Presumption: You know VISA concepts thoroughly and you are dying to go to onsite.
In a poor zoo in India, a lion was frustrated as he was offered not more than 1 kg meat a day. The lion thought its prayers were answered when one US Zoo Manager visited the zoo and requested the zoo management to shift the lion to the US Zoo.
The lion was so happy and started thinking of a central A/c environment, a goat or two every day and a US Green Card also.
On its first day after arrival, the lion was offered a big bag, sealed very nicely for breakfast. The lion opened it quickly but was shocked to see that it contained few peanuts.
Then the lion thought that may be they cared too much for him as they were worried about his stomach as he had recently shifted from India.
The next day the same thing happened. On the third day again the same food bag of peanuts was delivered.
The lion was so furious, it stopped the delivery boy and blasted at him, "Don't you know I
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I read a recent report that the Indian Government has asked sports persons not to display Indian national flag or its variations on any of the accessories they use. Prominent users of these include Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Narain Karthikeyan (whose F1 stint will start on March 6) and Kiran Chandhok.
With all due respect to the Indian tricolour, I believe this is Government's high-handedness as displaying something like the national flag should be any citizen's primary right. Am not sure what the Government means by saying "it's a disrespect to our national flag".
Take the case of Narain Karthikeyan, who sports our national flag in his helmet. It's a matter of great pride that an Indian has made it to Formula 1 racing and the world will be watching him this coming March 6. What's wrong in letting the world know that he is a proud son of India.
I believe there's no such law prevailing in the US or UK. I have seen US flags being displaye
One day while walking down the street a highly successful HR Director was tragically hit by a bus and
she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where St. Peter himself met her at the Pearly Gates...
"Welcome to Heaven," said St. Peter. "Before you get settled in though, it seems we have a problem. You see,
strangely enough, we've never once had a Human Resources Director make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in," said the woman... "Well, I'd like to," replied St. Peter, "but I have higher orders.
What we're going to do is let you have a day in Hell and a day in Heaven and then you can choose whichever one you want to spend an eternity in."
"Actually, I think I've made up my mind, I prefer to stay in Heaven", said the woman...
"Sorry, we have rules..." And with that St. Peter put the executive in an elevator and it went down-down-
Toyota, the brand that has the highest recall amongst Indian consumers after Honda has launched a replacement for its flagship product Qualis.
Qualis' production was stopped last December and only a few showroom pieces are available. Qualis shot into instant fame when many call center companies bought them to ferry their employees to and fro. Though it looked more like a match box, it's sturdy build and engine quality gave the Sumos and Scorpio's a run for their money.
Now coming to Innova, it is priced at Rs. 6.82 laks (base version). Toyota calls it "an attempt to redefine the concept of motoring".
A bunch of thieves hijacked an armored truck carrying diamonds and jewels in Amsterdam from an airport. However, the authorities have declined to put a value on the loss. The empty truck was later discovered at a highway.
Anonymous officials said that the gang was heavily armored and their operation was swift and smooth!!
According to a latest study done by a Finnish agency, mobile phones are safer to use and won't cause cancer or any other such stuff as is popularly believed!! Oooph!! What a sigh of relief... Read the in-depth review here
A man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for blogging!!
Unbelievable??? It's true.
Read more ....
I first heard of Tehelka and Tarun Tejpal (editor-in-chief of Tehelka) a few years back when they released a video tape of Bangaru Laxman accepting bribe.... I appreciated their efforts of investigative journalism at that time and just left it at that...
Circa 2005 - Ramesh tells me that Tehelka has a tabloid in print costing just Rs. 10 and has great editorial content and asks me to get one and read.... Well, I tried locating one and finally got hold of it from a newsstand at Coimbatore Railway Station.
So, how good is Tehelka's tabloid??
Mind blowing!! The editorial contents are so good that I haven't seen such good journalism in my life (I've been reading The Hindu and other newspapers from 5th Std.)....
Tehelka's one-liner is Free, Fair & Fearless and they very much abide by this. So get out and get one for yourself!!
Exceptional managers have that "special something" that sets them apart from the crowd -- sheer determination to maintain positive habits of success
Do you want to join the ranks of highly effective managers an article written by Kathy Simmons, claims and administration director at Canada Life Assurance Company in Atlanta
1. Increase your self-discipline
If you are like most people, you find it easy to do a bang-up job when you are in high spirits. The real test comes when you are not feeling motivated or particularly energetic. Are these good enough reasons to snap at customers or behave like a nasty martyr at work? No!
As a manager, like it or not, you are a role model. You set the standard when it comes to personal behaviour, so make sure that standard is high. A moment of impulsiveness can tear down years of hard work when it comes to your career and reputation. According to Daniel Goleman, author of Working With Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2
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The above picture says that Laloo and Rabri didn't get up while our national anthem was playing. Am not sure about the authenticity of this, but if it's true, it's a real shame on us!! It's a real shame on WE the people coz we only voted them to power....
PS: I doubt if it's part of a defamation move against Laloo and Rabri considering the fact that Bihar elections are going on.
Via: Subodh!
Yes, you read it right!! Courtesy Google, I've got 50 Gmail accounts waiting to get signed up.... so feel free to mail me and I will be delighted to send you one invite right away!!
Mail me @ peakdayblues@gmail.com
GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:
1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.
GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It
After intensifying lobbying from Indians (including me), Google has decided to add India to its list of Zeitgeist .
Zeitgeist is nothing but the top 10 searches done by a particular country for a particular month.
Here's the Top 10 queries done by Indians for January:
1. tsunami
2. indian railways
3. sania mirza
4. trisha
5. aishwarya rai
6. anara gupta
7. ignou
8. bollywood
9. ndtv
10. australian open
PS: I was one among the million of Indians, who through a chain of e-mails requested Google to add Zeitgeist India.
People who are regular readers of this blog will remember that I've featured two ( part 1 & part 2 ) methods of how 2 kill a lion long back...
Here's some more updates to it...
Newton's Method:
Let, the lion catch you. For every action there is equal and opposite reaction. Implies you caught lion
Einstein Method:
Run in the direction opposite to that of the lion. Due to higher relative velocity, the lion will also run faster and will get tired soon. Now you can trap it easily.
Software Engineer Method:
Catch a cat and claim that your testing has proven that its a Lion. If anyone comes back with issues tell that you will upgrade it to Lion.
Pakistani Police Method:
Catch any animal and interrogate it & torture it to accept that its a Lion. Now lets kill the lion...
Star Plus Method:
Send a lioness into the forest. our lion and lioness fall in love with each other. Send another lioness in to the forest,followed by another lion. First lion love
I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I picked up Hindu's weekly dossier "Metro Plus".... Couldn't believe my eyes first, but upon a close look, I recognized it... It's my Workplace!! Yes, the same place where I come every night and beat the sweat out of me! Well, it was a well-written article by Jeshi on the current status of Coimbatore in the IT/BPO scenario and its future growth opportunities, which included tit-bits from our CEO Ashok Bakthavatsalam. Worth a read if you haven't already!
"If you have watched & 'liked' Munnabhai MBBS, Main Hoon Na, Murder, Ab Tak Chappan, Girlfriend, Dhoom, Tere Naam, Kisna, Mujhse Shaadi Karoge, Hulchul, Julie, Rog.... Then please go & watch BLACK. And you’ll know the difference between a mediocre and a brilliant film."
These are the words featured in a full page advertisement in a popular tabloid on Tuesday. It was purportedly given by a man named Sunil Seth, who owns a small ad firm Sunny in Mumbai.
He claims to have paid Rs. 80,000/- for this ad and quite understandly the whole film fraternity in Bollywood is unhappy about this development. Some even have framed charges against Sanjay Leela Bhansali claiming that he is behind this.
Sunil says that he was so moved by the movie that he decided to give out this advertisement in appreciation.
Once four MBA students were boozing till late night and didn't study for the test which was scheduled for the next day. In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as dirty and weird as they could with grease and dirt. Then they went up to the dean and said that they had gone to a wedding last night and on their return the tyre of their car burst and they had to push the car all the way back and that they were in no condition to appear for the test. The Dean was a good person so he said that you can have a retest after three days. They said they were ready. On the third day they appeared before the dean. The Dean said that as this was a special condition all four were required to be in separate rooms for the test. They all agreed as they had prepared well in last three days. The test consisted of two question with a total marks of 100. Q1. Write down your Names. (2 marks) Q2. Which tyre burst ? (98 marks) Via: Hari V
"Ding dong, the witch is dead." That was one e-mail doing the rounds at Hewlett-Packard last week after Ms. Fiornia was fired. While Fiorina was considered a great leader by many, few of them considered her as a good manager.
Personally, it has always perplexed me if someone ask's me the difference between a leader and a manager... So I decided to do a Googli on this and this is what I found .
We, human beings, crave to be in the spotlight each and everyday.... and in this process we really forget to appreciate certain small things that makes a difference in our lives...
Take the case of the keyboard itself... we pound and hammer it each and everyday and don't even care to look at it and say, thank you! One maybe wondering why do that, it's after all invented by man... but what the heck, I felt like doing so...
My dear keyboard, I owe you!!
Zee Television, a part of the famous Zee Group owned by Subhash Chandra is planning to launch a TV called "Play TV' by March 2005.
As most of you would have guessed by this time, it is an extension of their famous online lottery enterprise "Playwin".
Play TV will be the first Asian channel of its kind, offering online gaming to Indian Viewers!!
Let the dice roll!!
Here's some good news for all you liquor barons out there!! Soon, a bottle of Black Label (750ml) will be available for less than Rs. 1,000/- and Red Label at Rs. 500/-.
But the catch is, if the government decides to bring down the basic duty on import to less than 75% from the current 150%.
Hope our FM will consider this in the upcoming Budget '05!
Till then, Cheers!!
Ever wondered how your favorite Indian Ads would read in China or Spain?? Presenting 10 famous ad goof-ups of all times.... Click here Via: KTJ
After the successful trilogy with the Matrix, the Wachorwski Brothers have come up with their newest venture called The Mootrix. This is currently in the post production stage and you can watch a preview by clicking here
A must watch for all the Matrix fans!!
Via: Subodh
Well, as some of you might know, the Chinese make the cheapest products in the whole world. India got a taste of the Chinese products when it signed the WTO Agreement. One could get a 10 set battery for as little as 50 bucks or buy clothes in kilos!! Now, the chinese have started inventing things and have invented a new type of toilet facility which is identical to the European Closet and is said to cost 1/5th the cost. An invention worthy indeed! :-) Check out the photo here.
India Today has come out with the 50 most powerful people in India list in its latest issue. It features the who's who of Indian Industrialists and politicians.
Any guesses as to who is "THE" most powerful person... Well, it's none other than Ratan Tata!
According to India Today, he is the numer uno, for the following reasons:
"Because he has taken India's largest software company TCS public. Because he launched the first Tata truck made in Korea at the Daewoo plant he had bought out in 2003. Because he acquired a steel plant in Singapore and a telecom giant in the US last year. Because he has dared the world and promised to produce a car costing Rs 1 lakh. Because the Rs 65,000 crore Tata empire now straddles 40 countries. Because he is the face the Government has chosen to represent India as the chairman of the Investment Commission. Because he has proved that business cycles are temporary and class is forever."
The top 10 features the likes
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
These are just a few of the 50 facts (useless) that everyone should know in their lifetime!! Click here to read all the 50!!
Via: Sudeshna!
One Japanese visits America, on his way to hotel from airport, he hires a taxi. He saw an overtaking Toyota and shouts "Toyota, made in Japan.. very fast.. very fast.." Then he saw a Honda and leans out of window and shouts loudly "Honda.. made in Japan.. very fast.. haha.." annoying the driver. Finally he reaches the hotel and asks the taxi driver about the bill. Driver says "$500!!". Japanese was shocked and tells that its too much. Then the driver says "This meter.. made in Japan.. very fast.. very fast"
Want to express your love this valentine's day in a special way to someone you care or love??
Here's a cool way - express it in different languages!
French - Je t'aime
Spanish - Te amo
German - Ich liebe dich
Hebrew - Ani ohev otakh
Japanese - Ai shite imasu
Italian - Ti amo
Russian - Ya lyublyu tyebya
Chinese - Wo ai nei
Greek - S'agapo
Cantonese -Moi oiy neya,
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
Spanish - Te quiero
Turkish - Seni seviyo*rum
Norwegian - Eg elskar deg
Hindi - Mai tumase pyar karata hun
English - I Love You
PS: Am not responsible for any injuries sustained to you after expressing this!! :-)
Happy Valentine, my love!
All my love is yours.
Praised be love that brings us home,
Pilgrims to these shores.
Yearnings here find harborage;
Vanities, sly smiles.
All that righteous anger rends,
Love here reconciles.
Even in the darkness where
No bitterness finds rest,
Thoughts of you are like a dawn
Intent on happiness.
Nor would I have so light a heart
Except that I am blessed!
One Early morning a mother went to her sleeping son and woke him up.
MOM: 'Wake up, son. It's time to go to school.'
SON: 'But why, Mama? I don't want to go to school.'
MOM: 'Give me two reasons why you don't want to go to school.'
SON: 'One, all the children hate me. Two, all the teachers hate me.'
MOM: 'Oh! that's not a reason. Come on, you have to go to school.'
SON: 'Give me two good reasons WHY I *should* go to school?'
MOM: 'One, you are FIFTY-TWO years old. Two, you are the PRINCIPAL of the school!!'
Mr. Akshaya Bhargava, CEO of Progeon says that BPO and IT can change the face of India!
Click the image for a larger view! 1) Relax and concentrate on the 4 small dots in the middle of the picture for about 30-40 seconds. 2) Then, take a look at a wall near you ( any smooth, single coloured surface ) 3) You will see a circle of light developing 4) Start blinking your eyes a couple of times and you will see a figure emerging... 5) What do you see? Who do you see? Via: Abhilash PS: I tried it out myself and it really worked!! Phoosh...! And guess what, I could see the image of Jesus! Kind of spooky!!
Hyundai is set to unveil "the latest in mini-MPV style" at next month's Geneva show.
Called the HED-1, the vehicle is a progression from Hyundai's previous E3 concept. The car was developed in Hyundai's European studio near Frankfurt, and will be used to gauge the reaction of potential customers to the ideas it proposes.
The world's biggest carmaker General Motors (GM) is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles in the US on safety grounds, according to federal regulators.
This is because of possible malfunctions with the braking systems. The affected vehicles in the product recall are from the 2004 and 2005 model years.
PS: Though this is an old phenomenon in the US, recently Honda recalled some of their new City model in India.
We've seen Cricket, Olympics and other forms of sports being telecast over the TV, but have you ever imagined how it would be like to see a Video Game competition between two people as live video over the TV with advertisements and all in between?
Well, it's not a fantasy anymore, it's true! A company called Gamecaster has come up with this unique idea.
The Gamecaster Field of Play arena is a circular platform with several networked gaming stations where hardcore gamers will battle it out to determine who's the best of the best. Not only will the arena seat thousands of live spectators watching the competition on gigantic Jumbotron monitors, but the platform will rotate as well, giving the audience a 360 degree view of the action as it unfolds. The Gamecaster Field of Play arena is also completely mobile, and they plan to take this puppy on the road, bringing PC and console competitions to all parts of the United States. As I mentioned before, these competitions w
A bollywood movie freak wrote a love letter....
Dear My Sapno Ki Rani,
KYA KEHNA the first time I saw you, I asked my self HUM APKE HAI KAUN, feeling that KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI so I decided to forward you a PUKAR! from DIL SE. I thought that by the way HUM TO MOHABBAT KAREGA...so with my DIL TO PAGAL HAI, I dream to be your HERO No.1 and I´ll make you my BIWI No.1. You might think that I am fooling you as BADAL but remember JHOOT BOLE KAWA KATE. Please JANAM SAMJA KARO that PYAAR KOHI KHEL NAHIN and I admit that DIL DE CHUKE SANAM. I trust AAP MERE HAI SANAM. I believe that HUM APKE DIL MEIN REHTE HAIN for HAMESHA. Remember JAB PYAR KISSI SE HOTA HAI why not AA ABH LAUT CHALEIN and you can come SAAJAN KI BAHO MEIN. There is SIRF TUM in my life. If you say YES BOSS, then I will become your JORU KA GULAM. Don´t worry be happy, DHOLI SAJA KE RAKHNA because DILWALE DULHANIYA LE JAYENGE
And pat came the reply....
Dear DUSHMAN
Thank you for your love letter. However I feel H
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley.
A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect.
There was not a mark or a flaw in it.
Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen.
The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said, "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine."
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly ... but full of scars. It had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in ... but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges.
In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.
The people starred ... how could he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought?
The young man loo
Kodak has launched an automatic camera `Kodak EC 300' in India as part of its strategy to increase camera penetration in the country.
This new automatic camera is priced at Rs. 995 and three film rolls will be free at the time of purchase.
Click here to buy it right away!
PS: An average Indian household clicks only two rolls annually compared to seven in ASEAN region and 15 in western countries.
Michael Robertson, the founder of pioneering Web service MP3.com, formally announced his new digital music store, MP3tunes.com .
The venture was unveiled in San Diego at a trade conference, Digital Summit.
Robertson said the service offers 330,000 legally licensed songs from independent artists for purchase at $0.88 each.
The tracks are not encoded with antipiracy technology, so "they will work on any computer and with any portable player," he added in a statement.
A 4-year-old Michigan boy took underage driving to new extremes by slipping behind the wheel of his mother's car for an overnight visit to the local video store. He drove about a quarter mile from his home to the video store without incident. The store was closed. On the boy's return home, he hit two parked vehicles before backing up into a police cruiser.
Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Carly Fiorina, after five and a half tumultuous years at the giant printer and computer maker, has been ousted by its board of directors.
Board members say they asked for the resignation of Ms. Fiorina, architect of a controversial $19 billion purchase of Compaq Computer Corp. that has failed to produce the benefits expected. Her resignation was effective immediately and rekindled analysts' discussions about breaking up the company.
Ms. Fiorina's departure follows recent discussions with directors over the proper operating structure for H-P. As reported by the Wall Street Journal in January, the board had discussed a management reorganization that would distribute some key day-to-day responsibilities of Ms. Fiorina's to three other senior executives, a plan that Ms. Fiorina opposed, according to people familiar with the matter. H-P has called reports of the discussions "speculation."
Source: WSJ
PS:
Appollo group started an integrated healthcare clinic which offers alternative therapies (a first in India) at Chennai today.
The erstwhile film actress Rekha inagurated the Clinic. The treatment will combine ayurveda, yoga, aroma, music and other therapies with western practices.
The wellness clinic provides three programmes. There is a total fitness plan for the healthy, a programme for the ill and suffering as well as a third plan for those recuperating from serious illnesses.
PS: The Apollo group, which set up its first hospital in Chennai in 1983, has 37 hospitals and healthcare centres with over 6,400 beds in India.
An Australian couple was attempting to sell the "naming, advertising and promotional" rights to their unborn daughter for $750,000 via the Internet auction site, Ebay.
In an advertisement on eBay Australia under the item title "Truman Baby", the unnamed couple from the Western Australian capital Perth invites bids on the right to name their baby girl, due on March 1. Read more
Before Finding a Girl - Spiderman
After Finding his Girl - Superman
After the Engagement - Gentleman
After the Marriage - Watchman
10 years After Marriage - Doberman
No matter how much we appluad Google or try out new search engines like MSN or Yahoo! , the boundaries of search is still untapped for.
There are at times when you search for the simplest things that you realize that this technology has miles and miles to go....
I just wanted a list of some public libraries in Coimbatore, but couldn't find anything online.
So, me going back to the good old way of searching (asking people)....
Anyone knows about any good libraries in Coimbatore?? Pls help!
Today is unique! It has never occurred before and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.
Check out this ad featuring Gandhi in this Telecom Italia ad which won an award in Epica 2004.
Must Watch!! Highly Recommended!!
Via: Kiruba
I was just going through some of the concept cars that were displayed in the recently concluded Detroit Auto Show, when this one caught my eye. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this was my favorite cartoon character "Flintstone's" car!!
Ford calls this concept car SYNUS and claims that this car is safer than a bank vault!! Well, it sure looks like one!
I've been a great admirer of Amul's print ads and have also even written about it. But I believe they gave the assignment this time to a new copy writer!!
From trying to be cool, I think Amul has gone terribly wrong here by mocking thousands of call center employees! Every profession has its own profanity and BPO is nonetheless different.
For those of you who didn't get the gist of this ad, they are mocking a recent obscene phone call made to a call centre executive by a US based radio jockey.
Jordan F1 team announced today that India's Narain Karthikeyan and Portugal's Tiago Monteiro will be their race drivers for the upcoming F1 racing season which is scheduled to begin in 30 days at Australia.
Read more!
PS: Jordan F1 team was recently taken over by a group called Midland which is owned by a Russian!
The information below about India was given in a Pakistani magazine "The News International" by "Mr. Masood Khan" on December 14, 2004 .
World's 5 largest car companies are procuring their spare parts from India. In 2002, the export was Rs.1700 crores and it quadrupled in 2003 to Rss.7000 crores. In the next 5 years this will cross Rs.70,000 crores.
India's HERO HONDA is the world's largest Motorcycle manufacturing company. It manufactures 17 lakh motorcycles per year.
England's popular Rover car company is going to manufacture TATA INDICA, the Indian technology car at the rate of 1 lakh car per year.
BHARAT FORGE has emerged as the largest forging company in the world and supplies its products to world popular companies like Volvo, Toyota, Honda etc.
ASIAN PAINTS, an Indian paint company has its Manufacturing plants in 22 countries across 5 continents and is the market leader in 11 countries.
HINDUSTAN INKS, an Indian ink manufactu
Francois Gautier, a regular columnist at Rediff has recently written a controversial article titled " Cry, my beloved India ".
Why I call this as a controversial one is he is very blunt in his remarks and speaks of great length about India's current political scenario. Personally, I don't agree with some of his views. But coming from a French nationalist (claims to be one!), it is rather interesting to read his observations about India. Do read it here
News Courtesy: Vishu
Can the findings from Professor Robert Winston's survey improve the quality of your sleep?
Find out more here! A must read for all night shift workers!
Courtesy: JVK
Rajesh Subbiah forwarded me some shocking pictures which was forwarded to him by a friend of his in Singapore.
Due to the graphic nature of these pics, I've decided not to paste it directly in the blog. Instead, I've given links to these pics.
Pic 1 ; Pic 2 ; Pic 3 : Pic 4
Warning: These are highly graphic in nature and see it at your own will!!
India's cabinet Wednesday approved a proposal to raise the foreign direct investment limit in the telecommunications sector to 74% from 49%.
But the cabinet also decided that the majority of directors in domestic telecom ventures should be Indians if foreign shareholding in such companies exceeds 49%.
Under the new policy, the original promoter of a telecom company must continue to hold at least a 10% stake. The new policy aims to make investment rules more transparent.
So far, foreign telecom companies could hold up to 49% stakes directly, but their indirect stakes could rise to 73.99%.
Though listed companies such as Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. have foreign shareholding of up to 49%, some others such as the Hutchison group have higher foreign holdings.
The FDI cap increase will help the sector secure more funds for much-needed expansion.
India's telecom industry, particularly the mobile-phone sector, is among the fastest-growing in the world, with around two
Narain Karthikeyan, the fastest Indian on wheels and India’s major hope for securing a berth in coveted Formula One Grand Prix is all set to realize his dream. At a press conference held in Mumbai today, Narain announced that he has arrived at an agreement in principle with Team Jordan to race with them for this year’s Formula One. The agreement is expected to be finalized in a few days time. The Formula One 2005 calendar starts with the Australian Grand Prix from March 6, 2005. Narain’s F-1 run is being fuelled by the Tata Group, Tata Motors and BPCL.
"It is a momentous day for me and it has indeed been a long journey. After a successful stint in the Nissan World Series this year, today, I can see my dream of becoming the first Indian driver to secure a Formula-1 berth becoming a reality. All this wouldn’t have been possible without the support of my sponsors, the Tatas and BPCL and millions of fans who have inspired me in pursuit of my dream.” - Karthikeyan!
PS: He is
The world wide web (WWW) has really made information gathering as easy as two or three keyboard strokes.
In those days, it was very hard to find information about someone, and even if you find something, it would have taken at least half a day of your labor.
Well, things have changed. Now, information on anything is available at the click of a mouse.
Here's the latest that the web has to offer - a consolidated passport information page where you can search passport information of yourself just by giving your name and place of birth.
Try it for yourself!
Courtesy: Hari V!!
Maruti kick started its makeover business with Wagon R. Zen and Esteem followed it and the inevitable was only to happen...
Yes, now the people's car of India, Maruti 800 has got a new look altogether.
The changes include a new grille, new tail lamps, and clear headlamps. It also abides by the new Euro III emission norms. And the Co. has also increased 800's price by 3,000/-. You can get a standard version for Rs. 2.09 lakhs!!
And the Co.'s recently introduced EMI plan for the 800 is a big hit among the two-wheeler population who wants to upgrade to a car. One has to just pay Rs. 2599/- per month!!!