International airfares to the United States have fallen about 20 percent as airlines prepare to fill their seats in the lean period. Return economy class fares between India and New York are down from Rs 38,000 to Rs 40,000 levels to Rs 31,500. Most leading airlines including Air-India, Lufthansa, Delta, Alitalia and American are offering […]
Inviting all coders for four weekends of coding jamboree in Bangalore! Meet interesting people, create open source software, help your communities and win exciting prizes! Well, maybe you can do three out of the four. A bunch of my friends and ex-colleagues are going to get together for the next four weekends to “jam” and […]
Curious activity spotted in koramangala. Road repair work. I had an interesting conversation with a contractor supervising the road work turns out that they are laying MUD & jelly to fix the roads. Mud! I asked him again. Yes he said the road is very bad here. I just patted him for his thought. Now […]
Hmm, interesting article in the express about how Kaajal can be used as cheap source of carbon nano-tubules Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, announced that kajal constituted carbon nano tubes (CNT). So? Now consider this: till now the generation of CNT was an expensive affair in which an organic compound like benzene was vapourised and […]
I have been watching the indian airline industry and it looks like its going to take off in a HUGE way. I believe the last paris airshow was completely hijacked by carriers from india, and was literally a india show. In this blog, i will jot down my take on what is happening, and where […]
Flew Air Deccan from Bangalore – Delhi – Bangalore last week. Its great service for the price, and i love the no frills experience. Good points – Price !! – Clean Planes (i think they have a new fleet) – Good Service Not so good points – Leg space – Long lines
From CIOL He further added that the government is also putting in place a system to help various projects starting from research and development stage to proceed till manufacturing phase. “For this, continuous support in the form of public private partnerships to continue the chain of things has to be in place,†said Sibal. Foreseeing […]
A genome scan for your doctor With access to a person’s genome and the variations in it, doctors will be able to recommend prevention strategies based on the genetic make up. The day is not far when a visit to the doctor’s clinic will entail a genome scan for your ailments. This technology has been […]
A leading journal has published this article on malaria vaccine An international team of scientists that includes a researcher from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has determined the three-dimensional molecular structure of a promising malaria-vaccine component. This research may help lead to a successful vaccine for the disease, which currently infects approximately […]
Pharmabiz carries and editorial, India offers a unique opportunity for conducting clinical trials with a large and diverse patient pool along with considerable low trial costs. The acceptability of Indian pharmaceutical industry as a reliable source for these services will, however, depend on the quality of services provided by the companies. And it is here […]