Indian-American astronaut Sunitha Williams returned to earth when Space shuttle Atlantis touched down at the Edwards Air Force Base in California on Saturday at 0119 IST. Williams crossed the milestone for longest uninterrupted stay by a woman in space on Saturday last surpassing the 188-day, four-hour mark set by US astronaut Shannon Lucid in 1996 on a mission to the Russian Mir space station.
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Best Employers in India, 2007
20 June, 2007The following are the results of the Hewitt Associates, a global human resources services company, fifth Best Employers in India 2007 study. Aditya Birla Group was the Best employer in India. Below, is the list of top 25 employers from the 230 participating companies.
| Rank | Organization Name |
| 1 | Aditya Birla Group |
| 2 | Satyam Computer Services Limited |
| 3 | Marriott Hotels India |
| 4 | Eureka Forbes Limited |
| 5 | Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited |
| 6 | Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. |
| 7 | Agilent Technologies Ltd. |
| 8 | Standard Chartered Scope International – India |
| 9 | Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. |
| 10 | Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. |
| 11 | Wipro BPO |
| 12 | Covansys (India) Private Limited |
| 13 | Ajuba Solutions India Private Limited |
| 14 | Pantaloon Retail India Limited |
| 15 | Text 100 India Pvt. Ltd. |
| 16 | Domino’s Pizza India Limited |
| 17 | Ford India |
| 18 | Becton Dickinson India Pvt. Ltd. |
| 19 | Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. |
| 20 | HCL Technologies Ltd.- BPO Services |
| 21 | Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited |
| 22 | Johnson and Johnson Medical, India |
| 23 | GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. |
| 24 | HSBC |
| 25 | Monsanto India Limited |
Microsoft launches Vista
31 January, 2007Finally after lots of delays, Microsoft Windows Vista is out. Here is an ad of vista
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