World's last typewriter factory 'shuts down' in Mumbai

Godrej and Boyce - the last company left in the world that was still manufacturing typewriters - has closed its production plant in Mumbai, India.

The company is now left with its last 200 machines - the majority of which are Arabic language models.
Although typewriters became obsolete years ago in the west, they were still common in India - until recently.

But with consumers switching to computers the demand for the machines started falling drastically in the last ten years.

Master Blasters- Top Ten

Shane Watson's 15 hits beyond the boundary against Bangladesh helped him take the lead in an elite list of batsmen who have slammed their way past the opposition, inflicting maximum damage allowed under cricketing laws. A look at the top ten:

1. Xavier Marshal (2008): The Jamaican came to the crease, lofted 12 massive hits beyond the boundary to help himself to 157and in the process, left behind him a completely demoralized Canadian bowling attack.

Diet for kidney stones

1. Drinking 8-10 glasses of liquid daily helps keep the urine dilute - which reduces the concentration of stone forming minerals in the urine.

2. Reducing the salt (sodium) in the diet helps reduce the amount of calcium in the urine. Avoid foods high in sodium such as processed meats, canned soups, noodle and salty snacks.

3. Studies have shown that the inclusion of at least two servings of high calcium foods per day in the diet reduces the rate at which calcium-containing kidney stones form. A cup of low-fat milk contains 300 mg of calcium.

Self Doubt is a silent killer

Everyone experiences self-doubt at some point in our lives. For many people, self-doubt can be pervasive, even crippling. It can impact your relationships. It destroys confidence. It causes procrastination or lack of effort. It can be extremely frustrating to live with the reverberating voice in your head telling you you’re not good enough to do or have whatever you might want.

Self-doubt is grounded in fear – fear of your own greatness, fear of your own power, fear of success. What if you really are that brilliant and wonderful?

Foods for abs

1. Green vegetables are a good source of calcium, which is essential for muscle contraction. If you want flat abs, have at least three servings a day.

2. It helps reduce abdominal fat. The probiotic bacteria present in most yoghurts help maintaining a healthy digestive system and can be consumed several times a day.

3. Almonds contain protein, fibre, vitamin E and magnesium - essential to produce energy, build and maintain muscle.

10 tips to prevent diabetes

1. Get physically active and strengthen your body's machinery for handling blood glucose- the key to diabetes prevention. Moreover, exercising regularly helps you lose weight, which further reduces your risk of developing diabetes.

2. Excess weight makes it harder for the body to use insulin to control blood sugar. So, maintain a healthy weight by eating right and exercising regularly.

3. Hydrogenated vegetable oils and other trans fats have been shown to contribute to heart disease and may also contribute to diabetes type 2.

Self care tips for high blood pressure

Lifestyle changes can help control and prevent high blood pressure, even if one is on blood pressure medication.

Try a diet, which emphasises fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy foods. Get plenty of potassium, which can help prevent and control high blood pressure. Eat less saturated fat and total fat. Limit the amount of sodium in the diet. Avoid coffee and colas.

If overweight, losing even 5 pounds can lower blood pressure.

How to Say I Love You in different languages

Afrikaans	Ek is lief vir jou!
Albanian	Te dua!
Amharic	Afekrishalehou!
Arabic	Ohiboke (m to f), Nohiboka (f to m, or m to m)
Armenian	Yes kez si'rumem!
Basque	Maite zaitut!
Bengali	Ami tomake bahlobashi!
Bosnian	Volim te!
Bulgarian	Obicham te!

How to Say Happy New Year In Different Languages

New Year wishes are bound by any languages but, you always want to convey the Happy New Year to all your loved ones. Express the new beginning greetings by sending the Happy New Year in different languages to all your friends who stay in various parts of the world.

Here is the list of New Year greetings in different languages for you to impress your friends who are residing outside the US.

Happy New Year in different languages – 

Lanka to name new skipper next week

Sri Lanka is all set to get a new cricket captain next week, days after Kumar Sangakkara stepped down following the team's runners-up finish at the World Cup.

"The selectors need to discuss the issue with the interim committee members of Sri Lanka Cricket. This meeting will take place next week after the current New Year holiday period," Chairman of selectors Duleep Mendis, who took over after the resignation of Aravinda de Silva, told the local media here.

Star re-launches five HD channels

In a bid to revolutionise High Definition content in the Indian television market, Star India, the fully-owned subsidiary of global media firm News Corp, has re-launched five of its channels in HD.

The channels Star Plus, Star Movies, Star Gold, Star World and Nat Geo will be available in HD, which the company has termed as ‘Asli HD.' “The launch of Asli HD today is a testimony of our commitment to offer our viewers world-class media experience.

Aamir Khan steps aside for Shah Rukh Khan

Actors Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan were all set to clash at the Box Office on Christmas this year, when the films of two superstars was set to release on the same day. Shah Rukh’s ‘Don2’ and Reema Kagti’s film which stars Aamir, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor were slated to release on the same day. However, plans seem to have changed.

Shah Rukh’s film will release as per the earlier set date, but Aamir’s film will be released on a later date. Sources close to Reema’s film have stated that the producer don’t want to take any chance as ‘Don’ was a big hit, and so its sequel is eagerly awaited.

Gmail Takes Personalization to The Next Level

Google, very recently, added a volley of themes in its mail service, Gmail. With the look of the mail pages looking cool with the humongous array of colors and characters, the theme gained instant popularity.

Now, Google hands over the makeover power in your hands! Taking personalization to a new level, Gmail now allows you to make your picture as the theme of your mail account, and have the color co-ordination redone, too.

Samsung Galaxy Prevail review: Surprisingly elegant

Take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Prevail and you may agree, it's one classy-looking smartphone. A silky-smooth 3.5-inch touch screen is rimmed with metallic gray, and the phone's sides and back are robed in soft-touch material.

However, this is no premium Android phone, and that's OK. The handset runs a respectable Android 2.2 Froyo operating system (sans TouchWiz), has a regular HVGA display (versus the Super AMOLED screen of other Galaxy phone,) and sports only a 2-megapixel camera and camcorder without a flash.

Indian Government Bans Nokia’s Push Email Service

Nokia’s upcoming push email service has been banned by the Indian Government. The Ministry of Home Affairs has relayed directives to the Department of Telecom stating that Nokia’s new push email product should not be permitted to launch in India until a system is put in place that will allow the government to monitor communications sent a received on devices.

In view of the Intelligence Bureau’s report, Department of Telecommunications is requested to advice the Telecom Service Providers

People want iPads, not tablets

Ask anyone today why one should own a tablet and no one will be able to give a convincing answer. Then why are all those iPads virtually flying off the shelves? The answer is simple; people don't want tablets, they want iPads. Call it Apple's marketing genius or anything else but they managed to revive a dying segment and turn it into a profitable one. They made everyone take notice of it and now suddenly it is the hottest thing in the technological space. Yet, competitors are unable to match Apple's success in the segment, despite of the fact that on paper they offer everything that Apple's device does, at times even more. So what is not working for them?

Poor fielding let us down against Kochi Tuskers: Tendulkar

Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar expressed his disappointment over fielding of his team, and hoped to improve in the forthcoming matches of the Indian Premier League .

Despite a century by Tendulkar, Kochi Tuskers beat Mumbai Indians by eight wickets after chasing down their big total of 182 runs at Wankhede Stadium.

Recounting the mistakes of his players in the match, Tendulkar said the rival team fielded comparatively better than them.

Salman-Kangna's late night rendezvous

Seems like something is cooking between Kangna and Salman. Buzz is that Kangna visited Salman at midnight on the sets of his upcoming movie, Bodygaurd. The duo spent hours chatting and she was seen leaving from the sets in the actor's car early in the morning. Kangna Ranaut was spotted leaving the sets of Atul Agnihotri's Bodyguard in Filmistan where Salman Khan was shooting. She left in Salman's car in the wee hours of Thursday morning.

K R Keerti – Girl Who Will Become Permanent Part of City History

K R Keerti, a girl born in a rich family from Andhra Pradesh, may be a stranger to the city and its residents. She made her exit from the world before she could bloom and go through life’s experiences. Her unexpected death shocked her parents and other members of her family, who loved Keerti from the depths of their hearts.

Keerti is about to become embedded permanently in the history of the city, and the people of the district and nearby places will ever remain grateful to her. Because, a well-equipped and modern hospital building will come up as part of Lady Goschen Hospital in the city, in her name.

Teen Thay Bhai : Movie Review

Teen Thay Bhai may have been produced by Rakeysh Mehra but it has been directed by first-timer Mrigdeep Singh Lamba who does show promise as a filmmaker to watch out for. Just that his first film ends up as a half-blown venture where there are too many theatrics and too many loosely edited scenes to allow the film to unfold as an uninterrupted laugh riot. Now that’s sad, because in terms of characterizations, the film is riveting. Om Puri’s loud, crabby, me-centric Punjabi businessman act is quite funny, specially when it comes to his attempts to get his overweight daughters married.

SRK in Ajmer, offers chaddar on mother's anniversary

The badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, came to Ajmer dargah on Friday to place a chaddar on his mother's 20th death anniversary. The entire region went berserk as the star "emerged".

"I came to get his autograph and was also hopeful of posing for a photo with him," said Sunil, student of DAV College Ajmer. A large contingent of police was deployed to curb any untoward incident.

SRK was taken towards the rear gate, but fans even got a whiff of this and had assembled there.

IPL-4: We are playing IPL not to compete, but to win: Gambhir

Kolkata Knight Riders ( KKR )) skipper Gautam Gambhir has said that his team is playing in the IPL to win matches with the combination of world-class players.

After beating Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the ongoing Indian Premier League , Gambhir said that the nine wicket win over the RR had been a moral boost up for the team and has brought a lot of positivity in the players.

"Look we are not here to compete, we are her to win. Honestly speaking we have got some world class players and once we are there we want to finish it off on a higher note and this kind of win only gives us more confidence.

Why doesn't the iPad support multiple users?

It's been just over a month since I got my iPad 2 on launch day. For the most part, I absolutely love it. More often than not, I find myself reaching for it at times when previously I'd open up my MacBook. It's totally filled a void in my tech life I had not known existed, and for that I am grateful.

However, unlike my MacBook Pro, the iPad is curiously missing what I think is a must-have piece of functionality. Why doesn't the iPad support multiple users?

Ganguly for Kochi Tuskers?

Just ask the skeptics how hard it is to deny Sourav Ganguly a successful comeback. According to sources, Ganguly, who wasn't picked in the Kolkata Knight Riders squad during the auction, could still be seen in the fourth edition of the IPL, this time in new franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala's colours.

With leg-spinner Steven Smith pulling out from the rest of the IPL season with an ankle injury, KTK's team owners have shown interest in bringing Ganguly on board as the Australian's replacement. All that remains, apparently, is the governing council nod. “Ganguly and the Kochi franchise are in talks. It is no secret that he is still training and is keen to play in the IPL,” said the source.

Lokpal panel's first meet today; co-chair in CD controversy

New Delhi: Shanti Bhushan, picked by civil society representatives to co-chair a new committee in charge of drafting a law on corruption, is now the epicenter of a new controversy. The committee is meeting for the first time today.

A CD - sent anonymously to media houses - purportedly has a conversation between politicians Amar Singh, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shanti Bhushan.
The voice of a man purported to be Shanti Bhushan suggests that a judge can be bribed (NDTV is withholding the name of the judge since we cannot verify the contents of the CD).

In T20 age, 2011 World Cup broke all records

After the World Cup storm, one was expecting a lull, a period of pause, time for celebrating and savouring a famous win. Instead, we are being bombarded from all sides by the IPL, which is once again being marketed as a glitzy product designed to rake in new audiences for the game, which is already the most popular sport in the country.

Not a great fan of this most abbreviated version of the game, I would till last year still watch a game or two, but am finding it too difficult now to assume the role of a sadist and relish batsmen butchering bowlers.

I am not the only one to feel this way, especially after the World Cup once again established the primacy of the 50-50 game.

Salman's film faces the fire

Salman Khan is angry. And this time, not with anybody from the film industry. A music channel has been running 'trade analysis' shows, questioning the market viability of his next film Ready costarring Asin.

The trade analysis report being telecast on the channel raises questions like 'Will Ready meet the expectations?' and 'Has the price of the film been exaggerated to earn more profits?' among others.

The report also underlines the fact that the producer of Ready, Bhushan Kumar's track record has not been too great in the recent past

Model Poonam Pandey to be part of Khatron Ke Khiladi 4

Model Poonam Pandey, who grabbed headlines after declaring that she will strip in public if the Indian cricket team won the World Cup, will be among the 13 celebrity contestants in Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi -Torchar.

Apart from Pandey, actresses Aarti Chhabria and Kashmira Shah, Sambhavna Seth, former national women's cricket team skipper Anjum Chopra, TV stars Aashka Goradiya and Smita Bansal, are the other prominent names who will be seen in the fourth season of the reality show.

Models Diandra Soares and Aliesia Raut, Dina Singh, wife of Vindoo Dara Singh, VJ Bani,

I made error of judgement in World Cup semifinal: Afridi

KARACHI: Impressed with Mahendra Singh Dhoni' captaincy in the World Cup final, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said he too should have promoted himself in the order in the semifinal against India.

In the final against Sri Lanka, Dhoni came up the order and batted at No.5 which proved to be a masterstroke. Dhoni shouldered the responsibility, hitting a match-winning unbeaten 91.

Afridi said he is not a born leader and he could have shown better judgement in the high-pressure match against the arch-rivals.

ODI record a bonus for Watson

It wasn't until he walked off the ground that opener Shane Watson started pondering whether he had broken Australia's one-day international cricket scoring record with his unbeaten 185.

Watson's 96-ball stay in Monday's nine-wicket thrashing of Bangladesh in Dhaka also included the most sixes ever hit by a player in a single innings (15) and the highest proportion of a team total, in Australia's 1-232.

Watson only three months ago hit what is now the sixth-highest score by an Australian, 161 not out against England at the MCG.

Giving Tendulkar Bharat Ratna would require change of rules

The calls for bestowing Sachin Tendulkar with the ‘Bharat Ratna’ may have got louder after India’s World Cup triumph but giving the country’s highest civillian honour to the batting icon would require tweaking of the criteria that has been laid down for the coveted award.

The ‘Bharat Ratna’ was started in 1954 and has so far been given to 41 eminent personalities, none of whom are sports-persons, the reason being the criteria for the coveted honour.

Sarabhai asks Hazare to retract Modi praise

Danseuse and activist Mallika Sarabhai, who was one of the vocal supporters of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption crusade, asked the social reformer to retract his praise of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for development work. Sarabhai, who spearheaded the support for Hazare in the state, said she will distance herself from the movement if Hazare does not take back his endorsement of Modi.

In her e-mail to the veteran Gandhian, she said "We are deeply shocked by your endorsement of Narendra Modi's rural development. There has been little or no rural development in this state. In fact, village grazing lands and irrigated farmlands have been stealthily taken by the government and sold off at ridiculous prices to a small club of industrialists.

Won't force my son to become a cricketer: Tendulkar

Mumbai: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar today said that Indian team's World Cup victory has had a huge impact on his son, Arjun, but he would not force him to become a cricketer.

Talking to reporters today at Wankhede Stadium -- the venue of the historic triumph -- Tendulkar said, "I was inspired by Indian team's victory in 1983 World Cup. The 2011 victory has made a huge impact on my son Arjun... I will not pressurise him to become a cricketer. He can choose what he wants to do."

India Storms Into The World Cup Final

Mumbai :Men in blue will play Sri Lankans for the title, a first time clash between two sub-continent teams.

Inida stormed into their third final of the ICC Cricket World Cup yesterday, beating Pakistan by 29 runs in a thrilling semi-final clash at Mohali. India conquered their arch rivals in front of a vociferous crowd of more than 30,000 that cheered all the way at every run and wicket. India will take on Sri Lanka in Saturday's final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It is the first time a World Cup final is being played by two teams from the subcontinent.

The Sri Lankan team, led by skipper Kumar Sangakkara, has arrived in Mumbai yesterday afternoon to play in the finals on April 2.