Nintendo launches first console with 3D screen - Pictures - Pictures/Videos - News in Pictures | Economic Times: "Japan's Nintendo launched on Saturday the world's first video game console with a 3-D screen that works without special glasses, a device the entertainment giant hopes will reverse its sliding fortunes.
But as the DS3 makes its debut in Japan, it will be looking for a place in an increasingly crowded gaming market. More than 1,500 fans queued outside Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara, the hub of Tokyo's comic-book subculture, to be the first to own the machine, with many having spent the night on the streets ahead of the morning launch."
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Hero of a well-known story in The Thousand and One Nights
Aladdin hero of a well-known story in The Thousand and One Nights.
world's first true news agency
The Agence Havas, the world's first true news agency later became Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Adi Granth
Adi Granth was first compiled in 1604 by Arjan. In 1704 the last Guru, Gobind Singh, added more hymns
Friday, February 18, 2011
Sarah Palin's "Refudiate" Named Word of the Year - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
Sarah Palin's "Refudiate" Named Word of the Year - Political Hotsheet - CBS News: "Sarah Palin may have been on the receiving end of quite a bit of mockery when she inadvertently coined the term 'refudiate' last July, but now the former Alaska governor is getting her due - kind of. The New Oxford American Dictionary has named 'refudiate' 2010's Word of the Year."
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
UPSC questions on Indian Polity (General Studies - Prelims) 1994 test paper
Freedom of the press in India
Ans:- is implied in the wider freedom of expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution
Exit Poll
Exit Poll is a term used to denote a post-election survey of voters regarding the candidate in whose favour they had exercised their franchise
Stamp duties are levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States.
Distribution of powers between the Centre and the States is one of the determines that the Indian constitution is federal
The basic structure theory of the Constitution of India implies that certain features of the Constitution are so essential to it that they cannot be abrogated
World Cancer Day 2011
World Cancer Day 2011: "World Cancer Day, celebrated on the 4th of February each year is a day when the world projects its concerted effort to fight cancer."
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