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Monday, February 24, 2014

Indian inventions and discoveries : Top 20 Clever Inventions

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20 Clever Inventions You Probably Didn’t Know Were Made By Indians

Indian inventions and discoveries have been instrumental in shaping the face of the current modern world. We picked up 20 such interesting findings out of a whole bunch that will make you go, “I didn’t know that”.


1. Buttons

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Buttons were first used in Mohenjo-daro for ornamental purpose rather than for fastening. They were first used in the Indus Valley Civilization by 2000 BCE.

 

2. Chess

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Chess developed out of Chaturanga, which is an ancient strategy board game developed during the Gupta Empire in India around the 6th century AD. Now you know why Vishwanathan Anand is such a pro, rag rag me is tarah

 

3. Prefabricated home and movable structure

In 16th century Mughal India, during the reign of Akbar, the first prefabricated & movable structures were invented.

 

4. Ruler

Rulers were first used by the Indus Valley Civilization prior to 1500 BCE. Made of ivory, the rulers found during excavation, reveal the amazing accuracy of decimal subdivisions on it.

 

5. Shampoo

The word ‘Shampoo’ is derived from chāmpo (चाँपो). It was initially used as a head massage oil for the Nawabs of Bengal during the Mughal Empire around 1762. It evolved into shampoo over the years.

 

6. Snakes and Ladders

The game, Snakes & Ladders,  was invented in India as a game of morals. Later it spread to England and eventually introduced in the USA by game pioneer Milton Bradley in 1943.

 

7. Cotton cultivation (We clothed the world, yay!)

The ancient Greeks used to wear animal skins and were not even aware of cotton. But Indians were sort of cool and started cultivating cotton during the 5th – 4th millennium BCE in the Indus Valley Civilization. The word spread to the Mediterranean and beyond and soon everyone was ordering one from Flipkart. Well, pretty much.

 

8. Fibonacci Numbers

The Fibonacci numbers were first described by Virahanka, Gopala  and Hemachandra as an outgrowth of earlier writings by Pingala.

 

9. Decimal System, Quadratic formula and Zero!

It was in 7th century CE when Brahmagupta found the first general formula for solving quadratic equations. The decimal system (or the Hindu number system), which was a precursor of the Arabic numeric system, was developed in India between the 1st and 6th centuries CE.

 

10. Suits Game

The popular game of cards originated from India & was known as Krida-patram (which literally means “painted rags for playing”).

 

11. Cataract Surgery

Indian physician Sushruta (6th century BCE) had the knowledge of performing cataract surgery. It spread to China from India. Greek scientists would visit India to get operations done and also to learn the nitty-gritties.

 

12. Diamond Mining

Worldwide, India was the only source of diamonds until the discovery of mines in Brazil in the 18th century. Almost 5000 years ago, diamonds were first recognized and mined in central India.

 

13. Water on Moon

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-1 made the startling discovery that our moon is not a dry ball of rocks. The discovery of lunar water is attributed to the Chandrayaan mission.

 

14.  Radio/Wireless communication

We all know that Marconi received a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 for contribution to the development of wireless telegraphy. But the first public demonstration of radio waves for communication was made by Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose in 1895, two years prior to Marconi’s similar demonstration in England.

Sir Bose was posthumously credited (more than a century later) for his achievement. The fact remains that this discovery truly shaped the face of modern wireless communication.

 

15. Flush Toilets

Flush toilets were first used in the Indus Valley Civilization. These existed in most homes and were connected to a sophisticated sewage mechanism. The civilization was prominent in hydraulic engineering.

 

16. Binary Code

Binary numbers were first described by Pingala (c. 200 BC). Pingala is the traditional name of the author of the Chandaḥśāstra, the earliest known Sanskrit treatise on prosody.

 

17. Ink

Many ancient cultures and civilizations independently discovered and prepared ink for writing purposes. The source of carbon pigment used in Indian Ink (called musi) used in ancient India, was India. Since 4th century BC, the practice of writing with ink with a sharp pointed needle was common in South India.

 

18. Steel & Metal works

Ancient Indians were pioneers in metallurgy. High quality steel was produced, almost two thousand years before it was understood by the West. One of the most remarkable feat in metallurgy: creating a seamless celestial globe, was invented in Kashmir. It was earlier considered impossible to create a metal globe without seams.

So thanks to India, Iron Man can wear his suit now.

 

19. Fiber Optics

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Named as one of the 7 ‘Unsung Heroes’ by Fortune Magazine, Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany, is widely recognized as the ‘Father of Fiber Optics’ for his pioneering work in Fiber Optics technology. Watch him speak eloquently on his entrepreneurial journey.

 

20. Plastic Surgery

Yes, you heard it right. Indians were pioneers in Plastic Surgery too. It was carried out in India as early as 2000 BCE.

So, we’ve always been a cool country.  History is testimony to it. So what’s stopping you from being innovative? Go, win the world.

TechBuzz: Nokia announces the X and X+, its first Android phones



Nokia is officially launching its very first Android devices, known as the X and the X+, on stage at its annual Mobile World Congress press conference. We were all taken aback by the second (and third) device (since only one leaked), so it's incredible to see Nokia make such a huge foray into enemy territory. The X will have a 4-inch, 840 x 480 IPS screen, 512MB RAM, 4GB of storage expandable storage via microSD slot and 3-megapixel camera, while the X+ sports the same specs but more RAM (768 MB) and an included 4GB microSD card. You won't be getting Google's apps or Play store, however as both handsets will be based on the forked AOSP Android OS. Nokia says that'll have the advantages of the Android ecosystem, but with a "differentiated experience." So far, Here Maps, MixRadio, Skype and Outlook are being featured on the Nokia Store. You can access the Nokia and third party stores using the devices, but not Google Play, obviously. We've heard SwiftKey will be available on the Nokia X range (and for free, too), as will BBM, which is also coming to Windows Phone sometime "this summer."

The new devices are featuring a ported version of FastLane for Asha devices as a sort of skin, to give a similar experience as its other budget handsets. When you swipe across it, it'll bring up a sort of notification bar showing recently used apps, missed calls and texts and other activities. During the demo, Elop showed both the Nokia Store also Yandex, where he pulled down Aero Express, a Russian-flavored app. The X will be available immediately in growth markets (ie, not the US) and run 89 euros. The X+, meanwhile, will run 99 euros but won't arrive until sometime in Q2 this year.

View Source:http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/24/nokia-announces-the-x-its-first-android-phone/

Sunday, February 23, 2014

world's LARGEST RICHEST SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE:Mukesh Ambani's Dream

Mukesh Ambani's
Dream House 7 years construction
finished,
4 lakhs squre ft,
27 floors,
9 lifts,
3 heli pads,
1 theatre,
1 gym,
1 park,
168 car parking,
600 rooms,
600 servants,
world's LARGEST RICHEST
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE..
Total cost
Rs.4700/- crores only.
Last month Mukesh
moved with his wife &
3 childrens in 2 it.
1st month electricty
bill is 71 lacs.
Incredible INDIA!

Saturday, February 22, 2014

VRO, VRA Exam Results Out; Check results here

VRO, VRA Exam Results Out; here to Check 

The results of VRO and VRA recruitment exam results were announced today, Saturday Feb. 22, 2014 by Commissioner C.S. Mahanty and the candidates can check their results at the following official website:

http://ccla.cgg.gov.in

Chief Commissioner of Land Administration has conducted the examination for the posts of VRO and VRA on 2nd February 2014 has notified to declare the AP VRO VRA 2014 results on 22nd February 2014, 18 days after the exam, which is a record time for any exam for government jobs.

VRO, VRA Exam Results Out Links , results sites, web links


Thursday, February 20, 2014

News: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion

In a play to dominate messaging on phones and the Web, Facebook has acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion.

  Facebook buys WhatsApp for  $19 billion and Facebook to pay WhatsApp $2 billion if deal fails to get necessary approvals


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That's a stunning sum for the five-year old company. But WhatsApp has been able to hold its weight against messaging heavyweights like Twitter (TWTR), Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) and Microsoft's (MSFT, Fortune 500) Skype. WhatsApp has upwards of 450 million users, and it is adding an additional million users every day.
Referring to WhatsApp's soaring growth, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on a conference call, "No one in the history of the world has done anything like that."
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app for smartphones, according to OnDevice Research.
Buying WhatsApp will only bolster Facebook's already strong position in the crowded messaging world. Messenger, Facebook's a standalone messaging app for mobile devices, is second only to WhatsApp in its share of the smartphone market.
Related: 5 key moments that changed Facebook
Similar to traditional text messaging, WhatsApp allows people to connect via their cellphone numbers. But instead of racking up texting fees, WhatsApp sends the actual messages over mobile broadband. That makes WhatsApp particularly cost effective for communicating with people overseas.
That kind of mobile messaging services have become wildly popular, with twice as many messages sent over the mobile Internet than via traditional texts, according to Deloitte. But most of the messaging industry's revenue is still driven by text messaging.
On the conference call, Facebook said it is not looking to drive revenue from WhatsApp in the near term, instead focusing on growth. Zuckerberg said he doesn't anticipate trying to aggressively grow WhatsApp's revenue until the service reaches "billions" of users.
WhatsApp currently charges a dollar a year after giving customers their first year of use for free. WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum said on the conference call that WhatsApp's business model is already successful.
That indicates Facebook bought WhatsApp to add value to its existing messaging services, as well as for the long-term potential of the company.
Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 for similar reasons: As young social network users gravitated towards photo-sharing, Facebook wanted to scoop up what could have eventually become a big rival.
Like Instagram, WhatsApp will function as an autonomous unit within Facebook, with all the existing employees coming in as part of the deal.
Facebook (FB, Fortune 500) said it will pay WhatsApp $4 billion in cash and $12 billion in stock. WhatsApp's founders and staff will be eligible for for another $3 billion in stock grants to be paid out if they remain employed by Facebook for four years. Koum will also join Facebook's board of directors. To top of page
Social networking giant Facebook will have to shell out $2 billion (over Rs. 12,500 crores) if its acquisition of the instant messaging service WhatsApp fails to get necessary approvals.
The California-based Facebook has inked a deal to acquire WhatsApp, its largest acquisition ever, for $19 billion ($4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook shares and another $3 billion in restricted stock). It is expected to close in the current calendar year.

"In the event of termination of the merger agreement under certain circumstances principally related to a failure to obtain required regulatory approvals, the merger agreement provides for Facebook to pay WhatsApp a fee of $1 billion in cash," Facebook said.
The Menlo Park-headquartered firm will also issue a number of shares of its Class A common stock equal to $1 billion to WhatsApp, it added.
WhatApp has 450 million monthly active users and growing by more than one million registered users per day.
According to a presentation, WhatsApp's monthly active user base tops even that of Facebook (145 million users), Gmail (123 million users), Twitter (54 million users) and Skype (52 million users). Its messaging volume is approaching the entire global telecom SMS volume.
One the largest IT deals in recent times, Facebook's announcement dwarfs Microsoft's $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's phone business (and Skype for $8.5 billion in 2011), Fairfax consortium's bid to take BlackBerry private for $4.7 billion (which didn't go through) and Google shedding Motorola in a $2.9 billion deal with Lenovo.
Reports suggest that this could probably be the largest Internet deal since Time Warner's $124 billion merger with AOL in 2001.
Facebook has been aggressively ramping up its apps portfolio to beef up its mobile offering as it expects more users to log onto its portal through smart handhelds.
In 2012, Facebook bought photo-sharing service Instagram for about $700 million, while last year its bid to take over Snapchat for $3 billion failed.
Facebook also expects a decline in number of users logging on the social networking website through PCs globally, especially from the US and other developed markets of Europe and Asia.
It has projected that future growth will come from mobile as more and more users in emerging markets (which it calls 'key source' of growth), especially India, log on through their handheld devices.
Facebook's daily active users (DAUs) rose by 22 percent to 757 million during December 2013 from 618 million in the year-ago period helped by growth in major markets including Brazil, India and the US.
On the other hand, global mobile DAUs rose 49 percent to 556 million on average during December 2013 from 374 million during December 2012.
view source:http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/19/technology/social/facebook-whatsapp/index.html

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Tech Buzz: Intex Cloud Y12 with 3G support, Android 4.2 launched @ Rs. 5,390

Intex Cloud Y12 with 3G support, Android 4.2 launched at Rs. 5,390


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Intex has launched the Cloud Y12 on Tuesday for Rs. 5,390, with a free protection cover. The company had listed Cloud Y12 Android-based smartphone on its website last month.
The Intex Cloud Y12 runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS and comes with support for dual-SIM. Cloud Y12 features a 4-inch TFT (480 x 800 pixel resolution) display.
The handset comes with a 2-megapixel rear camera and additionally features a front-facing VGA camera for video chats. Cloud Y12 also includes 1.7GB of built-in storage, which can be expanded up to 32GB via microSD card.
The Cloud Y12 is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core chipset made by MediaTek. The processor is paired with 512MB of RAM.
The Intex Cloud Y12 supports standard Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks, along with GPS. The device will also support 3G connectivity.
Intex Cloud Y12 comes with a 2000mAh battery that is rated to deliver up to 5 hours of talk-time and 180 hours of standby time. The smartphone is available in Blue, White, Black and Red colour-variants.
For more details, one can visit the company's official Intex Cloud Y12 page.
Last month, two other Intex handsets, namely the Aqua N8 and Cloud X12, were also spotted online on the company's official listing page. Some of the features shared by both the handsets are Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS, dual-SIM support, and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity options. The two phones have been listed on an online retailer as well, with the Intex Aqua N8 priced at Rs. 8,990 and Intex Cloud X12 at Rs. 4,290 - a fair indication of an official launch price.

Read More @ http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/intex-cloud-y12-with-3g-support-android-42-launched-at-rs-5390-485099

TechBuzz: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti and GeForce GTX 750 now launched in India and price,specifications

TechBuzz:   Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti and GeForce GTX 750 now launched  in India and price,specifications as follows..
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Nvidia has launched its latest graphics processors, the GeForce GTX 750 Ti and GeForce GTX 750 in India. The two GPUs are notable for being the first products based on Nvidia's latest Maxwell architecture, which promises significant performance improvements and power savings compared to previous generation products.

GeForce GTX 750 Ti cards will be priced at Rs. 11,990 onwards, while those featuring the slightly less powerful GeForce GTX 750 will cost Rs. 9,900 onwards.

In terms of specifications, the GeForce GTX 750 Ti has 640 CUDA cores and runs at 1,020MHz. It will come with 1GB or 2GB of GDDR5 VRAM running at 1,350MHz on a 128-bit bus. Its TDP is 60 Watts, and it can run entirely off the PCIe bus, without requiring an additional power connector.

The GeForce GTX 750 is much the same, but has 512 CUDA cores running at the same speed. Cards with this GPU will only be available with 1GB of GDDR5 VRAM, which runs slightly slower at 1250MHz. These cards will have 55W TDPs.



GPU

GK107 (Kepler)

GM107 (Maxwell)

CUDA Cores

384

640

Base Clock

1058 MHz

1020 MHz

GPU Boost Clock

N/A

1085 MHz

GFLOPs

812.5

1305.6

Texture Units

32

40

Texel fill-rate

33.9 Gigatexels/sec

40.8 Gigatexels/sec

Memory Clock

5000 MHz

5400 MHz

Memory Bandwidth

80 GB/sec

86.4 GB/sec

ROPs

16

16

L2 Cache Size

256KB

2048KB

TDP

64W

60W

Transistors

1.3 Billion

1.87 Billion

Die Size

118 mm²

148 mm²

Manufacturing Process

28-nm

28-nm


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Airtel is the first operator to cross 200 million mobile subscribers in India

Airtel becomes first operator to cross 200 million mobile subscribers in India
Bharti Airtel, India's biggest telecom operator announced on Wednesday that it has become the first operator in the country to have more than 200 million subscribers.

Airtel said in a statement said that it "has crossed the 200 million mobile subscriber mark in India, further consolidating its leadership position in the world's second-largest mobile market."
The company is in its 20th year of telecom services. Airtel got its first permits for mobile telephony in November 1994 and started services in 1995.
Airtel is the largest telecom operator in India, in terms of both customers and revenue. It is the fourth-largest mobile operator in the world by subscribers.
The latest 100 million users were added in less than five years, according to the Airtel statement. It had crossed the 100 million mark in 2009.
The company led the mobile market with a 28.1 percent share at the end of January, according to data released by the Cellular Operators Association of India.
Vodafone was in second place with 162.1 million users and a 23.06 percent market share, COAI said.
Airtel on Tuesday announced it was buying Loop Mobile, a Mumbai-based telecom operator with roughly 3 million subscribers. Once the deal goes through, Airtel will have over 7 million subscribers in Mumbai, helping it edge ahead of Vodafone's 6.9 subscribers (November 2013 numbers).
The company did not disclose the size of Loop Mobile deal but sources close to the agreement said it is for about Rs. 700 crores. Loop Mobile has a debt of Rs. 400 crores, which is likely to be included in the final transaction.
Under the proposed transaction, Loop Mobile's 2G-enabled network supported by 2,500 plus cell sites will also become part of Airtel's network which has over 4,000 cell sites at present.

view source: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/news/airtel-becomes-first-operator-to-cross-200-million-mobile-subscribers-in-india-485465

TechBuzz:Micromax Bolt A068 with Android 4.2, multi-language support launched @ Rs. 6,490

Micromax Bolt A068 with Android 4.2, multi-language support launched @ Rs. 6,490


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Micromax expanding its Bolt smartphone series has launched the Bolt A068. The latest smartphone from Micromax is now available on company's online store at Rs. 6,490 and the listing notes that the smartphone will be delivered in 7 to 10 business days. The Micromax Bolt A068 was recently listed at an online retailer.
The smartphone's most highlighted feature is its predictive typing and unique custom fonts in 20 different languages. Unfortunately, the company has not listed the languages that are supported by the Bolt A068.
It is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) smartphone that runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box. The Bolt A068 features a 5-inch display with FWVGA (480x854 pixels) resolution. The smartphone is powered by a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572M processor alongside 512MB of RAM.
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The Bolt A068 sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash and also includes a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. The smartphone come with inbuilt storage of 4GB and can be expanded up to 32GB with the help of a microSD card. The Bolt A068 packs a 2000mAh battery, which according to the official listing delivers up to 7 hours of talktime and up to 230 hours of standby time. The Bolt A068 comes in two colours - Blue and White. It also offers Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPRS, EDGE, GPS and 3G connectivity options.
Some of the pre-loaded apps in the smartphone include Hike, Opera Mini, Kingsoft office, Zombie Smasher and more.
Earlier in February, Micromax launched the Canvas Elanza smartphone at Rs. 8,900.
The Micromax Canvas Elanza (A93) is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device with dual standby support, and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box. It comes with a 5-inch (540x960 pixels) qHD display. The Canvas Elanza is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core MediaTek MTK 6572AW processor with 1GB of RAM.
The Canvas Elanza features 4GB of inbuilt storage and supports expandable storage up to 32GB via microSD card. It sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, while there is a secondary 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.
On the connectivity front, the Canvas Elanza includes 3G, Wi-Fi, Micro-USB, and Bluetooth. The Micromax Canvas Elanza packs a 1950mAh battery, which the company's listing claims can deliver up to seven hours of talktime and up to 256 hours of standby time. The Micromax Canvas Elanza is available two colour variants - Black and Blue.

Google fund invests in Renaissance Learning education technology startup

  Google fund invests in Renaissance Learning education technology startup

Renaissance Learning, an education technology start-up, said on Wednesday that Google Inc's investment fund had bought a minority stake in the company, valuing it at $1 billion.
Renaissance, owned by British private equity firm Permira, provides cloud-based education software, including reading and assessment tools that the company says are used by nearly 20 million students and teachers.
Google Capital was formed in 2013 to invest in technology start-ups. Its investments include SurveyMonkey, an online survey company, and Lending Club, a service that matches people seeking loans with people willing to make them.
The Renaissance investment is Google's first in education.
New York Times said on Wednesday Google's investment was $40 million.
Earlier in February, SlickLogin, an Israeli developer of sound-based password alternative, announced it was being acquired by Google. The deal was a "acqui-hiring deal", which means SlickLogin's staff and knowledge will be integrated into Google. SlickLogin confirmed the deal on its website.
"Today we're announcing that the SlickLogin team is joining Google," Xinhua quoted the three founders of the young start-up as saying. They added that Google "shares our core beliefs that logging in should be easy instead of frustrating... We couldn't be more excited to join their efforts."
No financial figures of the transaction were disclosed. SlickLogin was founded less than a year ago. The company is based on a novel idea to enable end users to log-in easily into password-protected websites by using a uniquely generated sound.
The company is yet to launch a commercial product and has not accrued clients, so the deal actually represents an acquisition of the technology itself.

source: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/google-fund-invests-in-renaissance-learning-education-technology-startup-485567

Monday, February 17, 2014

Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo with Android 4.2 available online @ Rs. 18,299

The Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo is now available at an online retailer at Rs. 18,299, ahead of its expected official launch later this week.

Earlier on Friday, the same smartphone was tipped by a Mumbai-based retailer as coming soon, for an expected price of Rs. 19,010, with a best buy price of Rs. 18,190.
The Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo has not yet been officially announced by the company globally. According to the online retail listing, the Galaxy Grand Neo is a dual-SIM dual standby device which features a 5.1-inch TFT display with WVGA (480x800 pixel) resolutions. The Android 4.2 Jelly Bean-based smartphone is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor, alongside 1GB of RAM.
The listing of Galaxy Grand Neo details a 5-megapixel rear camera and a VGA (0.3-megapixel) front-facing camera. It also features LED-flash support and auto-focus feature for the rear camera, along with 720p video recording capability.
The Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo comes with 8GB and 16GB in-built storage according to the retailer's listing, which can be expanded up to 64GB via microSD card. The online retailer doesn't specify what capacity will get at the Rs. 18,299 price.
The handset also has a support for 3G network, along with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS/AGPS connectivity option.
Galaxy Grand Neo is powered by a 2100mAh battery, which can run up to 8 hours on 3G Internet usage, and up to 10 hours with Wi-Fi Internet usage, according to the retail listing. The smartphone measures 143.7x77.1x9.6mm and weighs in at 163 grams.
The Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo is available via online portal of The Mobile Store with 1-2 days of shipping.
Galaxy Grand Neo additionally features a multi-window functionality, which has been previously seen in Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 and Galaxy Note 3. The handset also comes with a modified one-handed operation keypad designed to make it easier to operate the phone with one hand.





Key Specs::

Display

5.01-inch

Processor

1.2GHz

Front Camera

0.3-megapixel

Resolution

480x800 pixels

RAM

1GB

OS

Android 4.2

Storage

16GB

Rear Camera

5-megapixel

Battery capacity

2100mAh

Interim Budget 2014: Reject the charge of policy paralysis, says Chidambaram

Interim Budget 2014: Reject the charge of policy paralysis, says Chidambaram
 
11:15 (IST) Finance minister P Chidambaram - attempting to be heard above the sloganeering of lawmakers protesting against the Telangana Bill as he presented his interim budget  for 2014 - today said the government has managed to contain both the fiscal deficit and the current account deficits and has kept them below target.

He called out to all political parties to "pledge that we will do nothing that will affect the stability of the Indian economy."

With general elections only months away, Mr Chidambaram cannot announce big bang reforms or tax changes, but can list the achievements of his government in his report card on the economy over the last year.

Following are the highlights of his speech:

Global cues not to overly hit India, India held its head above water during global crisis
Fiscal deficit for 2013-14 will be contained at 4.6%
Export seen at $326 billion showing 6.3 per cent year-on-year growth
Growth for FY14 estimated at 4.9%; Q3, Q4 growth seen at 5.2%
I reject the argument of policy paralysis
Let history be the judge of last 10 years
Economy in much better shape now than it was two years ago
10-year trend growth rate at 6.2 per cent, UPA I and II delivered above trend rate
Fiscal deficit down, CAD down, inflation moderated and growth picking up
Merchandise export to grow by 6.8% to USD 326 billion
3 more industrial corridors - Chennai-Bangalore, Bangalore-Mumbai, Amritsar-Kolkata - under various stages of implementation
GDP growth rate in Q3 and Q4 of 2013-14 will be at least 5.2%
Power capacity rises to 234,600 MW in 10 years
Expenditure on education has risen from Rs 10,145 crore 10 years ago to Rs 79,251 crore this year
Sugar decontrol, gradual correction of diesel prices, application for new bank licenses, sick electricity distribution companies restructured
Plan expenditure to remain unchanged at 5.55 lakh crore in 2014-15
Government fully committed to Aadhaar project. Even critics of the project will realise it's a tool of empowerment
Budgetary support to Railways increased
PSUs to achieve record capex of Rs 2,57,645 crore in 2013-14
500 MW fast breeder nuclear reaction in Kalpakkam to be ready shortly; 7 nuclear power reactors under construction
National Solar Mission to undertake 4 ultra mega solar power projects in 2014-15
Rs 1,200 crore additional assistance to N-E states to be released before end of the year
Rs 1,000 crore grant for Nirbhaya Fund will be non-lapsable; another Rs 1,000 crore to be given next fiscal
Non planned expenditure at 12.7 lakh crore
Fuel subsidy pegged at Rs 65,000 crore, food subsidy at Rs 1.15 lakh crore in 2014-15
Fuel subsidy worth Rs 35,000 crore to be rolled over in 2014-15
Rs 3,370 crore to transferred to 2.1 crore LPG users; Government committed to Aadhaar-based LPG transfer but scheme on hold temporarily
Defence allocation up 10% at Rs 2.24 lakh crore
Government has accepted principle of one rank, one pay for defence forces. Rs 500 crore estimated requirement for implementing one-rank-one-pay scheme for armed forces in 2014-15
Food subsidy will be Rs 1,15,000 crore for implementation of National Food Security Act
Budgetary support to Railways increased from Rs 26,000 crore to Rs 29,000 crore 2014-15
Rs 2,46,397 crore allocated for food, fertilizer and fuel subsidy
I have kept Rs 5,55,322 crore for plan expenditure
Re-capitalise public sector banks
Fortunes of China and India has an impact on the whole world
UPA government has clear line of sight to the goals we have set for ourselves
Fiscal consolidation - achieve target of 3% deficit
In a developing economy, we must accept that when our aim is high growth there will be moderate inflation
In next three decades, India's nominal will be on third rank after US and China
RBI must strike a balance between price stability and growth
States have the fiscal space to bear a reasonable proportion for allocation of flagship programmes
Disappointed that we have not been able to implement GST (goods and services tax)
To place DTC Bill for public comments
Minority bank accounts have swelled to 43,53,000 by 2013-14 from 14,15,000 bank accounts 10 years ago
Rs 6000 crore to rural housing fund, Rs 2000 crore for urban housing fund
Moratorium on interest on student loans taken before March 31, 2009; to benefit 9 lakh borrowers
Excise duty on small cars, motorcycles, scooters reduced from 12 to 8 per cent till 30.06.2014.
Excise duty on consumer durables  cut from 12 to 10 per cent till 30.6.2014.
Cut excise duty on mid segment cars to 20% from 24%
Duty cut on SUV cars from 30% to 24%

Haryana Police Recruitment 2014 –Police Constable - 308 Posts


Haryana Police Recruitment 2014 –Male and Female Police Constable308 Posts



Haryana Police Recruitment Board released a notification  for the recruitment of 308 Male and Female Police Constable Posts. Eligible and interested candidates can apply online on or before 25-February-2014.

Post details:
Total Number of Posts: 308
Name of the Post:
1. Male Constable: 298
2. Female Constable: 10


Educational qualifications and age limits

  • Education:Candidates should possess minimum of 10+2 for all categories.
  • Age limits:Candidates minimum age limit should be 18 years and maximum age limit should be 21 years as on 01-January-2014. Age relaxation will be applicable as per the  government rules.
Selection process:Based on their performance in Physical Measurement, Physical Efficiency test and interview.
Application process:Eligible and interested candidates can submit applications through online along with application fees at the website www.hprbonline.com or www.hprbonline.in on or before 25-February-2014 and take registration No and ID No for future reference of application and for reprinting of online filled application form and e-challan form.

Last Date for Submission of Online Applications: 25-February-2014.
Last Date for Depositing Fee: 28-February-2014.

For online application form visit : latur.applygov.com

Thursday, February 13, 2014

IPL 2014 auction highlights:Yuvraj Singh fetches the highest price



Yuvraj Singh fetches the highest price in the auction with Rs 14 crore, while England's Kevin Pietersen went for Rs 9 crore.

he headline makers of the second day of the auction:


- Karn Sharma, an uncapped leg-spinner who played for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013, sparked a bidding war. Eventually, it was his old team, the Sunrisers Hyderabad, who went as far as they could to secure his services for Rs 3.75 crore.

 

- KXIP went all out to strengthen their pace attack by getting Rishi Dhawan for Rs 3 crore.

 

- When players, who went UNSOLD on Day 1, were brought back for bidding, the spinner-less squad of KXIP quickly snapped up Murali Karthik for the base price of Rs 1 crore.

 

- Another one of those purchases was that of Ross Taylor who was ignored on Day 1. In this case, the Kiwi middle-order batsman was bought by Delhi Daredevils for his base price of Rs 2 crore.

read more at http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2014/news/220824-ipl-2014-auction-live-updates




Sarojini Naidu 135th Birthday (in 2014) was marked by a doodle on Google India's Homepage.


Sarojini Naidu 135th Birthday (in 2014) was marked by a doodle on Google India's Homepage


                                                   













 







Sarojini Naidu, born as Sarojini Chattopadhyay (Bengali: সরোজিনী চট্টোপাধ্যায়) also known by the sobriquet as The Nightingale of India, was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet. Naidu served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949; the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and the first Indian woman to do so

Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She came into contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Rabindranath Tagore, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Annie Besant, C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.


In 1925, Naidu presided over the annual session of Indian National Congress at Cawnpore(now Kanpur).
In 1929, she presided over East African Indian Congress in South Africa. She was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal by the British government for her work during the plague epidemic in India.
In 1931, she participated in the Round table conference with Gandhi and Madan Mohan Malaviya.
She played a leading role during the Civil Disobedience Movement and was jailed along with Gandhi and other leaders. In 1942, she was arrested during the "Quit India" movement.

Naidu began writing at the age of thirteen. Her Persian play, Maher Muneer, impressed the Nawab of Hyderabad.
In 1905, her first collection of poems, named "The Golden Threshold" was published.Her poems were admired by many prominent Indian politicians like Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
Her collection of poems entitled "The Feather of The Dawn" was edited and published posthumously in 1961 by her daughter Padamaja.
Naidu died of a heart attack while working in her office in Lucknow on March 2, 1949.

She is commemorated through the naming of several institutions including the Sarojini Naidu College for Women, Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital and Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad.



The Golden Threshold is the name of one of the central building on the University of Hyderabad's campus. The building was the residence of Naidu's father Aghornath Chattopadhyay, the first Principal of Hyderabad College. It was named after Naidu's collection of poetry. Golden Threshold now houses Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication of University of Hyderabad.
During the Chattopadhyay family's residence, it was the center of many reformist ideas in Hyderabad, in areas ranging from marriage, education, women’s empowerment, literature and nationalism.


famous poems of sarojini naidu

  • Damayante to Nala in the Hour of Exile
  • Ecstasy
  • Indian Dancers
  • The Indian
  • Indian Love-Song
  • Indian Weavers
  • In Salutation to the Eternal Peace
  • In the Forest
  • In the Bazaars of Hyderabad( Refer to English textbook of 9th std ICSE board)
  • Ramamuratham
  • Nightfall in the City of Hyderabad
  • Palanquin Bearers
  • The Pardah Nashin
  • Past and Future
  • The Queen's Rival
  • The Royal Tombs of Golconda
  • The Snake-Charmer
  • Song of a Dream
  • Song of Radha,the milkmaid
  • The Soul's Prayer
  • Suttee
  • To a Buddha Seated on a Lotus
  • To the God of Pain
  • Wandering Singers
  • Street Cries
  • Alabaster
  • Autumn Song
  • Bangle Sellers
  • The Coromandel Fishers
  • To youth



Tuesday, February 11, 2014

ICC World T20 announced Team for Asia Cup

ICC World T20 announced Team for Asia Cup


MEDIA RELEASE

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met at Bengaluru earlier today, to pick the Indian teams for the Asia Cup 2014, and the ICC World T20 2014.

The teams are as follows:

ASIA CUP

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Varun Aaron, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Ishwar Pandey.

ICC WORLD T20


Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron.

Sanjay Patel
Hony. Secretary
BCCI

Govt increased Two more additional attempts for UPSC's civil services exams

Two more additional attempts for UPSC's civil services exams

Those aspiring for the civil services can now make two additional attempts at clearing the prestigious exam and can try till they are 32.

In good news for lakhs of aspirants, the government has decided to allow more attempts for the exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission, from this year. This comes after an assurance by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to a delegation of civil service aspirants; many of them had protested outside his home.

Currently, a candidate is allowed a maximum of four attempts, till they are 30. There is no such limit on candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories. Candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes get seven attempts.

The government's decision will impact candidates who have exhausted six attempts before 30 years of age.

This year's exams are scheduled to be held in August.

The Civil Service Examinations is conducted for the selection of officers for the  following :
1) Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
2) Indian Police Service (IPS)
3)Indian Foreign Service (IFS) among others.

The examinations are conducted in three stages--
stage 1: preliminary,
stage 2: mains
stage 3: interview.

The upper age limit is relaxable up to a maximum of five years for candidates belonging to SCs or STs categories and up to a maximum of three years for candidates of OBC category among others.

The upper age limit is also relaxable upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir during January 1, 1980 to December 31, 1989. It can also be relaxed for the disabled.

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