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January 08, 2011

Top Headlines

IPL 4 auction: Gambhir fetches record price of $2.4 million
Gautam Gambhir became the costliest cricketer in the IPL by fetching a whopping $2.4 million on the first day of the auctions.
US demanding our Twitter data: WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks said US investigators had gone to Twitter Inc. to demand contact information and other personal details of Julian Assange and other supporters.
The PM is safe; NRI delegates be damned
There was hardly anyone to guide the delegates to the hall where the PM was to speak during Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.

Cities

Nagpur youth sings for 93 hours, hospitalized
A local singer Sunil Waghmare, who achieved a rare feat by singing for 93 hours and 20 minutes, was admitted in hospital due to exhaustion.
Delhi govt extends school holidays
The government has issued an order extending the holidays till January 13 because of the cold wave. All schools have to follow it.

Business

Exports grow highest in 33 months in Dec
Exports in December aggregated $22.5 bn, while imports contracted by 11.1% to $25.1 bn, resulting in a narrow trade deficit of $2.6 bn, the lowest in three years.
Tatas ink JV with Nippon Steel
Tata Steel said it has inked a joint venture agreement with Nippon Steel for setting up a Rs 2,300-cr specialty steel-making line at Jamshedpur.

Sports

IPL: Top players go under hammer
Chennai Super Kings bagged Badrinath for $800,000 whereas Royal Challengers bought Pujara for $700,000 as the players go under the hammer for IPL auction.
Davydenko beats Nadal to reach Qatar Open final
Defending champion Nikolay Davydenko of Russia on Friday beat a visibly ailing Rafael Nadal of Spain to reach the final of the Qatar Open.

Entertainment

Saif, Bebo at Pataudi's house
On Wednesday, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan returned from Switzerland and decided to pay Nawab Pataudi a surprise visit; it was the Nawab's birthday that day.
Salman upset over jury award
Salman Khan bagged the Best Actor Jury Award at an award function last night. Apparently the actor was expecting to win the Best Popular Actor Award.

Infotech

9 trends VCs will invest in 2011
Unimaginative VCs - which is to say, all of us - tend to start the new year off throwing good money after bad on last year's tired and expired ideas.
CES sees sea of tablets, but no iPad-killer
Rivals determined to prevent Apple Inc from dominating the tablet market unleashed a tidal wave of touchscreen devices at the Consumer Electronics Show.

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