Some nice quotes for you!

“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”Franklin

“Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves” Friedrich Nietzsche

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. -Jeseph Joubert

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.~Marianne Williamson

Remembering the Golden Past!

Long time seen the advertisements / melodious tones and its time to recall.


Malgudy Days:



Jungle Book :

Popular song : Jungle jungle baat chali hai pata chala hai... Chaddi pahan ke phool khila hai phool khila hai...



EK Chidiya: the message of Unity



Hamara Bajaj: popular tune of the scooter era..



Mile Sur: National Integration
The classic Doordarshan national unity song - Mile sure mera tumhara toh sur baney hamara - you and me, together becomes us, united.

Rs. 26000 Crores collected in Taxes - Where it will go?

Recession did not stop the Indian Government's revenue department to earn.
Direct taxes have exceeded the last year's sum by Rs 26,000 crore but falling short of the projections. Big number isnt it?
In a country like India, where a very less number of people are paying the tax while others are enjoying the money, its very important for a tax payer to know where his money is being utilized.
Unfortunately there transparency factor needs a lot of work to do..

Here is a news from The Telegraph

New Delhi, May 21: Direct tax collections for 2008-09 have missed the target of Rs 3,45,000-crore by Rs 6,000 crore because the economic slowdown has hit the earnings of companies.

The government had lowered its target of direct tax collection to Rs 3,45,000 crore from Rs 3,64,000 crore to factor in the effects of the recession and the tax waivers offered to industry.

A finance ministry statement, however, maintained that the direct tax mop-up exceeded the previous year’s collection by about Rs 26,000 crore.

Analysts said the decline in collections would put pressure on the government to increase its revenue to meet a ballooning fiscal deficit. This may be a difficult task as the slowdown is expected to continue for some time.

Gold Prices fell sharply after stocks boost!

Good news for those who are looking to buy gold in India( and well its good news in the stock market too after the clear mandate of 2009 Loksabha Elections in favour of Congress led UPA).

Here is a news from Reuters about the deline import demand of Gold :

MUMBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - India's gold imports fell by 83 percent in the first quarter as higher prices and 'deteriorating' domestic economic conditions dented consumer demand, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Wednesday.

"Jewellery demand is unlikely to return to more positive territory in current market conditions," said Aram Shishmanian, CEO of World Gold Council in a statement.

India's gold imports in January-March period stood at 17.7 tonnes. Gold prices in India, the world's top consumer, in the January-March quarter rose by 11 percent, after having struck a record high of 16,040 rupees per 10 grams on Feb. 20, as concerns about global economic recession spurred safe haven purchases.

The gold contract in the continuation chart MAUc1 traded 0.29 percent lower at 14,279 rupees per 10 grams at 2:00 p.m..

A new internet campaign aims to maternal mortality

Something is being done in the right way with the use of technology.
A different approach which will help increase social awareness and also the way Women's health need attention in India.

This is a new internet campaign aims to maternal mortality

Here is the news -

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Every seven minutes, one woman in India dies because of complications during childbirth or pregnancy. In order to address this problem, an NGO here will launch the Million Mums web campaign on the National Safe Motherhood Day April 11.

Trying to bring to the forefront the tragic reality of a woman facing risk to her life during a natural process such as childbirth, the White Ribbon Alliance India's (WRAI) main aim in launching this web campaign is to spread awareness about healthcare for mothers-to-be and speak out against needless maternal mortality.

Aparajita Gogoi, country head of WRAI, said: 'In very simple words what the Million Mums campaign wants to achieve is to bring together a million mothers, or more, and raise a million pounds, at least, in order to mobilise this campaign to bring down maternal mortality'.

Source : Yahoo News

Top searches in India : Google latest data

See what people in India are searching online in last 30 days-

Here are a list of keywords / words / phrases from Google

Top searches

1. india 100
2. download 85
3. songs 30
4. google 30
5. yahoo 25
6. video 20
7. videos 15
8. movies 15
9. gmail 15
10. games 15


Rising searches

1. oscars +650%
2. oscar +400%
3. nabard +400%
4. dev d +350%
5. vtu +250%
6. syndicate bank +250%
7. uptu +120%
8. live cricket score +100%
9. billu barber +100%
10. live cricket +90%

So are you searching similar things too ?

Indian Prime minister : Dr. Manmonhan Singh : Hospitalized

Dr. Manmonhan Singh, the 76 year old Economist of India is now hospitalized after complaints of fatigue and chest pain, a busy schedule can also be a reason despite the age factor.

PMO confirmed, a coronary artery bypass graft surgery is to be performed by a team of 6/8 expert surgeons in Delhi comprising of doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the Asian Heart Institute (AHI) Mumbai.

Indian Prime minister previously had bypass surgery in 1990 and an angioplasty in 2004.

After an estimated 6 hours of marathon heart operation basically to free the blocked arteries on saturday, it will take him approximate four weeks of rest and recovery time after this critical operation.

For the mean time the decisions are to be taken by a senior leadership and mainly by Pranab Mukherjee as the senior-most leader holding the portfolio of external affairs minister. Pranab will also take care of the Finance ministry.

While Mr. Mukherjee is not been given an official title of PM, the republic day celebrations will be presided by Vice President Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari and President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil.

The Congress leadership is also worried about the forthcoming general election which is due by May and the candidate to be promoted as the next prime ministerial candidate.

The country wishes and prays for the honest man, get well soon Sir!

More info about political news and tricks at polltricks

Blogs collection - List of blogs for reference

Checkout my new blogs, each and everyone is carefully designed as per the subject and theme.

Blog Theme : Chess
http://chessglobal.blogspot.com
Chess Information : India - World - FIDE - Matches

Blog Theme : Cricket
http://fundoocricket.blogspot.com/
Cricket - Test Matches One Day Internationals 2020

Blog Theme : Jobs
http://jobnewsindia.blogspot.com
Jobs, Job news, Vacancies, Employment, Indian jobs

Blog Theme : Arts
http://lovesketching.blogspot.com/
Sketching Drawing Painting Artists News Events Exhibitions India Abroad

Blog Theme : Whatever comes to mind
http://myfavpost.blogspot.com
Latest India News Stories Culture Business Jobs Technology Sports and You

Blog Theme : SEO SEM resource
http://rankingsense.blogspot.com
Learn - SEO India Search Marketing SEM Tips & Technologies

Blog Theme : Movies Entertainment
http://vote4movie.blogspot.com/
Movies Bollywood Hollywood Indian Western Reviews

Blog Theme : Politics Elections
http://polltricks.blogspot.com/
Politics Democracy Social Justice Government India

Jobcuts and competition : Humor style

The tragedy of losing jobs in India and around the world has taken a poetic turn.
Just now got a forwarded email by a friend as how bad the job search situation is in India.

This is a hindi poem, and somehow depicting the tragic no-employment situation in a comic manner:

Doobte hue aadmi ne
Pull par chalte hue aadmi ko
Aawaz lagayi "bachao bachao"
Pull par chalte aadmi ne neeche
Rassi fenki aur kaha aaoo...

Nadi mein dobta hua aadmi
Rassi nahi pakad pa raha tha
Rah rah kar chillaa raha tha
Mein marna nahi chahta
Zindagi badi mehengi hai
Kal hi to meri ek MNC mein naukri lagi hai..

Itna sunte hi pul par chalte
Aadmi ne apni rassi kheench li
Aur bhagte bhagte wo MNC gaya
Usne wahan ke HR ko bataya ki
Abhi abhi ek aadmi doobkar mar gaya hai
Aur is tarah aapki company mein
Ek jagah khali kar gaya hai...

Mein berozgaar hoon muje le lo..
HR boli dost tumne der kar di,
ab se kuch der Pehle humne us aadmi ko lagaya hai
Jo usse dhakka de kar tumse pehle yahan aaya hai !!!

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World bank to ban 3 Indian companies soon

The world bank is again firing a salvo at the Indian IT industry's top companies.
As per the latest report from yahoo, the premier global bank will be publishing a black-list of Indian companies to work for.

IBNLive reports with the names:

Washington: The World Bank said on Sunday it plans to publish the names of all companies it bars from receiving bank contracts, and named three Indian firms.

"There are currently three companies that (have) been debarred along with their affiliates under the Bank group's corporate procurement program," the bank said in a statement.

It said it had barred IT company Satyam Computer Services for eight years and Wipro Technologies for four years for "improper benefits to bank staff".

Previously,
Here is the complete story :

The World Bank on Sunday said it plans to publish in the future the names of all companies it bans from doing work with the poverty-fighting institution, and immediately listed three Indian companies.

The Bank said the move aligns its disclosure practices for companies involved in wrongdoing that work on development projects financed by the World Bank and those that provide goods and services directly to the institution.

"This change was made in the interest of fairness and transparency," the Washington-based lender said in a statement.

Until now, the World Bank has only published the names of debarred companies involved in Bank-financed projects, but has not listed blacklisted firms that receive direct contracts from the institution under its corporate procurement program.

"There are currently three companies that have been debarred along with their affiliates under the Bank Group's corporate procurement program," the Bank said.

Hope for the best as recession is taking its toll in India, followed by terrorist attacks and the latest Satyam CEO fraud.

Satyam's Ramalinga Raju resigns, fraud detected

Satyam is a leading global business and information technology company, delivering consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing solutions to clients in over 20 industries.

was an unconfirmed news that ADAG, Mahindra BT, L&T Infotech may team up with PEs for Satyam stake.

Now the CEO of Satyam has resigned,

Recent update:

Satyam related news:
The stock just crashed from 180 to 30 approximately.

Here is a screenshot from rediff business

According to yahoo news report,

Satyam Computers Founder and Chairman Ramalinga Raju has resigned from the Board. Raju has put in his papers and is waiting for the Board's decision.

Satyam has been in news lately because of the Maytas deal. The resignation comes with shocking revelations from the Raju himself.

Confessing to fraud, Raju has written a letter to the board giving details of how the balance sheet has inflated cash balances of Rs 5040 crore and accrued interest of Rs 376 crore is non-existent. Rs 1230 crore was arranged to Satyam and is not reflected in the books.

"I am now prepared to subject myself to the laws of the land and face consequences thereof", the letter said.

Raju has suggested Ram Maynampati as the interim CEO

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) says that the letter has important implications for the markets and investigation is required to find out who else is involved in this fraud.

read the full news here

Some Quick facts about Satyam:

Established on: June 24, 1987

Global Headquarters: Hyderabad, India

Services Offered:

Application Services, BI & PM, Business Process Outsourcing, Business Value Enhancement, Consulting and Enterprise Solutions, Infrastructure Management Services, Integrated Engineering Solutions, MES and LIMS, Oracle Solutions, Product and Application Testing, Product Lifecycle Management(PLM), SAP Solutions, Six Sigma Consulting, Supplier Relationship Management, and Supply Chain Management.

Development Centers:

Bangalore, Basingstoke, Beijing, Bhubaneswar, Budapest, California, Chennai, Chicago, Dalian, Georgia, Guangzhou, Gurgaon, Hartford, Hyderabad, Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne, Mumbai, Munich, Mississauga, New Jersey, Ontario, Pune, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Wiesbaden.

Subsidiaries:

* Satyam BPO
* Citisoft
* CA Satyam
* STI
* China
* Bridge Consultancy

Joint Ventures:
# Satyam Venture Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

Financial Summary:

Consolidated Indian GAAP Highlights for FY 2008:
# Revenue: Rs. 8,473.49 crore; a growth of 30.7% over fiscal 2007
# Net Profit after Tax: Rs. 1,687.89 crore; a growth of 20.2 % over fiscal 2007

Employee strength:
# 52,865* (Including employees in subsidiaries and joint ventures)

* Figures as of September 30, 2008

Indian Real Estate News : Check before you buy!!

Looking to buy a property ( flat / home) from any builder in recent time?
As the real-estate market is full with offers showing the downfall in the bookings, here is one article from moneycontrol which shows consumers looking for house buying option must be careful, there are some un-real things in real-estate buy:

From freebies, things have now moved to price cuts, which are now seen in the home property market
. Developers are offering a 10% price cut for a few days. The catchphrase, though, is that the price cuts are mainly only for ‘to be developed’ properties and cuts for developed structures are few. Several builders have announced good bookings through these cuts.

One more thing that needs to be watched out is: the Maharashtra Housing
Policy states that sales purchase transactions should be in terms of carpet area — the policy was implemented in mid 2007. However, all flats sold by builders are done on super built-up areas. The carpet area is about 60-65% of the super built-up area. This makes flats 60% expensive than what is offered and the per-square-foot rate on carpet area is 60% expensive that what is advertised — you will be paying about Rs 4,600 per square foot (psf) instead of Rs 3,000 psf.

read the full report here

Those who dont know the terms about real-estate here are some of them:

Acquisition and Development Loan

A loan for the purchase and preparation of raw land for development. Usually a construction loan or land sale is the source of repayment.

Amenities

Parks, swimming pools, health-club facilities, party rooms, bike paths, community centers and other enticements offered by builders of planned developments.

Agreement of Sale

A document the buyer initiates and the seller approves that details the price and terms of the transaction.

Broker
A broker is anyone who acts as an agent, bringing two parties together for any type of transaction and earns a fee for doing so.

Construction Loan
Also called Building Loan. A short-term, interim loan (only paid to registered builders) for financing the cost of construction. The lender makes payments to the builder at periodic intervals as work progresses.

Get more of real estate glossary here