Indonesia Annual Gay Film Festival kicks off
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by Murthy in Buzz
Annual Gay film festival, touted as the biggest in the entire Asia opens on Friday in Indonesia.
The muslim nation hopes that the fest draws as many as 15,000 visitors to the screenings and events there of. The film festival is in the ninth year and this year’s edition, named the Q! Film Festival will be [...]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to donate $100m to improve public school system in Newark city
Posted on 23. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
It is learnt that Facebook founder and chief executive Mark, Zuckerberg, is planning to give $100 million as donation to improve the public school system in troubled city of Newark, New Jersey.
However, the official announcement of the charity is yet to be made; hopefully on the Oprah Winfrey show. The amount $100 million will be [...]
Prestigious World Statesman award conferred on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Posted on 22. Sep, 2010 by Murthy in Buzz
Appeal of Conscience Foundation, which is an interfaith coalition promoting fundamental values of freedom, upholding democratic values, human rights, peace and tolerance has conferred its prestigious World Statesman Award on Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
However, it was Dr. Meera Shankar who is the Indian Ambassador to the US that accepted the award. Mrs. Shankar [...]
Facebook makes game updates
Posted on 22. Sep, 2010 by Murthy in Buzz
It is noted that Facebook enjoys 500 million registered users. However, among these about 200 million log on to the site to play games every month. Which also means that about 60 percent of Facebook users do not play games on the social networking site.
But the non-players are irked by loads of invitations asking [...]
Mid autumn festival in China churns about 9.5 tonnes defective mooncakes
Posted on 22. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
Chinese authorities said that about 9.5 tonnes of defective mooncakes were found. As China celebrates the mid-autumn festival the defective mooncakes sends another food safety scare across the country.
According to Chinese state press Xinhua News Agency, the defective cakes had high bacterial loads and most of the cakes were available in the markets of rural [...]
Park Spark project recycles dog poop and lights up a park in Cambridge
Posted on 22. Sep, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in Buzz
An MIT-funded Park Spark project, created in collaboration with City of Cambridge, has a special recycler- a methane digester that converts dogs poop to methane. The methane is then used to power lampposts of a park.
The dog’s poop is thrown into the methane digester (which is a big airtight cylindrical drum containing the anaerobic bacteria) [...]
Dengue strikes France mainland
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by Murthy in Buzz
France’s health ministry cautioned its people about mosquito-borne Dengue fever and asked the residents to take measures to counter mosquito attack after the country reported first case of Dengue fever.
Nice was the first city to report the deadly viral infection on Monday. Soon the French health ministry started its war against mosquitoes attempting to [...]
Transportation Department proposes prohibition on texting by HazMat truck drivers
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
US Transportation Department to impose ban on texting by truck drivers pulling hazardous materials. Targeting those drivers who get distracted behind the steer wheel, US Transportation Department has proposed a barring texting truck drivers pulling hazardous materials.
However, this means framing the rules separately prohibiting the commercial bus as well as truck drivers from texting while [...]
American Idol Panel of Judges to be revealed Wednesday
Posted on 20. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
FOX network says it will reveal the new panel of judges for American Idol season 10, this week, positively by Wednesday, September 22, 2010. This will end months of suspense built about who is in, among the Idol fans as well as work of rumor mongers everywhere.
It is noted that Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi, Simon [...]
Typhoon Fanapi hits Taiwan forcing thousands of evacuations
Posted on 20. Sep, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Buzz
Tens of thousands of Taiwan residents were evacuated as strong Typhoon Fanapi struck southern part of Taiwan. The power and transport services disrupted as the typhoon flooded the island.
Typhoon Fanapi happens to be first major storm that struck the island in 2010 and after crossing Taiwan the typhoon reached Fujian province of China.
According to the [...]
