Which is why we decided to list sites that could offer you answers to all kinds of queries. For news and opinions, we chose Moreover simply because it was fast and extensive. For more in-depth research, Researchville scored above the rest. About was listed on the strength of its huge database, as was Bartleby. How stuff works has long been a favourite with researchers and students the world over.

For the money-minded, the Economist Country Briefings are exhaustive, while the Online Conversion Web site is incredibly easy to use.

Finally, closer to home, there are the Just Dial services, telephone directories and maps, all covering India like never before. We're not saying other sites can't help. All we're saying is that this list should eliminate at least a couple of million other possibilities.

Researchville
Get access to the latest news, search all corners of the Internet, find specialised information on a thousand topics, place your queries on discussion forums, try some how-to guides, and locate all kinds of multimedia. If this site can't help you with research, little else can.
More like this: XRefer | Refdesk | Research-IT

Moreover
Real-time news, information, and even rumours from all kinds of online sources. Simply pick from categories on technology, science, society, lifestyles, entertainment, or business, and wait for it to throw up all kinds of related features from the world's Web sites.
More like this: World News | NewsHub

About
There's nothing here that's not exhaustive. Calling itself the 'human Internet', about's guides take you through all kinds of information and resources -- neatly categorised and all-encompassing. Try the 'guide of the day' section, or use the site index for more. And yes, there's also an About India page.
More like this: FAQs

Bartleby
An Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse. Offers unlimited access to books and all kinds of information online, free. Highlights include the complete Columbia Encyclopaedia, Roget's Thesaurus, Book of English Usage, Oxford Shakespeare, and Gray's Anatomy.
More like this: Onelook | Webster's

How Stuff Works
An award-winning site for those who want to know how 'just about anything' works. Started by author and entrepreneur Marshall Brain, it has grown to be one of the top 500 Web sites in the United States. Computers, automobiles, electronics, science, aviation, anatomy, machines -- ask, and let it explain it all for you.
More like this: Learn2 | eHow

Just Dial
Enter a product, service, company name or area. Then click, and wait for this online yellow pages directory to yield loads of information, addresses, telephone numbers and other details. It also has testimonials, public utilities and client home pages.
More like this: Tata Yellow Pages | Indian Yellow Pages

Telephone Directories
If it's a telephone number you want, the Department of Telecommunications has links that can help. From the DOT/BSNL senior officers telephone directory to a state-wise all-India directory, metro cities, all-India NSD codes and world ISD codes. And yes, everything is search enabled.
More like this: TelephoneNo | WhoWhere

Economist Country Briefings
From The Economist: News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more, covering all corners of the globe. Also offers daily insights on events and developments that affect businesses around the world, country forecasts, risk assessments, financial and economic indicators.
More like this: CIA Factbook | Lonely Planet

Maps
Interactive maps on India, its road and rail networks, tourist maps, clickable state and highway maps, topographic maps, etc. Also has a lot of general information on the country.
More like this: MapQuest | National Geographic Map Machine

Online Conversion
'Convert just about anything to anything else', with its 5,000 units, and 30,000 conversions. From length and temperature to speed, volume, weight, kilobytes, time, cooking, degrees, area, power watts, energy, density, force, pressure, light-years, numbers, finance, and more.
More like this: Babylon | Calculators Online

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