Month: April 2014

Travolta rocked IIFA stage with impromptu ‘desi’ dance

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Multi-talented Hollywood actor John Travolta, a dancer and singer par excellence, is so fond of Bollywood’s song-dance that he matched steps with Priyanka Chopra on “Tune maari entry” without any prior preparation and wowed the audience at the 15th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend.

The four-day extravaganza ended here with the awards honouring the best work in Indian cinema and actress-singer Priyanka started the award ceremony with her performance and Travolta added zing to the act by joining her on the stage.

BJP questions Gandhi family on Vadra’s land deals

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In its sharpest attack yet on the Gandhi family, the Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra of making “unscrupulous” land deals.

“Vadra’s land deals have the blessings of Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, the Congress vice president,” BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a press conference here.

“Both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi should explain Vadra’s land deals which generated huge profits for him,” he added.

Ponting joins Mumbai Indians as advisor

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Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has joined Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit Mumbai Indians in an advisory role.

One of the best batsmen of the modern era, Ponting was part of the victorious Mumbai Indians side that lifted the IPL Trophy and led the team in the first few outings last season before handing over the reins to current captain Rohit Sharma.

The Tasmanian will be with the team for the last two matches of the UAE-leg.

Varanasi battle to save the country: Arvind Kejriwal (Interview)

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AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that his fight against BJP prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi is not a “battle of prestige” but one to save the country from corrupt forces.

Kejriwal said the party’s electoral win in Varanasi and Amethi would be “enough to shake up the country” even if the rookie party does not win 100 seats in the Lok Sabha poll.

“Modiji brought me to Varanasi. And this is not a battle of prestige, but one to save the country from corrupt forces like the BJP and the Congress,” Kejriwal told IANS after his hectic and back-breaking campaigning in the temple town.

Don’t need a 56-inch chest to lead India, you need a big heart, Priyanka’s jibe at Modi

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Taking a dig at Narendra Modi, Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday said you don’t need a 56-inch chest to run the country, but you need a “big heart” and “moral strength”.

The Congress star campaigner was taking a jibe at BJP prime ministerial candidate’s 56-inch chest remark during a rally in Gorakhpur recently.

“A 56-inch chest is not needed to run this country, a big heart is needed to run it. To run this country cruel force of power is not needed, but moral strength is needed. It needs an internal strength,” Priyanka said while addressing a meeting here.

Congress bound to protect life and wealth of Muslims

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Former state minister Mr. D Nagendar said that Narendra Modi is anti human. Congress party is bound to fulfil its promises to protect life and wealth of Muslims.

Congress candidate for Khairiatabad assembly constituency Mr. D Nagendar told that he has done large scale measures for the development of Khairiatabad. He has legalized unauthorised houses of Maqta. He claimed that he enjoys full support of public. BJP is trying to damage cosmopolitan culture of the city to make anti-human Modi the prime minister of India.

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Candidate who buys your vote would also sell you

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Public are of the opinion that vote should be cast in favour of such candidate who has service spirit, who prefers national interests to personal interest. There is no dearth of people who are spending money to buy votes by distributing cash or kind. Candidates are trying to bribe voters on large scale but the voters should think well before casting vote. They should consider the educational qualification of the candidate, keep the candidates past in view, review the record of his public services, would the candidate reach when you call him at the time of need etc.

Free vocational training by central government

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The central government through its scheme SDIS is running various vocational courses, which includes computer fundamental, MS office, internet, computer hardware, web designing, architectural drafting, autocad, tally etc. After the completion of course certificates will be given by the central government. Guidance for employment will also be provided after the completion of course.

Lamp that secretly tweets your conversation!

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Next time you plan a private dinner with your beloved, check the lamp kept next to your table as it may be secretly listening in to your conversation and sending live tweets about whatever you say!

Developed by New York-based Kyle McDonald and Brian House, the Conversnitch lamp can covertly listen in on conversations and then post them on Twitter.

It captures audio and uploads it via the nearest Wi-Fi to a Twitter account.

The $100 (Rs.6,000) lamp includes a mini-computer, a microphone, an LED and a plastic flower pot.

UK firm plans to set up 100 eco-friendly hotels in India

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An NRI-founded hotels company plans to set up 100 eco-friendly hotels in India in the next eight years, its founder and Chief Executive said here last night.

Noting that the Eco Hotels UK Plc has developed the world’s first carbon neutral hotel brand, The Eco and Ecolodge, Suchit Punnose, the CEO of Red Ribbon Asset Management said: “The first market we are targeting is the growth market of India which has one of the largest demands for hotel rooms in the market.”

Nampally needs great change

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Mr. Mohammed Feroz Khan TDP candidate for Nampally assembly constituency carried out door to door campaign at Muradnagar division. People warmly welcomed the leader and garlanded him.

People explained to him basic problems. They told that they were so much impressed by Feroz Khan’s practical attitude. They claimed that Feroz Khan was the first person who understood basic problems and was sympathetic towards them otherwise the other leaders come once in 5 years. They said that today there is a need for persons like Feroz Khan.

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Now, smartphone app to create the perfect dream

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A smartphone app makes it possible for people to create their perfect dream and so wake up feeling especially happy and refreshed, scientists say.

The app, called ‘Dream:ON’, monitors a person during sleep and plays a carefully crafted ‘soundscape’ when they dream.

Each soundscape is carefully designed to evoke a pleasant scenario, such as a walk in the woods, or lying on a beach, and these sounds influence people’s dreams.

Hertfordshire University’s Professor Richard Wiseman, teamed-up with app developers YUZA to create ‘Dream:ON’ in 2010.

Now, learn basic coding with ‘scantly clad’ women on new tech site

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To make learning of basic coding a bit more interesting, a new tech website, called CodeBabes, has taken the help of women’s bodies.

The website that features videos on basic coding termed the first course as “virgin” class that displayed the women dressed in full, but the women become more scantily clad as lessons become more difficult, the Washington Post reported.

The website has claimed that one should watch the lesson, absorb the info, pass the quiz, and then their instructor will remove one piece of clothing in order to motivate the users.

Honda 125cc scooter Activa launched; price at 56, 607

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Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) has launched the Activa 125cc for Indian market.

The Honda Activa 125cc scooter was first showcased at the India Auto Expo in February this year.

The standard variation of Activa 125 has been priced at Rs 56,607 whereas the deluxe variant comes at Rs 62,588 (ex-showroom Mumbai). The scooter is powered by a 124.9cc, maximum torque of 10.12 NM at 5500 RPM and four-stroke SI engine churingin out maximum power of 8.6 BHP at 6500 RPM.

DLF to raise Rs 900 cr via CMBS; Crisil gives stable rating

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Credit rating agency Crisil has assigned stable rating to realty major DLF’s proposed issue of the country’s first commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) to raise Rs 900 crore.

In October last year, DLF had announced its plan to raise about Rs 1,000 crore through issue of securities backed by mortgage of two retail assets as part of strategy to replace costlier debt, which stood at Rs 17,400 crore two months back.

Much remains to be done on financial inclusion: Chakrabarty

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Outgoing Reserve Bank Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty on Friday termed his stint at the central bank as “very satisfactory,” but said there are certain things which still remain unaccomplished, especially on the financial inclusion front.

The commercial banker-turn-central banker, who announced his decision to quit last month – two months before his second term was to end on June 30 – citing personal commitment, is stepping down today.

Egyptian court sentences Morsi supporters up to 88 yrs in jail

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An Egyptian court has sentenced 11 supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting.

The defendants were arrested during a wave of protests that lead the ousting of Morsi in 2013.

According to the BBC, five of the 11 people sentenced on Saturday were tried in absentia.

The charges against all of the defendants were linked to demonstrations in the town of Samallout triggered by the violent crackdown on pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo, the report said.

Now revealed, how body’s defence keeps off ‘junk’ DNA attack

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Had there been no defence mechanism in operation to minimise the collateral damage of what could be termed as a civil war among the 37 trillion cells in a human body, diseases could have been much more widespread than they are today.

Scientists have now discovered how our cells fight off the effects of the rogue DNAs, called LINE-1 retrotransposons, in our cells.

The new finding gives scientists the first proof of a hypothesised defence strategy, said John Moran, a professor at the University of Michigan in the US.

Firstborn kids more likely to be ambitious, well-qualified

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A new study has revealed that firstborn children are more likely to be ambitious and well-qualified.

Researchers have claimed that Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, JK Rowling and Beyonce were all firstborn children and world’s most powerful women according to Forbes are also all firstborn children in their families, the Guardian reported.

Re-polling in 12 booths in Karnataka Tuesday

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Re-polling will be held Tuesday in a dozen polling booths spread across nine Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka due to glitches in the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and fault of polling personnel in one booth, a senior official said Saturday.

“We have ordered re-polling in 11 booths of nine parliamentary seats after technicians found the EVMs used in them faulty and due to mishandling of the machine in one booth,” state chief electoral officer Anil Kumar Jha told reporters here.

MIM pocket borough since 1984

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This city of Charminar may be plagued by bad roads and erratic supply of drinking water but the Owaisi family-led Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party, which does not even have a manifesto, has been winning this Lok Sabha seat since 1984 banking on Muslim votes.

FinMin directs banks to deal firmly with fraud, wilful default

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As part of the strategy to contain bad debts, the Finance Ministry has directed all public sector banks to accord top priority to cases of fraud and wilful default and take legal action against those responsible.

“Cases of fraud have been detected in many banks. There is no difference in fraud and wilful default as both are intentional in nature,” Financial Services Secretary Gurdial Singh Sandhu told PTI.

“So banks have been asked to declare such cases as wilful default and appropriate legal action should be initiated by banks,” he said.

Muslims’ problems can not be solved through emotional speeches

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President Majlis Bachao Tahreek Dr. Qayam Khan told that the so called Muslim leadership always win elections through bogus voting but this time they will fail in their plans. This time political tactics would not do.

Dr. Qayam Khan was addressing an election meeting yesterday evening at G M Chawni. He said that power is dear to the so called leadership while Majlis Bachao Tahreek prefers community interest.

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Tech honcho in Andhra poll fray for Telangana cause

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Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, a tech honcho, admits his personality doesn’t suit politics, but he is determined to try to narrow the gap between the two different worlds that Andhra Pradesh’s Chevella parliamentary constituency represents.

Reddy, an engineer who headed companies like Wipro Healthcare and GE Medical Information Technology, aims to use his professional skills to better the lives of people.

You are invited for a spectacular meteor shower!

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If you do not have a telescope or binocular, do not worry as a meteor shower is something that anyone can enjoy. You may not like to miss the spectacular show of the Eta Aquarids around May 6.

The Eta Aquarids are a meteor shower associated with Halley’s Comet.

The meteors from this shower can be seen between April 19 and May 28 – peaking May 6.

A meteor is small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth’s atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.