Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Software Engineers Rock !
A mechanical engineer, an electrical engineer and a software engineer are travelling in an old Fiat 500 when all of the sudden the car backfires and comes to a halt.
The mechanical engineer says "Ah! It's probably a problem with the valves, or the piston!".
The electrical engineer says "Nonsense! It's most probably a problem with the spark plugs or the battery!".
The software engineer says "How about we all get out of the car, and get back in again, It might work...".
FACEBOOK FRENZY !!!
Boy : Do u love me?
Girl : Yes.
Boy starts running
Girl asks where are u going?
Boy : I'm going to update my relationship status on facebook!!!!!!!
Impossible to Please Women
NB : Just a joke ! No offense intended !A group of girlfriends is on vacation when they see a 5-story hotel with a sign that reads: "For Women Only." Since they are without their boyfriends and husbands, they decide to go in.
The bouncer, a very attractive guy, explains to them how it works. "We have 5 floors. Go up floor by floor, and once you find what you are looking for, you can stay there. It's easy to decide since each floor has a sign telling you what's inside."
So they start going up and on the first floor the sign reads: "All the men on this floor are short and plain." The friends laugh and without hesitation move on to the next floor.
The sign on the second floor reads: "All the men here are short and handsome." Still, this isn't good enough, so the friends continue on up.
They reach the third floor and the sign reads: "All the men here are tall and plain."
They still want to do better, and so, knowing there are still two floors left, they continued on up.
On the fourth floor, the sign is perfect: "All the men here are tall and handsome." The women get all excited and are going in when they realize that there is still one floor left. Wondering what they are missing, they head on up to the fifth floor.
There they find a sign that reads: "There are no men here. This floor was built only to prove that there is no way to please a woman."
Monday, January 31, 2011
Niira Radia | Tapes controversy | Full story
Who is Niira Radia ?
- Born in Kenya and educated in London, Niira Radia is a well established corporate lobbyist who also runs public relations firm named Vaishnavi Communications ( estd in 2001 ).
- Corporate lobbyist means a person used to arrange favours from others among big industrialists,politicians and even media .
- Big names like Ratan Tata (Tata Group), Ambanis (Reliance Industries) are her clients.
Which tapes are leaked ? Who recorded these tapes and why ?
- Actually, in year 2007 ,Finance ministry got complaints that Niira radia has made around 300 crore in just a short span of 9yrs.Not only this, she was suspected to be an agent of foreign intelligence agencies.
- So, Directorate-General of Income Tax (Investigation) ordered to record Niira radia’s conversations following a complaint received by the Finance Minister on November 16, 2007.More than 5800 conversations are now with Supreme courts custody.
Who all involved in these tapes ? (source wikipedia)
Politicians
- A. Raja, former Telecommunication and IT Minister
- Kanimozhi, Rajya Sabha MP
- N.K. Singh, Rajya Sabha MP
Journalists
- Barkha Dutt, Group editor, English news, NDTV
- M.K. Venu, senior business journalist
- Prabhu Chawla,editor of India Today magazine
- Rajdeep Sardesai
- Shankar Aiyar, then with India Today Group
- Vir Sanghvi, HT advisory editorial director
Industry Heads
- Ratan Tata, Tata Group
- Tarun Das, former CII head
- (Mention of) Mukesh Ambani,Anil Ambani, Reliance Industries
- (Mention of) Sunil Mittal, Bharti Airtel
- Manoj Modi, Reliance Industries
Others
- Ranjan Bhattacharya (foster son-in-law of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee)
- Suhel Seth, Page 3 Regular and columnist
Now lets get into how they are involved.
A.RAJA :
- According to some media houses that published the transcripts of the leaked tapes, Radia had purportedly lobbied for Raja to retain his communications portfolio after the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was voted back to power in May 2009.
- Income tax department recorded her conversations with Raja and corporate biggies, over 10 months in 2008 and 2009. She is doubted to be involved in 2G spectrum scam in a big way.
- Point to note here is that 2G spectrum licenses were already issued in 2008.Its only public who came to know later.Even After all this,Niira Radia suggested to retain his portfolio.
Barkha dutt :
- Burkha dutt and her employer (NDTV INDIA) are being interpreted by many as the duo functioning as mediators between and the Congress and the DMK in the negotiations for allotment of union cabinet portfolios for the DMK during UPA-II formation in 2009 , have certainly been caught in the eye of a storm.
- The DMK had been instrumental in bringing the UPA government back to power again in the 2009 general elections. But what followed was a prolonged stalemate during which the DMK allegedly threatened to withdraw its support unless it was given the 3 Cabinet and 4 Minister Of State berths it had been pressing for for a long time. So, A.Raja was proposed to be the telecom minister.
- In the conversation between Vir Sanghvi, editorial director of Hindustan Times, and Nira Radia, Radia appears to almost dictate to the journalist what he should write on Anil Ambani and the gas controversy.
Ratan Tata
- His recorded tapes are at given links ,in case you wish to :
- Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has filed a petition in the Supreme Court . Tata's petition says that his right to privacy has been affected and that the broadcast and publication of the transcript must be stopped. He has requested the court to direct the government to stop leakage of his recorded conversation further.
- Tata has invoked Article 32 of the Constitution, claiming that his Right to Life, which includes right to privacy, has been breached by the leakage of these tapes.
- Tata in his petition submitted that the conversations were recorded by the government and "we have no quarrel with the government". He further contended that the government owned the responsibility to maintain secrecy of a citizen, therefore privacy must be maintained.
Full 2G Spectrum Scam Story
What Is basically 2G scam ?
- 2G licenses issued to private telecom players at throwaway prices in 2008
- CAG: Spectrum scam has cost the government Rs. 1.76 lakh crore
- CAG: Rules and procedures flouted while issuing licenses.
- Person accused is the Telecom minister : A.Raja
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said it has submitted to the government the report on the 2G spectrum allotment that is presumed to have caused a revenue loss of up to Rs. 1.76 lakh crore.
- CAG has accused the telecom ministry for undervaluing 2G spectrum, sold to new players in 2008, and held that the allotment price was not realistic, which has caused a revenue loss of up to Rs. 176,700 crore to the government.
- The report is also believed to have castigated telecom minister A Raja for ignoring the advice of finance and law ministries on allocation of 2G spectrum to benefit a few operators.
- It is also believed to have criticised telecom regulator TRAI standing as a helpless spectator when its recommendations were being ignored or misused.
- The CAG report said the price at which the spectrum was alloted in 2008 was based on 2001 prices, which was quite low and has resulted in a loss to the government exchequer.
- Also, no proper auction method was followed and no bids were taken to sell out the spectrum.
Yielding to relentless opposition pressure, Union telecom minister A Raja resigned 0n the wake of the 2G Spectrum allocation scam on 14th november.
Who All Benefited from This Scam ?
- 2G spectrum was allocated beyond contracted quantity to 9 firms including Bharti, Vodafone, Idea, BSNL, Reliance, Aircel," the report said.Niira Radia is said to be involved.Read her details.
- Department of Telecommunications (DoT) circumvented the rules to help Swan Telecom, which effectively acted as a front for Reliance Telecommunications. The charges in the CAG report are that Swan should not have been considered for a license because Reliance Communications held 10.7% stake in Swan - and according to the rules, a telecom operator cannot own more than 10% stake in another telecom company operating in the same service area. "Email ID of Swan Telecom was shown as that of a Reliance ADA group official
- Another big beneficiary of the 2G spectrum allocation was Unitech Wireless, which had no experience in the telecommunication sector.
- After Unitech got the license for a throwaway price of Rs. 1,661 crore, it sold 60 per cent stake to Telenor Asia for a whopping Rs. 6,200 crore.
The political crisis after the scam
- The stand-off between the government and the Opposition over 2G scam continues. The Opposition wants a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the 2G scam.
- Parliament has not functioned at all this winter session - the Opposition says it won't let the House get to work till a JPC is announced.
- Niira Radia also seem to be involved in big way to 2G spectrum scam.She is a corporate lobbynist for big corporate leaders like TATA group, Reliance Industries etc.
Source : http://mustknowledge.co.cc
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Complete List of Winners at 56th Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Popular Awards:
Best Actor: Shah Rukh Khan (My Name Is Khan)
Best Actress: Kajol (My Name Is Khan)
Best Film: Dabangg
Best Director: Karan Johar (My Name Is Khan)
Best Debut Director: Manish Sharma (Band Baajaa Baaraat)
Best Debut Actor (Male): Ranveer Singh (Band Baajaa Baaraat)
Best Debut Actor (Female): Sonakshi Sinha (Dabangg)
Best Supporting Actor (Male): Ronit Roy (Udaan)
Best Supporting Actor (Female): Kareena Kapoor (We Are Family)
Best Scene of the Year Award: Golmaal 3
Best Music Composer: Sajid-Wajid (Dabangg)
Best Song Composer: Lalit Pandit (Munni Badnaam Hui - Dabangg)
Best Lyrics: Gulzar (Ibn-e-Batuta - Ishqiya)
Most Promising Talent in Music: Sneha Khanwalkar (Love Sex aur Dhokha)
Best Playback Singer (Male): Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji - Ishqiya)
Best Playback Singer (Female): Mamta Sharma (Munni Badnaam Hui - Dabangg) and Sunidhi Chauhan (Sheila Ki Jawani - Tees Maar Khan)
Best Choreography: Farah Khan (Sheila Ki Jawani - Tees Maar Khan)
Best Dialogue : Habib Faisal (Do Dooni Chaar)
Best Screenplay: Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan)
Best Story: Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan)
Best Background Music: Amit Trivedi (Udaan)
Best Action Director: Vijayan Master (Dabbang)
Best Cinematography: Mahendra Shetty (Udaan)
Best Action Sequence: Vijayan Master (Dabbang)
Best Editing Award: Namrata Rao (Love Sex aur Dhoka)
Best Production Design Award: Mukund Gupta (Do Dooni Chaar)
Best Sound Design Award: Pritam Das (Love Sex Aur Dhoka) and Kunal Sharma (Udaan)
Best Costume Design Award : Varsha and Shilpa (Do Dooni Chaar)
Filmfare Critics Awards:
Best Actor (Critics): Rishi Kapoor (Do Dooni Chaar)
Best Actress (Critics): Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)
Best Film (Critics): Vikramaditya Motwane and Sanjay Singh (Udaan)
Special Awards:
Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit Nene
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Prabodh Chandra Dey (Manna Dey)
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