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Enjoy the independence

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:05:00 +0000

Thousands laid down their lives so

that our country is breathing this day

Never forget their sacrifice...

Freedom is a Precious gift of God.

May We Always Remain Independent...

Here's wising our dreams of a new

tomorrow come true for us...

NOW AND ALWAYS!

No nation is perfect,

it needs to be made perfect!...

Enjoy the independence,

without troubling others independence!

Proud and thank's to every one who are all helps her.

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Today (22.06.2012) a young girl accident did near Sulur town in Coimbatore. City peoples, and near by friend call's Ambulance, but dint know her family and relatives phone no. Her friend call's SBI sulur town branch and asks her relative's phone number to inform them, but her friend dint know her Ac/no too. She ask's the relative's phone number for this emergency, with that name the SBI team finds one account number with over more than 20,000 accounts in that branch in a two minutes. And call's her relatives and said this message, and they come at the same time of ambulance get ready to go hospital. Its a simple one, but the peoples, her friend and SBI bank team saves one young girls life. Now she is fine and going to get well soon.

Proud and thank's to every one who are all helps her.

Social welfare message discussion,

THE SOFT

‘Intelligent’ tyre that changes itself to weather

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:59:00 +0000

SYDNEY: German researchers
are developing
the world’s fi rst-ever “intelligent”
tyre which automatically
adapts itself to the prevailing
weather conditions
even while you are driving.
The team headed by Detlef
Riemer at the University of
Applied Sciences in Leipzig
unveiled the “adaptive
tyre” at this year’s Hanover
Fair, the world’s biggest industrial
fair taking place in
the north German city this
week.
“Today’s choice of tyres are
always a compromise between
the ability to brake
and petrol consumption,”
the Sydney Morning Herald
quoted Riemer as saying.
“The car driver has to take
into consideration every sort
of weather condition and
you can’t change tyres while
you’re driving,” he added.
But Riemer’s “adaptive
tyre” is equipped with electronic
sensors, which recognise
different sorts of
terrain - whether motorway
or untarmacked roads - and
whether it’s dry, raining or
snowing.
And accordingly, the tyres’
profi les are automatically
raised or widened accordingly,
even when the car is
in motion. “That means your
car is always equipped with
the best possible tyre, and
noise and petrol consumption
are automatically optimised,
too,” Riemer stated.
“The driver no longer has
to think about adapting their
tyres. The tyre itself ‘’thinks’
too,” he added.
The tyre is still a long way
from a fi nished product and
research is still being carried
out, notably on the materials
that can be used for the
moveable parts of the tyre’s
profi les. “But we’ve patented
it already, just in case,”
Riemer noted.

901 million people use Facebook

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:59:00 +0000

WASHINGTON: Facebook
has said it has 901 million
users and is likely that
it pass the one billion user
mark well before the end of
this year.
The company, which displayed
the statistics in its
amended S-1 fi ling, also said
that its network receives 3.2
billion comments per day
and 300 million new photos
daily. The site also claims
125 billion to have friendships.
Of the 901 million
users, 526 million were described
as daily active users
in March. Some 488 million
people also used Facebook
mobile products that month,
according to the fi ling.
The network had 845 million
users when Facebook
fi led its Initial Public Offering
paperwork with the SEC
in February 2012, stuff.
co.nz reports.
A senior analyst at iCrossing,
Gregory Lyons has estimated
that Facebook would
hit one billion users by August.

School bags cause kids to suffer backache: Survey

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:59:00 +0000

DEHRADUN: In a wake
up call for government and
parents, an ASSOCHAM
survey has revealed that
over 82 per cent of the children
between age group of
5-12 are carrying avoidable
‘excessively load’ in their
school bags causing higher
risk of back pain, stress and
even hunchback, specially
in girls.
The country-wide ASSOCHAM
survey conducted
under its Social Development
Foundation (SDF),
shows majority of private
schools were grossly violating
Central government’s
strict norms for Children’s
School Bag Act 2006. The
survey was conducted in
March-April’12 in 10 major
cities of Delhi, Kolkata,
Chennai, Bangalore,
Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune,
Ahemdabad, Lucknow,
Jaipur, Dehradun during
which more than 2,000 pupils
and 2,000 parents were
randomly interviewed by
the industry body.
It revealed that nearly 58
per cent of children below
the age of 10 were already
suffering from mild back
pains, which could develop
into chronic pains and later,
in a hunchback. Nearly
82 per cent of children carried
as much as over 35 per
cent of their weight on their
backs. The stresses from
excess weights may cause
harm and may adversely
affect the growth of the
musculo-skeletal system,
Chairman ASSOCHAM
Health Committee Dr B K
Rao, said. The back pain
was a bigger problem in
girls, with the risk of pain
increasing with age. The
heaviest backpacks have a
50 per cent higher risk of
back pain than those carrying
the lightest, added Mr
D S Rawat, Secretary General
ASSOCHAM. It was
observed that around 1,500
kids below the age of 12
could not sit properly without
the support of slouch
and suffered from orthopedic
problems and 40 per cent
were physically inactive.
Majority of the parents
complained that on an average,
there were seven to
eight periods in a day and
each subject involved a
minimum of three books, a
textbook, a workbook and
a notebook. So, every day
children had to carry 21
books for seven to eight periods.
In addition, over 78 per
cent of parents said children
were required to carry
a book with half drawn images
and complete colour
kit for drawing or crafts and
also sports kit.
They also carries lunch box
and water bottle. About
86 per cent of the students
said lockers were either
not available at all or were
not easily accessible in the
school premises for small
children.
Dr Rao said children
should not carry anything
weighing more than 10 per
cent of their body weight
and parents should monitor
their children when they
are packing their bags. They
should ensure that children
should stick to their time
table and did not carry unnecessary
material. Dr
Rao suggested that children
should wear a well-designed
backpack and also encouraged
to exercise regularly,
which will improve their
muscle tone.
ASSOCHAM has urged
the government to be aware
of the strains and stresses
placed upon young bodies as
they grow. Many schools especially
private mistakenly
believe heavy schools bags
mean better learning.

Wipro reports 7.7 pc jumps in PAT in Q 4

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:58:00 +0000

BANGALORE: IT major
Wipro reported today a 7.7
percent increase in consolidated
net profi t at Rs 1,480.9
crore for the fourth quarter
ended March 31 with the total
income up by 18.84 per
cent at Rs 9,836.30 crore.
The company had posted a
net profi t of Rs 1,375.4 crore
during the January-March
quarter in 2010-11 with the
top line last year being Rs
8,276.3 crore.
For the year ended March,
2012, Wipro posted an increase
of 5.1 per cent in its
net profi t to Rs 5,573 crore
compared to Rs 5,297.7
crore in the 2010-11 fi scal
with the revenues up by
20.66 per cent at Rs 37,404.4
crore as against Rs 30,998
crore in the previous fi scal.
Wipro Chairman Azim
Premji, commenting on the
results, said ‘Corporations
globally are focused on leveraging
technology to drive
revenues and productivity.
Our strategy is aligned to deliver
value to our customers
by partnering with them in
this journey.’
‘Our focus on operations
helped improve revenue productivity
and deliver strong
cash fl ows in a volatile environment,’
Wipro Executive
Director and Chief Financial
Offi cer Suresh Senapaty
said.
Wipro said the current
quarter of fi scal 2013 should
see the revenue earnings
from IT services business
range between USD 1,520
million and USD 1,550
million, assuming that exchange
rates of the dollar
will be at Rs 50.07.
“We have delivered revenues
in line with our guidance
in an uncertain environment.
Our restructuring
journey started with us positioning
the customer at the
centre of all our efforts,”
Wipro Executive Director
and Chief Executive Offi cer
for IT Business T K Kurien
said.
He said the company had
seen progress with customer
satisfaction scores going up
in each of the last four quarters
and “we have created
better value for our clients,
with seven customers contributing
more than USD
100 million in revenues.”
Wipro said it added 41
new customers during the
quarter and 173 new customers
during the year.
Revenues during the quarter
from IT products segment
increased by three per
cent year-on-year (YoY)
to Rs 937 crore (USD 184
million), Wipro said. The
IT products segment of
the company recorded an
increase of four per cent
YoY basis to Rs 3,844 crore
(USD 755 million) for the
year ended March, 2012, it
added.

71-hour Countdown proceeding smoothly

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:58:00 +0000

CHENNAI: The 71-hour
countdown for the launch of
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV), which would
put the 1,858 kg India’s
fi rst radar imaging satellite
RISAT-1in the orbit, was
progressing smoothly.
ISRO sources said the
countdown which began at
0647 hrs on Monday morning
was progressing without
any hitch at the Satish Dhawan
Space Centre at Sriharikota,
about 100 km from
here. The extended version
of ISRO’s workhorse launch
vehicle PSLV-XL, carrying
RISAT-1, would lift from
the fi rst launch Pad at 0547
hrs on April 26.
PSLV-C19 will inject
RISAT-1 satellite into an orbit
of 480 km altitude at an
inclination of 97.552 deg.
The satellite will be put in its
fi nal orbital confi guration at
536 km altitude using thrusters
onboard the satellite.
Having a life span of fi ve
years, RISAT-1 is basically
a remote-sensing satellite.
It would be ISRO’s fi rst radar
imaging satellite, which
could take pictures of the
earth In all conditions --
rain, sun, fog and cyclones
-- and through the clouds
using synthetic aperture radars.
This is also the heaviest
remote sensing satellite
built by ISRO.
It would be another fi rst
for PSLV, the ISRO’s workhorse
satellite launch vehicle,
as it would be placing
the heaviest satellite in the
polar orbit.
Since it is the heaviest
satellite, ISRO would be using
the XL (extended large)
version of PSLV (PSLVXL),
which was earlier used
for the launch of Chandrayaan-
1 mission in October
2008 and again for the
launch of GSAT-12 in July
last year.
PSLV-XL uses six additional
powerful strap-on
motors, each containing
12 tonnes of solid propellants,
when compared to
the standard PSLV version
which uses nine tonnes of
solid propellants in each of
the six strap-on.
Pictures taken from
RISAT-1 would be used to
estimate the crop yield, especially
to monitor paddy
crop, assess its acreage and
predict its health during the
kharif season, when the sky
was covered with clouds.
The images could also be
used for disaster management
during cyclones and
fl oods, besides assessing the
extent of inundation caused.

Japan fears nuclear plant sits atop active geological fault

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:58:00 +0000

TOKYO: A nuclear plant
in northwestern Japan may
be sitting right on top of an
active geological fault, the
country’s nuclear watchdog
has said, raising the risk
that the facility may never
resume power generation
for fear of an earthquake.
For the fi rst time in more
than 40 years, Japan faces
the prospect of having
no nuclear power within
weeks, after last year’s crisis
at the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear plant crushed public
trust in nuclear power and
prevented the restart of reactors
shut for regular maintenance
checks.
The fault fracture zone under
the No.1 and No.2 units
of the 1,517-megawatt Tsuruga
plant could be an active
fault that could move jointly
with a confi rmed nearby active
fault, the Nuclear and
Industrial Safety Agency
(NISA) found in a site survey
yesterday, a spokesman
for the plant’s operator said.
The operator, unlisted
Japan Atomic Power Co,
denies the existence of an
active fault right under the
plant, citing its geological
assessment, but the NISA
has ordered an additional
investigation following its
fi ndings, the spokesman
said.
Nuclear power, long advertised
as safe and cheap,
provided almost 30 per cent
of Japan’s electricity before
the crisis, but now all
but one of Japan’s 54 reactors
are off-line, mainly for
maintenance.
The last reactor will shut
down on May 5. Japan has
rules against installing a
nuclear plant on top of an
active fault that has moved
within the last 120,000 to
130,000 years, and the Tsuruga
site could be declared
unfi t to host a nuclear plant.
The plant’s 357-MW No 1
unit and the 1,160-MW No
2 unit have been shut since
last year for planned maintenance.
Japan Atomic Power had
previously aimed to add
No 3 and No 4 units at the
plant, with capacity of 1,538
MW each, by 2018, but the
plan has stalled, refl ecting
public worries over nuclear
power after the Fukushima
plant was wrecked in the
March 2011 earthquake and
tsunami, triggering radiation
leaks that caused mass
evacuations and widespread
contamination.
The restart of the No 1
unit, which began operation
in 1970, has been uncertain
in light of Japan’s plans to
limit the life of reactors to
40 years, and permit extensions
only under stringent
terms.
The company had planned
to scrap the Tsuruga No 1
unit in 2016.

No change in visa policy towards Indian students: US

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:58:00 +0000

WASHINGTON: The US
has said that there is no
change in its policy towards
issuing visas to Indian students.
“I don’t think we’ve
changed our policy with regard
to the way we interview
applicants,” State Department
spokesperson Victoria
Nuland told reporters at her
daily news conference.
“I think what we are doing
is making sure that the sponsoring
organisations truly
are what they say they are
in the United States; that if
they say that they are bringing
students over to educate
them, that they intend to
educate them, not put them
to work, et cetera,” she said.
Nuland said the US supports
the recent initiative
of opening community colleges
in India on the pattern
of those here. Last week,
education ministers of four
Indian States - Punjab, Bihar,
Madhya Pradesh, and
Jammu and Kashmir, visited
several US cities to
have a fi rst hand experience
of the community colleges
here. “Well, obviously, we
support this initiative. We
have been working with the
Indian side to fl esh out the
initiative that was agreed
between the President and
the prime minister through
our Education Bureau here.
And obviously, we are
responsible for the visa issuance
for the various folks
studying in the United
States,” Nuland said.

India becomes world’s top ‘spamspewing nation’

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:24:00 +0000

LONDON: India has become
the top ‘spam-spewing
nation’ on the planet, overtaking
the United States, according
to a report.
A report of security fi rm
Sophos ranked the nations
by the amount of junk mail
routed through computers in
each country.
It said that 9.3 percent of
all junk mail sent across the
web came from or passed
through computers in India,
with America in the second
place at 8.3 per cent and
South Korea third at 5.7 per
cent, the BBC reports.
According to Graham
Cluley, senior technology
consultant at Sophos, India’s
rapid rise up the chart
of spam producers is due to
the rapid growth of the web
in the country.
Cluley pointed out that the
inexperience of the many
fi rst-time net users in India
had led many to fall victim
to hi-tech criminals.
“The latest stats show that,
as more fi rst-time internet
users get online in growing
economies, they are not taking
measures to block the
malware infections that turn
their PCs into spam-spewing
zombies,” he added.

Nano’s rival in Nissan’s Datsun to launch for Indian roads

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:23:00 +0000

NEW DELHI: Tata’s Nano
fi nally has a competition
Nissan’s Datsun. If one
thought India’s Tata Nano
was the cheapest car in the
world, one could be up for a
pleasant surprise.
According to reports, Japan’s
Nissan, in collaboration
with Bajaj Auto, has
decided to launch ultra lowcost
cars in the price range
of Rs 1.25 Lakh to 1.5 Lakh.
This is the fi rst time that the
company has indicated it
would make such low cost
cars.
To be called Datsun, the
recently revived brand will
take on the world’s cheapest
car, said the company. The
Datsun brand is the precursor
to Nissan in Japan but
was discontinued in the year
1981. However, the company
decided to revive the
brand and make it a more
reliable, robust, affordable
and modern car, and operate
it in segments where Nissan
does not.
“In markets like India,
Russia, Brazil and Indonesia,
roughly 40-50 per
cent of sales are in segment
where Nissan cannot have a
product. It is in those categories
that Datsun will have
a role to play,” the report
quoted Carlos Ghosn, chairman
and CEO of Renault
Nissan as saying.
Renault Nissan and Bajaj
Auto had signed an agreement
in 2009 wherein the
Indian automaker was to design,
develop and manufacture
an ultra low-cost car to
hit the roads in 2011 but the
project has been delayed.
Earlier this year, at the
Delhi Auto Expo in January,
Bajaj had showcased
the RE60 low-cost vehicle
which is expected to
be launched soon. However,
Renault Nissan said
they haven’t decided as
yet whether to go with the
RE60 or not.

Coimbatore hospital Chairman honoured in NY

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:23:00 +0000

NEW YORK: Dr Palanivelu,
founder-chairman of
Gem Hospital and Research
Center, Coimbatore, Tamil
Nadu, has been honoured by
the New York City Council
and other organisations.
A certifi cate of recognition,
signed by City Council
member Peter Koo on
behalf of the City Council,
was issued to Dr Palanivelu,
according to a release issued
on his behalf yesterday.
The City Council hailed his
contribution to medicine
and for creating awareness
on lifestyle diseases and for
being a pioneer in weight
loss surgery in Asia.
Nassau County led by
County Executive Edward
Mangano also issued an offi
cial signed proclamation
to commemorate Dr Palanivelu’s
visit to the US and
for his service to the cause
of suffering humanity and
said he was the fi rst Indian
professor with privileges to
operate and teach abroad
without formal training and
license in the respective host
countries.
The third honor, “Living
Legend of Laproscopy
Award,” for his pioneering
works in the fi eld of medicine
and enhancing the image
of Tamils and Tamil
Nadu in global arena was
also presented at a function
held here on April 21 where
a galaxy of speakers showered
praise on Dr Palanivelu
and his contribution to the
world of laproscopy in the
global arena.
Zahid Syed Chairman/
Commissioner Nassau
County Commission on Human
Rights and founder of
South Asian Political Action
Committee, Long Island,
New York, who represented
Nassau County Chief Executive
Edward Mangano
at the event described Prof.
Palanivelu as a pioneer in
his fi eld and welcomed him
to the US on behalf of his
county.
He presented the Nassau
County proclamation to
Prof Palanivelu honouring
Dr Palanivelu. Dr Vellore
S Parithivel, Associate Professor
of Clinical Surgery/
Albert Einstein College of
Medicine/ Deputy Chairman
Department of Surgery/
Bronx Lebanon Hospital
Center and founder of Association
of Tamil Medical
Association (ATMA) said
Dr. Palanivelu is considered
one of the top surgeons of
India especially in his fi eld
Single Incision Laparoscopic
Surgeries and colorectal
procedures. He presented
the award to Dr Palanivelu
on behalf of New York City
Council.
Albert Chelladurai, advisor
to New York Tamil
Sangam, in his address said
Tamils in the US are proud
that Dr Palanivelu received
the highest honor of the
Royal College of Surgeons
of Edinburgh, United Kingdom in appreciation of his
scientifi c contribution in
the fi eld of minimally access
surgery at global level.
Also, Dr Palanivelu was
the fi rst Indian doctor to
get International Olympic
Surgery Silver Medal conducted
by the American
Gastro-intenstinal Endoscopic
Surgeons in Phoenix,
Arizona, he said.
Prakash M Swamy, president
of New York Tamil
Sangam said Dr. Palanivelu
brought laurels to India, especially
Tamil Nadu with his
research and scientifi c pursuit
and put Tamil Nadu on
the global map.
He also recalled the Sixth
World Congress of Laproscopic
and Endoscopic Surgery
in Rome, Italy where
Prof. Palanivelu was the
only Indian physician to be
honored for his contribution
to the fi eld.
In his acceptance speech,
Prof Palanivelu thanked the
New York City Council,
Nassau County and New
York Tamil Sangam for honoring
him with awards and
proclamations.

Medicines carried for abducted Collector

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:22:00 +0000

Maoist informed Menon critically ill

RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh
government today rushed
medicines for abducted Sukma
District Collector Alex
Paul Menon hours after the
Maoists informed them that
he was critically ill.
The medicines are being
sent through president of
All India Adivasi Mahasabha
Manish Kunjam, one
of the mediators named by
the Maoists for holding negotiations
with the government.
Though Kunjam has
refused to take part in the
mediation process, he has
agreed to take the medicines
to the collector. Last night,
the Maoists had named
three mediators including
lawyer Prashant Bhushan
and Former National SC/ST
Commission chairperson
B D Sharma, for negotiations
after the Chhattisgarh
government offered to hold
talks to free Menon from
the extremists. The Naxals
had said that only the three
persons named by them will
be allowed to negotiate in
Tarimetla village and asked
them to accept the invitation
to act as mediators.
Kunjam, who had declined
the Maoists’ offer yesterday
citing regional circumstances
and party obligations, today
said that following the
state government’s request,
he was ready to take medicines
for the 32-year-old
IAS offi cer, who is an asthma
patient. “Menon’s life is
supreme. I will be going to
Sukma soon to take the medicines
and then proceed to
Tarimetla. Thereafter, I will
come back,” he said. Chief
Minister Raman Singh’s
Chief Secretary N Brijendra
Kumar today said that few
mediapersons from Naxalhit
Bastar region have also
offered to take medicines for
Menon, and the state government
has decided to give
them permission for the
same, provided they keep
a distance from police, lest
it may prove detrimental to
the offi cer’s safety.
A worried Asha, Menon’s
wife, has also appealed to
Maoists to send an audio/
video tape of her husband,
so that she can gauge his
condition. She asked them
to provide immediate medical
relief to him in view of
his critical state.

Japan Consulate drafts its Corporate Houses in Chennai Support Projects of mentally ill persons

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:48:00 +0000

CHENNAI: Takayuki Kitagawa,
Deputy Consul General
in Chennai, wanted the
special talents that is with
the special children be located,
and what is more opportunity
should be given to
them to rehabilitate them.
Addressing an event that
marked the completion of
18 years continuous support
of the Japanese Consulate
for the persons living with
mental illness in Chennai
through Pathway Centre for
Rehabilitation and Education
of Mentally Retarded,
a Non Governmental organization,
he said the effort
should go on without any
lent.
Pathway centre is running
a special home at Chennai,
hospital and farm in the
out skirts of the City, etc
and providing comprehensive
support for mentally ill
persons through these units
with the grant and support
of the Japan Consulate in
Chennai many billions.
In addition the continuous
support by Japan Consulate
General Offi ce, Chennai
since 1994, Takayuki
Kitagawa has this time invited
Japan based corporate
houses working in Chennai
to support the NGO. In
the event held on Saturday,
Takayuki Kitagawa arranged
the meeting between
the NGO Heads and CEOs
of Japan companies.
Mr.M.R.Ranganathan,
Special Adviser Tamil Nadu
Chamber of Nippon India
Trade and Industry, Mr.
Toshihiko Sano , CEO &
Managing Director, Renault
Nissan Automotive India
Private Limited , Mr. Yoshiaki
Inayama, Director &
Head of Management Planning
Offi ce, Toshiba JSW
Turbine and Generator Pvt
Ltd, Mr. Tsuyoshi Yamanne
, Whole-time Director, MS
General Insurance Company
Ltd , Ms. Yuko Kobayashi
, Project Coordinator,
Japanese Grant Assistance
for Grassroots Human Security
Projects , offi ce of the
Consulate General of Japan
at Chennai took part and addressed
the gathering.
An exhibition of gift
learning equipment and the
different products made by
the mentally ill ones were
displayed at the event.
The parents and relatives
of the benefi ciaries thanked
the Japanese community
and it is corporate houses
for supporting for the rehabilitation
of their kith and
kin who are living with
mental illness.
Takayuki Kitagawa invited
the Japan based corporate
working in Chennai to take
part and support the projects
meant for mentally ill persons.
‘Chennai METRO’ Daily
evening newspaper Chief
Editor S.A.N.Vasigaran,
Mr. Srinivasan , District
Welfare Offi cer, Differently
abled Persons, Government
of Tamil Nadu and other
dignitaries also took part in
the event.

US-India join project to build largest telescope

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:48:00 +0000

NEW DELHI: : India has
decided to formally join
a project to construct the
world’s largest telescope in
the US for which a budget
of Rs 700 crore has been
sanctioned by the Department
of Atomic Energy.
“India has already got the
status of an observer in the
project to construct the largest
telescope of 30-metre
aperture,” said a senior offi -
cial from the Earth Sciences
Ministry. The telescope will
have the capability to focus
sharply and collect data and
pictures.
Along with the US, Canada,
Japan and China are
members of the project and
have started the early construction
phase of the telescope,
which is expected
to be completed by 2019. In
2010, India decided to join
the project as an observer.
The telescope will be 10
times more powerful than
the world’s largest Hubble
telescope and will be fi tted
with high powered optical
spectrometer, infrared
imaging spectrometer and
infrared multi-object spectrometer.
Several Indian institutions
such as Indian Institute
of Astrophysics, Aryabhatta
Research Institute
of Observational Sciences,
Inter-University Centre for
Astronomy and Astrophysics
and Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research will
participate in the project.

15-day deadline to Centre

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:48:00 +0000

“We have no income to pay the interest for the debts incurred by the previous
Government. We are repeatedly urging the Centre that it should allow at least
a three-year interest moratorium. .”I will not tolerate this to go on. I am still
appealing to the centre, but if it continues to remain indifferent, then it will be
a big issue. I will still wait for 15 days,” - Mamta Banerjee

533 students conferred degrees in Valliammai Engineering College

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:47:00 +0000

CHENNAI: In all 533 students,
including 13 Anna
University Rank Holders,
were on Sunday conferred
degrees at the Eighth Graduation
Day of the Valliammai
Engineering College.
At a function held at the
SRM University campus,
Madras High Court Judge K
Venkataraman presented the
medals to the rank holders
and certifi cates to the passing
out graduates.
SRM Group of Institutions
Chairman Ravi Pachamoothoo,
SRM University Vice-
Chancellor M Ponnavaikko
were present at the function,
held at the University campus
at suburban Kattankulathur.
Delivering the Graduation
Day address, Mr Justice
Venkataraman exhorted the
students to be job providers
rather than mere job seekers.
Noting that mere getting
job after obtaining the degrees
was not the end of
life, he urged the students to
dream big to come up big in
life like an industrialist or a
big corporate.
Citing the example of
SRM University Founder
T R Pachamuthu, the Judge
said Mr Pachamuthu, from
a humble beginning as a
part time school teacher had
a wide vision.
‘He was not content with
a school teacher. He started
a primary school and then a
polytechnic, before setting
up engineering and medical
colleges and then this big
SRM
University, which now resmbled
a Mini town”, the
Judge added.
“Like Mr Pachamuthu, you
students should also dream
big to become a person who
gives employment rather
than getting employed,” he
added.
He also appealed to the
students not to forget the
sacrifi ces made by the
teachers and parents, whose
contributions were crucial
in moulding the students as
a responsible citizen.

Anthro Biometric Art an infl uential method: Expert

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:47:00 +0000

CHENNAI: Anthro Bio
Metric Art is an emerging
area which fi nds applications
in various fi elds including
architecture and
fashion designing as colurs
impact different spheres of
activity, according to an expert
here.
Mr R K S Muthukrishnan,
who claimed to be an Anthro-
Bio Metric Expert,
said in a release here today
every colour was unique as
it refl ected light of a certain
frequency. Colours impact
different spheres of human
activity and their properties
fi nd a rapport with every individual
in a unique way.
“No wonder, every man
and woman, irrespective of
age, are so choosy about the
colours they like, what they
like to sport and so on”, he
said. Muthukrishnan, who
had done a deeper scientifi c
studies on colours and how
they infl uence human lives,
was excited about ‘Anthro
biometric Art’ emerging as
a new area as colour ‘balances
the unknown energy
factor for man by providing
him with specifi c and unique
colours to fulfi l it.’
This can be used to infl
uence outcomes in motorsport
racing, architecture
and hi-fashion
designing, he claimed. Mr
Muthukrishnan, a draftsman
by training,said ‘Anthro biometric
art is derived from
the science of anthro biometry.
A science similar to an Aurora
in the night sky. ‘Just
like how an aurora creates a
spectrum of light in the sky,
the anthro biometric art contains
colours of the universal
system that surrounds man,’
he said.
The anthro biometric corporate
drawings are used
to solve various problems
of corporate personnel,
claimed Muthukrishnan who
was was the cynosure of all
eyes when he met a group of
motorsport racers, recently
in Bangalore. ‘Colours play
a very important role in the
ancient Egyptian and Asian
Palaces, Chambers and Temples.
‘In ancient spiritual or cultural
spheres also colours
played a role. Saturn is
drapped in a black cloth and
Goddess Kali is always seen
in Red, he says.
Gods and Goddesses were
depicted with different colours
because it has been
benefi cial for human life, he
claimed. He claimed ‘Anthro
biometric art balances
the unknown energy factor
for man by providing him
with specifi c and unique colours
to fulfi l it. ‘Normally
an artist would draw art using
a brush. Anthro biometry
uses the artist itself as
a brush to tap the universal
energy,’ he said.
This method when used for
a common purpose results in
the anthro biometric cosmic
drawing,’ he claims.

The next Indian president Abdul Kalam? Mulayam, Mamta, Jaya &Pawar in support row!

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:47:00 +0000

NEW DELHI: With less
than three months to go for
the Presidential Elections to
choose the country’s 13th
president, there is speculation
that APJ Abdul Kalam
might return to the Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
Reports say Mulayam
Singh’s Samajwadi Party,
J Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK
and Mamata Banerjee’s
Trinamool Congress have
reached an understanding
on supporting Kalam for the
top post.
Also on Sunday, NCP chief
Sharad Pawar, an ally of the
ruling UPA government,
said that he wants a non-political
person to become the
next president. “In my opinion,
a non-political person
would be the ideal choice as
the next president,” Pawar
told reporters.
Pawar was responding to
speculation that the NCP
was going to fi eld former
Lok Sabha Speaker PA
Sangma as its presidential
nominee. Pawar said his
party had no such plans,
adding “we have only 16
MPs, we know our limitations”.
The NCP chief’s statement
is important in the
context of reports that the
Congress may fi eld its own
nominee for the presidential
elections. Sources say the
Congress contender could
be Defence Minister AK
Antony. There has also
been talk of Congress’ Sam
Pitroda, Vice President Hamid
Ansari, and SAD chief
Parkash Singh Badal.

Chhattisgarh slows down anti-Maoist drive till Menon’s release

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:47:00 +0000

RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh
government has virtually
called a halt to its anti-
Maoist offensive till Sukma
District Collector Alex Paul
Menon is released from captivity,
offi cial sources said
today.
“The whole focus is now
to secure the safe and early
release of Alex Paul Menon.
The anti-Maoist operation
issue can follow later on,” a
senior offi cial at the police
headquarters here told media.
The Maoists have demanded
freeze on Operation
Green Hunt against them
and the release of eight of
their jailed colleagues in
exchange for Menon, whom
they took hostage Saturday.
Menon, 32, a 2006 batch
Indian Administrative Service
(IAS) offi cer, was kidnapped
at gunpoint from a
forested location, some 500
km south from here, when
he was interacting with tribals.
The Maoists killed his
two guards when they resisted
his abduction. “The
state government is considering
the Maoists’ demands
very sympathetically but it
will take a fi nal call on the
matter taking the central
government and the state’s
political parties into total
confi dence,” sources in the
home department said.
The state government has
also formed a fi ve-member
team headed by Chief Minister
Raman Singh to look
into Maoists’ demands. The
team includes Public Works
Department Minister Brijmohan
Agrawal, Water Resources
Minister Ramvichar
Netam, Home Minister Nankiram
Kanwar and Tribal
Welfare Minister Kedar
Kashyap. Maoists late Sunday
said in a message taped
anonymously that Chhattisgarh’s
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) regime must free
their colleagues - Marakam
Gopannam, Nirmal Akka,
Devpal Chandra Shekher
Reddy, Shanti Priya Reddy,
Meena Chowdhary, Korasa
Sunny, Markan Sunny and
Asit Kumar Sen - by April
25 in exchange for the kidnapped
district collector.

Fake currencies to tune of Rs 3 Lakh seized, 2 held

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:47:00 +0000

CHENNAI: The Crime
Branch-CID police have
arrested two people, who
arrived from Kolkata by
Coromandel Express last
evening, and seized fake
currencies to the tune of Rs
three Lakh from them.
A CB-CID release here today
said, acting on specifi c
information, a special team
lay in wait and intercepted
the two passengers, Purushothaman
Soni and Amal
Raj, when they alighted
from the train at the Central
Station.
Police checked their belongings
and found fake
currencies in Rs 1000 and
Rs 500 denominations,
which were procured from
Malda in West Bengal.
In all they seized one
hundred notes under Rs
1000denomination and 400
numbers under Rs 500 denomination.
Police took them to the
CB-CID headquarters and
questioned them after which
they were produced before
the 11th Metropolitan Magistrate
Court Saidapet on
Thiursday and remanded in
judicial custody.
Investigations revealed
that the duo had procured
the fake notes from Lal Mohammed
in Malda district of
West Bengal.

Disease awareness through short fi lms

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:47:00 +0000

CHANDIGARH: The
Haryana administration will
create awareness regarding
diseases like Malaria, Dengue
Chikungunya and Japanese
Encephalitis by screening
short fi lms in rural areas
and slums through multipurpose
health workers.
Financial Commissioner
and Principal Secretary
(Health) Navraj Sandhu
today said that awareness
regarding Malaria, Chikungunya
and Japanese Encephalitis
would be highly
benefi cial in preventing the
spread of these diseases.
Ms Sandhu stated this while
presiding over a meeting of
State Level Malaria Working
Committee held here
today.
She said the main reason
for spread of Malaria, Dengue,
Chikungunya and Japanese
Encephalitis was water
stagnation in which larva
originated and spread infection.
She directed offi cers
of Urban Local Bodies Department
to frame rules for
proper water management.
Community awareness
would be created through
Deputy Commissioners and
representatives of Panchayati
Raj Institutions.
The people would defi -
nitely take steps to prevent
water stagnation provided
they were made aware that
this could lead to various
diseases. She said the
short fi lms would be made
more entertaining with the
use of local languages, jokes
and songs so that information
regarding the reasons of
spread of Malaria, Dengue,
Chikungunya and Japanese
Encephalitis would be disseminated
in an interesting
way to the people.

Chinese experts says, Agni-V can hit up to 8,000 km

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:46:00 +0000

BEIJING: Chinese experts
feel that there is a lot more
to India’s successful longrange
nuclear-capable missile
Agni-V than what New
Delhi is saying.
A Chinese researcher said
the missile “actually has the
potential to reach targets
8,000 kilometers away”.
Du Wenlong, a researcher
at China’s PLA Academy of
Military Sciences, told the
Global Times that the Agni-
V “actually has the potential
to reach targets 8,000 kilometers
away”.
Du added that “the Indian
government had deliberately
downplayed the missile’s
capability in order to avoid
causing concern to other
countries”. India Thursday
test-fi red the Agni-V missile
that it said can accurately
hit targets more than 5,000
km away. With this launch,
India entered an exclusive
club of nations that have this
capability.
Zhang Zhaozhong, a
professor with the People’s
Liberation Army National
Defense University, told the
Global Times that according
to China’s standard, an
ICBM should have a range
of at least 8,000 km.
“The Agni-V’s range
could be further enhanced to
become an Inter-Continental
Ballistic Missile,” he said.

ISRO in active mode for Mars mission

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:46:00 +0000

BANGALORE: India has
completed a signifi cant
amount of work on next
year’s planned Mars mission
for which scientifi c
payloads have been shortlisted,
with formal government
approval for the ambitious
venture expected
soon.
Bangalore-headquartered
ISRO is planning to undertake
the mission to the planet
Mars during November
2013. The project report for
Indian Mars orbiter mission
has been submitted for approval
of Government. The
mission envisages launching
an orbiter around Mars
using Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle (PSLV-XL). The
orbiter will be placed in an
orbit of 500 x 80,000 km
around Mars and will have a
provision for carrying nearly
25 kg of scientifi c payloads
on-board.
“The tentative scientifi c
objective for the Mars mission
will be to focus on life,
climate, geology, origin,
evolution and sustainability
of life on the planet,” according
to an offi cial ISRO
report. Scientifi c payloads
have been short-listed by
the ISRO?s Advisory Committee
for Space Sciences
(ADCOS) review committee.
Baseline, solar array and
refl ector confi guration of the
satellite have been fi nalised.
Frequency fi ling for communication
subsystem is under
progress, the space agency
said in its just uploaded
2011-12 annual report.
Meanwhile, ISRO has
signed a MoU with Indian
Institute of Astrophysics
for development and delivery
of solar coronagraph
payload for its ADITYA-1
project, while mechanical
confi guration of the satellite
is in progress. This project
will be the fi rst Indian space
based solar coronagraph,
which will be available for
solar coronal observation to
all the Indian researchers in
the fi eld of Solar Astronomy.
ADITYA-1 is the fi rst
space based Solar Coronagraph
intended to study the
outermost region of the sun
called Corona. ADITYA-1
in the visible and near IR
bands will study the Coronal
Mass Ejection (CME)
such as the coronal magnetic
fi eld structures and evolution
of coronal magnetic
fi eld and consequently the
crucial physical parameters
for space weather.
The major scientifi c objective
of the ADITYA-1 is
to achieve a fundamental
understanding of the physical
processes that heat the
solar corona (base to the extended),
accelerate the solar
wind and produce CMEs.
ISRO said preliminary design
of the optical systems
of ADITYA-1 has been
fi nalised and design document
generated; “Trade-off
studies on the selection of detector system have been
completed and the list of
subsystem packages along
with power and mass budget
generated,” it said. ISRO
has also planned SENSE,
a twin satellite mission to
probe the electromagnetic
environment of the Earth’s
near space region. It is proposed
to launch two small
satellites in a low earth orbit
of around 500 km, for space
weather related studies.
SENSE is part of ISRO’s
Small Satellites Programme,
recommended by ISRO’s
ADCOS. SENSE aims to
unravel the roles played by
major large-scale drivers in
determining the state of the
Ionosphere-Thermosphere
system and the weather of
the near space environment
at low latitudes. ISRO
said engineering models of
the electric and magnetic
fi eld probes chosen for the
SENSE mission have already
been tested and their
frequency responses studied.

Koodankulam to start powergeneration in two months

noreply@blogger.com (THE SOFT) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:46:00 +0000

KOODANKULAM: The
fi rst unit of the 2X1000 MW
VVER nuclear reactor of
the Koodankulam Nuclear
Power project (KKNPP) is
expected to attain criticality
and start power generation
in two months, as the preparation
for commissioning
the plant was progressing
as planned, S K Jain, Chairman
and Managing Director
of Nuclear Power Corporation
of India Limited
(NPCIL) said today.
He said KKNPP was
awaiting clearance from
the Atomic Energy Regulatory
Board (AERB) to open
the reactor pressure vessel
for inspecting the internal
components’ performance
and subsequent loading of
enriched uranium fuel rods.
He said work on commissioning
of the fi rst unit was
in full swing. The hot run of
the unit had been done a few
months ago and a report of
tests had been submitted to
the AERB. “We are expecting
a review by the AERB
and once the permission is
obtained, the fi ne tuning of
the equipment would be carried
out. Before the interruption
due to protests by
the locals, 95 per cent of the
required tests had been conducted,”
Jain informed.
Jain said “the integrated
core cooling tests is scheduled
in about a week. The
opening of the pressure vessel
after obtaining clearance
from AERB is the next step.
Once this is done, the dummy
fuel will be removed and
the reactor cleaned for another
inspection by AERB”.
After this, enriched uranium
fuel would be loaded. It was
expected that fuel loading
might be taken up by mid
June and criticality attained
in the next few weeks, he
added. Asked about reports
that some countries had decided
to scrap nuclear power
projects after Fukushima
disaster, Russian expert
Valery Limarenko rejected
the reports and said infact,
his company which was involved
in the construction of
20 nuclear reactors in Russia
and China, was holding
talks with Bangladesh, Vietnam
and Turkey for the construction
of nuclear reactors
in those countries.
Limarenko said KKNPP
incorporates several layers
of the most modern safety
features to ensure security
of the workforce and the
people living in the vicinity.
KKNPP, India’s largest
civil nuclear programme,
an Indo-Russia joint venture,
was in the midst of
controversy after the locals
demanded that the Centre
scrap the project.