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See the Eye of God

February 28th, 2009 at 2:53 am » Comments (0)

Have you seen the Eye of God? No, no I am not joking. God’s eye is staring everyone. Actually, the image of Helix Nebula which is taken with a giant telescope at the European Southern Observatory, looks like Eye of God. This amazing object is a shell of gas and dust that has been blown [...]



54th Idea Filmfare Awards Nominations

February 27th, 2009 at 4:10 pm » Comments (1)

So the Filmfare nominations are finally out. However, due to historical performance of Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars, it is not getting much attention. By the way, I have compiled the list of Filmfare nominations in major categories like Best film, director, actor, actress etc. The Filmfare Awards is the oldest and most prestigious award [...]



Who is hiring in this economic recession?

February 27th, 2009 at 3:13 pm » Comments (1)

Last week, Indian Government announced that around 500,000 Indians have lost their jobs and almost 25,000 have returned home after losing their jobs in US companies. Now job-seekers are in search of companies which are still hiring in this period of economic recession. Don’t you think it is silly question. Layoff announcements are piling up [...]



3945 Junior Telecom Officers vacancies in BSNL

February 23rd, 2009 at 6:26 pm » Comments (8)

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is going to recruit about 3945 Junior Telecom Officers (JTOs) through a competitive examination to be held on 21st June 2009 (Sunday) on the basis of All India written examination. The Test Question Paper will be fully objective type with multiple options as answers to each question. The standard of [...]



Slumdog Millionaire wins eight Academy Awards

February 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm » Comments (0)

“Slumdog Millionaire” has won eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, this Sunday night at the 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony. Moreover, Smile Pinki, a documentary based in India, beat out The Final Inch, another documentary based in India, to win Best Documentary Short Subject. It’s was really an incredible night for India. The [...]



Government Jobs, back in action

February 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 am » Comments (4)

Today I appeared in written test for NIC (National Informatics Center) for the post of Scientific officer. National Informatics Centre (NIC) of the Department of Information Technology is providing network backbone and e-Governance support to Central Government, State Governments, UT Administrations, Districts and other Government bodies. Some of my regular readers would be surprised to [...]



Is Freida Pinto married?

February 20th, 2009 at 3:10 am » Comments (1)

So the latest reports say that Freida Pinto is married. This Slumdog Millionaire star has a secret husband whose name is Rohan Antao. However reports also claimed that after the great success of Slumdog Millionaire, she had separated from her fiance. Actually, the couple married in Goa in December 2007 and Pinto kept the wedding [...]



Highlights of Indian Interim Budget 2009-10

February 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pm » Comments (1)

Today acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the interim Budget for 2009-10 in Lok Sabha. During the presentation he claimed that every effort has been made to fulfill promises made to the common man. However, the finance minister disappointed the common man by not announcing any relief in taxes or change in the existing tax [...]



Six sixes in one over

February 15th, 2009 at 4:27 pm » Comments (0)

Hitting 6 consecutive sixes is a rare incident in World cricket. Till now, four cricketers have got this achievement. Last year, Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes in Stuart’s over in 20-20 world cup. Other 3 are Gary Sobers, Ravi Shastri and Herschelle Gibbs. However, Sobers and Shastri did this herculean taks in first class cricket, [...]



Aravind Adiga, winner of Booker Prize 2008

February 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm » Comments (0)

Do you know who is Aravind Adiga? Let me tell you. He is the author of “The White Tiger”. This is his debut novel for which he got the 2008 Booker Prize. He is the fifth Indian-born author to win the prize, after Salman Rushdie, V. S. Naipaul, Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. The novel [...]



Prime Ministerial Candidates for Indian general election 2009

February 15th, 2009 at 2:07 pm » Comments (4)

On January 28th, 2009, Election Commissioner Dr. S.Y. Quraishi announced that the elections would be held between April 8th, 2009 and May 15th, 2009, though the exact polling dates would only be announced in due course. So the fever of Indian elections is on the way. Let’s be prepared for the fever. Since independence, elections [...]



What is economic recession?

February 13th, 2009 at 3:02 am » Comments (1)

These days everybody is talking about some recession. However most of them don’t know much about it. Just they know that the world economy is suffering from recession. Today I will discuss what exactly is economic recession. If you refer any economics book, there you will see that the word ‘recession’ means reduction of a [...]



Dev D :: Emotional Atyachar music video

February 11th, 2009 at 2:26 am » Comments (0)

After Ghajini and Raaz, Dev D is rocking the Indian Box Office. The movie earned around Rs.95 million at the opening weekend. ‘Dev D’ is all set to be the second big hit of 2009 after ‘Raaz – The Mystery Continues’. It released on February 6. It has been written and directed by Anurag Kashyap [...]



Is it right to call Raju a fraud?

February 9th, 2009 at 5:59 pm » Comments (3)

Do you think Ramalinga Raju, the ex-chairman of Satyam computer services, is a fraud? Read this article written by an anonymous Satyam employee. I think it may change your opinion.
At a time when almost 90 per cent of my Satyam friends are cribbing about the fraud and betrayal by (former Satyam chairman) B Ramalinga Raju, [...]



Mukesh Ambani is third richest CEO

February 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm » Comments (0)

Despite 62 % drop in RIL share prices, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is still the third-richest chief executive in the world. His stake in the petrochemical firm is around $16.8 billion. Recently Forbes magazine has published the list of top 10 wealthiest CEOs. Steel tycoon and chairman of Mittal steel, Lakshmi Mittal, Anil Ambani [...]