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Indian Cricket Umpire Suresh Shastri was born in Rajasthan but moved to Bombay. He was a keen observer of the game during his childhood and became a bowler. He played Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy before moving towards umpiring. Interestingly, he happens to be the first disciple of Sachin Tendulkar‘s Guru, Sri Ramakant Achrekar. He […]

So, the result has reversed. India, from an almost commanding position, tamed in lightly. Indian batters fell like a pack of cards. What went wrong? The main point was lack of drive in the Indian players as noticeable from their body-language. The field-position, ability to take risks, and to make proactive decision were the main

The art of a puppeteer, puppet-making, and depiction of stories go to long historical anecdotes in almost all the cultures. The business of puppet-making has seen many ups and downs. However, on a micro-scale level, it still goes on. Wooden puppets are very famous in Rajasthan, India where Centre for Microfinance (established in 2005) has

Gagan Ajit Singh was born on December 9, 1980 in Ferozepur, Punjab. He grew as one of the main striker of the national team. His father Ajit Singh played for the national team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. His uncle Harmik Singh also played Olympics for the national team. Overall, it is the

Well, this is a unique article as I write it. Sri Sathya Sai Baba has extolled the good qualities that youth can groom and help lift the humanity at various times during his discourses and interactions with devotees. However, his emphasis on garnering and channeling the energy is the one that stands out. We will

You will need to spend some time reading his achievements. Yes, I mean it. He has won 15 world titles of Master Veteran World Championship in wrestling in the last 16 years. But yes, this has been during the twilight of his career. During his prime, he has been captain of Indian Olympic team, silver

MIT researchers reconstruct Baja California’s 2010 ‘Easter Earthquake.’ On April 4, 2010, the ground beneath the deserts of Baja California started to rumble, then rip apart, sending tremors throughout a region 40 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. In the months that followed, the 7.2-magnitude quake — the second-strongest ever recorded in Baja California —

He once owned a house and had his small flour mill. He lost his money in “house-societies” just like more settled and effluent businessmen do in the share market. Arvind Kumar Jain says that he never dreamt that he would be selling khasta kachaudi from place to place in his ripe age. He has seen

MIT researchers show how to make e-beam lithography, commonly used to prototype computer chips, more practical as a mass-production technique. For 50 years, the transistors on computer chips have been getting smaller, and for 50 years, manufacturers have used the same technique — photolithography — to make their chips. But the very wavelength of visible

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A new system lets you transfer open applications between a computer and a cellphone simply by pointing the phone’s camera at the computer’s screen. Have you ever found yourself looking up directions on your computer just before running out the door, only to end up retyping the same addresses and mapping the same route on

I went to the Sadar Bazaar of Gurgaon (Haryana) to buy a book on baby names in Hindi and English. I am not expecting a baby in my home but the book had to do with the online projects that I am developing. After searching through couple of book-shops, I was advised to check with

A dedicated performer of Sattriya Dance, Anwesa Mahanta, is a daughter of Dr Pradip Jyoti Mahanta and Minati Choudhury of Beltola, Guwahati. She received her graduation with Honours in English Literature from the Cotton College, securing 2nd Position in the Gauhati University and passed MA in English from the Gauhati University in 2008 securing First

–Hint: We tend to remember pictures of people much better than wide open spaces. Next time you go on vacation, you may want to think twice before shooting hundreds of photos of that scenic mountain or lake. A new study from MIT neuroscientists shows that the most memorable photos are those that contain people, followed

There are the topic or ideas that can be explored by Mashable.com. The sites could be dedicated to these topics or can be included in the same parent site. Linux Linux can be covered in any category related to computers. However, having a dedicated category for Linux throws a good scope. I agree that there

–New analysis helps predict which new systems will be on a fast track to improvements in performance. Some forms of technology — think, for example, of computer chips — are on a fast track to constant improvements, while others evolve much more slowly. Now, a new study by researchers at MIT and other institutions shows