Nokia is the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile telephones. Its total market share is around 38% . It is a Finland based company with its branches in more than 100 countries. Nokia produces GSM, CDMA, and W-CDMA (UMTS) mobile devices. It also offers Internet services for its mobile users, which include music, maps, media, messaging and games. Nokia is also the fifth most valuable global brand in the Interbrand/BusinessWeek Best Global Brands list of 2008. It is ranked 85 in terms of revenue in fortune 500 companies. Even I am also using Nokia cell phones from last 6 years. Today I have compiled 10 things that you should know about Nokia. So here comes the list.

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This Diwali Chetan Bhagat is coming up with his fourth novel “2 States : The Story of My Marriage”. It is expected to be released by end of October 2009. Its story is inspired from a real story of Chetan Bhagat and his wife Anusha who are from Delhi and Tamil nadu respectively. It is a love story about a Punjabi boy and a Tamilian girl. Krish and Ananya are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Their parents don’t agree and the couple have a tough battle to get married with the consent of their parents. This is the first book of Chetan Bhagat which draws a lot of inspiration from my his life and also he has written this novel after quitting his high paying job at a financial investment bank.

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Reading comics is one of the most popular activites amongst small children and teenegers in India. I also spent my childhood, reading comics of Chacha Chaudhary, Nagraj, Super Commando Dhurv, Biloo, Pinki etc. I liked them very much. Now a days, I am feeling that these comics are slowly disappearing from book shops and railway book stalls. Now most of the comics publishers are more interested in spreading their business on internet as the children of current generation have become addicted to computers and internet. Most of the kids spend their free time in front of the computer and video games and hence they do not get chance to read comics and other story books.  

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This week, an Indian woman Anita Kelkar, confessed extramarital affairs in Sach Ka Samna. Sach Ka Samna is the Indian version of the popular American reality show The Moment of Truth. Television and film actor Rajeev Khandelwal is the host of the show. In the show, she faced some bitter truths of her life. She is a house wife married to DJ Kuldeep. She used to work on a cruise liner. During the show, she was accompanied by his husband Kuldeep (bobby), mother Pamela, aunt Jyoti and brother Hanif. She was asked “Have you ever had an affair with a married man?” She answered Yes. She was also asked Have you ever invited your ex-boyfriend home while your husband was out of town? She said Yes again. After answering this question, she crossed Level 5 and won Rs 5,00,000. When she was asked “Are you still having a physical relationship with your ex-boyfriend?”

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Today Internet has turned 40. Forty years ago, a computer engineer called Len Kleinrock and his team gave birth to internet. On September 2, 1969, two computers send out some test data at Kleinrock’s lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. This is how internet came into picture. The Internet is actually the system of interconnected computers. This system uses TCP/IP protocol for data representation, signaling, authentication, and error detection. Millions of computers are linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections etc. The Internet carries vast pool of information through inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW). During late 60s, United States defense founded the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (also known as ARPANET) to support research and development on computer networks.

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Now the CBSE Board exams for 10th students have been made optional from the academic year 2010-11. Also, a new system of evaluation is introduced which is known as Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). In CCE we will have two parts. 1. Formative Assessment, 2. Summative Assessment. Formative assessment will evaluate and grade the class work, home work, other assignments and projects. There will be 2 formative assessment each in the first and second terms. Each assessment will consist of 10 marks. Summative Assessment will be based on the end-term examinations. There will be one end-term examination for each term. The first end-term examination will consist of 20 marks whereas the second term examination will carry 40 marks.

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Now you can book your household LPG cylinder by sending a SMS, thanks to the new service launched by Petroleum Minister Murli Deora. At present this service is available in Delhi but is likely to be extended to other metropolitan cities, state capitals and second-tier cities and towns. All cities having population of more than 5 lakh will be covered by the service. So what exactly is the new service? Let me explain. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) consumers will now enjoy the new service. They have to do a one-time registration of their mobile phone number by text messaging their local LPG distributor number and consumer number to 54625 and 52725, respectively.

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Marie Antoinette was the queen of France. Her husband was Louis XVI, who was the ruler of France during the French Revolution of 1789. During the Reign of Terror, at the height of the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette’s husband was deposed and the royal family was imprisoned. Marie Antoinette was tried, convicted of treason and executed by guillotine on 16 October 1793, nine months after her husband. Once upon a time, she was riding around in her coach, She saw unhappy faces of French people during the journey. She asked someone why those people were unhappy? She was told that they didn’t have bread,”. Actually that was the period of failed harvest of 1789 which made bread prices sky rocking. But the Queen, Marie Antoinette replied simply: “If they have no bread, let them eat cake.” This is regarded as the one of the funniest quotes by any Queen in the world history.

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Lata Mangeshkar has sung almost all types of songs which include popular and light classical music, ghazals, bhajans, hindustani or karnatic music and pop. She is the supreme voice of popular Indian music, an Indian institution. She is a living legend. Many of her songs are considered timeless and undatable. It is very difficult to list all the songs sung by India’s nightingale Lata Mangeshkar. However, I have tried to collect some of the famous hindi songs sung by her. Please help me to update the list. If you know any of the Lata’s song which is not listed here, please post the song name in the comment form, I will add the song in the list. You can also Listen to these Lata Mangeshkar Songs on abhisays’ music edition.

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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was the 11th President of India, from 2002 to 2007. Before holding this position he was an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. Due to his great contributions in the field of missile and aerospace technologies, he is popularly known as the Missile Man of India. He played major role in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. He is also the author of the some of the best-sellers like Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India and India 2020. He always talks about his vision of transforming India into a developed nation by 2020. He also supports India’s nuclear weapons and missiles program.

In the 3,000-year history of India, barring 600 years, the country has been ruled by others. If you need development, the country should witness peace and peace is ensured by strength. Missiles were developed to strengthen the country.

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