Bihar Economic Survey: Bitter Late Than Clever

Bihar Economic Survey: Bitter Late Than Clever: "Barring construction (35.80 per cent), communication (17.68 per cent)––largely due to the centrally-funded schemes––and trade, hotel and restaurants (17.71 per cent) there is nothing much to cheer about in the Survey, prepared, by a non-government organization, the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) for the state govt."

Karun Chandhok becomes second Indian driver to race in Formula One

Karun Chandhok becomes second Indian driver to race in Formula One: "India's Karun Chandhok will make his Formula One race debut with HRT this season, the new Spanish-based team said in a statement on Thursday.

The 26-year-old Chennai-born driver will partner Brazilian rookie Bruno Senna at the cash-strapped team, who have changed their name from Campos Meta, when the season starts in Bahrain next week."

Pakistan enjoy 'home' advantage

Pakistan enjoy 'home' advantage: "Pakistan, the Delhi crowd's second favourites after the home team, found the support to their advantage against Spain. 'It was like playing back home, in Karachi or Lahore,' said drag-flick expert Sohail Abbas. 'It certainly helps when you are backed by the crowd.'"

The evolution of social networking

The evolution of social networking: "From MySpace to Facebook and Twitter to Tumblr, social networking has shaped the way people interact with not only one another, but with the media itself. The New York Times, Rolling Stone, SRK, Shashi Tharoor etc also have Twitter accounts and Facebook pages."

Facebook Valued at $11.5 Billion

Facebook Valued at $11.5 Billion: "The SharesPost Venture-Backed Index tracks seven companies from Zynga Game Network Inc. and Twitter Inc. to LinkedIn Corp., Santa Monica, California-based SharesPost said in a release. The March 1 valuation of Facebook, the most-popular social networking site, is almost double what Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies offered to pay for common shares in July."