Sir Edmund Hillary, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday in Wellington. He was 88. [link] I [...]
RIP, Sir Edmund Hillary
January 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Ta-ta Big Cars, Hello Nano
January 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Picture Source Tata Motors unveiled the 100,000-rupee car earlier today at the Auto Expo in Delhi today. Tata Chairman Ratan Tata talks about his inspiration for the car: Speaking at the unveiling of the car at a motor show in Delhi, Tata chairman Ratan Tata said: “”I observed families riding on two-wheelers – the father [...]
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