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Indian citizens to get social security number

By Aditya Mhatre at 29 January, 2009, 2:16 am

Finally, reports say The Indian governement has kicked off a project to assign a unique identification number to each of the over one billion indian citizens. This could be compared to the social security number (SSN) in the US.
The permanent ID card which will have a unique number, photograph, and biometric data for every Indian [...]

Satyam Fraud: 2 PwC auditors arrested

By Aditya Mhatre at 25 January, 2009, 12:51 am

In one of my earlier post, I had questioned the lack of action against PwC, Satyam’s Audit firm. And finally, 2 PwC partners who had signed the Satyam audit reports have been arrested by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Andhra Pradesh police on Saturday on charges of conspiracy, failure to scrutinize records and [...]

Tata Nano to launch by feb end?

By Aditya Mhatre at 21 January, 2009, 9:59 pm

Insider news suggests that Tata Nano should be in showrooms by end of February. Well, atleast the demo model so that people can started test driving the world’s cheapest car.
It is still unknown if the dealership will start taking bookings from people. In these tough economic times, it’ll be wasteful if Nano decides not yo [...]

Guruji Music Search review

By Aditya Mhatre at 17 January, 2009, 3:07 am

So where does one go to download Indian/Bollywood music? Enter Guruji.com’s Music search feature.

India Tourism : Royal Rajasthan Train

By Aditya Mhatre at 12 January, 2009, 11:18 am

Touring Rajasthan aboard the Palace on Wheels is on my “things to do before I die” list and now there is another such train in Rajasthan - Royal Rajasthan. The train is similar to Palace on wheels to the extent that it shares its itinerary and is also a joint venture between the Rajasthan Toursim Development Corporation and the Indian Railways with an investment of Rs. 40 Crores.