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Empowering 1.2 billion Indians through information, the Right to Information Act, introduced in 2005, gave new meaning to the motto “seek and you shall find.” but some RTI activists could only find an answer in the form of death. Attacks on information seekers have become commonplace with transparency groups estimating that 28 activists have been killed since [...] - abhisays.com

It’s official now. Google Chrome has finally become the most popular web browser. According to web analytics website StatCounter, for the first time in the history of internet, Google’s Chrome web-browser has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to become the most used internet browser worldwide. Interestingly, Asia and South America has contributed most to the Chrome traffic share, [...] - abhisays.com

Yesterday Mamata Banerjee added one more feather in her cap when she stormed out of a CNN-IBN show on one year of Trinamool Congress rule, accusing the audience, which consisted of students, to be Maoists and CPM cadre. She lost her cool and stormed out of the interactive TV session when members of the audience [...] - abhisays.com

Vividh Bharati is one of the most popular radio services which provides entertainment in the form of film music, skits, short plays and interactive programmes. Some of the old popular programmes of Vividh Bharati are ‘Sangeet Sarita’, ‘Bhule Bisre Geet’, Hawa Mahal, ‘Jaimala’, ‘Inse Miliye’, ‘Chhaya Geet’ etc., are still distinctly recognized by the listeners. [...] - abhisays.com

Slowly and steadily, Green tea getting popular in India. We Indians, who are the world’s largest consumers of tea, are developing a taste for a new brand of drink called Green Tea. Green tea, mainly consumed in China and Japan, has also become popular in the western countries, where black tea is traditionally consumed. Green [...] - abhisays.com

Bollywood first superstar Rajesh Khanna is trending on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Do you know why?  After recovering from some serious health issues, Rajesh Khanna aka Kaka is back in action with his first television ad, which has got big applause from his fans. It is Havell’s fan ad campaign which shows [...] - abhisays.com

I consider The Hindu as the best national daily of India. It is the only newspaper where the pure character of journalism is still alive. If you are looking for no nonsense, accurate, intelligent, serious, unbiased and reliable reporting with in-depth yet to the point editorials and opinions, it is the right option. The only demerit [...] - abhisays.com

The ghost of Bofors is back and now with a bang. It has again started haunting the ruling Congress Party. Let’s first try to find out what exactly Bofors is and why it is considered as the major corruption scandal in India. Bofors Scandal came into picture in 1986 (25 years ago) when senior Congress [...] - abhisays.com

Akshaya Tritiya or Akha Teej is an auspicious day, which is believed to bring good luck and success, for followers of Hinduism and Jainism. Every year, it falls on the third Tithi (Lunar day) of Bright Half (Shukla Paksha) of the pan-Indian month of Vaishakha. On this day, people celebrate birthday of Lord Parasurama, the [...] - abhisays.com

According to the team of scientists at the National Health Research Institute and China Medical University Hospital in Taiwan, smokers who exercise are likely to find it easier to quit successfully. The team carefully studied the health and habits of 434,190 people in Taiwan for a long period of 12 years,  from 1996 to 2008. The [...] - abhisays.com

Abhishek Manu Singhvi is one of the most important leaders of Indian National Congress and the senior advocate in Supreme Court of India. Presently, he is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha. Today he resigned from the post of the spokesperson of the Congress party and also from the post of Chairperson of [...] - abhisays.com

Yet another Baba! What is wrong with Indians? Why they waste their hard-earned money on these fraud Babas? Recently a self-styled godman and spiritual leader, Nirmal Baba is in limelight due to his public discourses and treatises on social issues as well as his Samagam in Nirmal darbar (public meetings). Nirmal Darbar is actually a [...] - abhisays.com

One of the least hyped movies of the year, especially when you compare it with Housefull 2 or Agent Vinod, Tezz is scheduled to be released on 27th April, 2012. It is basically an action thriller, which has been directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Ratan Jain’s Venus Films. Its mega starcast include Mohanlal, Anil [...] - abhisays.com

When you see a Bollywood star in an expensive foreign car or when pictures of their homes are shown in TV channels and film magazines. Just how much must they be taking home as the compensation, you wonder. Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, is the largest film producer in India and one [...] - abhisays.com

The perfectionist Khan is going to debut on Television on 6th May, 2012 with his reality show “Satyamev Jayate”. It is bascially a talk show which deals with social issues related to the common people in India. While talking about show Aamir says “It’s about meeting the common man of India, connecting with India and [...] - abhisays.com

Today, a Jadavpur University Chemistry professor was arrested for allegedly posting a cartoon on the internet lampooning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Mukul Roy. This action is highly atrocious and a big assault on the freedom of expression. Later, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also defended the arrest and blamed the opposition for raising [...] - abhisays.com

Let me complete this question, Shahrukh! Who the hell are you in US? Now come to the point. Yesterday Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan reached New York to visit the Yale University but was detained for over two hours at the airport. In 2009 also, before the release of his much-hyped “My Name is Khan”,  he [...] - abhisays.com

From last five years, I had been using fluid width templates on my websites. Recently, I decided to change my fluid width Wordpress theme to fixed theme. Majority of web designers prefer fixed layouts to fluid ones because they give the assurance that what the designer sees, the user sees. Fixed templates are also easier to edit and customize in terms of [...] - abhisays.com

He might be one of the richest Indians in the US today but very few people, including me, have heard about this self-made man called Manoj Bhargava. Today, we will try to know more about Manoj Bhargava,  the man behind 5-Hour Energy, a heady concoction of caffeine, vitamins and nutrients. Wikipedia describes him as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, [...] - abhisays.com

Facebook has bought Instagram, a free photo sharing application that allows users to take a photo, apply a digital filter to it, and then share it on a variety of social networking services, for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock. This deal has cost Facebook about a quarter of the cash-on-hand they had as [...] - abhisays.com

In continuation of my last post  90 percent of Indians are fools!, today, I am going to list 9 reasons why 90 percent Indians are fool. - abhisays.com

Once again, Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman, Press Council of India and former Supreme Court Judge, seems to be playing with fire with his controversial editorial in Indian Express. In his latest article, he has claimed that 90 percent Indians are fools and they are full of casteism, communalism, superstition. He gives the example of Indian [...] - abhisays.com

One of the reasons that Flipkart is getting huge success in India is that it provides books, mobiles, computers and other accessories at comparatively lower price then offline retailers. I have been regular customer of Flipkart from last three years. It provides extremely efficient and reliable service at door step with flexibility of cash-on-delivery. Flipkart.com [...] - abhisays.com

Few hours back I discovered that my google traffic had been hijacked and redirected to some url2short.info website. I googled it and found out this is something which is happening on many vBulletin forums. After spending some hours on vBulletin help websites, I came to know that there was a server configuration and security issue [...] - abhisays.com

The Hindi Film industry is more than 100 years old. The centre of Hindi Films, Mumbai erstwhile Bombay, got its first exposure to motion pictures when the Lumiere Brothers’ Cinematographe unveiled six soundless short films, on July 7, 1896, at the Watson Hotel in Mumbai. Among the audience for these first shows was a photographer [...] - abhisays.com

The fifth edition of IPL Cricket has already begun and the twenty twenty excitement is building up across the nation. The tournament will end on 27 May 2012. Indian Premier League Season 5 will feature 76 matches that will be played between 9 teams over a period of 53 days across India. This season the number of [...] - abhisays.com

Allow me to tell you a story. A coup story, a flop story. On Jan 16, an entire unit of mechanised infantry based in Hisar with its fighting vehicles began moving towards Delhi. It parked near Najafgarh. Sizeable section of the Agra-based 50 Para Brigade also moved to near Palam but both were stopped and [...] - abhisays.com

Huawei Honor U8860 Price in India :: Rs. 19990 Key Features of Huawei Honor U8860  Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) OS  8 MP Primary Camera  0.3 MP Secondary Camera  4-inch Capacitive Touchscreen  1.4 GHz Scorpion Processor  HD Recording  Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB Specifications of Huawei Honor U8860 General Features In Sales Package: Handset, Battery, Charger, [...] - abhisays.com

Until independence English was the only official language of India. Still it is one of the official languages. Most of the Indians use English as the second language. The rapid growth of India’s economy towards the end of the 20th century and early 21st century led to large-scale population migration between regions of the Indian [...] - abhisays.com

London-based Indian businessman Ravi Rishi (Ravinder Rishi), chairman of Vectra Group, came into limelight in connection with the probe related to bribe allegations leveled by Army chief Gen V K Singh in purchase of “sub-standard” 600 Tatra high-mobility vehicles through public-sector Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, in 2010, when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on [...] - abhisays.com