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.

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?

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 – 

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

Delhi Govt to launch Free Health Scheme in April

New Delhi: The city government will launch its ambitious free health scheme next month under which 27 lakh school going children will be offered free medical care, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said today.

Dikshit, while presenting the annual budget, had announced the scheme for which an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore has been set aside.

“The scheme is being launched next month to to provide quality health care to all school children,”

China Accuses Google & its affiliates of Tax fraud

Mar 31 (PTI) Beijing, American search engine Google, which recently accused the Chinese government of blocking its services, has been charged with tax evasion along with three of its affiliate companies.

Three Google-affiliated companies have been found using fake invoices and accounting and business tax irregularities were also discovered that involved more than 40 million yuan (USD 6.06 million), the state-run Economic Daily reported today, citing sources in China’s tax authority.

Fifty States and Fifty Fun Facts (US)

State	Home of
Alabama	George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts
Alaska	The longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined
Arizona	The most telescopes in the world, in Tucson
Arkansas	The only active diamond mine in the U.S.
California	“General Sherman,” a 3,500-year-old tree, and a stand of bristlecone pines 4,000 years old are the world's oldest living things
Colorado	The world's largest silver nugget (1,840 pounds) found in 1894 near Aspen
Connecticut	The first American cookbook, published in Hartford in 1796:American Cookery by Amelia Simmons

20 Ideas For A Kinder World

1. Be resolved to become a kind person. How do you do this? Think, speak, and act with kindness.

2. Love kindness. When you do what you love, you are happy. A master of kindness is a master of joy

3. When encountering someone, let your first thoughts be, "What kind words can I say to this person and what kind things can I do?"

4. Keep asking people, "What can I do for you?"

5. Everyone needs encouragement. Ask yourself, "What can I say that will be encouraging?"

Three Things In Life

Three things in life that, once gone, never come back:
Time, Words & Opportunity

Three things in life that may never be lost:
Peace, Hope & Honesty.

Three things in life that are most valuable:
Love, Self-confidence & Friends

Three things in life that are never certain:
Dreams, Success & Fortune

Canadian singer Bryan Adams honored on Walk of Fame

Popular Canadian rock singer and song-writer Bryan Adams, whose musical career was crowned by a Grammy Award in 1992, was honored with the 2,435th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at a late-morning ceremony held Monday.

"I'm humbled at the induction of my name," Adams said at a ceremony held in front of the Musicians Institute on Hollywood Boulevard. "It's fantastic."

At the event, which comes in the midest of a tour that includes an April 9 concert at the Royce Hall in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Happy Birthday in Different Languages

Here is how to say "Happy Birthday" in 161 different languages of the world. So next time one of your friends have a birthday and speak another language you can wish them in their own language. Wouldn't that be fun!!!!! Enjoy.


Language -----------------------------------How to say "Happy Birthday"
Afrikaans_________________ Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag!
Albanian__________________Urime ditelindjen!
Alsatian__________________Gueter geburtsdaa!
Amharic___________________Melkam lidet!
Arabic_____________________Eid milaad saeed! or Kul sana wa inta/i tayeb/a! (masculine/feminine)
Armenian__________________Taredartzet shnorhavor! or Tsenund shnorhavor!
Assyrian____________________Eida D'moladukh Hawee Brikha!

11 Year Old Rajkot Boy Scores Full Marks in Microsoft Exam

A city boy has become the youngest student to equal the world record of obtaining full 1,000 marks in an online computer exam conducted by US-based multinational Microsoft Corp.

Akshit Jayesh Dhruv, a Class V student, appeared in the exam on March 16 and obtained full marks, said Chirag Kothari, Centre Head of Inside Tomorrow Computer Academy, where the 11-year-old studied.

Nearly 17,000 candidates, from as many as 119 countries and studying from Standard III to post graduates, appeared in the exam in which Akshit was ranked first, Kothari said.

Major Global Events in 2010

1. ICELAND: April 16: The volcano in Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air causing major air travel chaos in most parts of Europe leaving passengers stranded at the airports.

2. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: January: A woman cries as she watches the body of her husband being dumped from a front loader into a truck as crews remove bodies from the streets in the aftermath

Simple Things In Life

1. Have a firm handshake.
2. Look people in the eye.
3. Sing in the shower.
4. Own a great stereo system.
5. If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.
6. Keep secrets.
7. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.
8. Always accept an outstretched hand.
9. Be brave. Even if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.
10. Whistle.
11. Avoid sarcastic remarks.
12. Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

Can U Beat This Resume

RESUME

EDUCATION /Qualification:
1950: Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh ,
1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Punjab University , Chandigarh ,
1954; Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College, Cambridge,
1955 and 1957; Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge ,
1957; DPhil ( Oxford ), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India 's export competitiveness

OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience :
Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59;
Reader, Economics, 1959-63;
Professor, Economics, Punjab University , Chandigarh , 1963-65;
Professor, International Trade, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi,1969-71 ;
Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University ,New Delhi,1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi ,1996 and Civil Servant