Archives October 2012

Recently, Indian batsmen@yuvsingh09, Yuvraj Singh and England batsman @kevinpp24, Kevin Pietersen were in news for engaging in a battle in virtual world. While Pietersen tried to take a dig at Yuvraj, who was ruled out for the final two Tests of the four-match series due to finger injury, through a social networking site, Yuvraj replied in good humour by writing "hahaha... dont worry ill be back with a new Indian veg pie for you very soon !!" The fever of virtual world is catching everyone. These days, Virtual World or Virtual Club is becoming synonymous with pop-culture and is fast becoming a rage in today's generation. Many believe this popular culture is in fact an expression of human nature. A virtual world is an online community that often takes the form of a computer-based simulated environment through which users can interact with one another and use and create objects. The more...

Introduction. Shri Rajiv Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944 in Bombay. He is the elder son if the late Prime Minister India Gandhi Who was assassinated on October 31, 1984. He is the 7th Prime Minister of India. His entry in politics. Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was a commercialPilot. His younger brother Mr. Sanjay Gandhi met with a fatalAccident in an air crash in 1980. Mr. Sanjay Gandhi was much inPolitics. But his tragic death brought about a charge in his mother.After the sudden disappearance of Mr. Sanjay Gandhi his motherMrs. Indira Gandhi, needed somebody whom she could turn up forhelp and advice and whom she could trust. Though not willing tocome into politics at first, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi could not say no to hisMother. Thus he entered I he unknown field of politics. His political career. After joining the Congress Party he got 12months basic political training. He was more...

The socialites got their new gossip when Amitabh Bacchan tweeted that Aishwarya Rai would soon be a mother. The country kept track of Anna Hazare's fast even during wee hours, at 3 am when Team Anna tweeted the recent developments. US President Barack Obama has begun re-election campaign for 2012 elections through popular online mediums like Facebook and Twitter. Anyone who is still skeptical of the power of social web and micro-blogging needs to get a reality check done. Today, social media is becoming the addiction of every second person at a glaring speed. Sites and blogs like Orkut, Facebook, Tweeter, Ibibo, Myspace, Linkedin, Connectin, BigAdda, Fropper and many more are erasing differences of age and class. Social networking sites are not only catching the attention but are hooking young and old alike. If anyone wishes to flaunt off his/her wedding dress, or locate a dear friend who is out more...

Introduction. For resolving the ticklish ethnic problem of Tamils in Sri Lanka, and historic accord was signed on July 29, 1987 by prime minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi and the president of Sri Lanka Mr. J.R. Jayewardene. The accord was aimed to bring about reconciliation and normally in the strife-torn island. The accord envisaged an end of five years of ethnic conflict. Objective. The accord stipulates and ends to fighting within 24 hours and the laying down of arms by Tamil militants in 72 hours from the signing of the accord. India stood guarantor to the implementation of the agreement. India was to monitor the referendum proposed in Sri Lanka’s Eastern province though its election commission. In the annexure to the agreement, the Island government also agreed to disband the home guards and all Para-military personnel from the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka. Agreements. On its part India categorically more...

The socialites got their new gossip when Amitabh Bacchan tweeted that Aishwarya Rai would soon be a mother. The country kept track of Anna Hazare's fast even during wee hours, at 3 am when Team Anna tweeted the recent developments. US President Barack Obama has begun re-election campaign for 2012 elections through popular online mediums like Facebook and Twitter. Anyone who is still skeptical of the power of social web and micro-blogging needs to get a reality check done. Today, social media is becoming the addiction of every second person at a glaring speed. Sites and blogs like Orkut, Facebook, Tweeter, Ibibo, Myspace, Linkedin, Connectin, BigAdda, Fropper and many more are erasing differences of age and class. Social networking sites are not only catching the attention but are hooking young and old alike. If anyone wishes to flaunt off his/her wedding dress, or locate a dear friend who is out more...

Sitting in our drawing rooms, one can view what is happening across the world even in the farthest of the countries. Be it the Prince Williams' wedding in 2011 or ball by ball updates of cricket match happening anywhere on the globe-today one carries the world with him/her. A few years back, one needed to be glued to the TV to get the latest updates, as TV was the prime source of information. Today the entire world is at our fingertips. Web cam, 3-G internet at unbelievably high speed, video calling, photographs, videos, recordings, music, and payment of bills—everything is assimilated in a small gadget called mobile. Moreover, with telecom companies slashing their rates every other day, access to technology is no more the domain of a few elites. Gone are the days when even a STD call to Ludhiana would cost around $50 a minute. Now video calls even more...

Introduction. General Elections were suddenly announced by Shri Rajiv Gandhi the former Prime Minister of India in the month Of October, 1989. It was a calculated step. The charges of corruption and all sorts of scandals were daily bringing a bad name to the ruling party. Therefore, the ruling party wanted to lake the opposition parties by surprise. The opposition parties were still busy holding dialogues for the so -called opposition unity when the General Elections were announced by Shri Rajiv Gandhi. The elections to some of the state Assemblies were also announced simultaneously. The dales For the Election were to be 22nd, 24th and 26th of November, 1989. The Election Commissioner of India made elaborate Arrangements for the conduct of peaceful elections. Preparations. After the work of filing of nominations, canvassing started by the contesting candidates in their respective constituencies. The entire country was in the grip of mad more...

Recently, Apollo Hospital group installed the world's most advanced Cyber Knife robotic radio surgery system at the cancer specialty centre in Chennai, India. Although it meant substantial price for the hospital, Apollo decided to go ahead with the project due to the new-found enthusiasm for robotics in India. From the Chandrayaan I project for sending robots to moon, to biomedical engineering and the auto industry, India has been using robotics on a wide scale. In an increasingly technology-driven country, robotics has fast assumed significance not only for industrial applications, but also in various day-to-day human activities. According to the Oxford dictionary, robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots. The word robotics was derived from the word robot. The word robotics was first used in print by Isaac Asimov, in his science fiction published in May 1941 in more...

Introduction. Unseasonal heavy rains cause floods in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Union Territory of Delhi. The floods left behind a trail of death and destruction. Destruction Caused By Flood. More than 800 persons died. Standing crops over a vast area were submerged. Communication and rails-and road services in many parts were disrupted shattered. In Jammu and Kashmir, the national highways roads which connect Jammu with Kashmir was blocked with landslides and rock slips, They blocked traffic all along the route. Heavy rains also caused great damage in Himachal Pradesh in Punjab, the flooded Sutlej, Ravi and Beas caused extensive flooding of farmlands and towns. Water from the Sutlej River entered Ferozepur city and cantonment which are projected by a barrage and head works. Punjab and Haryana and the grain houses of India. They were hit when the kharif crop was ready for harvesting rice and cotton more...

Anywhere one goes, one can see every second person's head glued to the shoulder (as if they are suffering from cervical disc, or perhaps someone twisted their neck like my broken doll). The other common sight is of those wearing garland of wires—perhaps they have taken the movie matrix too seriously! Even if one is sitting for Puja or is dying to go to the washroom the sound of Beep Beep! immediately catches one's attention—such is the influence of mobile on the entire world that it would not be wrong to say that it is a Mobile World indeed. Internet, video calling, 3G facilities, downloads, songs, movies, pictures, payment of bills, shopping, camera, videos—what else is there on planet earth that this pastry-sized gadget cannot do. Me and my friends chat, get match updates and play games. Not to forget, downloading Dhoni's heroic pictures, when we won the World Cup, more...