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blog # 973 : Cockroach Theory

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama. The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant. Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior?

Blog # 972 : Consumers Least Benefitted from $47 Billion Oil Windfall

India has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the dramatic collapse in crude oil prices, which hit an 11-year low of $36 per barrel this week. Global crude prices have crashed nearly 70 per cent from their peak of $115 per barrel in June 2014, leading to windfall gains for the government. Morgan Stanley on Tuesday put out a report to show how the domestic economy has benefitted from the fall in global crude prices. 1) India's annual oil import bill has fallen from $108 billion in 2012 to $61 billion in 2015, leading to savings of $47 billion, according to Morgan Stanley. In local currency, the total savings so far is a little over Rs 3 lakh crore (at 65 rupees per dollar). 2) The central government is the biggest beneficiary with total savings estimated at $27 billion, the investment bank says. Oil subsidy payments are likely to be just 0.2 per cent of GDP in 2015-16 as compared to 1 per cent in 2012-13, leading to savings of $14 billion for the central government, acco

Blog 971 : Decision at Right time is Essential for Sucess

Put a frog into a vessel filled with water and start heating the water. As the temperature of the water begins to rise, the frog adjusts its body temperature accordingly. The frog keeps adjusting its body temperature with the increasing temperature of the water. Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog cannot adjust anymore. At this point the frog decides to jump out. /> The frog tries to jump but it is unable to do so because it has lost all its strength in adjusting with the rising water temperature. Very soon the frog dies. What killed the frog? Think about it! I know many of us will say the boiling water. But the truth about what killed the frog was its own inability to decide when to jump out. We all need to adjust with people & situations, but we need to be sure when we need to adjust & when we need to move on. There are times when we need to face the situation and take appropriate actions. If we allow people to exploit us physically, emotional

Blog # 970 Anarchy or Fascism

One bull in a china shop is bad enough, but two is a recipe for disaster, quipped a wag this week as Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “coward and a psychopath” and followed it up with a frontal attack on his Union finance minister and the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) at whose helm Arun Jaitley was till he resigned in December 2013. The instigation, of course, had been the CBI raid on Kej­ri­wal’s principal secretary Rajendra Kumar, ostensibly for a corruption case. Having reached a breaking point, a point of no return, it is difficult to see how the Centre and the Delhi government can return to a normal, working relationship. With both the BJP and the AAP having won massive popular mandates, ideally their governments should complete their five-year terms. But with the BJP hell-bent on hobbling the working of the AAP government at every step, could it be that the central government is, slowly but surely, building up a case

Blog #969

  TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 | RABEA AL AWWAL 4, 1437 Sections Video Favourites Search BANKING  A question of liquidity as UAE banks ‘creak’ amid low oil  People queuing to use the ATMs in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki during the recent Greek crisis. UAE bank liquidity is ‘not at Greek levels, but maybe it could go to Italian or Spanish levels at the height of the euro crisis’. Giannis Papanikos / AP Photo Frank Kane Dec 13, 2015 In delivering a particularly candid view of the UAE financial situation, the regional investment banking head of one of the biggest banks in the world does not want to be named. “The big issue now is liquidity. After a year of low oil prices, the banking system is creaking. It is not at 2009 levels yet, but the alarm bells are ringing,” he says. “It could be that we are only one black swan event away from a repetition of the financial crisis back then, when Dubai was a hair’s breadth away from insolvency.” The two possible events that migh

blog #968

Reason for Air Asia Crash Indonesian investigators said today a chronically faulty component and the crew's attempt to fix the problem were among the factors that contributed to the crash of an AirAsia passenger jet last year, killing all 162 aboard. The plane's flight control computer had a cracked solder joint that malfunctioned repeatedly, including four times during the flight, and 23 times the previous year. "Subsequent flight crew action resulted in inability to control the aircraft ... causing the aircraft to depart from the normal flight envelope and enter a prolonged stall condition that was beyond the capability of the flight crew to recover," the national transport safety committee said in a statement. The Airbus A320 aircraft crashed less than halfway into a two-hour flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore on December 28 last year.

blog # 967 - Russian War Room

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when Russian President Vladimir Putin studied the country's strategic plans against Syria - following the deadly terrorist attack on the Russian charter jet that killed 224 people last month - the focus shifted from the task at hand to the place where the discussions were conducted. Russian Military of Defence's new National Control Defence Centre is a triple-decker war room which happens to be the military's ground zero for all missile and nuclear weapon launches around the world. According to Russian state news agency, the war room is "bigger and better" than the US National Military Command Centre at Pentagon. But going a step further and taking a leaf straight out of Hollywood, Rory Challands, the Russian correspondent of Al Jazeera English drew a parallel so perfect, it's difficult to deny its veracity: Putin getting a briefing on latest strikes in Syria in new defence ministry command centre that is VERY James Bond It is believed that the war ro

Blog 966 Maruti Suzuki Ignis

The Maruti Suzuki Ignis compact crossover will be launched in India during the festive season of 2016, according to reports. The Suzuki Ignis, that falls under the micro SUV category, made its debut last month at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. The car was first showcased as the Suzuki iM-4 concept at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. When launched in India, the Maruti Suzuki Ignis will rival cars like the Mahindra S101, Tata Nexon, and Datsun GO-Cross. Suzuki says the Ignis has "a compact, visually striking body... and a simple, highly practical interior design highlight its credentials in the compact crossover genre." The Maruti Suzuki Ignis features certain attributes of an SUV, like good ground clearance and a high view point. In terms of design, the micro SUV gets a comparatively large single-slat grille with integrated projector head-lamps and chrome surround, and flared wheel-arches. The Ignis is 3679mm long, 1579mm high and 1478mm wide. As for the powertrain, the Japan

Blog 965

Nov 22 -2015 Hi guys .. actually i want to Write something but afraid of Moral policing so desist myself from writing or even ignore such thing. Belgium Shutdown after the Terror Threat was the major news of the Week End . But how long they can shut down all.... i don't understand the logic .. Prevention of tragedy better than major incident .May be logical... Russian bombing the ISIS targets in Syria in revenge to the passenger aircraft attack and Paris attack was another major news of yesterday . But are the real threats targeted or simply the helplessly poor children and women targeted . If so then that will lead to rise of new organization & new problem and not the solution . Better create a Safe Zone in Syria with no Fly Zone over it with UN monitoring that region with international Force . Weekend also seen the La liga Clasico between the Real Madrid and Barcelona which barcelona won with solid performance from luis suarez in absence of Lionel Messi . Week E

Blog 964 : Bihar Election 2015

Much Awaited election of the bihar assembly was concluded with a clean sweep by the Nitish Kumar Led grand alliance of JDU , RJD & Congress. BJP led by the PM Modi was defeated with huge margin and almost all post poll projection failed to sense the voting pattern. . BJP who raised the development issue combined with the hinduvata agenda failed to get the same number of seat that the party received last year . BJP who declared a special package ahead of Election for Bihar failed to impress the voters. It was observed as biggest failure of the BJP president Amit Shah after the Delhi election where BJP was reduced to dust. BJP relied more on the brand of PM modi while it failed to project a local leader where as the grand alliance projected mr Nitish Kumar as CM candidate . The Beef Issue , Dalit Students Death, Comments on reservations by the RSS heads have also contributed to the downfall of BJP . The Good Work done by Mr nitish Kumar have enabled the grand alliance to win th

963 : Paris Attack - Nov 13 2015

In the evening of 13 November 2015, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks, consisting of mass shootings, suicide bombings, and hostage-taking, occurred in Paris, the capital of France, and its northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 21:20 CET, there were three suicide bombings outside the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, along with another suicide bombing and a series of mass shootings at four locations in Paris. The attackers killed 130 people, including 89 at the Bataclan theatre, where they took hostages before engaging in a three-hour stand-off with police. 368 people were injured, 80–99 seriously. Seven of the attackers also died, while authorities continued the search for any accomplices. The attacks were the deadliest on France since World War II, and the deadliest in the European Union since the Madrid train bombings in 2004. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks, and French President François Hollande said the attack

962 : America Created Al-Qaeda and the ISIS Terror Group

Originally published by GR in September 2014 Much like Al Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS) is made-in-the-USA, an instrument of terror designed to divide and conquer the oil-rich Middle East and to counter Iran’s growing influence in the region. The fact that the United States has a long and torrid history of backing terrorist groups will surprise only those who watch the news and ignore history. The CIA first aligned itself with extremist Islam during the Cold War era. Back then, America saw the world in rather simple terms: on one side, the Soviet Union and Third World nationalism, which America regarded as a Soviet tool; on the other side, Western nations and militant political Islam, which America considered an ally in the struggle against the Soviet Union. The director of the National Security Agency under Ronald Reagan, General William Odom recently remarked, “by any measure the U.S. has long used terrorism. In 1978-79 the Senate was trying to pass a law against internat

961 :NJAC declared unconstitutional

Cockpit view : DUBAI

https://youtu.be/wfxTpEkmSlI

959 :Parsons wins Dubai Expo 2020 site contract

Construction consultancy Parsons is to carry out the design and supervise construction of all of the infrastructure works for Dubai’s Expo 2020 site. The US-based firm said that work will involve designing, monitoring and delivering all infrastructure works for a 438-hectare site, which will include several pavilions, souqs and entertainment venues. “We are excited that Parsons was selected by Expo 2020 Dubai to help deliver this first ever global showcase staged in the region. “Our collective efforts will embody Dubai’s overall mission to spur innovation, opportunity, and connectivity,” said Gary Adams, Parsons Middle East Africa president. The company’s group president, Todd Wager, said: “Given the magnitude and distinctiveness of Dubai Expo 2020, this is a significant win for us and we are deeply committed to supporting Dubai with our global and local resources to provide a new level of sustainable design and operational services.” Parsons is already overseeing a number of i

Mohammad approves Dubai Metro expansion to cover Expo 2020 site | GulfNews.com

Mohammad approves Dubai Metro expansion to cover Expo 2020 site | GulfNews.com

Arsenal vs leicester

http://metro.co.uk/2015/09/27/five-things-we-learned-from-arsenals-5-2-victory-against-leicester-city-in-the-premier-league-5409106/

എങ്ങനെയാണ് ഒരു വിമാനം പറക്കുന്നത്?

എങ്ങനെയാണ് ഒരു വിമാനം പറക്കുന്നത്? അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഇത്രയും ഭാരമേറിയ ഒരു വാഹനത്തെ വായുവിൽ തങ്ങിനിൽക്കുവാനും തെന്നിനീങ്ങുവാനും സഹായിക്കുന്ന ഘടകങ്ങൾ എന്തൊക്കെയാണ്? വിമാനം ബ്രേക്കിടുന്നതെങ്ങനെ എന്ന് അന്വേഷിക്കുന്നതിനു മുമ്പ്‌ ഈ ചോദ്യത്തിന്റെ ഉത്തരം മനസ്സിലാക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നത് നന്നായിരിക്കും. ഭൂമി അതിന്റെ പരിസരപ്രദേശങ്ങളിലുള്ള എല്ലാ വസ്തുക്കളിന്മേലും ഗുരുത്വാകര്‍ഷണബലം പ്രയോഗിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്നും ഈ ആകര്‍ഷണബലത്തിന്റെ ഫലമായാണ് വസ്തുക്കള്‍ ഭൂമിയിലേക്ക് പതിക്കുന്നതെന്നും എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും അറിയാവുന്ന കാര്യമാണ്. ഭൂഗുരുത്വാകർഷണബലത്തെ അതിജീവിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് ഒരു വസ്തു അന്തരിക്ഷത്തില്‍ തങ്ങിനില്‍ക്കണമെങ്കില്‍ ഭൂമി അതിന്മേൽ ചെലുത്തുന്ന ഗുരുത്വാകര്‍ഷണം എന്ന വലിവിന്റെ വിപരീതദിശയിൽ, ഈ വലിവിനു തുല്യമായ ഒരു പ്രതിബലം മുകളിലേക്ക് നൽകേണ്ടത് ആവശ്യമാണ്. ഈ പ്രതിബലത്തിനെ എയറോഡൈനാമിക്സിൽ “ലിഫ്റ്റ്” എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നു. ഭൂമിയുടെ ഗുരുത്വാകര്‍ഷണവും ലിഫ്റ്റും ഒരേപോലെ ആവുന്ന സന്ദര്‍ഭത്തില്‍ ആ വസ്തു അന്തരീക്ഷത്തില്‍ തങ്ങിനില്‍ക്കുന്നു എന്നുപറയാം. ഒരു വിമാനം പറക്കണമെങ്കിൽ അതിന്റെ ഭാരം - വിമാനത്തിന്റെ ഭാരം, യാത്രക്കാർ, കാർഗോ, ഇന്ധനം ഇവ

Mis up taken by PMO

http://www.outlookindia.com/article/the-perils-of-pmos-hyperactivism/295317

Hindi Fiasco: 10 Questions For Sushmaji

Hindi Fiasco: 10 Questions For Sushmaji

Bihar assembly polls

Election  commission have declared date for election for the Bihar assembly . It will happen in five phase from October 12 and end on Nov 5 with counting of votes on Nov 8 . It is billed as must win election for modi and BJP . Bihar Assembly polls: schedule of Bihar Assembly elections http://flip.it/IIfOm

New emirates RTA projects

http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/tram-in-sharjah-where-is-it-being-built-click-to-know-2015-09-03-1.602176

Kochi metro Coach Design

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Kochi Metro New logo

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Airlines price issue

PM Modi Wants Fliers to Benefit From Jet Fuel Price Cut, Airlines Told http://flip.it/KLw8Z

India's Ghost airports

Expansion Suez Canal - a race against the clock

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Rap Video: Kodaikanal Won't Step Down By Jhatkaa

Rap Video: Kodaikanal Won't Step Down By Jhatkaa

APJ Kalam sir

APJ Kalam - The missile man or the 11 th president of India . He has passed away on July 27th 2015 . He died when he was giving a lecturer at IIM shillong where he suffered a massive cardiac arrests and he collapsed down to breathe his last . Many argue he is successful or not . Whether he is a superstar scientist or average professional. I have not seen or spoken to him in direct . But alway read or listen to anything related to him. For me he is super successful . He is a example of modern gandhi. Teaching is the profession he loved the most. I knew him from time he is in Anna university . I studied as a student of Anna university in one of the affiliated engineering college in tamil nadu at otty. While he was the president I used to listen to all his address to the nation . All his address where meaning full and not the normal political speech . He life style was ample example to follow . Even though he reach the height he never changed his style . This material is not to scruti

Drishyam ... Difference Between Malayalam Movie & Hindi Movie

Really, Bollywood, you can't even make a decent remake of a good - it is not even great - Malayalam movie. The Hindi Drishyam and the Malayalam Drishyam are both sluggish till the interval and then the plot picks up and moves towards a pitch-perfect last scene. But even in an almost scene-by-scene remake, there are a few things that set the Malayalam apart from the Hindi version and show up some of Bollywood's gigantic weaknesses: The great differentiator: What marks the original Malayalam version by Jeetu Joseph is Mohanlal's acting. And, remember, this is Mohanlal past his prime, past his glorious days in the 1980s and '90s when he would not get even a half-wicked smirk or a slight head wobble wrong. You just have to look at one crucial scene in both the movies: when towards the end, Mohanlal/Ajay Devgn meets with the IG and her husband. Mohanlal turns himself into a rock-solid, impervious presence on the screen, and then his body language transforms into a blend

Spectre Official Teaser Trailer #1 (2015) - Daniel Craig Movie HD

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Spectre James Bond 007 Official Trailer 2015

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Crude oil drops as Iran deal looms

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Box office Report - First Half 2015

The first six months of 2015 saw approximately 280 releases in the southern film industry, but performance-wise, it was a mixed first half. The first half report of Malayalam cinema's business at the box office in the first half of 2015 goes steady. According to trade reports, Malayalam cinema has done fairly well at the box office as compared to other South Indian film industries in terms of success rate. According to trade analysts, out of 63 releases in Malayalam cinema, movies like Mili, Picket 43, Fireman, 100 Days of Love, Oru Vadakkan Selfie, Ennum Eppozhum, Bhaskar the Rascal and Chandrettan Evideya stood out in terms of performances. But, it is the success of Nivin Pauly starrer Premam that is the highlight of the year. "The film continues to run to packed houses in its fourth week across the country. It has already raked in over Rs 30 crore at the ticket window. It's turning out to be the highest grossing film in the history of the Malayalam industry,&qu

Dubai in a Early Morning -June 2015

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Window 10 Upgrade - Check the follow chart

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Mustafizur Rehman a hero of Bangladesh Team which rocked Team India

It has been a bittersweet last few days for Ranadeb Bose. The former Bengal pacer, veteran of 91 first-class games, is delighted at the way his former ward Mustafizur Rehman is performing on the international stage. However, the fact that these good performances have come against his own country India has left Ranadeb a tad bit disappointed. Ranadeb, who almost broke into the Indian playing XI during the tour of England in 2007, spent two years in Bangladesh, coaching young fast bowlers at the National Cricket Academy. It was here that he first came across a young, 17-year-old, Mustafizur Rehman. Surprisingly, the man who currently has the entire Indian batting line-up dancing to his tunes, did not leave a great first impression on his coach. "When I first saw him, he was a very thin boy from a small village. The first thing that came to mind was that he is malnourished, probably because he came from a humble background. I thought he wasn't even strong enough to play in t

Smart Cities Projects

Uttar Pradesh will get to nominate maximum number of cities to be developed as 'Smart Cities', followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Ahead of the mega launch of NDA government's flagship urban projects, the government has assigned number of cities each state/union territory can nominate under the 100 Smart Cities project as well as those to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation scheme, PTI reported. UP leads the pack as it has been given the opportunity to nominate 13 cities to be developed as smart cities, while 54 cities in the state have been identified under AMRUT scheme, according to a senior Urban Development Ministry official. Tamil Nadu comes second with the allocation of 12 smart cities and 33 AMRUT cities. While Maharashtra has been alloted 10 cities to nominate under the smart city project, Gujarat and Karnataka are eligible to develop six cities each. Under AMRUT scheme, 37, 31 and 21 cities have been identified in

Digital locker Facility

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 1 will launch the digital locker facility that will help citizens to digitally store their important documents such as PAN card, passport, marksheets and degree certificates. Here are some key features of the facility. /> DigiLocker is a dedicated personal storage space in the cloud to citizens, linked to each resident's Aadhaar number. It can be used to safely store e-documents as well as store Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) link of e-documents issued by various issuer departments. e-Sign facility is provided as part of DigiLocker system which can be used to digitally sign e-documents. /> It will minimize the use of physical documents and will provide authenticity of the e-documents. It will provide secure access to govt-issued documents. It will also reduce administrative overhead of Govt departments and agencies and make it easy for the residents to receive services Digital Locker will reduce the administrative overhead of go

Roaming free

BSNL Starts Offering Free Roaming Across India http://flip.it/FfjYv

20days to reduce 5 kg

മലയാളികളുടെ ഒരു വലിയ പ്രശ്നം ആണ് കുടവയറും അമിത വണ്ണവും അതിനു ഒരു ലളിതമായ പരിഹാരം ഇതാ .പരീക്ഷിച്ചു നോക്കു ഫലം ഉറപ്പ് ആണ് .... വണ്ണം കുറക്കാൻ സഹായിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ജലം, അതിനെ കുറിച്ച് ആലോചിച്ച് നോക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ടോ…??? എന്നാൽ ഇതാ അത്തരം ഒരു വെള്ളം. സാസി (saassy water ) വാട്ടർ എന്നാണു ഇതിന്റെ പേര്. വണ്ണം കുറയ്ക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർക്ക് ഇനി ഇതു മാത്രം ഒന്ന് ശീലമാക്കിയാൽ മതി. ചെറുനാരങ്ങ, വെള്ളരി ,ഇഞ്ചി, പുതിനയില എന്നിവ ചേർത്തുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന ശശി വാട്ടറിലെ ചെറുനാരങ്ങ ശരീരത്തിലെ വിഷാംശങ്ങളെയും മാലിന്യങ്ങളെയും പുറന്തള്ളി ശരീരത്തെ ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കാനും സഹായിക്കും. അത് മൂലം ശരീരത്തിലെ കൊഴുപ്പ് നീങ്ങി ശരീരം മെലിയുകയും ചെയ്യും. കക്കിരി ശരീരത്തെ തണുപ്പിക്കാൻ സഹായിക്കും. Recipe #1 ഒരു ഭരണിയിലോ ജഗ്ഗിലോ 8 ഗ്ലാസ്‌ വെള്ളവും ഒരു ടീസ്പൂണ്‍ ഇഞ്ചി ചെറുതാക്കി മുറിച്ചതും ഒരു ഇടത്തരം കഷണം വെള്ളരി മുറിച്ചതും, ഒരു ഇടത്തരം വലിപ്പമുള്ള ചെറുനാരങ്ങ ചെറുതാക്കി മുറിച്ചതും ഒരു ടീസ്പൂണ്‍ പുതിനയില ചെറുതാക്കി മുറിച്ചതും ചേർത്തു ഇളക്കി ഒരു രാത്രി മുഴുവൻ വെക്കുക. ഫ്രിഡ്ജിൽ വെച്ചാലും മതി. അടുത്ത ദിവസം ഉണ്ടാക്കി വെച്ച കൂട്ടിൽ നിന്നും

Lalit Sushma Row - Is it Scandal no 1 for NDA 2

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