iPhone Nano Made in China

Internet world has been abuzz about Apple launching iPhone Nano for quite sometime. Every few months, grapevines suggest Apple working on a Nano version of iPhone. In fact, only last month a new patent filed by Apple again fueled iPhone Nano rumors. But all these so far remain mere speculations, with no official confirmation.

British Paper Uncovers Massacre of 20,000 Tamils

More than 20,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final days of Sri Lanka’s military operation to eliminate the Tamil Tigers, The Times newspaper reported on Friday.

Visa Bulletin Expectations for FY2009 and FY2010

Chief of Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division at DOS. Mr. Oppenheim was a guest speaker at a May 20, 2009 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) meeting, which was attended by most of immigration attorneys. Mr. Oppenheim’s explanations and visa number / Visa Bulletin expectations for the remainder of FY2009 and for FY2010 are explained below.

Indian Election: Congress Emerges as the Single Largest Party

In the recently concluded Indian Election, ruling Congress party wins 201 seats – the highest and single party has got in last 25 years. A few imagined that Congress will retain 201 seats. The people of India have reposed their faith in the Congress, the Gandhis and Manmohan Singh.

Silvio Berlusconi and Veronica Set to Divorce

The Italian prime minister’s wife Veronica said over the weekend she planned to file for divorce, days after publicly criticising Berlusconi’s selection of pretty young women to run in European elections.

Barack Obama Says No to Bangalore

WASHINGTON: American President Barack Obama bashed Bangalore once again. It is not the first time, US President Barack Obama invoked India’s much-celebrated economic hotspot, which has become an all-encompassing metaphor to describe everything from job loss to globalization, to rally Americans for a protectionist cause.

Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahayan filmed torturing 25

The Gulf emirate has vowed to investigate after ABC television aired a video that appeared to show Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, a brother of UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, mercilessly beating a man.

Swine Flu Humbles the World

This could be the worst health crisis facing the world in 90 years. With the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday raising its alert level to phase five for swine flu — just one step short of seeing a full-blown pandemic affecting at least two regions of the world — health experts were fearing a situation similar to the 1918 Spanish Flu which killed at least 50 million people. That’s because H1N1 (the swine flu virus) is the closest so far to the Spanish Flu virus.

Nepal Sacks Army Chief Gen Rukmanga Katawal

KATHMANDU: Nepal has sacked the Army Chief Gen Rukmanga Katawal by the ruling Maoist Party on Sunday. Ending all speculation, Nepal’s Maoists-led government on Sunday fired Gen Rukmanga Katawal, replacing him with loyalist Gen Kul Bahadur Khadka.