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Breaking, Informative and Interesting News from Around the World (Version-2- July 2010)
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- PLEASE POST YOUR NEWS BELOW
- INDIA SET TO GET A NEW RUPEE SYMBOL
- FIRST YOUNGEST INDIAN IIT PROFESSOR
- FACEBOOK FOR WORLD PEACE: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE/BRING PEACE
- WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS KNOL
- WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS KNOL
- SPAIN IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD
- WON THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2010
- THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE
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(Knol Creation Date: 3rd July 2010, 9.30 P.M)
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INDIA SET TO GET A NEW RUPEE SYMBOL
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| This designs are made by chethstudios.net |
The symbol will catapult the rupee into the company of four ‘elite’ currencies which have similarly distinct identities — the US dollar, euro, yen and British pound.
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| The Rupeesymbol and the designer Uday Kumar and on the right bottom the minister Ambika Soni Pic. Credit.jajodia-saket |
The symbol has been designed by D Udaya Kumar, an IIT Bombay post-graduate , who has just joined as a teacher at IIT Guwahati. Kumar will receive a prize money of Rs 2.5 lakh for his efforts. The symbol will standardize the expression for the Indian rupee in different languages, both within and outside the country.
"It is very important for India to have a symbol for the rupee. In terms of other currencies, like the dollar or the Euro, there is no ambiguity on how the currency is represented. It will also make calculation easier, especially when you have data on an excel sheet," says Pradeep Parappil, lead product manager, (Windows/Windows Live), Microsoft India. Read More. Here & Here
Source: PTI, economictimes.indiatimes.com, rediffmail.com, business standard
Posted by AP
FIRST YOUNGEST INDIAN IIT PROFESSOR
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| athagat Avatar Tulsi (Centre) poses with his parents after becoming the youngest assistant professor in physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, in Patna on Tuesday. Photo: PTI/Hindu |
Official sources said that Dr. Tulsi, will be joining as an assistant professor in the Department of Physics next week.
Mr. Tulsi, who completed high school at the age of 9 years, had secured a B.Sc. degree at 10 and his M.Sc. degree in Physics at the age of 12. and a PhD in Quantum Computing from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, at 21.
In 2003, he was named as one of the world's “seven most gifted youngsters” by Time magazine.
Tulsi will teach Physics at IIT Bombay from July 19, having chosen the institute over Waterloo University, Canada, and the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Bhopal, both of which had offered him jobs. But he preferred to stay back in India. In a recent interview with CNN IBN's Rajdeep Sardesai the "wonderkid" said, though i have faced humiliation in the year 2001 by some scientist in Germany, I am now happy that I have achieved something and I am very happy to join an IIT as faculty, and my aim is to achieve Nobel Prize."
Knol Author's Note:"Well Done Dr. Tulasi, We are proud of you, though you are humiliated in August 2001 with false allegation in Germany by some scientists, you have now come out with flying colors with all praise from everywhere. I just heard yesterday your interview with Rajdeep Sardesai of CNN IBN, my respect towards you is increased a hundred fold. Keep up my boy oh! sorry Prof. Saheb, your aim to reach the Nobel prize. I Wish you All Good Wishes to you for the new assignments as well to achieve your goal or gaining Nobel Prize."
Source: The Hindu Daily, Press Trust of India, Yahoo.com,
FACEBOOK FOR WORLD PEACE: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE/BRING PEACE
Yet another attempt to promote/bring Peace, Facebook the fast growing social website joined hand with Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab to take their Peace Dot campaign online to form a human web across the world in promoting the global peace and oneness.
Yet another attempt to promote/bring Peace, Facebook the fast growing social website joined hand with Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab to take their Peace Dot campaign online to form a human web across the world in promoting the global peace and oneness. For More Click Peace.campaign
Source:yahoo.in
peace.standord.edu
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BEWARE OF BOTTLE GOURD
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| Lauki (Bottle Gourd) Juice can be Injurious to Health |
A CSIR scientist died after consuming bottle gourd and bitter gourd juice on an empty stomach in New Delhi. The 60-year-old scientist Sushil Kumar and his wife had been consuming the bottle gourd juice for more than four years to keep their diabetes in control.
Source: NDTV
Picture Credit> G pullareddy flicker.com
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SPAIN IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD
WON THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2010
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| Glittering Closing Cermony of the FIFA World Cup 2010 Courtesy: msnIndia |
THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE
'D' DAY FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL
THE HOLE THAT STUNNED THE WHOLE WORLD
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| Hole Drilled by the storm called 'Agatha' |
The month of June woke up with a stunning image of a naughty nature that decided to drill a perfect hole in Guatemala City, Central America. On May 31, armed with a `drilling machine' called Agatha, a tropical storm, nature burred a massive and perfectly circular sinkhole right in the middle of a highly populated area. The hole swallowed an entire intersection gulping down a clothing factory in a matter of seconds. A combination of rainwater saturating the ground after tropical storm Agatha, which swept through Central America and poor drainage systems were blamed as the cause of the hole that looks bottomless. The sinkhole is being reported as 30 meters (98 feet) in diameter and 60 meters (196 feet) deep. See More such stunning pictures click Here
Source: http://news.in.msn.com
A WOMAN BELIEVED TO BE 157 YEARS-OLD:
AGELESS WONDER:
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| Turinah The Ageless Wonder: A 157 year old woman |
Yet another amazing news from Msn.com.
If Agatha was amazing, so was Turinah, an Indonesian woman. A photograph taken on June 1, 2010 showed Turinah, who was believed to be 157-years-old. The grand old lady was seen chopping onions at home in a village in South Sumatra. Officials discovered the woman during a national census and they believe Turinah's claim to have been born in 1853. Which means she was born before the World Wars, much before the first aeroplane, telephone, cars, television were invented. The secret of her health? Well, plain living and stress-free life. See more news Here
Source: msn.com
HERE IS AN INTERESTING AND
INFORMATIVE WEEK-END READ
“Life is short. Have an affair,”
| The commercial was ending as I returned with my snack into the living room. The website address and the catch phrase remained on the screen like a stain on the carpet. “Life is short. Have an affair,” read the website’s catch phrase. My shock was entangled with confusion and disbelief. Was this a crude joke? Did I just see an advertisement promoting an extra-marital affair? Has the concept of “Whatever happens here stays here” overtaken every aspect of life ? Read More Source: http://tomorrowsworld.com Lehman B. Lyons, Jr. |
WE WISH ALL OUR READERS A
HAPPY SECOND HALF YEAR 2010.
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| Good wishes To All |
TODAY (09.07.2010)
IS A SPECIAL DAY.
SMILE :-) THIS
YEAR'S MIDDLE
DAY. WE HAVE
IS A SPECIAL DAY.
SMILE :-) THIS
YEAR'S MIDDLE
DAY. WE HAVE
COMPLETED 182
DAYS. STILL
REMAINS
DAYS. STILL
REMAINS
ANOTHER 182 DAYS.
SO HAVE A HAPPY
SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR 2010.
SMILE SMILE AND SMILE. :-) :-) :-)AND
KEEP SMILING AND KEEP READING.
Picture Credit. sxc.hu
AND NOW, ELECTRICITY FROM POULTRY LITTER!
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| Picture Credit. Reuters |
The initiative, by a cluster of over 150 poultry farms in Haryana's Barwala belt, will convert poultry litter into power, thereby both checking environmental pollution and adding to the power availability in the region.
The project is being implemented by Green Industry Bio Energy Private Limited, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed by Emergent Ventures and US-based Indus Terra.
The power project, costing Rs 62 crore, will convert poultry manure into electricity and slurry into fertilizer by the process of anaerobic digestion at a high temperature through a process called thermophilic digestion.
The President of the Haryana Poultry Farmers' Association, Pramod Singla, said poultry excreta had become a health hazard, apart from emitting a stench.
Members of the association conducted a study on how the litter could be utilized, and came up with the idea of a power plant.
The 5.6 Mw power project would be built in two phases. Phase one would have a capacity of 1.4 Mw and the second phase 4.2 Mw. Read More:
Source:
green.in.msn.com
Business Standard
Pic. Credit: ReutersFIRST SOLAR-POWERED AIR PLANE
SUCCESSFULLY MADE ITS FIRST
TEST FLIGHT AT PAYRENE
SWITZERLAND
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| Solar Impulse takes off for its first night flight at Payrene air port Picture credit: Reuters |
Payerne, Switzerland: July 8th 2010. A solar-powered airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel or emissions successfully made its first test flight above the Swiss countryside on Wednesday. The aircraft took off July 7 at 06:51 am and reached an altitude of 28,543 feet by the end of the day. It then slowly descent to 4,921 feet and flew through the night on the batteries, charged during the day by
12,000 solar cells, which powered the four electric motors. The aircraft glided for 87 minutes above
12,000 solar cells, which powered the four electric motors. The aircraft glided for 87 minutes above
western Switzerland at an altitude of 1,200 meters. The propeller plane, with a 61 meters wingspan, is powered by four electric motors and designed to fly day and night by saving surplus energy from its 12,000 solar cells in high-performance batteries. The aircraft landed on July 8 at 09.00 am Read and see more pictures Here
Source: green.in.msn.com
Reuters
Posted by AP
TODAY (7th JULY) IS BIRTH DAY OF FRANK GILBRETH- A PIONEER INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER
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| Frank Gilbreth PIc. Credit. Google images |
Number of new knols on Industrial Engineering are being published on the occasion of the day.
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/knol-day-of-industrial-engineering/2utb2lsm2k7a/2632
INDIA LOST RS. 13,000 CRORE FOR BANDH OVER PRICES
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| Agitators at New Delhi Pic. Credit; India Today |
A DC report says: The nationwide bandh called by the NDA and Left parties over the recent fuel prises hike disrupted normal life across India on Monday, but with the exception of Maharashtra and Rajasthan, its impact was felt mostly in states ruled by the NDA and Left parties. Read More Here
Source:
Deccan Chronicle, Secunderabad
Pic. Credit: India Today
Today 6th July is Dalai Lama's Birthday
Posted by AP
MAN SEES JESUS CHRIST ON GOOGLE EARTH
A news item from Deccan Chronicle, Secunderabad.An Internet fan has claimed that he saw Lord Jesus Christ’s image in a farm on Google Earth.
Zach Evans, 26, spotted Christ’s image as he strolled the map site looking for holiday destinations.
Reportedly, Christ can be clearly seen in satellite pictures of a field on farmland near Puspokladany, Hungary.
“I’m not a religious person looking for images of Mary or Jesus in everything, but this is obvious,” the Sun quoted Sales assistant Zach, a resident of Southampton, as saying.
Visit: Deccan Chronicle Here
Source: Deccan Chroncle Daily, Secunderabad
Controversial Question Paper: Professor's Hand Cut Off
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| Injured Professor pic.credit. manoramaonline |
Muvattupuzha: A college professor, currently on bail for preparing a inflammatory question paper, had his right palm chopped off by a group of eight unidentified people Sunday morning, police said.
T.J. Joseph was returning home with his family after attending morning prayers when a group of people in a van pulled him out of his car. Joseph’s right palm was chopped off and thrown some 200 meters away, police said.
He also suffered deep cuts on the body and was rushed to a specialty hospital at Kochi for a surgery to reattach the severed palm. Read More on Manoramaonline.Source: Manoramaonline.com
INDIAN CRIKET CAPTAIN DHONI WEDS SAKSHI - HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND
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| Dhoni & Sakshi Pic. Credit: India Today |
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni tied the nuptial knot with childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat in a private ceremony attended only by family members and close friends, including a few of his team-mates, at a farmhouse in Dehradun. To see more pictures, videos, and news please click Here
source: Indiatoday.intoday.in
Poste by AP
Bharat Bandh Cripples Life Across India
An India Today Report:
New Delhi, July 5, 2010 The 12-hour nationwide bandh called by the Opposition in protest against price rise affected life across the country, with road, rail and air traffic hit and shops and business establishments shut. Read and watch videos Here
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| A View of the Protesters |
Headlines Today Bureau/PTI
Posted by AP
Acai Berry: The New Energy Diet,
A New Wonder Food Exposed:
Miracle Diet or Scam?
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| Acai The Wonder Food Pic. credit. readnewstoday.com Juia Miller |
5th July 2010. Acai Energy diet combined with a Liquid boost is the latest weight loss fad that is taking America by storm. These so called Super Foods that you take as a supplement to lose weight have been getting a lot of international attention. Like you have probably already seen; they are all over the internet in blogs and success stories of people who have apparently used the pills and lost a ton of weight. Here at News 6 Health, we were a little skeptical and weren’t sure that we’ve seen any real proof that these pills work for weight loss. Since we have been seeing so much publicity about this "Super Diet," we decided to put these products to the test. What better way to find out the truth than to conduct our own study?
This is featured at Top American Television channels like: health news 06, CNN,, abc, cbs news, real age live life to the youngest etc. Read More Here.
Source:
Also watch this Youtube "Acai bery the new wonder:
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DEAR ALL, A WARM WELCOME TO THIS KNOL
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| A Warm Welcome to this Knol |
This knol’s main purpose is to make note of the breaking and informative news from around the world to the knol community—the authors/visitors and readers.
This knol is under Moderated collaboration
The knol authors and readers are invited to contribute to this knol.
Please make sure to note the news source at the bottom of the knol.
Thanks to one and all. PVA
This knol is under Moderated collaboration
The knol authors and readers are invited to contribute to this knol.
Please make sure to note the news source at the bottom of the knol.
Thanks to one and all. PVA
HERE IS AN INTERESTING WORLD CUP
CALENDAR FOR THE FOOTBALL FANS
Badminton Prodigy Creates History
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| Saina Nehwal, The Badminton Wonder Pic. Credit. DNA |
Source: Dna.com/ Dev S Sukumar
Posted by Ann
India, Canada Sign Civil Nuclear Deal
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| rime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh and his Canadian counterpart Mr. Stephen Harper Pic. Credit. dnaindia.com |
Singh said the nuclear cooperation pact "breaks new grounds" in the history of Indo-Canadian cooperation in the atomic sector while his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper called it a good agreement because "we cannot live in the past of 1970s". Read more HERE
Source: V S Chandrasekar & Bal Krishna / PTI/ DNAPosted by Ann
TODAY 'S HEADLINES
SPORTS/FOOTBALL:
Football World Cup Quarter Finals - Winners - Netherlands, Uruguay
Netherlands won against Brazil and Uruguay against Ghana. Two more matches will be played to day.
Netherlands won against Brazil and Uruguay against Ghana. Two more matches will be played to day.
TECHNOLOGY:
FIFA has chosen the Google Search Appliance..
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| Official Google Enterprise blog |
As the world turns to FIFA, FIFA.com turns to Google. FIFA has chosen the Google Search Appliance to power search on their website. With the GSA, FIFA.COM can provide universal search across all types of content. Try searching for “Messi” from FIFA.com’s search box, and you’ll see all kinds of data: statistics, news results, images and videos—all pertaining to Messi.
For more on the Google Search Appliance and how FIFA is putting it to work, check out this blog. Enterprise blog.
Courtesy: Vijay Koduri, Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Search
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3rd July 2010
WORLD'S FIRST FLYING CAR
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| Flying Car. Pic. Courtesy: Yahoonews |
The world's first flying car, which was caught in a legal snarl in the US, has finally been given the green signal.
Costing about $200,000, the flying car will travel up to 725 km in the air at a speed of more than 115 km per hour.
Fueled by gasoline, it will have front-wheel drive on the road and a propeller for flight. With its wings folded, it can be parked in an ordinary car garage. The company claims the flying car has been successfully test-flown many times. It says tests have shown that the vehicle can drive, fly and switch from being a plane to a car in just 30 seconds. Read More Here
Source: Economictimes, yahoonews, (IANS)
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3rd July 2010
A Real Time Traffic Analyzer For Google's Bloggers'
Introducing Blogger Stats
Blogger, world's leading blogging platform powered by google, now introduced an own real time traffic analysis feature for their bloggers. This feature is integrated with individual blogs & can be found at the 'Stats' tab on their dash board.
This is very similar & powerful as any other third party traffic analyzers & even like google analytics in a very useful way. For checking/ enabling this feature, pls go to: http://draft.blogger.com/home. For more details/ reading, click here.
Courtesy: draft.blogger.com
rejoy poomala
2nd July 2010
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| TCS CEO Chandrasekaran |
NEW DELHI: 1 Jul 2010, Directors at India’s largest technology services company, Tata Consultancy Services, received commissions four times their salaries, making them some of the highest paid in the IT industry. Executive directors at TCS were paid commissions ranging from Rs 95 lakh to a whopping Rs 2.5 crore, leading to a rise in their gross compensation package.
Comparisons on a total salary basis reveal that TCS CEO earned almost thrice his counterpart at Infosys. For example, for the last fiscal, N Chandrasekaran earned Rs 2 crore as commission — as a board member — against a salary of Rs 46 lakh and Rs 51.1 lakh of perquisites, taking his annual salary to almost Rs 3 crore.
On the other hand, Infosys’ MD and CEO S Gopalakrishnan earned Rs 1.01 crore as annual compensation for the fiscal to March 31, 2010. This included an annual salary of Rs 32 lakh, perks and incentives of Rs 61 lakh, apart from contribution to provident and other funds of just Rs 8 lakh. Of course, Infosys CEO also holds a stake in the company, being a founder. Click Here to read More
Courtesy:
Harsimran Julka & Srividya Iyer, Economic Times Bureau
Picture Credit: Copyright © 2010 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.
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1st July 2010
INDIA:ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING LINKEDIN COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
July 1 2010, LinkedIn in India has surpassed 6 million members with more than 2.6 million new professionals joining in the past six months - keeping it one of the fastest growing LinkedIn countries in the world.
As Indian professionals continue to expand their footprint on the global economy, having a strong professional profile on the internet becomes more and more important. People are searching for you online. Make an impression with your LinkedIn Profile which ranks high on search engines like Google.
Tip: LinkedIn Members with complete profiles are 40 times more likely to receive opportunities through LinkedIn. Update your profile along with your photo. People are more likely to connect with members they can see.
Courtesy:
Hari V. Krishnan, Country Manager, India, Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/harivk
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