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India VS Pakistan_Force Comparision

vikrantshukla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:43:00 +0000

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Current Affairs_30.12.2008

vikrantshukla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:32:00 +0000

Politics & the Nation

Military might of India and Pakistan; a comparison

Take a look at this excellent graphic which gives a comparison of the military might of India and Pakistan.

In times of talk about war, it does pay to learn a bit about our might.

USOF: Universal Service Obligation Fund

Perhaps you can recollect what we noted about this fund back in 2006, in Discover It blog.

Take a look at this graphic which gives the amounts collected and disbursed over the years through this fund.

Isn’t it time the Government utilizes the fund for the stated purposes?

It is not all about gloom and doom, as we pass 2008.

We did have some memorable moments in 2008. A recap.

BIJLEE: Berkeley-India Joint Leadership on Energy and the Environment

Under this programme the US government will spare its top scientists and engineers to develop sustainable energy solutions for India.

BIJLEE will attempt to find sophisticated ways to lower energy consumption across a range of industrial processes and could potentially benefit everything under the sun from building houses and cars to consumer electronics, lighting systems and water purifiers.

Government schemes fail to deliver goods

A PROGRESS report on 18 social welfare schemes shows that 8 of them were way off the mark in the first quarter of the current fiscal.

Some of them missed the targets by 90%.

Major schemes which missed the targets include Rajeev Gandhi Grameen Vidyutkarana Yojana and Prime Minister’s Grameen Sadak Yojana.

Other programmes that have missed the targets include welfare schemes addressing poverty alleviation, employment generation in rural areas, housing, education , family welfare and health, protection of environment and many other schemes having a bearing on the quality of life, especially in the rural areas.

Finance & Economy

Take a look at what a downturn can do to the job markets!

Indian companies are increasingly resorting to temporary hiring of highly skilled professionals, such as scientists and engineers, as they try to rein in costs in a slowing economy, staffing firms and human resource management professionals say.

Retailers, business process outsourcing providers and project-led organisations and industries have been among the early adopters of the temporary hiring model.

Temporary employees are seen as a cost-effective solution because they are typically on the payroll of the staffing service provider and do not burden the company with benefits that permanent staff are normally provided with. Moreover, they give companies the flexibility to quickly alter the size of their workforce, depending on business needs.

Even a company like RIL is looking at cost cutting measures

What made this company resort to cost cutting? Reportedly, it is a possible huge loss that is staring in its face on some forward contracts on crude.

The company had reportedly booked at least three contracts at $120 a barrel, $100 a barrel and $80 a barrel, respectively, in the middle of 2008. But while the first contract had an exit clause at $100 a barrel, which allowed RIL to cancel the contract, the other two had no such option. The fall in crude oil prices by almost 61% in the past few months has changed the arithmetic of these contracts.

What is a mid-cap stock?

One of today’s ET op-ed pieces says that mid-cap companies won’t be shining forever. So, what basically is a mid-cap stock?

Based on market capitalization companies are classified as large cap, and mid-cap and small-cap stocks. If you want a more detailed explanation of this terms look at this.

Society

An interesting aside about getting sacked

Know how did the phrase originate?

It dates back to a ruthless industrial revolution legacy. Back then, factory workers would literally carry their tools in a sack with them as they went out in search of work. Work meant daily wages and when a factory owner no longer had use for a workman, he would be returned his sack of tools.

Obituary

Manjit Bawa

A renowned artist, who displayed his exceptional artistic talent through motifs of birds, animals and Indian mythology, died in the national capital on Monday after a prolonged illness. The 67-yearold painter from Punjab’s Dhuri district was in coma for the past three years, shuttling between hospital and his Delhi home after suffering from a stroke. His paintings attracted both Indian as well as international buyers with one of his paintings selling recently for $360,000.

Posted in Current Affairs

Major terror attacks in India

vikrantshukla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:29:00 +0000

Major terror attacks in India

Here’s a list of some of the major terror attacks that have taken place in India.


The Taj Mahal Palace hotel in flames

November 26, 2008: 195 killed, over 300 hundred injured in a series of synchronised attacks in Mumbai around midnight on Wednesday. Three top Mumbai Police officials also killed in encounter.

September 13, 2008: At least 15 killed and over 110 injured in five blasts across New Delhi.

July 26, 2008: 29 killed and over 100 injured in 17 serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad.

July 25, 2008: At least two killed and 20 injured in eight low-intensity blasts in Bangalore.

May 13, 2008: At least 63 were killed in nine bomb blasts in Jaipur.


An injured pedestrian at Barakhamba Road

August 25, 2007: At least 42 people were killed in two blasts in Hyderabad’s Lumbini park and a restaurant.

May 18, 2007: At least 13 were killed in the bombing at Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad, which took place during Friday prayers.


One of those injured in the Jaipur blasts

September 8, 2006: Over 37 killed and 125 injured in a series of bomb blasts in the vicinity of a mosque in Malegaon, Maharashtra.

July 11, 2006: Over 200 killed in a series of seven blasts in Mumbai local trains.

March 7, 2006: At least 21 killed in three attacks in Varanasi in Shri Sankatmochan Mandir and Cantonment Railway Station.

October 29, 2005: Three powerful serial blasts in New Delhi just two days before Diwali. About 70 people died.


Ripped bogie of a Mumbai local train

August 15, 2004: 16 killed in explodes in Assam. Most of them were schoolchildren.

August 25, 2003: Simultaneous car bombs in Mumbai kill 52.

May 14, 2003: Terrorists attack an army camp near Jammu, killing more than 30, including women and children.


Blast site at Sarojini Nagar market

March 13, 2003: A bomb attack on a train in Mumbai kills 11.

September 24, 2002: Terrorists attack the Akshardham temple in Gujarat. 31 dead.

December 13, 2001: Terrorists attack parliament complex in New Delhi killing seven.

October 1, 2001: Attack on J&K assembly complex kills around 35.

February 14, 1998: Blasts in Coimbatore kill 46.

March 12, 1993: 257 die in Mumbai serial blasts.

Posted in Awareness, Current Affairs, Discussion, Hindi, Southindia, Stunning Facts

Login to Multiple GTalk Accounts

vikrantshukla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:17:00 +0000

If you have several google talk accounts, you may want to run multiple instances of google talk at once. GTalk is not providing this service but here is a trick to use Multiple GTalk account. Follow the steps:-

Open My Computer, and go under “C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk” or where ever you have installed GTalk.
Right click on “googletalk.exe”, and click on “Send to-> Desktop(Create Shortcut)
You will now see a Shortcut icon on your desktop. Right click on the shortcut icon, and click Properties. It will look like this.
Replace the ‘Target’ value from

“c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex

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EDGE – an enhancement to GSM

vikrantshukla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:11:00 +0000

Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) is latest mobile technology which is a further enhancement to existing GSM networks and allows improved data transmission rates. This new mobile technology provides up to three times the data capacity of GPRS so it is also known as EGPRS (Enhanced GPRS). EDGE can be considered a 3G radio technology. BY Using EDGE, operators can handle three times more subscribers than GPRS, triple their data rate per subscriber, or add extra capacity to their voice communications. Also, EDGE allows the delivery of advanced mobile services such as the downloading of video and music clips, multimedia messaging, high-speed Internet access and e-mail on the move.

EDGE/ EGPRS is a superset to GPRS and can function on any network with GPRS deployed on it, provided the carrier implements the necessary upgrade. EDGE uses the same structure, as today’s GSM networks, which allows it to be overlaid directly onto an existing GSM network. For many existing GSM/ GPRS networks, EDGE is a simple software-upgrade. There is no software and hardware changes in existing GSM networks for EDGE. In addition to Gaussian minimum-shift keying (GMSK), EDGE uses higher-order PSK/8 phase shift keying (8PSK) which triples the gross data rate offered by GSM. EDGE can carry data speeds up to 236.8 kbit/s. Due to the very small incremental cost of including EDGE capability in GSM network deployment, virtually all new GSM infrastructure deployments are also EDGE capable and nearly all new mid- to high-level GSM devices also include EDGE radio technology.

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MP3 Sunglasses

vikrantshukla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:06:00 +0000

No more wires and no more player to carry, have all the music you want in these sporty new sunglasses. They are shock resistant and the lenses are high quality and UV coated for your active lifestyle. These MP3 sunglasses give you up to 8.5 hours of play time. Thats all the music you desire all in a cool high quality pair of sunglasses. Looks like Oakley Thump MP3 sunglasses.

These trendy sunglasses are perfect for the sports or music enthusiast, if you love music or sport this is the perfect gadget for you! Not only is it practical, but this pair of sunglasses is very trendy and makes a statement like no other sunglasses. Use them on your daily run or with any outdoor exercise and never have to carry a separate MP3 player again. These sunglasses look like Oakley Thump Sunglasses (MP3 glasses) and use high quality lenses to protect your eyes from UV.

Features of MP3 sunglasses :

3D sterio sound
Up to 8.5 hours of play time
Digital voice recorder
Integrated microphone
Five equalizer modes
Integrated USB drive
Polarized lenses
Shock-proof, anti-static
PC and Mac compatible
Compatible formats: MP3, WMA, ADCPM
Audio output power: 5mw + 5mw
Frequency response: 20hz – 20khz
Flash size: 1GB
Standard USB 2.0 port and high speed cable included
Battery consumption & saving function
Interchangeable shatter proof lenses

The MP3 Sunglasses is bundled with USB, CE & Carrying Bag. The trendy sunglasses is available in two colours Black and Titanium. The MP3 sunglasses carry the price tag Rs. 3300 only!!

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Corsair Flash Drive

vikrantshukla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:51:00 +0000

Corsair’s Flash drives are very popular among its users. Its one of the product is Flash Padlock. This Flash Padlock is quite different from other flash drives in terms of security. This padlockprovides the total security to user’s data on the go. Flash Padlock is the best way to secure your data while on the go. This Flash Padlock prevents any unauthorized access or outer-interference to the data stored on Padlock drive. For securing the data on drive, user program a pin, like they do for an ATM machine, to get access their account. This drive consists a east-t0-use keypad in conjunction with lock/unlock indicator lights makes the Flash Padlock highly intuitive to use. Thisflash drive is fully plug and play device which requires no software or even no drives.

The Flash Padlock contains a ash memory controller and ash memory IC similar to many USB flash drives. Unique to the Flash Padlock is an external six-button keyboard and an internal separate security processor. This specialized security processor enables or disables operation of the Flash Padlock drive. When the drive is “locked” or disabled, it will be completely invisible to the system that it is plugged into – much similar to a printer that is not powered on. When the combination is successfully entered, the drive is “unlocked” or activated, and operates as a normal USB flash drive. This operation continues until the drive is unplugged from the system, whereupon the Flash Padlock will automatically “lock” itself after 15 seconds of being disconnected.

The combination itself is programmable, and can be entered regardless of whether the drive is plugged into the computer. Green and red LEDs are used to indicate successful entry of the combination.

Features of Corsair Flash Drive

Auto-Locking – Self locking after removal from computer

Customizable PIN – Set your own easy to remember PIN

Easy to Use – Direct keypad access and indicator lights make locking/unlocking simple

Plug and Play – Hardware based security works without installing or running software

Platform independent – Works on Windows, MAC and Linux platforms without the use of software

Corsair Flash Drive is available in 2GB and 4GB capacities models. Its price is Rs. 1,799.

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Disaster Movie UNRATED

vikrantshukla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:43:00 +0000

Release Date: 21/12/08
Source: DVD Retail
Genre.: Comedy
Audio Bitrate.: 280 kbps
Audio Codec.: AAC
Runtime.: 01:28:45
Resolution: 720×400
Language: English
Subtitles.: Eng, Spa
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Valkyrie 2008 CAM XviD

vikrantshukla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:36:00 +0000

Size: 699.35 MB
Quality: CAM – XviD | 544×288 – 1758 kbps | MP3 – VBR – 48000
Runtime: 111 minutes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985699/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4r6grm3CkM
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