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The advantage of using the SMS facility is that bsnl portal login page to check bsnl broadband usage using the bsnl portal id for dataone might be unavailable most of the time.

RBI raises cash reserve ratio by 75 basis points in 2 stages to 5.75 pct

13:51 IST ntpc dec qtr net profit 23.65 bln rupees
13:47 IST SBI chairman says deposit rates may not go up immediately, no room to come down
13:46 IST ICICI bank up 5 pct after RBI leaves interest rates unchanged
13:46 IST SBI chairman says sees no upward pressure in lending rates in next six months
13:26 IST finmin official says inflation spilling over to other sectors
13:22 IST finmin official says inflation will not go out of control
13:11 IST fin secy says RBI has taken a balanced view on managing economic recovery, prices
13:08 IST fin secy says interest rate unlikely to go up in the market
13:04 IST fin secy says food inflation a matter of concern
13:03 IST fin secy says economic growth on track
13:03 IST fin secy says cash reserve ratio hike appropriate and adequate
13:03 IST tata communications dec qtr net profit 2.82 bln rupees
12:39 IST uco bank says board meet on saturday to consider issuing 60 mln shares via qip or fpo
11:28 IST india's 5-year swap rate rises 6 bps to 6.92 pct after RBI review
11:27 IST india's 1-year swap rate rises 4 basis points to 4.97 pct post RBI policy review
11:27 IST rupee drops to 46.40/41 dlr from 46.36/37 post RBI policy review
11:27 IST bse sensex falls 1.7 pct post RBI policy; was down 0.9 pct earlier
11:26 IST india's benchmark bond yield rises 4 bps to 7.59 pct post RBI policy review
11:25 IST bank index down 0.7 pct after policy, was up nearly 1 pct before policy
11:25 IST rbi: opportunity to use imports to contain food prices is "quite limited" due to high prices
11:24 IST RBI says crr increase will absorb 360 billion rupees from the system
11:22 IST RBI expects current gdp growth to be sustained in 2010/11
11:21 IST RBI says reduction in excess liquidity will help anchor inflationary expectations
11:18 IST RBI says crr increase will absorb 360 billion rupees from the system
11:17 IST rbi: farm gdp growth in fy 2010 expected to be near zero
11:16 IST RBI expects current gdp growth to be sustained in 2010/11
11:15 IST RBI: 1st phase of 50 basis points crr hike effective feb 13, second stage effective feb 27
11:14 IST RBI holds repo rate at 4.75 pct, reverse repo rate at 3.25 pct
11:13 IST RBI raises cash reserve ratio by 75 basis points in 2 stages to 5.75 pct
11:06 IST consolidated constructions oct-dec net 212.2 mln rupees

AppleIpad apple ipad iPad from Apple Price in India

AppleIpad apple ipad iPad from Apple is here!
What is AppleIpad apple ipad iPad from Apple Price in India? Rs. 23000
IN United States it is 499 $ for basic version which supports Wifi and has  a storage of 16GB.

Features+TEch specs for iPadd-Apple
10 hours usages for iPad
1 month standby.!!! for iPad
Tap twice for fullscreen/zoom for iPad
1 GHz Apple A4 chip for iPad
16 GB - 64 GB flash storage for iPad
Wifi for iPad
Bluetooth for iPad
Speaker
Microphone
Accelarometer
Compass
.5 inches thin for iPad
1.5 pounds for iPad
All apps in Apple App store will work in iPad.
New iPad SDK for developing applications in Ipad.
Replace amazon kindle as ebook reader
iBook App to kill Amazon.

Live Recorded online coverage of the Apple Tablet keynote?

Mac Tablet.
@apple keynote speech, tablet and hopefully @iPhone OS 4.0
Awaiting the launch.
Apple Live session with Steve Jobs at 11:30 Indian Standard Time.
250 tweets/second now

Steve's speech
"Good morning and thank you all for coming."
“We want to kick off 2010 by introducing a truly magical products today.”
“It is pretty amazing.”

Trending Topics in Twitter for your location India not included

Twitter.com shows the trends (trending keywords) aka traffic generating stuffs for the following countries and cities. India is not included in this. Twitter says"
Don't see your location? We're working on it"

Countries

* Worldwide
* Brazil
* Canada
* Ireland
* Mexico
* United Kingdom
* United States

Cities

* Atlanta
* Baltimore
* Boston
* Chicago
* Dallas-Ft. Worth
* Houston
* London
* Los Angeles
* New York City
* Philadelphia
* San Antonio
* San Francisco
* Seattle
* São Paulo
* Washington, D.C.

Don't see your location? We're working on it

AirAsia launched in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore

I was lucky enough to travel from Trivandrum to KL and back in airasia . For 2 couples the to and fro airticket came at Rs.18000/-. Now everyone in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore will also benefit from Airasia's introductory offer. Watch out for it.

Airasia the economy airline of Malaysia, 6 new route launches to 5 new cities New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. That brings airasia's total India destinations to 9!!!
Fares for Air Asia flights from  New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore to Kuala Lumpur will be out tomorrow.

AirAsia The secret is out says AirAsia's twitter id @AirAsiaBlog ! AirAsia announces FIVE (5) new city additions to our India route - New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore!!! Gear up as India is going to rawk red this year with us opening the doors to the mystique of sights and sounds. The adventure of a lifetime in 2010 begins tomorrow.

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara lyrics song n video: Happy Republic Day

Mile sur mera tumharaa, To sur bane hamaraa.... sur ki nadiyaan
har disha se behke saagar mein mile. Baadalon ka roop lekar
barse halke halke... Mile sur mera tumharaa.. to... sur bane
hamaara.. Mile sur mera tumhara...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gstRrEmTcBc


Kashmiri:
Chaain taraj tahin nyay taraj
ek but baniye saayen taraj

Punjabi:
Tera sur mile mere sur de naal
milke bane ek nava surtaal

Mile sur mera tumharaa....to sur bane hamaara..

Sindhi:
Mohnja sur tohi desa pyara mile jadein geet asaanjo madhur tarano
bane tadein

Don't know this one...
Sur ka dariya bahte saagar me mile badlaan da roop leike barasan
haule haule

Tamil:
Isaindhal namm iruvarin suramum namadhakum.. Dhisai veru aanalum
aazi ser aarugal Mugilai mazaiyai pozivadu pol isai ...Namm
isssaiiii.... Thik thakida thathikakidA....thaka thimi thaka junu

Kannada:
Nanna dhwanige ninna dhwani-ya, seridante namma dhwaniya..
Telugu:
Naa swaramu nee swaramu sangammamai, mana swaram ga avatarinchey

Malayalam:
Ninde swaramum ningalude swaramum otthucheiyum Namudeya swaramai....

Bengali:
Tomaar shoor moder shoor srishti korook koi "oikko shoor"[2]...
Sriishti karook "oikko taan"

Oriya: (?)
Toma mora swarer milan srishti kare chalbochatano

Gujarati:
male sur jo taro maro, bane aapno sur niralo

Marathi:
majhya tumchya julta tara madhur suranchya barasti dhara

Sur ki nadiya har disha se behke saagar mein mile...
Baadlo ka roop leke barse halke halke..
Oh...Mile sur mera tumhara tho....sur bane hamara...

Mile Sur mera tumhara
tho sur bane hamara tho sur bane hamara
tho sur bane hamara

UPDATE: Corrected Bengali

Punjab National Bank clerical exam pnbindia.com

1246 vacancies of clerks at Punjab National Bank. 25 vacancies in Kerala.
Age 20_26 as on jan 1 2010
Educational Qualification degree with 50pct marks.
For kerala chennai is the exam centre..april 4th is exam date.
Download,fill,print cash voucher.
Pay fees at any pnb branch before feb 18.enter the cash paid transaction id in the online application form at pnbindia.com.last date to submit the application is february 18.
Call letter before march 29
You have to attend exam with call letter,cash paid voucher.don't forget to paste photo and sign across it in the call letter.

Punjab Sindh Bank Clerk Recruitment 2010

Last date for Receipt of Application for Punjab Sindh Bank Clerk Recruitment 2010 is 23 February 2010
The candidates will get hall ticket by 17 May 2010
Tentative Date of Written Test 23 May 2010 (Sunday)

Eligibility for Punjab Sindh Bank Clerk Recruitment 2010

Minimum Educational Qualification (As on 01 January 2010):

Pass with minimum 60% marks in
aggregate in Higher Secondary
examination/ 10+2 of 10+2+3 pattern or Degree in any discipline.
Candidates should be able to read, write and speak the language of the State/UT for which vacancies are advertised and for which the candidate desires to apply.
Knowledge of Computers: Essential for all category of candidates

(i) Proficiency in Windows/MS Office,
(ii) Certificate/Diploma in Computer Operations from NIIT, SSI, Aptech, MICE, STQC, CMC etc. OR
O/A/B/C level certificate of DOEACC OR BCA OR
Computer Science as one of the subjects covering MS word, Excel, Access etc. in Degree level.


Age Limit (on 01.January.2010) should be minimum 18 years and maximum 28 years


How to apply for Punjab Sindh Bank Clerk Recruitment 2010

Rs.300 Demand Draft/Pay Order favouring “Punjab & Sind Bank A/C Clerical Recruitment Project – 2010-11” payable at ‘Mumbai’ only. Candidate’s Name, Address and Name of the Centre should be written on the reverse of the
Demand Draft/ Pay Order.

Download application of Punjab Sindh Bank Clerk Recruitment 2010 from http://www.psbindia.com/Clerical_Application_Form.pdf

Fill the application form. Coloured passport size photos taken recently are also needed.

Send to
Post Box No. 11814
Malad (West)
Mumbai 400 095

Details on Exam for Punjab Sindh Bank Clerk Recruitment 2010

Written test consisting of Objective Questions+Descriptive Paper and interview .

There will be negative marks for the wrong answers in the Objective Tests. Objective Tests consists of

• Test of Reasoning Ability
• Test of Numerical Ability
• Test of English Language
• Test of Clerical Aptitude
• Test of Computer knowledge.

Descriptive Paper on English Comprehension.

Candidates should pass the Descriptive paper but it will not be counted for preparing the merit list for interview. Candidates has to score above cut off marks to be considered for being called for interview.

TATA ELXSI Trivandrum Technopark::Developers and Test Engineers

New IPL Auction 2010 teams 2010 players IPL 2010 schedule

The Indian Premier League Auction 2010 

UPDATE: In 2010, the winners of IPL 2009 season,  Deccan Chargers franchise acquired the services of fast bowler Kemar Roach for whooping $720,000 at the IPL auction held on Jan19 2010.

Of the 66 players up for bid, only 11 were sold, with West Indian all-rounder Kieron Pollard and New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond drawing the highest prices at 750,000 dollars each. 

Co-owner of 'Rajasthan Royals' cricket team Shilpa Shetty smiles during a press conference after the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Mumbai on January 19, 2010. Of the 66 players up for bid, only 11 were sold, with West Indian all-rounder Kieron Pollard and New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond drawing the highest prices at 750,000 dollars each.

 Indian Bollywood actress and owner of Rajasthan Royals IPL cricket team Shilpa Shetty (L) greets Vijay Mallya, owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore, as they arrive to attend the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Mumbai on January 19, 2010. As many as 66 players from all Test playing nations will be up for auction in Mumbai.

Vijay Mallya (C), owner of the Royal Challengers Bangalore talks with Anil Kumble (R), Captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore as his son Siddharth Mallya (L) looks on during the IPL Auction 2010 on January 19, 2010 in Mumbai, India.

Nita Ambani , owner of the Mumbai Indians poses with her son Jai Anshul at the IPL Auction 2010 on January 19, 2010 in Mumbai, India.

Actress Preity Zinta, co-owner of Kings XI Punjab poses at the Indian Premier League Auction 2010 on January 19, 2010 in Mumbai, India.

Price of Macbook Pro Models in Indian Rupees

Macbook Pro Model MB990ZP/A Macbook Pro 13'' 2.26GHz/2GB/160GB/GeForce
9400M/SD Rs.74,400
Macbook Pro Model MB991ZP/A Macbook Pro 13'' 2.53GHz/4GB/250GB/GeForce
9400M/SD Rs.93,300
Macbook Pro Model MC118ZP/A Macbook Pro 15'' 2.53GHz/4GB/250GB/GeForce
9400M/SD Rs.104,900
Macbook Pro Model MB985ZP/A Macbook Pro 15'' 2.66GHz/4GB/320GB/GeForce
9400M/SD Rs.1,19,600
Macbook Pro Model MB986ZP/A Macbook Pro 15'' 2.8GHz/2GB/500GB/GeForce
9400M/SD Rs.1,41,600
Macbook Pro Model MC226ZP/A Macbook Pro 17'' 2.8GHz/4GB/500GB/GeForce
9400M/GeForce 9600M (512)/SD Rs.157,400
Price and configurations of macbook pro in Kerala, India as on 2010 January.

Solar Eclipse India 2010 Streaming http://220.247.224.1/live1

Watch Solar Eclipse India 2010 Streaming http://220.247.224.1/live1   or you can switch on TV to watch on NDTV.  The longest solar eclipse in my lifetime is happening!! next happens in 3043 A.D

Check out eclipse live http://www.ustream.tv/channel/annular-solar-eclipse-january-15th-2010

Google co in logo for Makar Sankranti aka Uttarayan

google.co.in

7 Things Google recommends to do with gDrive

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/upload-your-files-and-access-them.html 
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/01/upload-and-store-your-files-in-cloud.html 
and
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/store-and-share-files-in-cloud-with.html
says

• As a replacement of thumbdrive.
• Access work files from home.
• No need to email yourself.
• Even for attachments greater than email limit
• To do team work.
• To backup files, pictures etc.
• Google Viewer for opening file whose applications are not installed in your machine.

 Also read google-gdrive=docs.google.com

Google gDrive docs.google.com now store all file formats

Google gDrive docs.google.com now store all file formats. Like google docs you can share the files to friends and public. Gdrive supports file size till 250MB. Await sideloading services which will download your file directly to gdrive rather than to your machine.

Google Viewer can be used to view many file types, with the notable exception of video.

Update: Link to blog is  Official Google Blog: Upload your files and access them anywhere with Google Docs

Update2:GDrive was presented with an ironic ad in Google Reader: The ad says "Buy 20 GB for $5/year"

Update3: Why am I not getting gdrive in docs.google.com ?
This feature will be enabled for your account over the next couple of weeks — look for the bubble notification when you sign in to Google Docs.

Bajaj Pulsar Burned

Pongal on Jan 14: Greeting cards scraps sms n much more

Pongal is considered to be an auspicious day for Tamilians worldwide So it is celebrated not only in Tamil Nadu, but also in countries like Mauritius, Sri Lanka, USA, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa and Singapore . Pongal means "boiling over or spill over."  If possible tamilians take leave and hit home during pongal.

Aayirathil Oruvan, Kutty, Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam, Naanayam and Porkkalam are the movies releasing this Pongal. Directed by Selvaraghavan, 'Aayirathil Oruvan' stars Karthik Sivakumar, Reema Sen, Andrea Jeremiah and Parthiban. The movie is a slick sci-fi thriller . Parthiban is all set to sweep people off their feet with his all new avatar in Selva's 'Aayirathil Oruvan' this Pongal.


Happy Pongal/Sankranti/Lohri/Bihu/Magh Mela/songkran (Thai)/Pi Ma Lao (Viet)/ Thingyan(Myanmar) to ya all  . Festivals after a harvest in India in different States ... Wishing all reader a happy Pongal.

To be updated:

SNAP Exam SNAP 2010 Results

The results of  SNAP  Exam SNAP 2010  Results  can be accessed here  http://www.snaptest.org/resultsnew.html

Tech-a-break 2010 from Feb 19 in Technopark Trvandrum

Tech-a-break 2010 starting from 19.February.2010-Monday and we have 6 days of celebrations and competitions
Ending with a Mega Event on 26.February.2010-Sunday. Celebrations include inter-company music and Dance competitions and sports.

UPDATE: It is "NEST Tech-a-break 2010". The logo was made by Toonz Animation some years back.

The programme details are given below:
The event opens up with Rally, a colorful ground set to tease, thrill and enchant the competitors with colorful inaugural rally

The schedule for Technopark Tech-a-break 2010 is:
February 19th, Friday Solo Western Music,        Slumdog Millionaire
February 20th, Saturday Solo Light Music,          Techie Superstars (Group Song)
February 22nd, Monday Solo Classical Music,    Rally
February 23rd, Tuesday Lights Camera Action!,  Fashion Show
February 24th, Wednesday                         evening Rock Show
February 25th, Thursday                           evening Group Dance
February 26th, Friday                     night Benny Dayal (In Concert)

The prize distribution and a mega event on the final day with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Dayal

Come join the fun...! 
http://www.technopark.org/fun/index.htm

UPDATE: During the inaugural rally, Bhuvana Sundar of IBS Software Services died.

TataDocomo offers Last Call Details for Ur Prepaid Mobile

TataDocomo offers Last 10 Call Details of your prepaid mobile connection. You can see Destination Number, Date of call, Time of call, Call Charge,(Rs.), Call duration (Sec.) done from your Tata Docomo Prepaid Mobile.

I think this is first time in India this feature is offered by a mobile company. Now there are two advantages of having this information online. Inorder to access this, you have to login here http://www.tatatele.in/myaccountgsm/

Advantage #1. Transparency. You can see how money is spend daily. I liked the openness and accountability of Tata Docomo.

Advantage #2. Reference. You might make calls to numbers you may not store in your mobile because they might just be an acquaintance and not your friend or family. In this case, the screnshot uploaded to evernote.com with names added will help you to fetch them back.

Also read TataDocomo offers+GPRS settings

Price of Google Nexus One in India

I want to purchase Google's Nexus One mobile phone http://www.google.com/phone/ in India. Where can I purchase it? What is the cose of Google Nexus One in India. I am willing to pay in Indian Rupees or US Dollars.

If I visit the site http://www.google.com/phone/ the message is "Sorry, the Nexus One phone is not available in your country."

It is written purchase a Nexus One device without a service plan at $529 USD . 529 U.S. dollars = 24 389.1194 Indian rupees !!! Is it worth more than the Nokia 5800 which comes at Rs. 13500 ?

Online Fraud website lakshyanindia.closed!!

Lakshya Level Marketing Pvt. Ltd said

"We are online as well as offline interactive marketing specialists,focused on results,driven by metrics.We offer complete online marketing and Sales Incentive plans for our Lakshya Sales Distributors and marketing solution to our clients as well as our Partners,which includes anything that can give a positive ROI(Return on Investment)."

All these days atleast there was an information provided in lakshyaindia.in that due to freezing of bank accounts payouts were not happening. But now there is no website!

www.consumercomplaints.in has complaints against this fraud.

Lakshya India india is not paying their last month payouts
Lakshya India - Lakshyaindia - A controversial business and it's intrecacies
There is company called lakshya india, they have collected 5000.00 each from many peoples and now i heard cpompny is closed ...
I have invested Rs.5000/- in lakshya india on May 2009 and i didnt get any payouts inthis company. Any possible to get back my money . ...
I have invested Rs.20000/- in lakshya india and i was told that i will get the refund on monthly basis on my invested value. first three ...
www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/lakshya-india-c305089.html

The site had 4200000+ visitors. Were you cheated by lakshyaindia.in ?

Online application Kailash Mansarover Yatra at passport.gov.in

Visit for Online application Kailash Mansarover Yatra
http://passport.gov.in/kmy/OnlineKmyRegistrationFormPP.jsp

The application will be registered only after the print-out of the online application and declaration duly filled and signed by the applicant, along with two photographs, and a copy of personal particulars page of passport of the applicant are received by the Ministry of External Affairs. The last date for the application to reach government is on or before 16-MAR-2010.

related : Kailas Mansarover Yatra

BSNL 3G kerala from Kozhikode Kannur from Jan 4 2010

BSNL will launch 3G service in Kerala on January 4th 2010. Initial launch will be at Kozhikode/Calicut. The speed of 3G will be 3.6 MB/s.
You can make Video Calls and watch TV using compatible handsets. You can even install fring/skype in your mobile and make free voice+video calls to other mobiles in world having fring/skype or to computers having popular messengers like yahoo/gtalk/skype etc.

In Kozhikode BSNL plan to allot 37758 connections with 100 base stations. Kalpetta 1469.  In Kerala 2.65 lakh connections are planned.

#Twitter Trending Topics in India

If you go to twitter.com , you can see that it has a list of trending topics. Most of them are only relevant to ths United States. I plan to create one Indian Twitter Trending topics now. For this

The list of current trending topics in twitter relevant only to United States.
* Kobe
* #nowplaying People are tweeting their media choice of the moment.
* Happy New YearPeople are tweeting well-wishes as we head into 2010.
* #getalife
* #in2010 People are tweeting their predictions and hopes for 2010.
* Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Phoenix Suns in NBA basketball.
* #WhoIAm
* Avatar James Cameron's new science fiction movie has been getting a lot of buzz since releasing to theaters Dec. 18.
* Sherlock Holmes The movie starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and Rachel McAdams, directed by Guy Ritchie, opened on Christmas Day (Dec. 25).
* Sherlock

Lichchavi Express crash into Magadh Express & Gorakhdhaam Express crash into Prayagraj Express

Lichchavi Express crash into Magadh Express & Gorakhdhaam Express crash into Prayagraj Express due to fog. Total four people killed so far.

Update 1: 6 dead. as two trains collide.

Helpline Numbers Gorakhpur Helpline Number 0526   ,0551  2204893
Kanpur Helpline Number 0512-2323015
Patna 061 2213234
Hajipur 062 242722
Basti 0554 22515
Lucknow  2638353