Vettel slams double-points plan for final race of F1 season
London – Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has criticised plans to award double points for the final race of the season from 2014, according to reports. According to the BBC, the winning driver of next year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will earn 50 points instead of 25 under the... read more »
India-EU free trade agreement stuck: British minister
Chennai – Discussions on the European Union (EU)-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are stuck. There have been difficulties in concluding it and India is also headed for Lok Sabha elections soon, a British minister said here Wednesday. Queried about the status of the long pending FTA between... read more »
Not ashamed to say I love making money: Sofia Vergara
Los Angeles – Actress Sofia Vergara does not shy away from accepting that she loves earning a profit. People.com reports Vergara told Glam Belleza Latina magzine: “I’m not ashamed to say I love making money.” Th! e 41-year-old also mentioned that she is more into saving than... read more »
Missed Vidya Balan in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’: Arshad Warsi
Mumbai – Arshad Warsi extols Vidya Balan’s bold act in “Ishqiya” and admits that he missed her presence in the sequel, but adds that “Dedh Ishqiya” demanded a different cast. Bollywood’s dancing diva Madhuri Dixit has replaced Vidya in the second part,... read more »
Tejpal insists tryst with woman journalist was a ‘consensual act’
Panaji (Goa) – Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal on Thursday told investigating officer Sunita Sawant that the woman woman journalist and he had indulged in a “consensual... read more »
Lamar Odom celebrates Thanksgiving with dad instead of Khloe
Washington – Lamar Odom chose to spend Thanksgiving with his dad instead of his wife Khloe Kardashian. According to reports, the 34-year-old basketball player wasn’t invited to... read more »
Canada to claim North Pole in Arctic claim at UN
Johannesburg – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has ordered the inclusion of the North Pole in the country’s Arctic claim, following a UN submission draft report proposal... read more »
Spotify reveals pays more than $1bn in royalties per year
London – Spotify, music streaming service, has reportedly revealed that it pays an average of 0.007 dollars per play. The company said that it had paid more than one billion dollars... read more »
New technology tags your Facebook photos based on relationships
Washington – A researcher has come up with an ‘algorithm’ that tags photos based on the relationships that people in images have with each other. The algorithm uses the name and... read more »
