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Transit authorities in Washington, D.C., had been warned to upgrade older subway cars before a crash on Monday that killed nine people, U.S. investigators said on Tuesday. Federal officials investigating the crash, the deadliest in the 33-year history of Washington’s Metro Area Transit Authority, said a 2006 warning to retire or modernize older subway cars like those involved in the ... Read More »

Air India appeals for Bailout of Rs.10000 crore to the Indian Government. Air India fears that its services will be hit hard if the government doesn’t bail them out. This is the next Air base situation after Britain’s Aerospace  decision  to cut 10% of its  employees. Air India earlier, proposed a plan of  reducing Rs.500 crore and making an exemption ... Read More »

A tense situation among the girls of Kanpur University and its affiliated college is seen lately. This is due to the ban of  jeans  in the college campus . This is said to be a important dress code standard to be followed in the campus by the girls. Now what prompted  the Kanpur University to take this decision? Its  happens ... Read More »

Tata Motors, India’s largest vehicle maker, said on Tuesday that 55,021 applicants for its Nano who missed out on an allotment of the first 100,000 units of the small car had retained their bookings.The company said it expects to complete delivery of the first 100,000 Nanos, the world’s cheapest car, by the last quarter of 2010. The company raised $500 ... Read More »

ESPN  has finally made its stand by taking over the rights to show 46 games of the next season English Premier League.  This will be the first time for ESPN to broadcast live premier league football in UK.  ESPN took over from Setanta  which was unable to pay the bill for the rights. This gives ESPN an opportunity to telecast ... Read More »

A female tiger dies  mysteriously at Pipalparao range in Terai central forest division of Uttarakhand on Saturday. The tigress was 6 year old according to the forest officials. It is strange but before its dead, forest officials were present at the scene. They report that  the tigress was sitting near  a pond around 9 am and died later. The forest ... Read More »

Dubai Aluminium Co., the largest smelter in the Middle East, signed a four-year contract with DP World Ltd. to handle its cargo operations. DP World, the Middle East’s biggest port operator, will handle “more than 14.5 million tonnes of imported raw materials and close to 5 million tonnes of aluminium products for export to destinations across the globe” for Dubai ... Read More »