Indian Geography: Some Facts

• Total area of India: 3,287,263 square kilometers (1,269,219.3 sq mi)
• Land: 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi), 90.44% of area
• Seventh largest country in the world
• Distance East to West is 2,993 km (1,860 mi)
• The Ganges is the longest river in India
• Highest mountain in India is Kangchenjunga.
• Indira Point, situated in the Nicobar islands, is India's southernmost land point .
• Majuli in Indian state of Assam is Asia's largest freshwater island
• India has a coastline of 7,517 km (4,671 mi).

20 Most Peaceful Countries in the World

Peaceful living is desired by all. However, given the present tense international situation, not every nation scores high when it comes to peaceful living in that country. According to the Global Peace Index, issued by the IEP (Institute for Economics and Peace), there are 20 most peaceful countries in the world. Read Full Story

Twitter Blocked in Turkey

In a move that is sure to raise the concerns of the proponents of the freedom of expression, the popular social media site, Twitter which has roughly 10m users in Turkey, has been made inaccessible after the country’s of prime minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed to ban social media sites like Facebook or Twitter where users wiretap recordings claiming corruption among his close supporters.

The users were redirected from twitter.com to a statement from the Turkish telecoms regulator, TIB, which cited breach of privacy rules by the social networking site for the closure.

However some time ago Turkish President Abdullah Gül has a different point of view when he disapproved the banning of the social sites. He said, "The closure of them is out of the question. Both are very important platforms. We always take a pride in enlarging freedoms."

Turkey has however no immediate plans to block the other social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube in the immediate future.

It may be noted that Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has been selected to receive this year's PEN award for his contribution to "digital freedom".

Surpaneshwar Shiva temple Gujarat

Surpaneshwar Shiva temple is located deep in the lush forests of South Gujarat.   5 km from the city of Bharuch, the temple is 100 km from Vadodara. 

Set in serene environs on the banks of the Narmada, the temple will provide you the opportunity to soak in spirituality.

You can take a boat from Bharuch which will take two hours to reach Surpaneshwar Shiva temple. 

Asia Cup 2014 Trophy unveiled

The biggest sub-continental cricket rivalry starts today with Bangladesh playing Pakistan today.

The Arise Asia Cup 2014 trophy was unveiled yesterday by Avinash Jain, Managing Director of Arise India Ltd in presence of the captains of the five competing teams – India represented by Virat Kohli, Pakistan represented by Misbah-Ul-Haq, Sri Lanka represented by Angelo Mathews, Bangladesh represented by Mushfiqur Rahim and Afghanistan represented by Mohammad Nabi.

Sony Bids Adieu to Vaio PC Business

Sony has signed an agreement with Tokyo-based investment fund Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) to sell off its struggling PC business which will be tantamount to the disappearance of its Vaio PC unit from markets outside Japan at least for the time being.

Vaio, which Sony founded 17 years ago, will be initially sold in Japan only under a new firm which will be set up by JIP. Sony will have a 5 percent stake in the newly established company.

As part of a broader restructuring, although Sony is disposing off its Vaio, it will continue to make tablet computers.

Lenovo to buy Motorola Mobility from Google

Chinese Hardware giant Lenovo came to forefront of world’s business attention when it bought IBM's PC client business in 2005. It bought IBM's ailing low-end server business in last month.

Now Lenovo has signed an agreement with Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $2.91bn in a combination of cash and stock. This would be $9.5bn less than Google paid for the acquisition of Motorola Mobility in August 2011.

This will give the Chinese vendor a major presence in the US smartphone market because its bid to acquire Blackberry last year came to a naught.  Motorola is still a strong brand in the Americas. 

Green Travel in India

Everyone has the desire to travel and explore the world; to visit new places and discover new cultures. Thanks to international travel becoming cheaper and more accessible, tourism is now the fastest growing industry in the world.

As issues concerning climate change have come to the forefront of conscious attention, it becomes incumbent upon us to reduce our negative effects on the environment. As a corollary, Green Travel is fast emerging a popular concept.

More and more hotels, attractions and events in India are becoming aware of green issues and are acting more responsibly in their businesses. India is home to some of the world’s greatest attractions, and an increasingly number of great environmentally-friendly attractions.

Lenovo Renews Talks for IBM server business purchase

According to a Reuters report, China-based PC vendor Lenovo Group is also in talks with IBM regarding the purchase of the Big Blue’s low-end server business. It has been already reported that Dell is also biding for the same.

Last year, IBM and the Chinese firm came close to striking a deal on the sale of IBM’s low-end server business. However it did not materialize.

With this, it is now clear that apart from Dell, Lenovo is another interested party in buying IBM’s low-end server business. According to the report, Lenovo has, however, not named the seller.