NEWS Guides

East India Company - Owning a Company that Once Owned Us
East India Company - Owning a Company that Once Owne...

East India Company, the company that ruled India for more than 200 years. A group of merchants with a sole motive of trading in / with India and other neighboring countries established the company in 1600. Queen Elizabeth I gave them the monopoly privileges and full control over the trades with East Indies. After the establishment of East India Company, the first ship that came to India was in the year 1608 at the port of Surat. In 1615, Sir Thomas Roe gained the right from Mughal Emperor Jahangir to establish a factory resulting in the first British factory set up on Indian land Surat. Read more »

What's Making News on Aaj Tak, Star News and India TV
What's Making News on Aaj Tak, Star News and India TV

With more and More News channels being launched every now and then, there is a war between all these channels to broadcast the latest news first. Since there is nothing better to put on air the channels have come up with these unique news items in the garb of "breaking news". On top of it, the presenters also present it as if it's a very serious issue.Many a times they just pick weird videos from youtube and put it on air making it sensational or "Breaking News". Lets take a look at some of the so called Breaking News at "Aaj Tak" and "Star News" Read more »

Top 10 Notable News Anchors of India
Top 10 Notable News Anchors of India

A news anchor is a person who presents a news bulletin.? They present material prepared for a news program and, at times, must improvise commentary for live presentation. Many anchors are also involved in writing and/or editing the news for their programs. A News Anchor examine, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources. There are a lot news anchors that are doing a fabulous job and have brought a new face of journalism. These faces not only bring out the facts and figures but today they have become the voice of a common man and debate for the societal issues. ?I’m ... Read more »

Current Affairs Cartoons
Current Affairs Cartoons

I know I know all these are not the current "current affairs" but yes they were in the past. Everybody was talking about these affairs, all new channels, national and international, were broadcasting them. Newspapers were full of this news for long period of time. So I thought to remind you these old ?Current Affairs? in a humorous way. Read more »

Faces that bring India the News: Top Indian TV Journalists
Faces that bring India the News: Top Indian TV Journ...

News is something of an obsession in India. We tune into the daily happenings in our country and around the world through all mediums- print, magazines and most of all TV, with all the fervor and passion usually reserved for cricket and politics, but maybe that?s because those subjects dominate our news. ? But whether just our daily news or those moments that have shock the nation like the Mumbai terror attacks, Kargil war to those golden moments which make the nation proud like the successful launch of the satellite ?Chandrayan? and the Tata Jaguar-Landrover takeover, there are t... Read more »


Top 5 Secret Escapes in India

Top 5 Secret Escapes in India

India has got many interesting places to visit. Ranging from The Taj Mahal, the Pink City of Jaipur, The Exotic Beaches of Goa, The Himal...


Best Seafood Restaurants in Pune

Best Seafood Restaurants in Pune

Sea-food in Pune usually means Cuisine from the Konkan Coast. These restaurants will serve you a variety of fish, prawns and crabs made i...

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's Biography

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's Biography

Dr. Manmohan Singh is India's 13th Prime Minister. He was elected as Prime Minister in the 14th Lok Sabha Elections held in 2004. He is t...

Gulmarg - The Heartland of Winter Sports in India

Gulmarg - The Heartland of Winter Sports in India

Gulmarg literally means 'the path of roses' where gul means rose and marg means path. Gulmarg is a small hill resort in Baramula district...

Top 6 Rally Cars of India

Top 6 Rally Cars of India

Rallying is an extremely challenging sport ? a true test of man and machine. These are events that are held on roads, closed to the publi...

Four Most Unusual, Unnatural and Mysterious Places to Visit in India

Four Most Unusual, Unnatural and Mysterious Pla...

Can a car move itself in neutral gear? Why the roofs / ceilings of the houses near Bhangarh collapse? How can a stone levitat? Ever exper...

10 things You Didn’t know about Aishwarya Rai

10 things You Didn’t know about Aishwarya Rai

The former Miss World and one of the top Indian actress, Aishwarya Rai is probably every Indian film director?s choice. She has also earn...

Where's the Party at in Goa?-A Guide to Nightlife in Goa

Where's the Party at in Goa?-A Guide to Nig...


digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL';
digg_bgcolor = '#00ccff';
digg_skin = 'compact';
digg_window = 'new';

Top 5 Places to Take a Tribal Tour in India

Top 5 Places to Take a Tribal Tour in India

Incredible India is also a warehouse of largest tribal population of the world. Statistics says tribal population represents almost 10% o...

Top 5 Best Bridges in India

Top 5 Best Bridges in India

In the heritage land of lakes, rivers, big dams and canals, how can bridges be far behind. India has it all to amaze tourist across the g...

Top 10 Modern and Outstanding Bridges in India

Top 10 Modern and Outstanding Bridges in India

The heritage land of Indiahas some of the best structure of bridges apart form the rivers, big dams and canals. Out of several renowned b...

Indian Sarong for Men- The Lungi

Indian Sarong for Men- The Lungi

The Lungi is a popular item of clothing traditionally worn by men down in the South of India. It is a rectangular piece of cloth with no ...

What You Can and Can't Get at McDonalds India...

What You Can and Can't Get at McDonalds India...

Hyundai Cars in India

Hyundai Cars in India

Chung Ju-Yung founded the Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company and later in 1967 founded Hyundai Motors limited. Hyundai as a wor...

No Kidding in Bollywood: Child artists to Super Stars

No Kidding in Bollywood: Child artists to Super...

In early days, stereotyped child artists in Indian movies would be fair, chubby, light eyed kids with a beaming smile and innocent faces....

Bottom_strip