sports, politics, cinema and corporate were also seen on the occasion to encourage participants.

Parliamentarian G Vivek, Telugu film actors D Suresh, Muralimohan, Naga Chaitanya, Nikhil, Navadeep, Manchu Vishnu and former All England badminton champion, P Gopichand also took

Bahu, Bahuguna and Sonia Gandhi

THE DAUGHTER in Law or ‘bahu’ factor combined with the tireless efforts of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief Dr Rita Bahuguna Joshi made the Thursday (November 25) rally of Congress president Sonia Gandhi an overwhelming success in Allahabad, the city of India’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru. Allahabad opened the doors of its heart to its ‘bahu’ Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Thousands thronged to her rally as never before in Uttar Pradesh. The city was upbeat and even students bunked classes to catch a glimpse of Sonia Gandhi.

The tireless efforts of UPCC chief Dr Rita Joshi, who

Acer launches new netbbook in association with Tata

TATA TELESERVICES and Acer have joined hands to launch the new netbook Aspire One AOD 260. The netbook comes with built-in Tata Photon and boasts of an internet speed of up to 3.1 Mbps.

The said netbook will make use of the HSIA technology on TTSL’s CDMA network and provide the users with a broadband connectivity.

 

The mini gadget has a 10.1 inches screen and a 16:9 aspect ratio, Intel Atom N450 CPU, a 1. 3 megapixel camera, 1 GB

The truth of Lalit Modi

WHERE DID Lalit Modi lie?

 

Lalit Modi has chosen to come on TV to clear apprehensions in the minds of Indian public about his alleged misdeeds and the entire country watched his interview with great interest. The way Modi refuted all allegations against him and rather portrayed himself as a champion entrepreneur who launched a new product, Indian Premier League (IPL), highly successfully, left everybody with a good impression.

 

In fact, to many it appeared that Mr. Modi was clean, innocent man who was being unnecessarily targeted by the BCCI and the Government of India. He should have been rewarded for his great contribution in glorifying India. When asked why he was being targeted, he blamed

Thanksgiving Day 2010 to enthrall shoppers

FORGET THE turkey and the football-if it's Thanksgiving, why aren't you shopping?

 

U.S. retailers trying to squeeze every extra cent out of shoppers are opening forThanksgiving on Thursday, trying to get a jump on the holiday shopping season.

Among the retailers that will open on Thursday are Wal-Mart Stores Inc's U.S. discount stores, 850 of Gap Inc's Old Navy stores, as well as some of its Gap and Banana Republic stores; and Sears Holdings Corp's namesake department stores, and Kmart discount stores.

 

For retailers, opening the stores

K Rosaiah steps down as Andhra CM

AFTER THE continuing controversy and the instability in the party for quite some time now, Andhra Pradesh CM K Rosaiah resigned today declaring himself non-aligned to any of the Congress groups.

 

This comes following a recent strife that had been created in the party between YSR’s son Jagan Reddy and others after the handpicked appointment of K Rosaiah as the CM.

 

Jagan Reddy went out of the way protesting the appointment with his Odarpu Yatra and his controversial remarks aired on his self owned television network.