Microsoft hopes to unseat Google as the internet user’s search engine of choice after spending millions of dollars to launch its new ‘Bing’ browser. The news on 28th May, 2009 that Microsoft launched a search engine, ‘Bing’, heralded a...

With nuclear-packed superpowers thriving, every nation is seeking the nuclear expertise. After India, Pakistan and N. Korea did it successfully, now it’s Iran, Syria, to name a few, in the line to have nuclear warheads. Nukes are the last resort of...

The Sao Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) to be held in Brazil next month, has agreed to boost the number of black models after being targeted by anti-racism campaigners. Under the terms of the deal, at least 10 percent of the casting has to be composed of...

With the Taliban insurgency threatening the stability of Pakistan, Obama’s CIA director, Leon Panetta gives his perspective to fight against the Al-Qaida and Taliban. “We can only win if we provide security, jobs, education, sanitation and...

There is a panic in US over the latest teen scandal ‘sexting’ that has prompted calls for a change in the law. Sexting is all about how to use technology otherwise. Students in US are using their cell phones to send the nude or semi-nude images to...

There is an uproar in the world over indicting Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. However, nine Nobel peace prize recipients are bearing the torch high. The Nobel laureates have called Suu Kyi trial a mockery and have written to UN...

The twenty-six old year war between LTTE and Sri Lanka Govt. is almost over. After the strong arms and suicide attacks, finally the Tamil rebels succumb to the Sri Lankan army. Its leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, along with his two deputies was...

Arctic riches are increasingly becoming the bone of contention for the five nearby nations who have the UN granted rights on the area. Arctic has the rich coffers of oil and gas that can, to a great extent and for a long time, solve the energy demands...

In the times when the recession is gripping the world hard, no measures seem to provide the world with speedy recovery. In such a situation, Islamic finance is what everyone hasn’t so far, knowingly or unknowingly, considered as one of the...

Pope Benedict XVI is on his visit to Jordan which is his first visit to an Arab country after becoming Pope. On his visit, Pope is hopeful that the Catholic Church could play a part in bringing peace to the Middle East. Pope aims to create a better...