Exciting Horse Riding

On a visit to my native place,my family and I decided to tour the mountainside on horseback.We were enjoying the ride when suddenly I slipped from the saddle and landed under the horse.I was lucky that the horse did not kick me and escaped with minor bruises.It was only later that we realised that the horse had been used so much and the horse was almost drained off all of its energy that it would have been too tired to kick any one.We immediately abandoned our ride to prevent any further cruelty my horse and the other horses.

Blast outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul

A powerful bomb blast outside the gates of the Indian embassy in Kabul led to the death of 44 people which included senior diplomat V Venkateshwara Rao - a 1990 batch IFS officer and the Indian Defense attack academy, Brig R D Mehta. They were entering the embassy gates in the car which was rammed into by the suicide bomber's Toyota Corolla packed with explosives.

Taliban has denied any role in the bombing which saw several world leaders condemn the dastardly attack. The Afghan authorities and intelligence officials in India have indicated that the ISI, Pakistan's spy agency, may be involved in the blast.

Microsoft acquires Navic Networks

Microsoft Corp. has acquired Navic Networks, a Waltham (Massachusetts)- based company that specializes in emerging forms of TV advertising technology for an undisclosed amount. This deal is the latest step by Microsoft to turn itself into a one-stop shop for digital advertising. Microsoft's biggest deal in the advertising market was a $6 billion acquisition of Seattle-based aQuantive a last year.

BRIC nations set for mobile boom

According to a report by eMarketers, India along with other BRIC countries like Brazil, Russia and China is likely to become home to over 1.7 billion users by 2012. India is likely to have 560 million mobile users, while China is expected to top the chart with 800 million. India would be followed by Russia with 189 million users and Brazil at 176 million. Currently India has over 270 million mobile users.

Iran alienates Israel and International business partner

According to state media sources, Iran tested nine of its long and medium range missiles in July which are capable of reaching bases in Israel and the US. These activities aggravated the prevailing tension between Iran and Israel over the former's nuclear program which, according to sources in Tehran, is not for developing weapons but for electricity. The US has condemned Iran for its latest weapons-testing. Following Iran's testing of missiles, the French energy giant Total has pulled out of its earlier plans of a gas deal with Iran, claiming the investment to be risky. The firm had planned to develop gas fields in the south of the country earlier. This will be a major blow to Iran's energy industry.