Comparison:: Non-resident external (NRE) deposits interest rates India

The Indian rupee was the worst-performing major currency in Asia last year(2011), falling by nearly 16% against the U.S. dollar, as a gaping current-account deficit and high government spending triggered capital outflows from the country.

RBI made interest rates on NRE deposits and NRO accounts deregulated. Banks given the freedom to determine their interest rates on both savings deposits and term deposits of maturity of one year and above under NRE deposit accounts and savings deposits under NRO accounts from December 16, 2011. However, interest rates offered by banks on NRE and NRO deposits cannot be higher than those offered by them on comparable domestic rupee deposits.


SBI said in a press release that deposits below 10 million rupees will earn interest rates of 9.25 percent, while those above 10 million rupees will earn 9% for 1-2 years maturity from 3.82% earlier

ICICI Bank raised the interest rate for NRE deposits up to Rs 1,00,00,000, with a maturity tenure of one year to 389 days, to 8.25 per cent, while for tenure of 390 days, the bank will be offering 9.25 per cent. The new rates from ICICI Bank will be effective from Thursday

IDBI Bank will offer 9.25 per cent for NRE deposits with a maturity period of one year. For deposits, with maturity ranging from one-year-one-day to 10 years, bank will offer 9.5 per cent. The new rates from IDBI Bank have become effective from Wednesday.

Indian Bank has also revised its interest rate on NRE deposits at 9.50 per cent for one year and above and up to three years for deposits of amounts less than Rs 15 lakh on non-resident external term deposits with immediate effect

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Trend predictions for 2012 India

0. Newspaper and TV still works but internet will take a big time of people.

1. Satyam 2.0 : Corporate Fraud will be on rise in 2012

2. Forex/Commodity Trading : Sensex lacks lustre and Forex/Commodity Trade spikes in 2012

3. Powerless Government : Govt. will just watch as companies go bust/sold to foreigners in 2012

4. Air Conditioners switch off : IT companies will switch this off majority of the time in 2012 as power costs spikes.

5. Massive Inflation : The price rise of physical assets will be more than the rise in salary in 2012.

6. Online Malls : This is going to be the next big thing, as it will be cheap to buy things online due to good offers and free home delivery. You could watch the courier services giving better services in 2012

7. Pizza Mania : Even Indian railways will serve Pizza/KFC in addition to mushroom of shops in 2012. [ Note: 100% FDI in single brand retail ]

8. Digital TV : Each home in India will have set top box, the media will be controlled by TV channels with U.S behind. Each channel change that you make will be recorded in 2012.

9. MP5 Players/Tablet Phones : This is going to make Indians happy in a big way. It will allow you to watch movies+songs+text.

on Dec. 21, 2012 -- the day that the Mayan calendar runs out

and the new world order begins...

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Tablet S (3G + Wi-Fi)) is priced at Rs. 33,990/- and Tablet P (3G + Wi-Fi) at Rs. 36,990/-

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News against Pentavalent Vaccine in Kerala

UPDATE - Feb 4 : Three infants had reportedly died in the past one month in Kerala after receiving the vaccine, while one death was also reported from Haryana this month
Source : TimesofIndia
In this case too death happened next day with bleeding from nose.

Screenshot of TimesofIndia news. Click to zoom

UPDATE: But despite infant deaths and two pending PILs (with yet another being heard in the Delhi High Court) against pentavalents, the Health Ministry announced on April 16 that pentavalents would be introduced in five more states - Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry in October.

In making the decision, the government overlooked the NTAGI, which has not even been convened since August 2010 when the body suggested limited introduction to Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

In short the ministry just decided to extend the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) on April 17 !!!
Source: PTI

UPDATE: On the first day of starting the programme in Kerala one 2 month old baby died following immunization. The post mortem report suggested death was due to a hypersensitivity reaction. The Human Rights Legal Network (HRLN) filed an affidavit in the Kerala High Court on behalf of the mother of this girl who died, asking for the programme to be stopped. The Kerala High Court ordered the Government to submit its report. In its counter-affidavit the Government admitted that 4 children died from adverse events following immunization (AEFI) with the new vaccine within about a month of its introduction. No other clear ‘alternate cause’ of death was found as defined by WHO Brighton classification. One of the babies was under weight and the other had a heart murmur but the Government affidavit does not say these were considered the cause of the children’s death

UPDATE : The Hindu Link on the story

UPDATE: News from Manorama Online says " A baby died the next day after taking the pentavalent vaccine. These were the symptoms
1. Bleeding from the nose.
2. Change in body color.
Death happened before reaching hospital.

KOCHI: A public interest writ petition was filed before the Kerala High Court against the administration of pentavalent vaccine on children in the State. The petition was filed by P.G. Hari, a homeopathy doctor from Wayanad and president of the Jankeeya Manushyavakasasamrakhana Prasthanam. The vaccinecombined DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus), Hepatitis B, and Hib (Hemophilus influenzae type B).

The petitioner claimed that adverse effects of the vaccine had been reported from countries such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He contended that no study or research had been conducted before introducing the vaccine in the State.
The decision to roll out the vaccine in the State had been taken to appease vested interests such as the manufacturer of the vaccine and the national agencies such as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GA-VI) and the Bill Gates foundation Trust.

In fact, the Bill Gates Foundation Trust had requested the Centre to introduce the vaccine in five States. But, the Centre had agreed to roll out the vaccine in only two States,Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The petitioner said there was no need to include vaccination against Hepatitis B in the pentavalent vaccine as there had been no rise in the incidence of Hepatitis B infection in the country. Nor was it prevalent in the State as well.

It was the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation which had advised the Centre to roll out the vaccine in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. As per the decision, it would be introduced in the other States after reviewing the data about the result of the vaccination in Kerala and Tamil Nadu after one year.

Therefore, it could be assumed that it was a clinical trial. The trial was being undertaken without following the guidelines on clinical trials. A Division Bench on Wednesday directed the State government to produce a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the utilisation of the funds allotted for tsunami rehabilitation schemes.

Source: The Hindu Print Paper. Censored Online version here

Is Etibar Elchiyev , the man with spoons a "magnetic" man?

That shows that quite a different physical effect is at play. "These people aren't magnetic, it's just that things that have smooth surfaces stick to skin," said Radford, adding, "Often these magnetic people have smooth skin and hairless chests."

But the Media is reporting this as pure magnetism. In India even "The Hindu" Newspaper had an image shown without much detail to confuse the human mind.

Look at some of the captions given for the image
"Most spoons magnetized to body: Etibar Elchiyev poses with 50 metal spoons"
Etibar Elchiyev demonstrates his magnetic ability as he poses with metal spoons to his body during the Guinness World Record in Tbilisi on Wednesday - AP

The Media should be sued.

[ Video ] Iran video shows US Drone

RQ170 Sentinel drone plane.
FARSI news agency now reports the RQ-170 was not shut down per se, as in missile or cannonade. It was commandeered by the iranians using hacking and/or electronic warfare skills and made to crash-land on purpose. They will invite russian and chinese experts to study western UAV wreckages as usual, who pay for this access to hi-tech info with secret military shipments. Having its drone hacked is probably 10x bigger problem for the USA, compared to having it shot down by a vintage iranian F-14 or a modernized Hawk missile. There must be heads rolling in the USAF / CIA drone HQ right now, because the virus infection in the Nevada UAV base's LAN was not taken seriously.

See the video footage here

What the US officials are saying.
Malfunction likely put U.S. drone in Iranian hands.
U.S. official says no sign Iran shot down drone ( 4 days ago )

RQ-170 drone is an unmanned spy plane.
It has ability to evade radar.
It has a full-motion video sensor.
The data link might be satellite data link.
It is also programmed to autonomously fly back to the base it departed from if its data link with U.S.-based pilots is lost.

INDIA : Around 20 people dead in Kolkata hospital fire - TV

Twenty people have died of suffocation in a massive fire that broke out in AMRI hospital in south Kolkata on Friday, West Bengal Health Minister Sudip Bandhyopadhyay told CNN-IBN

[GOLDPRICE] Gold lending by European commercial banks

GoldPrice latest news is that European commercial banks are lending Gold to raise USD.

substantial lending of gold by banks in return for USDs

Phil Smith, General Manager Editorial Operations North Asia Reuters in his http://www.reuterstechnicals.com/ says
"We could be looking at a typical Dow Curve on the very long term chart. This could be similar to the Nadaq in 2000 where the peak is followed by a consolidation period which is followed by a sell off."

He continues
"On this dual chart I’ve moved the current gold price action on a weekly chart back in time to 2000 when the Nasdaq turned around.

The Nasdaq pullback was a classic Dow Curve in as much as when a market peaks out after an overblown rally there is a period of consolidation after the peak when the real bears are offset by those who think the pullback is a better level to buy. In 2000 it was a classic and the true believers in the internet miracle fought against those investors who were convinced the whole internet boom was massively overdone.

Massive market rallies, such as we saw on the Nasdaq and more recently gold have to be watched carefully.

I’m not saying we are in the same situation now as the Nasdaq in 2000 but if I were holding gold I’d certainly be keeping it in mind."

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"Google Zeitgeist 2011: How the world searched Google in 2011" will be published soon. Here are some top predictions.

Steve Jobs
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Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
Arab Spring/Crisis
Eurozone Crisis
London Riots
Occuppy Wallstreet
Syria
Royal Wedding

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Angry Birds

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