S V Yuvaraj

Mobile Phone Radiation & Health

2011-08-02T00:18:00.004+05:30

Mobile Phone Radiation & Health
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_radiation_and_health
http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phone-radiation-levels/
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf

Specific Absorption Rates for various mobile models
http://www.sarshield.com/

Govt. of India's Stand on SAR
http://business.gov.in/news_analysis.php?bid=702

GSM vs CDMA
http://www.ijstm.com/papers/aruna_0401.pdf
http://www.livestrong.com/article/490704-health-effects-of-gsm-vs-cdma/

"+1" from Google

2011-04-27T00:23:00.002+05:30

Google is always experimenting with new features aimed at improving the search experience. Take one for a spin and let us know what you think.

Join an experiment and you'll see that feature whenever you do a Google search. Note that you can only join ONE experiment at a time.

The +1 button is shorthand for "this is pretty cool" or "you should check this out."

Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1's can help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the best stuff when they search.

Links:

http://www.google.com/experimental/

http://www.google.com/+1/button/

Financial Bazaar

2011-04-14T18:35:00.004+05:30

BankBazaar.com is the world's first neutral online marketplace that gives you instant customized rate quotes on loans and insurance products. You can instantly search for, compare and apply for loans, credit cards and insurance products on our site. Since they partner with India's leading financial institutions and insurance firms, you have to look in only one place to get a great deal:
www.BankBazaar.com

Their goal is to make it easy for everyone to get a great deal on a loan or an insurance product. On BankBazaar.com, you can easily compare the total costs of the loan offers made to you, and get access to unbiased customers' ratings of financial institutions. We want to make it easy for you to have a lot of options, to take a well-informed decision when choosing which product to apply for and to do all this instantly! And best of all, BankBazaar.com's services are completely free.

Why is BankBazaar.com different?

1. Search India's top financial institutions & get the best customized loan offers INSTANTLY.

2. Compare offers using our easy to use tools.

3. Apply online directly to the financial institution of your choice.

4. All this is at no cost to you.

Policybazaar is India�s prominent online life insurance and general insurance aggregator. They help in comparing and purchasing various insurance products online by providing there prices, quality and key benefits side by side. All the prices shown by policybazaar are directly from the insurer. To know more, please visit www.policybazaar.com/

Eternally Hungry Voters

2011-04-10T15:23:00.005+05:30

"Buy a Grinder and get a mixie free" says a commercial by a prominent consumer goods dealer. But get both free says a political party. Thanks to Assembly elections. Last time it was TV sets now its mixies / grinders next would be.. refridgerator i suppose. The incumbent in Tamilnadu had distributed rice at Rs.2 a kilo as promised which had ushered the opposition to promise 20 kg of rice, for nearly 1.90 crore cardholders free.

Whereas when huge stocks of foodgrains were rotting last year for lack of storage space the Food minister replied that the same cannot be distributed free even after the intereference of the Apex court. This reply was expected from a politician. But it was more hurting when our Economist-Prime Minister too supported him by arguing that it would destroy the incentive of our farmers to produce more food.

Hence i wonder if the freebies (incl. free/subsidised foodgrains) as manifested by parties are only incentives to produce more. If not the PM would have very much stopped them, if not as a politician atleast as an Economist.

With more unaccounted cash being unearthed everyday, the political parties finding
difficult to bribe (by cash) the voters are choosing the easy way of offering (consumer) goodies under the pretext of election manifesto.

Why the same parties forget to promise/mention under their manifesto things like, Citizen-Friendly-Governance, Increased Participation of Civil Society, Corruption free Administration, Lokpal Bill, etc will never be thought of by the aam-aadmi (atleast till elections) who is lured by goodies. Thus even the aam-aadmi is forced into the pool of consumerism which is the main source of revenue for politics both on-stream and off-stream.

I really wonder if there was ever a petition by people to the govt asking for mixie / grinder. But scores of petitions are really pending under corruption cases. Why not resolve to reduce their instances or settle them. That would happen only in Utopia, as the game of politics is to keep the voters as hungry, unarmed and formless spectators always.

India Development Gateway

2011-03-23T22:48:00.002+05:30

India Development Gateway(InDG) is a country-wide initiative that will target specific country needs in the domain of rural and social development. The Gateway is the National portal of India developed as a single-window access to information and services, with specific objective of reaching the ‘un-reached’ rural communities of India, especially women and poor. It catalyses the use of ICT tools for knowledge sharing, leading to development.

InDG hopes to bridge the gap between the rural communities and development, by providing links to government, civil society groups / NGOs and private institutions. The ultimate goal is to create a service-oriented, people-friendly and demystified Information Technology (ICT) for Development in service of rural communities through country-wide collaborations.

India Development Gateway is presently supported by the Department of Information Technology, Government of India and implemented by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad

For details click here.. http://www.indg.in/

The 50 Best Inventions of 2010 (TIME Magazine)

2010-12-12T16:18:00.005+05:30

One among them is.. Bloom Box by KR Sridhar of Bloom Energy

Links of TIME Magazine,

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2029497_2030623_2029713,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1948486_1948485_1948479,00.html

Visit related links like,
What is Fuel Cell ? -
What is Bloom Energy Server ?
Official Website of Bloom Energy, the manufacturer of Bloom box
Bloom Box Energy Phenomenon (Video)
KR Sridhar explains how his fuel cell works (Video)

New Logo for C&AG of India

2010-11-11T21:42:00.004+05:30

On the occasion of celebration of 150 years of the institution of the C&AG of India, the
Indian Audit and Accounts Department was looking for a logo which would convey both its
traditional values and a dynamic and progressive outlook.

Out of a total of 142 entries, a design submitted by Shivam Dua, a young student pursuing his B. Tech from Vaish College of Engineering, Rohtak was selected, as it best represented the core values of the Indian Audit & Accounts Department.

The circular shape of the new logo denotes completeness and wholeness which represents the Independent nature of the Audit Department.

Certificate Course on IFRS Convergence by ICWAI

2010-10-23T00:27:00.007+05:30

Certificate Course on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Convergence

Check below link for details..

http://www.mdp.icwai.org/mdp/ifrs/

Civil Service Exam - CSAT 2011

2010-10-19T00:32:00.001+05:30

The Syllabus of CSAT 2011 is out. There seems to be NO optional paper this time. There are two papers and syllabus and pattern of examination is as follows:

Paper I : 200 marks (Duration: 2 Hours)

Current events of national and international importance
History of India and Indian national Movement
Indian and World Geography: Physical, social, economic geography of India and World
Indian Polity and Governnance: Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj , Public Policy, Rights issues
Economic and Social Development: Sustainble development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social sector initiatives.
General issues on Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity, Climate Change,- that don’t require subject specialization.
General Science

Paper II : 200 marks (Duration: 2 hours)

Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication Skills
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and Problem solving.
General mental ability
Basic Numeracy (Numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.) dat
Interpretation Skills (Charts, Graphs, tables, Data Sufficiency Class X Level)
English language Comprehension Skills.

Check official link..
http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/misc/csp2011-syll.pdf
http://persmin.gov.in/WriteReadData/SV/13018_4_2008-AIS-1.pdf

Google (India) ranks No. 1 in traffic ranking site in India, also ranks no. 13 in world wide internet traffic - Alexa

2010-10-02T22:45:00.000+05:30

Visit http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/google.co.in

Websites to book Bus Tickets Online

2010-09-11T00:46:00.000+05:30

http://www.redbus.in/
http://www.ticketvala.com/
http://www.makemytrip.com/bus-tickets/
http://www.travelyaari.com/
http://www.ticketgoose.com/
http://www.kpntravels.in/
http://www.abtxtravels.com/
http://www.apsrtc.gov.in/ (Buses by Andhra Pradesh Govt.)
http://www.ksrtc.in/AWATAROnline/ (Buses by Karnataka Govt.)
http://www.keralartc.com/ (Buses by Kerala Govt.)