tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87232139299569714752024-02-18T23:31:52.089-08:00India UpdatesThe Digital MagazineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-5196669810017891512013-05-30T05:48:00.005-07:002013-05-30T05:48:42.810-07:00French man with Middle East coronavirus MERS dies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Paris: A French man infected with a deadly new SARS-like coronavirus linked to the Middle East, MERS, died Tuesday of the disease, according to health officials.</div>
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The disease has killed half the people known to be infected and alarmed global health officials.</div>
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The novel coronavirus is a respiratory disease related to SARS, which killed some 800 people in a global epidemic in 2003, mostly in Asia. Dr. Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization, singled out the illness in a speech on Monday in Geneva.</div>
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"We understand too little about this virus when viewed against the magnitude of its potential threat," Chan said at the annual WHO meeting. "We do not know where the virus hides in nature. We do not know how people are getting infected. Until we answer these questions, we are empty-handed when it comes to prevention. These are alarm bells. And we must respond."</div>
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The 65-year-old Frenchman, whose illness was identified May 8 after he returned from a visit to the United Arab Emirates, died Tuesday. His hospital roommate also tested positive for the illness.</div>
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WHO said in an earlier May 23 update that 22 of 44 confirmed cases of the disease have ended in death.</div>
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Cases have been confirmed in Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). France, Germany, Tunisia and the U.K. also reported laboratory-confirmed cases, but they were either transferred for care or returned from Middle East and subsequently got sick. At this time, the WHO has not recommended travel or trade restrictions.<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57573350/cdc-wants-u.s-docs-to-look-out-for-mysterious-coronavirus-from-middle-east/" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></a></div>
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U.S. doctors have also been asked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep an eye out for the new virus in patients who had traveled to the Middle East.</div>
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French authorities started handing out leaflets at airports to travelers to the Middle East earlier this month, advising them to wash their hands frequently and reduce contact with animals, the Wall Street Journal reported.</div>
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The disease resembles a bat virus, but experts noted other animals like camels or goats may have a role in the diseases' spread.</div>
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Last Monday after the WHO's 66th World Health Assembly kicked off, Chan criticized scientific red tape from a dispute over which lab owns the virus as stalling investigation into the new disease.</div>
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"Please, I'm very strong on this point, and I want you to excuse me," she said last week. "Tell your scientists in your country, because you're the boss. You're the national authority. Why would your scientists send specimens out to other laboratories on a bilateral manner and allow other people to take intellectual property rights on a new disease?"</div>
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For more info: <a href="http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/en/" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/en/</a></div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus</a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">When Mughal emperor Shah Jahan lost his beloved wife Mumtaz in 1631, he built the Taj Mahal, the white marble mausoleum regarded by many as the world's greatest monument to love and grief.</span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #282828;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"><img alt="The grieving postmaster building a replica Taj Mahal to mourn his wife " height="387" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02555/taj-mahal_2555286b.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block;" width="620" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #282828;"><span class="caption" style="color: #404040; line-height: 1.38em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px;">Faizul Hasan Kadari built the Taj Mahal replica for his wife Begum Tajmulli who died in 2011</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #282828;"> </span><br /><br />So when 77-year-old retired postmaster Faizul Hasan Kadari's wife died in December 2011, he knew exactly what he had to do: build his own Taj Mahal for the wife he loved no less than the great Mughal loved his.</span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Dubai: About 18,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia, who had applied for emergency exit papers amid concerns about possible job losses after a new labour law, have got their travel documents processed.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">An estimated 18,000 Indian workers, out of about 60,000 applicants, have had their emergency travel documents processed, an Indian Embassy official was quoted as saying by the Arab News.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Sibi George, deputy chief of the mission, was responding to figures released in the Indian Parliament on Wednesday by Overseas Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">“Actually this number of 18,000 represents those whose cases have been processed by the Indian diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia,” George said.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">George said over 60,000 Indian workers are seeking emergency travel documents. He added that many workers from other countries are also seeking emergency travel documents.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Sharif Alam, an Indian community leader, said, “Indian workers have been approaching the embassy and the Jeddah-based consulate on a daily basis for travel documents.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">He said centers across the Kingdom are helping workers submit their applications.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">A delegation led by Ravi visited the Kingdom two weeks ago to raise concerns about the country's Nitaqat programme.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">During the talks, both sides had agreed to set up a joint working group to address “all immediate problems” facing the Indian community, including issues related to overstaying workers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The 'Nitaqat' law makes it mandatory for local companies to hire one Saudi national for every 10 migrant workers. There has been widespread perception that the new policy will lead to denial of job opportunities for a large number of Indians working there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Over two million Indians are currently working in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government was implementing the Nitaqat law to cut unemployment in the country.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">More than 200,000 foreigners have been deported from the country over the past few months as part of labour market reforms aimed at putting more Saudi nationals into private sector jobs, where they now make up only a tenth of the workforce.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The opinion poll results forecasting the return of the Congress to power in Karnataka could have won only a temporary reprieve for Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. Sources in the CBI said that it was a matter of time before the minister was confronted with evidences in the matter.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla and Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar were arrested on Friday in what could be termed as ‘note-for-post’ scam. The member, now under suspension, is alleged to have handed over Rs 90 lakh as part of the Rs 10 crore deal with the minister’s nephew to secure a seat on the Railway Board. Mahesh Kumar was appointed to the post on 2 May. Kumar was eyeing the post of Member (Electrical) in the board.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Incidentally, the CBI’s director himself is embroiled in a case of alleged official misdemeanour in the probe relating to the coal gate scam. The matter is coming up before the apex court on Monday.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">‘The CBI’s investigating officers has call records of over three months which was collected after tracking over 1000 telephone calls and the evidence is not a problem. In fact, the entire operation conducted by the CBI ensured that the accused are caught red-handed,’ CBI sources stated, adding that, ‘The money has exchanged hands in the railway ministry for postings, transfers and appointments and in connection with big contracts.’</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The lid was blown as the CBI raided the office of one Sandeep Goyal in a Chandigarh mall where an initial payment of Rs. 90 lakh was being made to Vijay Singla. A Bangalore-based businessman Narayan Rao Manjunath was also apprehended and the agency suspects that the entire amount was arranged by him. The deal was locked at Rs 10 crores.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Other than the four main players, Mahesh Kumar, Vijay Singla, Sandeep Goyal and Manjunath, the CBI has also arrested the two courier boys, Dharmendra Kumar and Vivek Kumar.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Meanwhile, BJP leader Satya Pal Jain on Sunday demanded that the CBI should interrogate Bansal who has said he has no business links with his arrested nephew.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-63347648710436931962013-05-02T05:48:00.001-07:002013-05-02T05:48:29.131-07:00Chinese provocation: Is India prepared?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Chinese intrusion into Depsang Bulge in East Ladakh, approximately 19 km inside our perception of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on April 15, has raised temperatures both militarily and politically on either side. A series of border personnel meetings between the militaries of the two sides have not been able to resolve the issue so far and the standoff continues till date. It would not be incorrect to presume that this latest provocation from the Chinese side has been undertaken with the tacit approval of the highest levels in the Chinese hierarchy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fifty years have elapsed since the Chinese aggression took place in 1962. A number of articles have appeared in the media covering that period as well as the events preceding it. While there are many reasons for the Indian Army's debacle, and these have been discussed threadbare in the past 50 years, there is no doubt about the valour, courage and heroism of the Indian soldier even in the most adverse circumstances which obtained then. Given the right training, equipment and battlefield support, he is better than the best in the world. With that as the takeaway, we need to ensure that such a setback is never ever repeated.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The infrastructure on our side of the Line of Actual Control between China and India is yet to be developed fully, despite our best efforts so far.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For a realistic assessment, first and foremost, there is need for clarity on some basic issues. Many an analyst has discounted the very possibility of a future Sino-Indian conflict on the grounds that both countries stand to gain from a cooperative engagement, that trade between the two countries is increasing exponentially over time, that there is enough space for both to grow simultaneously and that both are speaking in the same voice at global forums on issues like global warming, climate change, global economy, trade barriers, etc.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is further suggested that China already being at the global level, has more important issues like Taiwan, South China Sea and finally Pacific Ocean dominance to worry about in consonance with its stature; therefore, it would not like to get involved in a border skirmish with India.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While it is good to be optimistic, we should not veer too far away from pragmatism and reality, especially where issues of national security are concerned. The possibility of a standoff like the present one on the LAC flaring up into a bigger confrontation can never be ruled out.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There is no getting away from the fact that China has assiduously tried to create an impression that India does not figure in its scheme of things and that India's rise and growth over the past decade has little significance and in no way threatens China.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In an analysis carried out by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in January 2013 titled "Crux of Asia: China, India and the Emerging Global Order", Ashley J Tellis and Sean Mirski highlight that "Differences in the Chinese and Indian positions sometimes arise from the two countries' competing visions but more often from their underlying geopolitical rivalry, which appears to be sufficiently deep-rooted so as to prevent the two states from realising any natural accommodation. To be sure, both sides bend over backward to conceal their differences in public, and both have often struggled to reach some accommodation that might permit occasional practical cooperation. But the differences in national power and performance between the two countries, the seeming disdain with which China treats India, and the deep fears that India harbors about China's policies and intentions lead to a never-ending contest for securing strategic advantages."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While cooperation and healthy competition are welcome and desirable, the seeds of confrontation are inherent between the two nations engaged in competition, at both the regional and global level.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Considering the fact that India is one of the few countries with which China has not resolved its long-standing boundary issue and that it has had a prolonged mutually beneficial ongoing relationship with Pakistan, the possibility of a confrontation between the two can never be ruled out.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From a national security perspective, it would, therefore, be prudent to be prepared for a threat to our territorial integrity. The last thing that India would want is a repeat of 1962!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A second issue that needs clarity is whether we expect to be subjected to an all-out, full-fledged war or a limited border war. Development of massive infrastructure in Tibet, modernisation of the PLA Army, Navy and Air Force, growth of Second Artillery and a fourfold increase in Chinese defence budget since 2000 gives it the option of indulging in an all-out war. However, given the regional and global realities, Chinese consciousness of its image as an emerging global power and the likely Chinese rationale of going to war over the boundary issue, the possibility of a limited war appears much stronger.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thirdly, we need to introspect that while we may from time to time upgrade our operational readiness to meet the Chinese challenge, the Chinese continue to remain far ahead and we are invariably struggling to catch up. This is inevitable considering the kind of military spending China is indulging in. For the financial year 2012-13, the official Chinese military budget was $106.4 billion, the second highest in the world. As per Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates, the actual expenditure is likely to be approximately one and a half times this figure.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As opposed to this, the Indian defence budget stood at a meagre $38 billion approximately.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the current financial year, the official Chinese military budget is $115 billion approximately. In the span of last two decades, we have seen the PLA grow from an obsolete force, which was given a bloody nose by the Vietnamese, into a formidable, modernised and well-equipped military backed by an array of force multipliers. In the same period, the Indian military has been strenuously fighting counter insurgency battles in both J&K and the northeast and its equipment profile is nearing obsolescence. The danger is that this gap between the two is likely to keep increasing with passage of time, if past trends are any indication. Some major corrective steps are, therefore, necessary by us before it gets too late.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To begin with, it is crucial that we spend at least three per cent of our GDP on defence. Yearly shortfalls on this account can never be made up by onetime infusion at the time of a crisis.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even during the Kargil conflict, General VP Malik, the then army chief, was constrained to say "we will fight with what we have" in the light of the shortages existing. We need to have a military which is consistently ready to face challenges to the country. National security, to ensure unhindered growth, is crucial.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With the limited resources available, we need to priortise our spending in such a manner that immediate threats are taken care of before we move on to other larger goals. It must also be appreciated that in the ultimate analysis, victory or defeat is measured in terms of real estate gained or lost. Thus, in case of a limited war with China, it is important that the Army and the Air Force who have to fight that war are allocated larger resources to begin with.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The infrastructure on our side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between China and India has yet to be developed fully, despite our best efforts so far. This is likely to prove a handicap in fighting a successful defensive battle. Our own environmental restrictions and prolonged land acquisition procedures need to be fine-tuned to hasten infrastructural development. Sixty-five years after independence, we are still dependent on one single, tenuous road axis in a number of crucial sectors.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Secondly, the Border Roads Organisation, which is the prime agency responsible for creating infrastructure in areas close to the LAC, is neither well-equipped and staffed nor well-organised and funded to deliver the desired results. Its functioning needs to be thoroughly reviewed and adequate funding provided to it to complete important infrastructure projects in a time-bound manner.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The possibility that in case of a conflict with China, Pakistan will not hesitate to fish in troubled waters and start something of its own on our western border also cannot be ruled out. Therefore, India has to be prepared to defend itself on both fronts and must accordingly develop its capabilities.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With a regime change in China having taken place, it would be worth India's while to work for a mutually acceptable settlement of the vexatious boundary issue. A resolution of this crucial issue would reduce the possibility of hostilities between the two countries. Further, it would avoid the threat of a two-front war, improve bilateral relations with China and enhance cooperation between the two countries on regional and global issues.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally, India has been consistent in following an independent foreign policy which suits our interests best. We have consciously stayed away from being part of any alignments. However, in the event of a continuously bellicose and confrontationist Chinese attitude, India should keep its options open for alignments at both the regional and global levels to meet the challenges of a hostile environment. Diplomatic alignments would be an additional hedge against avoiding a repeat of 1962.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">IBNLive conducted an elaborated poll to understand the nature of the current crop of the movie going junta, and tested their knowledge about the actors and artists of yesteryear. The possible contestants of the poll were divided into five categories Greatest Actor, Greatest Actress, Greatest Film, Greatest Director and Greatest Music Composer of all time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From Soumitro Chattopadhyay to Dilip Kumar to Naseeruddin Shah, Indians have witnessed actors that were not only the epitome of method acting but were also the champions of invoking the mass hysteria. There is a famous anecdote that how Dilip Kumar had to seek assistance from shrinks when his inner soul refused to come out of the tragedy king mode. These stories led to some of the fantastic performances but not every actor seems to be remembered in the same breath.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The actors who were in competition for the award of Greatest Actor consisted of Balraaj Sahni, Dilip Kumar, Guru Dutt, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, MG Ramachandran, Shivaji Ganeshan, Uttam Kumar, Dr Rajkumar, Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Soumitro Chattopadhyay, Sanjeev Kumar, Gemini Ganesan, Pankaj Kapoor, Mamootty, NT Rama Rao, Mithun Chakraborty, Utpal Dutt and Chhabi Biswas.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Films and politics go hand in hand in South, and the vote percentage received by Telugu actor and former CM of Andhra Pradesh NT Rama Rao is an example of this. He catured 53% of the total votes as the greatest actor while Kamal Haasan received 44%. Malayalam stalwart Mohanlal and Kannada legend Dr Rajkumar got 1% each, rest people on the list failed to gather even 1% of the total votes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Unlike the actor category, this group had a very stiff competition. The given list included the likes of Waheeda Rehman, Madhubala, Nargis, Sabitri Chatterjee, Meena Kumari, Nutan, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Deepti Naval, Madhuri Dixit, Madhabi Mukherjee, Sharada, B Saroja Devi, Rakhee Gulzar, Kommareddy Savitri, Suraiya, Suchitra Sen, Sridevi, Devika Rani and Aishwarya Rai.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was an interesting list covering different eras and heroines with different USPs, and this confused the voters. Sridevi's return to films with 'English Vinglish' appears to have helped her immensely. Her popularity across different age groups is not questionable; she got 39% of the total votes. Madhuri Dixit and Kommareddy Savitri came second and third respectively with 16% and 12% vote shares.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On a closer look, it gets revealed that K Balachander and Kamal Haasan are benefitted from each other's fan following. Balachander's socially oriented films brought forth many problems that were plaguing the society at that time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Forcing their way through the airport’s perimeter fence, the thieves raced, police lights flashing, to Flight LX789, which had just been loaded with diamonds from a Brink’s armored van from Antwerp, Belgium, and was getting ready for an 8:05 p.m. departure for Zurich.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“There is a gap of only a few minutes” between the loading of valuable cargo and the moment the plane starts to move, said Caroline De Wolf, a spokeswoman for the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, an industry body that promotes the diamond business in Belgium. “The people who did this knew there was going to be this gap and when.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They also knew they had to move swiftly in a secure airport zone swarming with police officers and security guards. Waving guns that the Brussels prosecutors’ office described as “like Kalashnikovs,” they calmly ordered ground staff workers and the pilot, who was outside the plane making a final inspection, to back off and began unloading scores of gem-filled packets from the cargo hold. Without firing a shot, they then sped away into the night with a booty that the Antwerp Diamond Centre said was worth around $50 million but which some Belgian news media reported as worth much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The thieves’ only error: they got away with 120 packets of diamonds but left some gems behind in their rush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“They were very, very professional,” said the Brussels prosecutor Ine Van Wymersch, who said the whole operation lasted barely five minutes. The police, she added, are now examining whether the thieves had inside information. “This is an obvious possibility,” she said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Passengers, already on board the plane awaiting takeoff, had no idea anything was amiss until they were told to debark because their Zurich-bound flight, operated by Helvetic Airways, had been canceled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I am certain this was an inside job,” said Doron Levy, an expert in airport security at a French risk management company, Ofek. The theft, he added, was “incredibly audacious and well organized,” and beyond the means of all but the most experienced and strong-nerved criminals. “In big jobs like this we are often surprised by the level of preparation and information: they know so much they probably know the employees by name.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He said the audacity of the crime recalled in some ways the so-called Pink Panther robberies, a long series of brazen raids on high-end jewelers in Geneva, London and elsewhere attributed to criminal gangs from the Balkans. But he said the military precision of Monday’s diamond robbery and the targeting of an airport suggested a far higher level of organization than the cruder Pink Panther operations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The police have yet to make any arrests related to the airport robbery, said the prosecutor, but have found a burned-out white van that they believe may have been used by the robbers. It was found near the airport late on Monday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scrambling to crack a crime that has delivered an embarrassing blow to the reputation of Brussels Airport and Antwerp’s diamond industry, the Belgian police are now looking into possible links with earlier robberies at the same airport. The airport, which handles nearly daily deliveries of diamonds to and from Antwerp, the world’s leading diamond trading center, has been targeted on three previous occasions since the mid-1990s by thieves using similar methods to seize gems and other valuables. Most of the culprits in those robberies have been caught.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jan Van Der Cruysse, a spokesman for the airport, insisted that security was entirely up to international standards, but “what we face is organized crime with methods and means not addressed in aviation security measures as we know them today.” Precautions intended to combat would-be bombers and other threats, he added, could not prevent commando-style raids by heavily armed criminals. “This involves much more than an aviation security problem.”</span></div>
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The robbery also signaled how vulnerable sprawling airport complexes can still be despite a steady tightening of security measures since the attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. Most of these have been aimed at screening passengers inside the terminal buildings, not at securing the tarmac outside.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The robbery has also rattled Antwerp’s diamond industry at a time when the city, a diamond trading and cutting hub for centuries, is struggling to fend off a challenge from low-wage diamond cutters in India and elsewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“The fact that this happened is a big problem for us. We have our No. 1 position to defend. Security is obviously very important,” said Ms. De Wolf of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre. “We are shocked by the fact this could ever happen. We are all wondering, ‘How is this possible?’ ”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Diamonds traded in Antwerp last year, she said, had a total value of $51.9 billion, accounting for 80 percent of the world’s rough diamond trade and 50 percent of trade in polished gems. Ms. De Wolf said Monday’s robbery was the biggest she could recall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Helvetic Airways, an independent Swiss airline that operated the plane hit by the robbery, said security for valuable cargo is normally the responsibility of the airport and the security company hired to transport valuable cargo to the plane. The airline’s spokesman in Zurich declined to comment further.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS): Superstar Shah Rukh Khan bares it all on what it means to be a Muslim in the Post-9/11 world and how he became an "inadvertent object of political leaders" in first person account for Outlook Turning Points magazine, published in association with The New York Times newspaper. He also features on the cover of the publication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Titled "Being a Khan", the write-up appears in the current issue of the magazine and the 47-year-old actor, one of the few Indian actors with international recognition, writes: "I sometimes become the inadvertent object of political leaders who choose to make me a symbol of all that they think is wrong and unpatriotic about Muslims in India."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"There have been occasions when I have been accused of bearing allegiance to our neighbouring nation rather than my own country - this even though I am an Indian, whose father fought for the freedom of India. Rallies have been held where leaders have exhorted me to leave and return what they refer to my original homeland," added the superstar of Hindi cinema.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I gave my son and daughter names that could pass for generic (pan-India and pan-religious) ones - Aryan and Suhana. The Khan has been bequeathed by me so they can't really escape it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I pronounce it with my epiglottis when asked by Muslims and throw the Aryan as evidence of their race when non-Muslims enquire. I imagine this will prevent my offspring from receiving unwarranted eviction orders or random fatwas in the future," he wrote.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He said he became so sick of being mistaken for some crazed terrorist, "who co-incidentally carries the same name as mine that I made a film subtly titled 'My Name Is Khan' (and I am not a terrorist) to prove a point."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Set in the post 9/11 US, "My Name Is Khan" focuses on religious and national identitaies through Rizwan (SRK), who has Asperger's Syndrome, and how his Khan identity becomes all important in a suspicious America.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Ironically, I was interrogated at the airport for hours about my last name when I was going to promote the film in America for the first time," said SRK.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-64138027107560224232013-01-22T09:44:00.002-08:002013-01-22T09:44:27.226-08:00Muzhappilangad: drive-in spot<span class="BodyText" style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is only one drive-in beach in Kerala. That credit goes to Muzhappilangad, Kannur. A dream beach, one kilometer away from N.H.17 towards west between Thalasseri and Kannur - as if Muzhappilagad Panchayath has been adorned with an anklet by the Arabian Sea.<br /><br />Beach is seven kilometer long and about 100 meter wide. During the low tide when the sea recedes, the width will increase to more than 200 meters. Since the shore is curved like a semicircle, from one end, the other end of the beach can be seen. Giving a green border to the beach pine trees stand majestically along the shore. Beyond the pine trees under the shadows of the palm grove, foreign tourists sipping sweet toddy. Waves that slowly hug the shore seems to be having the modesty of a shy girl. In the eastern sea the Dharmadam islet is full of palm trees and creepers. Of course the surf filled Muzhappilangad beach is a beauty. More than a drive-in beach, Muzhappilangad seashore is a good place for unloading your tensions.<br /><br /><b>A Little Journey<br /></b></span><img align="left" border="0px" hspace="10;" src="http://images.mathrubhumi.com/english_images/2013/Jan/18/00201_186861.jpg" vspace="10;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To reach Muzhappilangad you have to travel 65 Kilometers from Thaliparamba. Covering this distance in a goods auto to reach Muzhappilangad on Sundays is a cheap affair. The auto driver Sayid of KL 13-N-1743 'Barakkath', has only one thing to say. The happiness of driving in the beach, it is a different experience. To share the happiness of beach driving, his friends Ubaid and Shafiq come regularly here along with Sayid.<br /><br />When the trendy vehicles like Santro, Tavera, Sumo, Innova and the roaring country Jeeps make the evenings at Muzhappilangad beach thrilling, Sayid drives his auto here and there like a buzzing beetle among them. Muzhipilangad beach- where there is no distinction of status.<br /><br />Sundays. The day that everybody come to Muzhappilangad. Air hostess student Sariga, 1 st year B.A. Psychology student Neetulal, 9th standard student Nikhila- all of them have come here to taste the excitement of Muzhappilangad beach. The P.G. students of Kannur University Campus, Biju, Devesh and Binith also have come here to know about the drive-in beach. Chatting with the sweet waves that comes to the shore, splashing water, and making their footprints on the white sand, they communicated with the beach. A short rest at the Beach Pavilion, which is the beach guesthouse. The tourists at the guest house are received with tender coconuts. They are given tender coconut as welcome drink. That too cut in front of them. That is the routine of the beach.<br /><br />The foot tickling waves invited them for a journey. But, who will take them? Shaji the Beach Pavilion manager dialed the number 9895992071. Here comes Sathar Muzhappilangad with a beaming face, in his engine powered big boat. Sathar is ready for the sea journey arranged by D.T.P.C. approved travel agencies. He reminded them about the preparations for the sea journey. At the skill of Sathar the boat shot ahead parting the waves. The shore slowly went backwards. With the rise and fall of the waves, the boat rocked slowly like a cradle. When the sea, which they have seen only from the shore till then, came closer clouds of a slight fear appeared on the faces of the playful tourists. Don't be upset. Sathar gave them courage. Sathar is not a simple guy. He has appeared in about five movies. In the movie Balram versus Taradas he was the man who drove the speedboat in the sea as Mammotty's dupe, he said with a little pride. You can see Sathar here and there in the movies Rakshakan and Black. Whenever a rescue operation is needed in the sea, Sathar is ready.<br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><br />Away from the seashore dolphins received the new guests. One or two of them came near the boat and lifted their head to look in. They seem to think... oh, is that you... and again went under water. Muzhappilangad beach is also the dolphin's drive-in beach. In the boat journey between Muzhappilangad beach and Dharmadam islet, dolphins are regularly seen. If the journey is in the early morning, many dolphins appear immediately after you leave the shore. Usually dolphins come to the shore when the wind is still.<br /><br />Some times a mischievous wind called 'kachan kaatu' comes to Muzhappilangad. This wind even lifts the sand. The arrival of kachan wind is usually in the month of Makaram of Malayam calender. It lifts sand from one side of the parked vehicles and put it on the other side. There will be a pit where the vehicle was parked. This Kachana Kaatu is one of the mysteries of this shore.<br /></span><img align="left" border="0px" hspace="10;" src="http://images.mathrubhumi.com/english_images/2013/Jan/18/00201_186863.jpg" vspace="10;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When the boat left the shore the roaring of the waves stopped. The swinging of the boat became rhythmic. Behind, kilometers away the shore. Infinite sea ahead. Wriggling and shooting fishes. Burning sunlight. Everyone wore hats, except Sathar.<br /><br />By the time they return, first class meals will be ready in the Beach Pavilion. Rest for a while. Then again back to the shore. Otherwise you will be missing the rare beautiful sun set.<br /><br />The evenings of Muzhappilangad are a rare view you can get in the Indian shores. Vast shore, widespread sea, sparkling waves that kiss your feet and pass by. Birds that fly after the little creatures when the waves return after hugging the shore, and again when the waves come back, they too fly back. Really enjoyable view. In the evening the shore became crowded. Mostly families with their children. Rows of vehicles, motorbikes and children with cycles. Children are interested in getting into the quiet seawater. They really enjoy. Most of them are taking photos of the red color of the sun set.<br /><br />Rocks that become covered by the blanket of darkness, when the sun dip in to the sea. The water birds disappearing into the pine trees and rain forests.<br /><br />Once more, no, many more times, we should come to this beautiful shore.<br /><br />Sariga and her friends returned after reinforcing their friendship once again.<br /><br /><b>Come, With family</b></span><div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><br />Muzhappilangad shore is like a carpet spread on wet sand. Since the waves keeps on caressing the slightly slanding shore, the sand looks like polished. It never goes down even if you stamp hard. This makes Muzhappilangad favorite for the vehicles. During the low tide, the width of the shore increases, its beauty too. Usually the cars go very slow on the shore that looks likes an eight-track road. Some young boys on the bikes sometimes fly past.<br /><br />There is police assistance to look in to the safety of the families who comes to spend the evening. When you come to see the shore, the waves seem to call you. The waves that seek the quiet shore. The children will run after the milky surfing waves. Since the sea is very shallow, you can get into it confidently. The elders cannot be as good as the children in those water games. Even then they also will go to feel the touch of waves.<br /><br />Some native women are digging something from the sand of the shore. They are catching 'Orikka' when they pop their head out of the sand. Orikka' is a cousin of Kallummakkaya' (Mussels). Some of the tourists also filled the available bags with 'Orikka'. The favourite food of the foreign tourists who come to see the shore. The Parasailing organised by the 31 N.C.C battalion reveals another face of the Muzhappilangad beach. The view of the cadets flying under the big cloth umbrella, which flies high with the wind, doubled the enthusiasm of the viewers.<br /></span><div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><br />Children looked at their parent's faces, eager to fly. The Adventure academy used to give chances for this type of flying to the public also.<br /><br />A team from Alappuzha heading to Mukambika reached muzhappilangad. Several times they hesitated. Their doubt was whether the vehicle would ditch in to the sand. After asking several people, eventually they drove in. Muzhappilangad beach is for family and children. To build sand castles and to run along with the waves, come to this place. You can be a witness to the most beautiful evening in Kerala.<br /><br />There are some other beautiful beaches also in Kannur. Payyambalam, Eazhimala, Meenkunnu, Overbarries Folly and so many other beaches, which tempt the tourists. These beaches are the colourful dreams of the development of tourism in Kannur. Peaceful resting beaches for the tourists too.</span><br /><br /><span class="Author" style="background-color: white; color: #3d6994; float: right; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 620px;"><i>Text: K. Sajeevan<br />Photos: Madhuraj<br />Translation: Balachandran</i></span><span class="Author" style="background-color: white; color: #3d6994; float: right; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 620px;"><i>Courtesy : Mathrubhumi</i></span><span class="Author" style="background-color: white; float: right; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 620px;"><span style="color: #3d6994; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b><i>http://www.mathrubhumi.com/travel/article/travel_special/muzhappilangad_drive-in_spot/132283/?fb_action_ids=10151230105957011&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151230105957011%22%3A110734522436981%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151230105957011%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D</i></b></span></span></span><div>
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<span class="BodyText" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-62193127124039668052013-01-08T05:07:00.001-08:002013-01-08T05:07:54.187-08:00FIFA Ballon d’Or: Who voted for whom<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lionel Messi has won his fourth Ballon d’Or title, winning the prestigious award over runner-up Cristiano Ronaldo and third-place team-mate Andres Iniesta.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the list of votes published by FIFA, out of 483 captains, coaches and journalists who voted in the Ballon d’Or ceremony, 45 left out Lionel Messi, who won the award for the fourth consecutive year, from their top three players in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The voting list reveals some decisions that would raise a few eyebrows, but there are some that can be considered as particularly surprising.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are our favorites -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spanish captain <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Iker Casillas</strong> has voted <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Sergio Ramos</strong> for the first place, <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Ronaldo</strong> for the 2nd and <strong panel-id="panel-id-1" style="font-style: inherit;">Xavi</strong> for 3rd.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Surprisingly, Casillas’ La Liga rival Lionel Messi was deemed not good enough for his liking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Lionel Messi,</strong> who had no room for Cristiano Ronaldo,<strong style="font-style: inherit;"> </strong>used his votes on Barcelona team mates <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Andres Iniesta</strong> (1st), <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Xav</strong>i (2nd) and Argentinian team mate <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Sergio Aguero</strong> (3rd).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain <b> Steven Gerrard </b>voted for <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Lionel Messi</strong>,<strong style="font-style: inherit;"> Cristiano Ronaldo</strong> and <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Xabi Alonso</strong> in that order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meanwhile, Indian Football Team Captain, <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Sunil Chhetri</strong> and the Coach <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Wim Koevermans</strong> picked<strong style="font-style: inherit;"> Andres Iniesta</strong> for the first place followed by <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Lionel Messi</strong> and <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Cristiano Ronaldo</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somewhat staggeringly, French Captain,<strong style="font-style: inherit;"> Hugo Lloris</strong> omitted all the three favorites for the award by voting for <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Casillas</strong>, <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Falcao</strong> and <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Drogba</strong> in that order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Germany</strong> -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">German Captain <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Philipp Lahm</strong> backed <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Iniesta</strong> over <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Messi</strong> and <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Ronaldo</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Swedish captain <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Zlatan Ibrahimovic</strong> picked <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Xavi</strong> for the first place, <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Andrea Pirlo</strong> for 2nd and <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Messi</strong> for the 3rd position while Swedish coach <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Erik Hamren</strong> voted for Swedish captain <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Zlatan Ibrahimovich</strong> as number one, and had no room for Messi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Wesley Sneijder’s </strong>favorite for the award was team mate <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Robin van Persie,</strong> followed by <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Lionel Messi</strong> and <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Cristiano Ronaldo</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Pirlo</strong> was picked for the first place by Italian captain <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Buffon,</strong> followed by <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Messi</strong> and <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Ronaldo</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the ones that caught our eye were -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Coach of <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Thailand, Winfried Schaefer</strong>, voted for <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Sergio Busquets</strong> as the best player in the World.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Mario Balotelli</strong> got his one vote from <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Fahed Attal</strong>, the captain of the <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Palestine</strong> team (who placed him 3rd).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Captain of <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Algeria, Madjid Bougherra</strong>, voted for <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Karim Benzema</strong> as the best player in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The captain of<strong style="font-style: inherit;"> Lithuania, Tomas Danilevicius</strong>, voted for <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney, Gerard Pique</strong>, in that order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The captain of <strong style="font-style: inherit;">So</strong><strong style="font-style: inherit;">uth Africa, Bongani Khumalo</strong>, voted for <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Yaya Toure, Xavi</strong> and<strong style="font-style: inherit;"> Andres Iniesta</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The media from <strong style="font-style: inherit;">US Virgin Islands, Kyrgystan, Burma </strong>and<strong style="font-style: inherit;"> Barbados</strong> did not cast their votes.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-41496496239166236222013-01-03T10:38:00.001-08:002013-01-03T10:38:31.107-08:00Gangrape of paramedic well-planned, police says in chargesheet<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>New Delhi:</b> Several charges, including that of murder which carries death penalty, were Thursday filed against all the five adult accused in the gangrape case in which a 23-year-old Delhi girl lost her life, prompting nationwide protests recently.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The five, including the driver of the bus in which the gangrape took place on December 16, were charged with murder, gangrape, attempt to murder, kidnapping, unnatural offences, dacoity, hurting in committing robbery, destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy and common intention under the Indian Penal Code. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The case of the sixth accused, a juvenile, will be filed before the Juvenile Justice Board. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">In the 33-page charge sheet with annexures running into several hundred pages, was filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Surya Malik Grover with the prosecution urging the court to keep the document in a sealed cover to protect the identity of the victim and that the proceedings be held in-camera. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The court has posted the matter for hearing on January 5 before the area magistrate who is expected to commit it to sessions for trial. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The prosecution alleged that the crime was executed in a "well-planned" manner. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">"We have invoked </span>section<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> 120-B as all the six accused have committed the crime in a well-planned manner," public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan told reporters. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">"Each one of them has a specific role in the commission of the offence. So they are equally liable for the crime. We have sufficient evidence against all the accused including the juvenile offender," he said. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Mohan said the DNA report has established the involvement of all the accused in the crime. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The five accused are Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh and their accomplices Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The role of the juvenile offender is also elaborated in assaulted in the bus, the charge sheet names around 40 people as witnesses to support its case against the five accused. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The accused have also been charged with attempt to kill the male friend in the bus, whose owner has also been arrested and remanded to police custody by a Tis Hazari court Thursday. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Police also told the court it would also place before it the charge sheet in electronic form and sought more time for the same saying the annexures to the charge sheet are bulky. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">It sought more time for filing the e-charge sheet and was allowed to do so by January 5. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">As the charge sheet was filed, some lawyers and public shouted slogans in the court demanding that the accused be handed over to public. They need not be tried as it is evident that they are the culprits, they contended. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">They were, however, hushed up by fellow lawyers, who requested the judge to appoint a "spokesperson" who can during the trial of the case inform one and all about the daily developments as the matter has touched public sentiments. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The judge asked them to put their views before the area magistrate concerned on the next date of hearing. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Before the filing of the charge sheet, women lawyers protested in the court complex demanding swift justice and strict action against the perpetrators of such crimes. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The male friend's maternal uncle, who is also an advocate, told reporters that he would keep a tab on daily proceedings and if the police fails to take up the case properly during the trial, he would move the high court for redressal. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">He also said he would also move the high court requesting "for treating the juvenile at par with the other co-accused." </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The filing of the charge sheet in the jam-packed court did not go without drama. Before the proceedings, the courtroom was locked from inside and was opened only after the lawyers protested. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The charge sheet was filed at 17.30 hours, 30 minutes after the normal court hours. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">This prompted the judge to ask the public prosecutor for the reason behind filing the charge sheet at the late hour. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Mohan said the investigators took time to put bulky documents along with the charge sheet in an orderly manner. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Later, he told reporters that the charge sheet would be filed against the juvenile offender shortly and the documentation work for that is less taxing than that in the case of the other accused. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">He also said as per the law the court will also hold an inquiry to ascertain the age of the juvenile. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">A woman advocate, who is empanelled with the Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA), said in any case the accused would be provided with legal aid. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-46113345296487963852012-12-17T04:30:00.002-08:002012-12-17T04:30:40.458-08:00NASA explains about the End of the World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Dec. 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know, however, it will be another winter solstice.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Contrary to some of the common beliefs out there, the claims behind the end of the world quickly unravel when pinned down to the 2012 timeline.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Below, NASA Scientists answer questions on the following 2012 topics:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">(Q): Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012.</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Answer (A):The world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Q: What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in 2012?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A: The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012 and linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Q: Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A: Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then -- just as your calendar begins again on January 1 -- another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Q: Is NASA predicting a "total blackout" of Earth on Dec. 23 to Dec. 25?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A: Absolutely not. Neither NASA nor any other scientific organization is predicting such a blackout. The false reports on this issue claim that some sort of "alignment of the Universe" will cause a blackout. There is no such alignment (see next question). Some versions of this rumor cite an emergency preparedness message from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. This is simply a message encouraging people to be prepared for emergencies, recorded as part of a wider government preparedness campaign. It never mentions a blackout.<br /><span style="outline: rgb(0, 0, 0);">›Watch the Video</span></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Q: Could planets align in a way that impacts Earth?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A: There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. One major alignment occurred in 1962, for example, and two others happened during 1982 and 2000. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.<br /><span style="outline: rgb(0, 0, 0);">› More about alignment</span></span></span></blockquote>
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Q: Is there a planet or brown dwarf called Nibiru or Planet X or Eris that is approaching the Earth and threatening our planet with widespread destruction?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A: Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims. If Nibiru or Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the Earth in 2012, astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. Obviously, it does not exist. Eris is real, but it is a dwarf planet similar to Pluto that will remain in the outer solar system; the closest it can come to Earth is about 4 billion miles.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Q: What is the polar shift theory? Is it true that the Earth's crust does a 180-degree rotation around the core in a matter of days if not hours?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A: A reversal in the rotation of Earth is impossible. There are slow movements of the continents (for example Antarctica was near the equator hundreds of millions of years ago), but that is irrelevant to claims of reversal of the rotational poles. However, many of the disaster websites pull a bait-and-switch to fool people. They claim a relationship between the rotation and the magnetic polarity of Earth, which does change irregularly, with a magnetic reversal taking place every 400,000 years on average. As far as we know, such a magnetic reversal doesn’t cause any harm to life on Earth. Scientists believe a magnetic reversal is very unlikely to happen in the next few millennia.<br /><span style="outline: rgb(0, 0, 0);">› More about polar shift</span></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Q: Is the Earth in danger of being hit by a meteor in 2012?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A: The Earth has always been subject to impacts by comets and asteroids, although big hits are very rare. The last big impact was 65 million years ago, and that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Today NASA astronomers are carrying out a survey called the Spaceguard Survey to find any large near-Earth asteroids long before they hit. We have already determined that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs. All this work is done openly with the discoveries posted every day on the <span style="outline: rgb(0, 0, 0);">NASA Near-Earth Object Program Office website</span>, so you can see for yourself that nothing is predicted to hit in 2012.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Q: How do NASA scientists feel about claims of the world ending in 2012?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A: For any claims of disaster or dramatic changes in 2012, where is the science? Where is the evidence? There is none, and for all the fictional assertions, whether they are made in books, movies, documentaries or over the Internet, we cannot change that simple fact. There is no credible evidence for any of the assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012.<br /><span style="outline: rgb(0, 0, 0);">› Why you need not fear a supernova</span><br /><span style="outline: rgb(0, 0, 0);">› About super volcanoes</span></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Q: Is there a danger from giant solar storms predicted for 2012?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><blockquote style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 40px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A: Solar activity has a regular cycle, with peaks approximately every 11 years. Near these activity peaks, solar flares can cause some interruption of satellite communications, although engineers are learning how to build electronics that are protected against most solar storms. But there is no special risk associated with 2012. The next solar maximum will occur in the 2012-2014 time frame and is predicted to be an average solar cycle, no different than previous cycles throughout history.› Video: Solar Storms› More about solar storms.</span></span></blockquote>
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Laura, BELGIUM</div>
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Yessica, BOLIVIA</div>
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Gabriela, BRAZIL</div>
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Zhana, BULGARIA</div>
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Adwoa, CANADA</div>
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Ana, CHILE</div>
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Ji Dan, CHINA</div>
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Daniella, COLOMBIA</div>
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COSTA RICA</div>
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Elizabeta, CROATIA</div>
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Monifa, CURACAO</div>
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Ionna, CYPRUS</div>
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CZECH REPUBLIC</div>
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Josefine, DENMARK</div>
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC</div>
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Carolina, ECUADOR</div>
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Ana, EL SALVADOR</div>
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Natalie, ESTONIA</div>
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Helen, ETHIOPIA</div>
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Sara, FINLAND</div>
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Marie, FRANCE</div>
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Channa, GABON</div>
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Tamar, GEORGIA</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First, the Zambian FA claimed that Kabwe Warriors striker Godfrey Chitalu had scored 107 goals in 1972. They said that they had evidence to support this claim and were currently compiling evidence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Messi scored two more goals against Cordoba for a 2-0 win for Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, bringing his yearly total to 88, which is just one goal short of Zico. As Barcelona have two more games remaining this year, with his current form the Argentinian can surely pass Zico, but the 107 scored by Godfrey Chitalu will probably end up being too much for Messi.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kottayam: Mesmerized by the beauty of back waters in Kochi, Amruta Patki expressed her great excitement to be in Mollywood. The former Miss Earth Air was in Kochi for a two- day shoot of an upcoming Malayalam movie 'Paisa paisa'.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Amruta Patki, hailing from a middle class Maharashtrian family, bagged the beauty pageant 'Miss India Earth' award in 2006. She was adjudged Miss Earth Air 2006 amongst contestants from 82 countries. She has since modelled for a number of ads and attended several ramp shows. Besides, the ex-Miss India was one of the jury members for a dance reality show 'dholkichya taalavar' on ETV, Marathi.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Reminiscing on the simple ways of life in the past as a college-going student, Amruta revealed her dreams and ambitions of her career. Snippets from a brief chat with the talented beauty.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>On your present assignment in Malayalam</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I debut in Malayalam film industry with a promo song for the movie 'Paisa paisa' directed by Prasanth Murali. I had earlier worked with Raj Zacharia, the producer of the movie, for some ad films 4-5 years ago. We became friends since then. He invited me to shoot for the promotional song of his new film. The song sequence required a model having an international appeal. The promo song will have a mix of English-Malayalam in its lyrics.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>About debut in Bollywood </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I did my first movie 'Hide N Seek' in Hindi in 2010. But unfortunately the film did not fare well at the box office and getting marked as an unlucky star is not a good sign in the path of stardom in Bollywood. So I lost interest in movies and later became cautious and took a break from acting. Then I turned to Southern film industry for better projects and started it all over again.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>About acting and modelling </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Both are difficult tasks. Modelling fetch you more money where as acting throws you to the limelight of fame. Modelling is my bread and butter, but for me now acting is not a just jam on it. I am focusing seriously on acting at present.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>About Kerala </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I am enthralled by the scenic beauty of Kerala. I hope to visit the place again and again. I will be happy to be the brand ambassador of Kerala Tourism if the state government is willing to put forward such an offer. 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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-22871077755037741982012-11-26T04:43:00.001-08:002012-11-26T04:43:08.981-08:00No proof of UFOs flying over India-China border: Antony<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">New Delhi: There is no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) flying over the India-China border, but government is monitoring all developments in the neighbourhood which could have a bearing on national security, Defence Minister A K Antony today said.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">He gave the information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha to a question as to whether Army's Leh-based 14 Corps had reported about mysterious UFOs flying over the India-China border during the last three years.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Assuring the House of the measures taken by government, Antony said, "Required measures have been initiated through development of infrastructure and operational capabilities to achieve desired levels of defence preparedness to safeguard the sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of India."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">To a separate question on situation in Jammu and Kashmir, he said it has stabilised due to persistent anti-terrorist operations carried out by the government. "The situation in J&K has stabilised due to the persistent proactive counter terrorist operations carried out by the government," he said.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">For return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants to the Valley, he said, "A comprehensive package of Rs 1618.14 crore was announced by Prime Minister in 2008... Government acts as facilitator for making all facilities available to migrants for their permanent rehabilitation in the Valley."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Antony also provided details of civilians and terrorists killed in J&K during last three years. While 13 civilians were killed between 2009 and October 2012, 58 terrorist were gunned down during the corresponding period last year. The highest number of 245 terrorists were killed in 2009. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-80098416693178827002012-11-24T20:07:00.003-08:002012-11-24T20:07:51.617-08:00Sonakshi tries Kathakali during 'Dabangg 2' shoot<div class="bd">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) After matching tough dance steps with ace choreographer Prabhudheva in "Oh My God!", actress Sonakshi Sinha recently challenged herself with some Kathakali steps on the set of "Dabangg 2".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The 25−year−old tried some steps of the classical dance form while shooting for the song "Dagabaaz re" from the movie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"There is a sequence in the song where there are Kathakali dancers and when Sonakshi came to know about this, she got really excited! She is an actor who loves learning new things and, in fact, has even learnt some Kathakali and requested the dancers to teach her a few more steps," said a source.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Arbaaz Khan is making his directorial debut with "Dabangg 2", which stars his big brother Salman in the lead role. Sonakshi plays his wife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The film, also starring Prakash Raj, is slated to release Dec 21.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">New Delhi: Even as news of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging sparked reactions across India, the reaction in Pakistan - the land of Kasab's birth - was muted. Indian government admitted it had had trouble getting a response from Pakistan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid said, "We had trouble even giving the note to Pakistan and had to fax."</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the only official statement Pakistan's Foreign office, said it had received and acknowledged India's intimation of Kasab's impending execution on Tuesday, adding, Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestation and is willing to cooperate with all countries to eliminate the scourge. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pakistan's stony silence on Kasab is nothing new. For the past four years Islamabad has rejected all Kasab's requests for consular visits and had refused to accept the bodies of the other nine Mumbai attackers and Kasab's family has mysteriously disappeared from their Faridkot village.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The larger impact of Kasab's execution may be felt on the 26/11 trial itself as pressure on Pakistan builds to complete 26/11 trial of six handlers and to track the masterminds. This also ends debate on access to Kasab by Pakistan investigators and Pakistan may toughen stand on India's please for clemency for terror convict Sarabjeet Singh. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For now India hopes the message that has gone out not just to Pakistan, but to the world that there is little tolerance for terrorism here while establishing that even the most ruthless terrorists are given due process of law.</span><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-66783373910750242172012-11-16T07:57:00.001-08:002012-11-16T07:57:06.314-08:00Indian Bond Girl Deepika launches RACE 2 trailer digitally<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Deepika has introduced a new trend by being the first actor to launch the assets of her upcoming film digitally. She has released all the key assets from this action-packed sequel of RACE on twitter, the latest one being the theatrical trailer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Deepika launched the trailer of the RACE 2 after a weeklong countdown that generated quite a steer in the digital platforms. Deepika has released the first look of all the actors featuring in the film including her own poster. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Deepika looks absolutely stunning in her RACE 2 poster as she poses against the sunlit backdrop of Istanbul. Deepika has also been tagged as the 'Indian Bond girl' after her look in RACE 2 was unveiled.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sources reveal that the twists and turns and the style quotient of RACE 2 is a notch higher which is very well evident in the trailer itself. Deepika will be seen doing hi-octane stunts in the film without a body double. Her director from the film, Abbas also stated that, "Deepika will easily be one of the hottest action babes in Bollywood" </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Produced by Tips, the action thriller RACE 2, starring Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Anil Kapoor and Ameesha Patel is scheduled to release 25th January, 2013. </span><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-23562664018930320632012-11-14T21:18:00.001-08:002012-11-14T21:18:26.782-08:00Phone romance goes sour as 'boyfriend' turns out 67-yr-old<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kannur (Kerala): This was one 'love affair' that did not have a happy ending.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After professing love over a year over mobile phone, a 23-year-old engineering post-graduate had the shock of her life on seeing at their first meeting that her 'sweetheart' was a 67-year-old man.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The woman from Thiruvanathapuram had come the other day in search of the man she adored but broke down and fainted when she met him for the first time at the Kuthuparamaba police station, near here, police said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Police said the woman had waited at the bus-stand for the man for long but he did not turn up. On seeing her roaming about, some local people informed police and she was brought to the station, police said.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On questioning her, police came to know about her quest and obtained the mobile phone number of the person she had been looking for eagerly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They contacted the 'lover' and asked him to come to the police station immediately. When the " boyfriend" finally turned up, she was shocked to find a grey-haired man, police said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The man, however, told police that he was speaking to her just for fun and had no other intention.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Police later contacted her parents and sent her back home.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-6600134621141744802012-11-06T03:39:00.002-08:002012-11-06T03:39:49.773-08:00Champions Trophy 2013: India vs Pakistan match sold out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Dubai:</strong> The first lot of tickets for the Champions Trophy India vs Pakistan clash at Edgbaston, England, June 15 next year was sold out in just three hours after windows opened.<br /><br />The tickets went on sale Monday, and the 15-match tournament's first match was a complete sell-out eight months in advance, said an International Cricket Council (ICC) press release.<br /><br />The 2013 edition of the Champions Trophy will be the last, the previous having been held in 2009 in South Africa.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723213929956971475.post-87266347141758251332012-10-08T06:08:00.001-07:002012-10-08T06:08:04.901-07:00Air Kerala will take off on April 14<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="kt_fnt_black9" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Air Kerala, the state government's airline, would be launched April 14, 2013, to coincide with Vishu, new year's day in the Malayalam calendar, says Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">'It (Air Kerala) will be airborne April 14. The only question is whether the first flight will be an international or domestic one. Next month, we will be applying to the director general of civil aviation with the preliminary capital of Rs. 100 crore, which we will raise by then,' Chandy, who is convalescing after a leg injury, told IANS during an exclusive chat.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The chief minister explained that under the rules, an airline can only fly international routes after completing five years of domestic service; there is also a stipulation about the number of aircraft that an airline operating internationally should have.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">'But Air India Express was given a relaxation in rules when it started international operations. They said it was because it was a subsidiary of Air India. So, when the state government put up the application, we also sought similar exemption. Moreover, at the moment, we are given to understand that one foreign airline is allowed to fly in here, without observing these stipulations,' Chandy said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">'We have, in principle, decided to float shares of Rs.10,000 each and we were surprised when our own Malayalee businessmen there (in the Middle East) who employ thousands of employees agreed to take shares in their employees' names. Each of them employ more than 20,000 employees, so the issue of raising money of Rs.500 crore is not at all a problem. We are confident our dream will soon take flight,' Chandy said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With Air India having opened a brand new hangar facility in the Thiruvananthapuram airport, Air Kerala, on entering into a contract with Air India and paying the maintenance charges, can use the hangar here, the chief minister said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Air Kerala will also have access to the engineering department of Air India, so it will not need to recruit engineers, he added.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Air India was given the land for setting up the hangar free of cost by the Kerala government. What this means, though, is that Air Kerala can only lease B 737-800 aircraft; these are what the hangar here is equipped to service.</span><br />
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