An interesting item* on naming new companies.
Dr D.C.Misra
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*If Google sounds weird, how about Abazab, Eefoof & Ooma?
LA Times-Washington Post
SAN FRANCISCO, August 29: Even if you could say Abazab or Eefoof without
snickering, would you want to do business with them? Would you feel OK
owning Wakoopa shares? Telling potential in-laws you met on Frengo?
Relying on Ooma to call Grandma?
Silicon Valley is in the midst of a great corporate baby boom. Venture
capitalists have pumped $2.5 billion into 400 young Internet companies
since the beginning of 2006, compared with $1.3 billion into 236
companies during the previous two years, according to research firm Dow
Jones VentureOne.
These entrepreneurial brain children have short life expectancies,
destined to fight for revenue with the likes of Google, Yahoo and EBay.
But still they are being born — and they need names. Naming a
company is far more difficult than naming a child. The name needs to
sound snappy, separate its young company from the pack and provide a
unique Web address.
You won't find a name among the horde that conjures up traditional
companies such as Dress Barn, Best Buy and Burger King. Most Internet
company names make little sense, and they roll around the mouth like a
marble.
"Old-school ideas about sounding trustworthy or sounding big are not
as important as they used to be," said Burt Alper, co-founder of
Catchword Branding in Oakland, which has helped companies pick such
names as Vudu (makes a device for watching videos) and Promptu (creates
voice-recognition products). "Now it's about sounding different
and standing out from the crowd."
Like naming a new baby, the process involves late-night brainstorming,
some expert help and a dose of frank feedback from friends. And like the
grandparents-to-be, a company's financial backers can kill a loved
name with a raised eyebrow. Picking the wrong name can kill a
multimillion-dollar investment.
Entrepreneurs today pick names they think will help their companies
stand out, as do parents of little Zander and Arlo, Eliza and Matilda.
"Naming a company is like naming a celebrity," said serial
entrepreneur Jared Kopf, who has helped christen companies including
Adroll.com, his online advertising firm, and Slide, a Web photo service.
"Made-up words don't come with psychological baggage."
Call it the Google effect. Thanks to the successful Internet search
company with the goofy name, entrepreneurs feel no shame telling people
they work for ItzBig (career networking) or asking venture capitalists
to invest millions of dollars in Picaboo (a website for ordering custom
photo books). Who needs the gravitas of an International Business
Machines or a General Electric?
(Source: The Indian Express, August 30, 2007, Thursday, p-22,
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/213373.html, accessed: August 30,
2007)
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International prize for DCE students' creation
Check this interesting achievement by young engineering students at
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=252941
<http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=252941>
Dr D.C.Misra
August 27, 2007
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*International prize for DCE students' creation
Varun, only Indian entry at underwater vehicle competition in the US,
won the `Best Mechanical Design' and `Longest Travel
Award'
Pallavi Singh
<http://www.expressindia.com/about/feedback.html?mailto=editor@expressin\
dia.com>
New Delhi, August 26: When a group of first-year students from Delhi
College of Engineering (DCE) approached the Department of Ocean
Technology under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences in 2005 with a
project, they were told it was a bold proposal.
What the nine students wanted to build was a robot that could operate
underwater without human intervention, carrying out repairs, exploring
for oil, tracking pipelines, even locating treasures.
After some hesitation, they got the sponsorship and technical guidance
they sought. Their creation — the product of 18 months of work that
went beyond their regular engineering studies — is a saucer-shaped
craft called Varun, after the Indian sea god and as also an acronym for
Vehicle for Autonomous Research & Underwater Navigation.
The crowning glory for all that work, often done at night, and hours of
testing in swimming pools, came last month when Varun won the `Best
Mechanical Design' and `Longest Travel Award' at the annual
autonomous underwater vehicle competition held by the Association for
Unnamed Vehicle Systems International in association with US Office of
Naval Research.
The event was held in San Diego, California. Theirs was the only Indian
entry among 28 participating teams from institutes like the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Florida. They
were the only undergrads in the competition.
Says Anshuman Nath Kar, who took part in the project, "The
college's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Lab was open all day
throughout the week, even during the vacations. We, with the guidance of
teachers, studied new technologies, conducted several tests for cutting
costs and applied several hardware and software solutions."
Periodic reports were sent to requisite bodies and a system of internal
checks and mutual supervision was carried out.
"Checks happened to make sure that everybody gave their 100 per cent
effort to the project. The vehicle can go underwater and take
photographs. It can be used for various underwater purposes like oil
exploration. But our purpose was to see if students could design such a
vehicle or not," says Prof S Majhi, who supervised the work with Dr
R K Sinha and Dr D Goldar.
The team is already thinking of newer technologies, better programming
and faster computing. "It is all about perfecting what we have
developed this year. We are optimistic about beating the heavyweights
who have been coming to the competition for the last ten years,"
says Kar.
Varun already has a fan: Union Science and Technology minister Kapil
Sibal will visit DCE campus to see the vehicle on September 7.
After some hesitation, they got the sponsorship and technical guidance
they sought. Their creation — the product of 18 months of work that
went beyond their regular engineering studies — is a saucer-shaped
craft called Varun, after the Indian sea god and as also an acronym for
Vehicle for Autonomous Research & Underwater Navigation.
The crowning glory for all that work, often done at night, and hours of
testing in swimming pools, came last month when Varun won the `Best
Mechanical Design' and `Longest Travel Award' at the annual
autonomous underwater vehicle competition held by the Association for
Unnamed Vehicle Systems International in association with US Office of
Naval Research.
The event was held in San Diego, California. Theirs was the only Indian
entry among 28 participating teams from institutes like the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Florida. They
were the only undergrads in the competition.
Says Anshuman Nath Kar, who took part in the project, "The
college's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Lab was open all day
throughout the week, even during the vacations. We, with the guidance of
teachers, studied new technologies, conducted several tests for cutting
costs and applied several hardware and software solutions."
Periodic reports were sent to requisite bodies and a system of internal
checks and mutual supervision was carried out.
"Checks happened to make sure that everybody gave their 100 per cent
effort to the project. The vehicle can go underwater and take
photographs. It can be used for various underwater purposes like oil
exploration. But our purpose was to see if students could design such a
vehicle or not," says Prof S Majhi, who supervised the work with Dr
R K Sinha and Dr D Goldar.
The team is already thinking of newer technologies, better programming
and faster computing. "It is all about perfecting what we have
developed this year. We are optimistic about beating the heavyweights
who have been coming to the competition for the last ten years,"
says Kar.
Varun already has a fan: Union Science and Technology minister Kapil
Sibal will visit DCE campus to see the vehicle on September 7.
(Source: The Indian Express, New Delhi, August 27, 2007, Monday, Delhi
Newsline, p-1,
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=252941, accessed:
August 27, 2007)
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--- In rti4ngo@yahoogroups.com, "Dhirendra Krishna"
<dhirendrakrishna@...> wrote:
Friends,
It has been clarified by Prof. K.K.Nigam, Legal Advisor to the Central
Information Commission that there is no decision of CIC to bar
Government Servants from using RTI. Exchange of emails from Shri Nigam
to Colonel Kurup are placed below,along with the email posted by me.
Clarification from the Legal Advisor resolves the doubts created by
reports regarding decision of Shri Tewari, Information Commissioner.
In my humble opinion, matter does not end here. It is a fact that CIC
/SICs have are burdened by application from Government Servants and
they have data base of last two years. Appellate processes prescribed
under RTI Act are facing the burden of large number of RTI
applications from Government Servants and some practical solutions
should be found. Section 4 (2) of RTI Act makes it obligatory for all
Public Authorities to suo-moto disclose such information and records,
so that resort to RTI Act is minimized.
CIC/SICs can look into the requests for public records by Government
Servants, where the decision of CIC / SICs was against the concerned
CPIO /SPIO of the Public Authority. Such review may lead to "general
instructions", necessary for transparent and fair dealing in personnel
management.
Section 18 and 19 of RTI Act does not empower CIC /SICs to issue
instructions to Public Authorities. They can only advise Central
/State Governments on systemic reforms essential for implementing
section 4(2) of the RTI Act. Number of second appeals received from
Government Servants indicates that personal grievances of RTI
Applicants are not getting resolved by the existing administrative
practices. Resort to RTI Act by aggrieved employees can reduce, only
if transparency in personnel management emerges from innovative use of
section 4(2) of RTI Act.
Dhirendra Krishna IA&AS (Retired)
...................................................................
I am forwarding the reply received from Prof.KK Nigam, Legal Advisor
to CIC. I think the matter ends now.
Col NRKurup (Retd)
.....................................................................
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Prof. KK Nigam <profkknigam@...>
Date: Aug 21, 2007 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: GOVERNMENT SERVANTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE RTI ACT FROM
TO-DAY -IC.AN TIWARI
To: Col colnrkurup <colnrkurup@...>
Cc: wajahat habibullah <whabibullah@...>
Since Aug.17 morning when I received his e-mail from Col. Kurup
captioned, "Govt. servants are not allowed to use RTI Act from
to-day....", I have frantically made several enquiries if any such
decision has been delivered by the Commission, but finally on
20.8.2007 I w as told that no such decision has been issued from the
Office of the Central Information Commission. With this the ghost of
the decision and the consequent scare should be laid to rest.
K.K. Nigam
.....................................................................
Message posted in rti4ngo on 18th. Aug.2007
Friends,
Government servants are resorting to RTI, as the personnel policies
and practises do not provide for effective redressal of their
grievance. It is in public interest to protect their morale, by
encouraging transparency and rationality in the personnel management.
Civil servants, even at the highest level, are manipulated and
harassed. Frequent transfers, inconvenient postings, unfair promotion
to "boot-lickers", etc. are a ground reality. Undue political
pressures on the Government servants and political interference in
posting, transfers and promotions is also a reality. Unfortunately,
the steel frame of public administration has rusted and crumbled, due
to such aberrations. If use of RTI Act by the victims of the "system"
can curb such unfair treatment and lead to some improvements,
WHY NOT ?
In my humble opinion, the views of CIC, totally ignore the facts of
life, apart from exceeding his powers under the RTI Act as explained
by Colonel Kurup in his email placed below..
Dhirendra Krishna IA&AS (Retired)
....................................................................
On 8/17/07, Col colnrkurup <colnrkurup@...> wrote:
> Sir,
> Kindly see the above orders though it has not been published.
> I submit my following views before this orders are published:
> 1. I doubt the jurisdiction of the Commission to pass such orders
> during hearing now as the government servants are persons falling
> underRTI Act.
> 2. Though every one is entitled for their Fundamental Rights,
certain categories of personnel like Army/Navy/Air Force, Government
employees etc are curtailed their fundamental rights to the extend
explained in Army/Navy/Air Force , CC&A Rules etc. Their FRs can be
curtailed and confined to the Acts/Rules governing them.
> 3. The CIC can issue above orders only after curtailing their
> Fundamental Rights by incorporating such refusal in their
> respective Rules.
> 4. This fall excactly under Section 12(4)of theAct It is a
> management direction which the CIC should have issued. The CIC
should issue direction to all public authorities and all concerned
that the RTI application of government servants should be forwarded
through proper departmental channel and the public authorities will
forward such request to the CIC only if furnishing the reply is
beyond their control. etc ., etc., etc (A detailed scutiny is required)
> 5. Above outright refusal of information to the government servants
> before isuing suitable management direction to the public
authorities and all concerned under Section 12(4) of the RTI Act may
not be sustainable.
>
> I humbly pray you to be kind enough to consider my above view in
> the interest of RTI Act before issuing the orders by Mr.Tiwari.
>
>
> Yours faithfully,
> Col NR
> Kurup (Retd)
>
--- End forwarded message ---
Cyber Quiz: What's Your India Quotient?
A wide-ranging and entertaining quiz has been compiled by the newspaper
Hindustan Times, New Delhi, and published today. The team deserves to be
congratulated for its painstaking effort. Check the quiz* and enjoy
quizzing.
Dr D.C.Misra
August 16, 2007
________________________________________________________________________\
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*What's Your India Quotient?
For the past several days, hindustantimes.com has been challenging its
readers to test their India Quotient in the form of an interactive quiz.
More than 12,000 readers participated in this unique quiz on
post-Independence India, and with each passing day, the India Quotient
has been rising. Now, you have the chance to take all the 60 questions
at one go. Just how knowledgeable are you on India? Find out.
I. 0peration Duck. Operation Easy and Operation Gulab were part of which
armed conflict involving india?
a)The Indo-China
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> war of 1962
b)The Indo-Pak war of 1965
c)The Kargil War of 1999
d)The Indo-Pak war of 1947
2. The Terrorist and Disruptive Acts (Prevention) Act was introduced
during the governance of which prime minister?
a)Rajiv Gandhi
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
b)Chandra Shekhar
c)P V Narasimha Rao
d)VPSingh
3. India's original Little Master - Sunil Gavaskar took only one wicket
in Test matches. Who was the unfortunate batsman?
a)Vivian Richards
b)Gordon Greenidge
c)Zaheer Abbas
d)Graham Gooch
4. Talking of cricket, who was the first batsman over to be declared run
out by the third umpire?
a)Mohammed Azharuddin `
b)Sanjay Manjrekar
c)Sachin Tendulkar
d)Sanjay Bangar
5. Impressed by his baritone voice, logondary director Satyajit Ray
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> asked which actor to give a voice over for his
movic Shatranj Ke KhiladR
a)Amitabh Bachchan
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
b)Raza Murad
c)Amrish Puri
d)Sunil Dutt
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
6.0riginally called AII India War Memorial, this monument was built to
commemorate Indian soldiers who died during World War I and the Afghan
War. Which edifice is this?
a)The Gateway
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> of India
b)India Gate
c)Raj Ghat
d)Vijay Bhoomi
7. In terms of area, which is India's largest state?
a)Rajasthan
b)Maharashtra
c)Madhya Pradesh
d)Uttar Pradesh
8. India's current prime minister, Manmohan Singh, is a Rajya Sabha
member from which state?
a)Delhi
b)Punjab
c)Himachal Pradesh
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
d)Assam
9. Shinzo Nakanishi is the chairman of which corporation of
Indo-Japanese collaboration, a company that changed the way indians
travel?
a)Travel Corporation of India
b)Tata Motors
c)Maruti Suzuki
d)SITA
10. Indira Gandhi's first post in the Government of India was that
of...?
a)Minister for Social Welfare and Women's issues
b)Minister for Information and Broadcasting
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
c)Minister for Science and Technology
d)Minister for Labour and Social Reforms
II. India achieved its first Test victory against Australia in which
year?
a)Bangalore 1961-62
b)Perth
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> 1958-59
c)Sydney 1960-61
d)Kanpur
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> 1959-60
12. A sitter: Who is regarded as the "Queen" of Indian track and field
athletics?
a)PT Usha
b)Kamaljit Sandhu
c)KM Beenamol
d)Sunita Rani
13 Who standardized the use of Indian Standard Time?
a)Lord Mountbatten
b)Lord Minto
c)Lord Curzon
d)Lord Dalhousic
14. The codename of the operation in which India successfully conducted
nuclear tests in Pokhran on May II, 1998 was
a)Operation Saamna
b)Operation Shakti
c)Operation Hanuman
d)Operation Shatru
15. Where is the world's highest cricket ground located?
a)Srinagar
b)Chail
c)Mussouric
d)1mphal
16. Which nationalist leader was arrested in 1908 for supporting
"extremist causes" in the Marathi paper Kesari?
a)Jawaharlal Nehru
b)Gopal Agarkar
c)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d)Veer Savarkar
17 Haryana became an independent state in year?
a)1960
b)1966
c)1969
d)1971
18. Where is the Indian Museum, the oldest in india, situated?
a)Delhi
b)Hyderabad
c)Bombay
d)Kolkata
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
19. India's Parliament was attacked by islamist torrorists on
a)Soptember 11, 2001
b)October 10, 2001
c)November 13, 2001
d)Docomber 13, 2001
20. Name the place where the Karnidovi temple (where rats are worshipped
as the doity's descondents) is situated?
a)Bikanor
b)Agra
c)Almora
d)Bhopal
21 Who was the first Indian to reach Wimbledon somI-finals?
a. Ramesh Krishnan
b. Ramanathan Krishnan
c. Leander Paos
d. Mahesh Bhupathi
22. The Ellora Caves are located in which statc?
a. Maharashtra
b. Orissa
c. Kerala
d. Rajasthan .
23. Which Indian river flows from east to west?
a. River Narmada
b. Ganga
c. Yamuna
d. Bhramaputra
24 Former PM Deve Gowda is from which state?
a. Tamil Nadu
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
b. Karnataka
c. Maharashtra
d. Andhra Pradesh
26. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?
a. Jayaprakash Narayan
b. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Narasimha Rao
d. Mahatma Gandhi
26. The 'Panch Sheel' treaty was signed between?
1. India and Pakistan
2. India
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> and Nepal
3. India and China
4. India and Afghanistan
27. Who was India's prime minister during india's first nuclear test?
a. Indira Gandhi
b. Lal Bahadur Shastri
c. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
d. Rajeev Gandhi
28. Who was the second Prime Minister of India?
a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Gulzarilal Nanda
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
29. Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in which year?
a) 1991
b) 1990
c) 1992
d) 1994
30. For which discovery did CV Raman win the Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Electromagnetism
b) Inelastic Scattering of lightor Raman Effect
c) Raman Thermodynamics
d) Raman Gravity
31. For which book did Arundhati Roy get the Booker prize?
a) The Lord of Small Things
b) The Lord of The Rings
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
c) The God of Small Things
d) The God of Small Towns
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1>
32. Who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to spacc?
a) Sunita Williams
b) Kalpana Chawla
c) Alpana Chawla
d) Priya Jain
33. Which of these is the National song of India?
a) Jana Gana Mana
b) Vande Mataram
c) Jaanani Janam Bhoomi
d) Saare jahan se Accha
34. What does MK stand in MK Gandhi?
a) Mohan Karamchand
b) Mahatma Kasturba
c) Mohandas Karamchand
d) Madanlal Karamchand
35 Which among these is the memorial of former prime minister, Rajiv
Gandhi?
a) Raj Ghat
b) Shakti Sthal
c) Shanti Van
d) Veer Bhoomi
36. Who won the first Miss Universe title for india?
a) Lara Dutta
b) Aishwarya Rai
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
c) Yukta Mookhey
d) Sushmita Son
37 Who was India's first Nobel laureate?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Mother Teresa
c) Har Gobind Khurana
d) Amartya Son
38. What charitable organization did Mother Teresa run in Kolkata?
a) Sisters of Charity
b) The Society for Charity
c) Missionaries of Charity
d) Sisters of the Lord
39. Film actor Sanjay Dutt
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> was recently sentenced to six years' imprisonment
under which law?
a) TADA
b) The Arms Act
c) POTA
d) FERA
40. How many indian rivers are mentioned in our National Anthem
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> ?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 2
d) 4
41. Who was only indian player never to have played a single match
during india's victorious 1983 World Cup campaign?
a) Madan La|
b) Kiran More
c) Sunil Valson
d) Roger Binny
42. The Ashoka Chakra in the Indian National flag
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> is adapted from...?
a) Ashoka pillar of Sarnath
b) Ashoka pillar of Ranchi
c) Ashoka pillar of Bodh Gaya
d) Ashoka pillar of Patna
43. Which film was India's entry to the Bost Foreign Film category for
2007?
a) Rang De Basanti
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
b) Lage Raho Munna Bhai
c) Gandhi My Father
d) Water
44. In which year did Indian beauties win both the Miss Univorse and the
Miss Universe crowns?
a)1994
b)1996
c)1995
d)1996
45. Which indian film
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> porsonality did The Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences award the honorary Oscar in 1992 for Lifetime Achievement?
a)Satyajit Ray
b)Raj Kapoor
c)Bimal Roy
d)Guru Dutt
46. Which famous personality wrote Wings of Fire'?
a)Salman Rushdio
b)AP) Abdul Kalam
c)PV Narasimha Rao
d)Rajiv Gandhi
47 Who among the following is the first woman Chief Justice of a High
Court in India?
a)Aruna Asaf Ali
b)Dr Leola Seth
c)Sarojini Naidu
d)Sanjeovani Doshmukh
48. India launched its first space satellite on this date.
a) April 19, 1975
b) April 19, 1979
c) April 1, 1977
d) December 23, 1980
49. Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was awarded a death sentence for the
killing of ..?
a) JP Saunders
b) Sir John Simon
c) Sir Simon Scott
d) General Dyer
50. Can you name the political party formed by Subhas Chandra Bose?
a) Gadar Party
b) Communist Party of India
c) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
d) All India Forward Bloc
51. In India's famous freedom fighting trio of Lal, Bal, Pal, who was
"Pal"?
a) Benjamin Peary Pal
b) Bipin Chandra Pal
c) Satya Chandra Pal
d) Alok Chandra Pal
52. Which social reformer founded the Brahmo Samaj?
a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Ramkrishna Paramhans
d) Swami Vivekananda
53. Before he returned to india, which newspaper did Mahatma Gandhi
publish in South Africa
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> ?
a) Young India
b) Navjivan
c) Indian Opinion
d) The Harijan
54. June 25 is a special date in the Indian cricketing calendar. Why?
a)India played its first Test (1932) and won the World Cup (1983)
b)Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar were born on this day
c)1ndia won its first Test match and its first World Cup on this day
d)The BCCI and the Indian Cricket League were formed on this day
55. Still on cricket, who captained India in both the 1975 and 1979
World Cups?
a)Bishon Singh Bedi
b)Ajit Wadekar
c)Sunil Gavaskar
d)S Venkataraghavan
56. Stocky was the screen name of which famous indian film music
composer
<http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_08_2007_00\
9_002&kword=&mode=1> ?
a)R D Burman
b)Bappi Lahiri
c)Lakshmikant (of Lakshmikant-Pyarclal)
d)Rajesh Roshan
57. Aabhas Kumar Ganguly is better known as...?
a)Udit Narayan
b)Ashok Kumar
c)Kishore Kumar
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9_002&kword=&mode=1>
d)Gulzar
58. Which indian academician, activist and social reformer was Mahatma
Gandhi's mentor?
a)Motilal Nehru
b)JRD Tata
c)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
59. Who was the only bowler to have dismissed the great Sir Don Bradman
hit wicket?
a)Lala Amarnath
b)Jasu Patel
c)Subhash Gupto
d)Nawab of Pataudi, Sr
60. Bhanu Athaiya is the only Indian to have won an Oscar in the regular
categories. For which category did she win the golden statuatte?
a)Set Design
b)Special Effects
c)Costume Design
d)Make up
By the hindustantimes.com Team
ANSWERS
1.d, 2.c, 3.c, 4.C, 5.a, 6.b, 7.a, 8.d, 9.c, 10.b,
11.d, 12.a, 13.c, 14.b, 15.b, 16.c, 17.b, 18.d, 19.d, 20.a,
21.b, 22.a, 23.a, 24.b, 25.b, 26.£, 27.a, 28.d, 29.a, 30.b,
31.c, 32.b, 33.b, 34.c, 35.d, 36.d, 37.a, 38.c, 39.b, 40.c,
41.c, 42.a, 43.a, 44.a, 45.a, 46.b, 47.b, 48.a, 49.a, 50.d,
51.b, 52.b, 53.C, 54.a, 55.d, 56.a, 57.c, 58.c, 59.a,60.C
(Source: Hindustan Times, New Delhi, August 16, 2007, Thursday, p-9,
available at
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A marketplace site for security research. In other words, where bugs can
be sold or purchased. The name is derived from two Japanese words -
wabi and sabi – and represents a world view based on transience
acknowledging "three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is
finished, and nothing is perfect." Launched by a Switzerland-based
company. Check for details
http://www.wslabi.com/wabisabilabi/home.do
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Cyber Quiz: News-70: Microsoft Research India Announces Ph.D. Fellowship
Awards for 2007
If interested, check this item* at
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July 17, 2007
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*Microsoft Research India Announces Ph.D. Fellowship Awards for 2007
Ph.D. Fellowship Program offers funding, travel grant and internship at
Microsoft Research India; aims to encourage students to pursue careers
in research.
BANGALORE, India — July 17, 2007 — Microsoft Research India
today announced its Ph.D. Fellowship Program awards for 2007. The Ph.D.
Fellowship Program aims to encourage students to take up doctoral
education in computer science and help the growth of the research
community in India. The Ph.D. fellowships, instituted by Microsoft
Research's External Research & Programs group, are awarded to
students after a rigorous selection process that includes nomination by
their faculty and selection by a panel of leading researchers. Through
the Ph.D. Fellowship Program, Microsoft Research India offers the
recipients funding of $20,000 (U.S.) over four years and a travel
allowance of $5,000 (U.S.) to attend international conferences and
seminars. As part of the Ph.D. Fellowship Program, the selected students
will also be given a laptop computer and an internship opportunity of
three to six months at Microsoft Research India during the first two
years of their fellowship.
Ph.D. fellowships for this year have been awarded to Shanmuganathan R.
(Indian Institute of Technology [IIT] Bombay), B.V.N. Silpa (IIT Delhi),
Arnab Sarkar (IIT Kharagpur), Arpita Patra (IIT Madras) and Rama Suri
Narayanam ( Indian Institute of Science).
"Research is critical to innovation, which leads to technological
leadership," said P. Anandan, managing director of Microsoft
Research India. "India has a large pool of bright young students who
would make great researchers, but unfortunately very few of them go on
to pursue advanced studies. These Ph.D. fellowships are meant to
encourage talented students to pursue a doctorate degree and go on to a
career in research."
"Microsoft Research India is committed to increasing the Ph.D.
pipeline and advancing the growth of research in India," said Vidya
Natampally, director of strategy at Microsoft Research India. "The
Ph.D. Fellowship Program identifies and provides support to some of the
best research talent in the country. The Ph.D. fellowships also enable
these students to travel to the most important conferences around the
world and meet and learn from the top researchers in the field as well
as their peers."
The fellowships are granted to candidates studying in a department
oriented toward research in electrical engineering, computer science and
engineering from renowned Indian technical institutes.
Microsoft has been in India since 1990 and employs over 4,000 people
across its offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai,
Hyderabad and Pune.
About Microsoft Research India
Microsoft Research India was established in January 2005, and is engaged
in cutting-edge basic and applied research in multiple fields in
computing, information technology and related areas. One of Microsoft
Research India's key objectives is to further the state of the art
in computing research by partnering with key institutions and academics
in India.
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Three Indian teams, Army Institute of Technology, University of Pune,
Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi, and ABES Engineering
College, Ghaziabad, are slated to participate in AUVSI Aerial
International Robotics Competition 2007 to be held on July 23 – 27,
2007 at the Soldier Battle Lab's McKenna Urban Operations Site at
Fort Benning, Georgia. AUVSI stands for Association for Unmanned Vehicle
Systems International. Check for details
http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/AUVS/IARCLaunchPoint.html
<http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/AUVS/IARCLaunchPoint.html> (accessed:
July 9, 2007)
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July 9, 2007
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A real good performance by any standards.* Our congratulations to young
Mr Harshvardhan Chamaria.
Dr D.C.Misra
May 29, 2007
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*His SAT score: 2,370 out of 2,400
Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey | TNN
Kolkata: Harshvardhan Chamria was always known as a special talent at La
Martinere for Boys (LMB). Though he had consistently set higher academic
standards for himself, no one expected him to achieve what he has now
made possible. Not only is Harsh, possibly, the highest scorer in SAT
— the mandatory entrance test that candidates have to take for entry
to US universities — from Kolkata this year, he is perhaps the only
plus-two passout ever who has been invited by at least seven of the Ivy
League universities in the US to join their undergraduate degree
programmes.
Harsh has just passed his ISC exams with a score of 96%, which, his
teachers say, was expected. After completing ICSE from Doon School, he
joined LMB in 2005. Since then, all eyes were trained on him, who
combined academic brilliance with athleticism. A good student, a tennis
champion, an award winning quizzer, a debater, a dancer and a member of
the computer science core team who led the school up to the national
level in the international computer Olympiads — Harsh has done it
all.
Harsh has scored a staggering 2,370 out of 2,400 in SAT, in physics and
two papers in maths, for entry to computer engineering in US
universities. He had applied to seven US universities — Cornell
University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pennsylvania,
University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Georgia Institute of Technology — and
has received invitations from each of them. The Northwestern University
has even identified Harsh as its dean's scholar among the students,
who have been offered admission this year.
``It was indeed a difficult choice with so many universities
offering me admission. But I have finally zeroed in on Cornell
University,'' says Harsh. His four-year engineering degree course
starts from the fall session in August. ``It's expensive to
study in the US and though I might eventually land a part-time job that
will help me support myself, for the time being, I have to shell out Rs
20 lakh annually to cover my expenses,'' he said.
LMB principal Sunirmal Chakraborty was ecstatic. ``Harsh is not a
typical bookworm that one expects toppers to be. He is a well-rounded
person who, during his time at Doon School, had helped clean the Ganges
near Dehra Dun, gone on difficult treks and became the state tennis
champion from Uttaranchal. He is the school tennis champion in the city.
To add to his credit, Harsh has taken LMB to the national-level in
computer Olympiad and has even worked for corporate houses during summer
vacations.''
Harsh wants to come back after finishing study in the US and start his
own IT firm that will help to spread network in rural areas.
(Source: The Times of India, New Delhi, May 29, 2007, Tuesday, p-11,
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=CAP&l\
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*Sachdeva, Sujata Dutta (2007): Innovative ideas: Look to college kids,Times of
India, New Delhi, May 27, Sunday, p-10,
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=CAP&l\ogin=dr\
dcmisra (registration required)
Dr D.C.Misra
May 28, 2007
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*Innovative ideas: Look to college kids
From `Recog', which finds meaning in content, to
`Aabha', which prepares an automatic summary, Indian innovators
are making their presence felt in the world
Sujata Dutta Sachdeva | TNN
Their names may not ring a bell today. But a few years from now, the
world could be toasting this trio for creating another search engine
like google or maybe something even better that could touch people's
lives. Batchmates Deepak Jagdish, Vasundhara Kantroo, and Avi Mehta are making
waves for `Recog', their unique innovation which has won
them first prize at a nationallevel competition recently. The trio
competed against hundreds of other college-students, innovators in their own
right, from all across India and emerged victorious.
Recog is a software platform that integrates handwritten notes,
textbook pages, newspaper cuttings and other printed media. It
identifies the context of the content and tries to find meaning in it.
The trio which calls itself Team Blue Leaf are final-year BTech
students at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute for Information and Communication
Technology, Ahmedabad. The threesome are now packing their bags to go to Seoul
and take on innovators from around the globe at the Imagine Cup,world's premier
student technology competition, where more than 1,00,000 students from nearly
every country in the world will compete with their innovations.
Interestingly, Jagdish, Kantroo and Avi are not alone. Academic
institutions across India are full of young innovators who are
incubating ideas, creating new technology platforms and coming up with
real-world solutions. Just like Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Bin who
had met at Stanford University and created history by creating the most popular
search-engine on the Net today, our home-grown college-going innovators too are
doing their bit for the world.
Most often, these young innovators are a bunch of enthusiastic and
motivated batchmates, who share a common passion for creating
cutting-edge software platforms that can make a difference to mankind.
Dedicated and focused, many of them have been researching their ideas
for months before coming up. Many of them eventually manage to make a
mark and win accolades for their bright ideas, some are even lucky to
have their ideas picked up by companies. But the rest are simply
forgotten with time.... their innovation gathering dust, while team
members move on to nurture their individual career goals.
Yet, every year a new bunch makes their mark and their numbers are
growing each year. For example, this year approximately 12,000 students from
over a 1,000 colleges participated for the India leg of the Imagine Cup, a huge
leap from the average 2,000 participants they had in the first two years of the
competition.
Take Vaibhav Rastogi, Anand Mohan, Shailendra Sason and Patel Alkesh
Maganbhai for example. The four BTech batchmates from IIIT Allahabad,
have created `Aabha' a multilingual document summariser.
It's a software which when given a document, automatically prepares
its summary. ``Our system can summarise documents in English,
Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Telugu. Moreover, the design is so modular and generic
that given a few linguistic modules, it will work for most
languages,'' says Rastogi. That's not all, the foursome have
quite a few innovations to their credit. For example, they have created a
multilingual chat and conferencing module which facilities
multilingual chatting, conferencing, PowerPoint presentation sharing et al.
Similarly, Pranav and Shivanand Thakur from the Army Institute of
Technology, Pune and IGNOU Lucknow have created `Educational Content
Identification and Grabbing System' (ECIGS). A software that
minimises search options on the Net and increases efficiency in finding relevant
and useful content.
Roshan Sumbaly and his friends from BITS Pilani, Goa created,
`eduGRID'. It's aimed at solving the problem of `low
student:teacher ratio' in educational institutions. "Gone are
the days when a teacher used to give personal attention to every
student. Students can use our software to learn themselves. It answers
queries in an interactive and conversational fashion (speech as well as text).
Indeed it can't be a `replacement' for a teacher, but
yes, it can be a `substitute' when a teacher is not around,"
explains Sumbaly.
The good news is that many of these youngsters from India are also
making a mark globally now. As Tarun Gulati, GM, developer and platform
evangelism, Microsoft India says, ``Indian teams have featured twice in the
global top three in the last five years of Imagine Cup and once in the top 12.''
In fact, in 2003, students from the Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of
Technology, Mumbai, won the second prize globally for their solution Sanjeevani
aimed at the healthcare industry.So are Indian educational institutions becoming
nurturing grounds for innovators then? No, says Rajdeep Sahrawat,
vice-president, Nasscom. He feels there's a lot more that needs to be done.
``There is a romantic notion about garage start-ups, but for every success
story,there are many more failures. Indeed, there is a need for creating an
innovation ecosystem in India. And these young innovators are our innovation
evangelists — they are role-models for their peers,'' says Sahrawat. However,
unlike the US and Israel where they nurture innovation, India lacks the
ecosystem to nurture innovators. ``There is an urgent need for VC firms who
could provide seed capital for them. Of course, it's happening gradually with
some universities and IITs providing early-stage funds for students, but there
is a long way to go,'' Sahrawat says.
No wonder, very few innovations become mainline products. As Sumbaly
says, ``What's needed is a place where these innovations can be
nurtured and allowed to grow. Ideas come fast and fade off faster.
Hence, to nourish these ideas we need to set up incubation centres
across the country.''In fact, some companies are already taking the initiative.
Microsoft for example provides additional support to students on business
development of their innovations and further software development guidance to
students who are interested in commercialising their solutions. Many projects in
India have already gone into incubation stages. A few youngsters have also been
given an opportunity to work with some companies because of their ideas.
Perhaps, these innovation evangelists will show the way to India Inc one day.
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Hi everybody,
Drop a visit to my latest Quiz at: http://quiz-o-maniac.blogspot.com/
Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: QuizOManiac.googlepages.com
Happy Quizzing,
Daniel.
Interested in brand equity quiz? And are you in Mumbai? Consider then
attending the quiz on Sunday, May 6,2007 in Turf Club, Mumbai.
Request passes from teaml.et@.... Check up the write-up
too in to-day's Economic Times.*
Dr D.C.Misra
May 2, 2007
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*The national finals of the Brand Equity Quiz is just around the
corner. Will you be there?
IT'LL BE a high-stakes race of a different kind, at a venue that's
used to neck-and-neck contests. After two months of action-packed
quizzing, The Brand Equity Quiz 2007, presented by IDEA, is all set
to conclude with a big bang. The Grand Finale will come this Sunday,
May 6, when the national finals of the biggest corporate quiz in Asia
will kick off at the Turf Club in Mumbai. So here's a call to all the
quizzers out there — start burning the midnight oil, book your
tickets and get ready to play.
This year, the Quiz was even bigger than it's ever been, with new
centres Kochi and Indore bringing the total number of regional rounds
up to ten. Quizmaster Derek O'Brien, and his secret-agent avatar,
have wowed the crowds across the country, and there's plenty of that
in store for Mumbai as well. As always, the Brand Equity Quiz has
hundreds of prizes for audience members — and the contestants aren't
complaining, because the national winners will be driving away in a
brand new Ford Ikon each.
The ten teams who will be in the running for that trophy — Savoir
Faire from Pune, NTPC from Delhi, Mudra from Ahmedabad, Ray +
Keshavan from Bangalore, Vizag Steel from Hyderabad, Sanmar from
Chennai, Malayala Manorama from Kochi, TCS from Kolkata, Deutsche
Bank from Mumbai and Bhilai Steel Plant from Indore — are the cream
of corporate quizzers. They've beaten a total of 319 teams across the
country — Mumbai and Bangalore saw the highest participation levels,
with over 50 teams in their preliminary rounds. Needless to say, this
will make the slugfest at the finals even fiercer, so get set for a
battle royale.
The Brand Equity Quiz 2007 is presented by IDEA, and the grand
prize sponsor is Ford Ikon. The airline sponsor is Kingfisher
Airlines and the event is powered by Indiatimes.com. Innovation
partner for the Brand Equity Quiz 2007 is Wipro. The associate
partners are Times Now and Radio Mirchi, and the official time
partner is Pierre Cardin. The national prize sponsors are Kaya Skin
Clinic, Provogue, Gitanjali, Lee, Vedic Village Spa & Resorts,
Fujifilm FinePix Digital Cameras, Digjam and Antivirus Quick Heal.
The beverage sponsor for the quiz is Kingfisher. The hospitality
partner is Hilton Towers Mumbai, and official travel partner is
yatra.com.
(Source: Economic Times, New Delhi, May 2, 2007, Wednesday, Brand Equity
Supplement, p-4, http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/ET/navigator.asp?
Daily=ETD&login=drdcmisra
The National Management Quiz, according to the web site of All India
Management Association (AIMA), "has been designed as an innovative,
interactive programme to facilitate a copious flow of knowledge and
ideas packaged in exciting rounds. Learning through management quizzing
is fun and goes beyond the traditional bounds of management
training." Check it at
http://www.aima-ind.org/md_nmq.asp <http://www.aima-ind.org/md_nmq.asp>
Dr D.C.Misra
April 10, 2007
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The Indian Computing Olympiad, according to the website "is a nationwide
competition organized annually" by Indian Association for Research in
Computing Sciences (IARCS), in coordination with Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE). "The goal of the competition is to identify
school students with outstanding skills in algorithms and computer
programming.
The Indian Computing Olympiad is used to select the team of four
students to represent India at the International Olympiad for
Informatics (IOI). IOI is one of the six prominent Science Olympiads
held annually. The other five Science Olympiads are held in Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Astronomy. IOI-2007 will be held in
Zagreb, Croatia in August, 2007."
The Computing Olympiad is "open to all school students across the
country, from any school board."
Check the site for details:
http://www.iarcs.org.in/inoi/ <http://www.iarcs.org.in/inoi/>
Dr D.C.Misra
March 31, 2007
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IIT-Delhi to represent India at international robotics event
Check the news item* at
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=226803
and the website of Robocon India at
http://www.roboconindia.com/index.htm
Dr D.C.Misra
March 16, 2007
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*IIT-Delhi to represent India at international robotics event
Considered the biggest robotics event for undergraduates in the Asia-
pacific region, Robocon International will see the institute vying
with 35 teams
Pallavi Singh
New Delhi, March 15: Come August, a bunch of 20 students from IIT-
Delhi will swing robots in Hanoi, Vietnam to win an international
Robotics competition. In the five years of the event, this is the
first time that IIT-Delhi is going to represent India at the event.
The Robotics team this week registered a win over more than 25
competing colleges from across the country, including three IITs to
emerge as national champion. Financially supported by IIT-Delhi
administration, the team has developed three robots — one manual and
two automated — over the last 12 months for the competition with a
budget of around Rs 2 lakh.
Robocon International, organised every year by Asia Pacific
Broadcasting Union of which Doordarshan is a member, is considered
the biggest robotics event for under-graduate students in the Asia-
pacific region. While Vietnam has been a winner for the first three
years of the event, India has never gone beyond quarterfinals.
"Our country's performance at the event has so far been dismal. We
are analysing videos of previous years' events and are in the process
of identifying our weak points," said Dr SK Saha, project coordinator
for the event.
This year's Robocon theme is based on an old Vietnam legend wherein
dragons engage in a contest to capture the Vietnamese islands. In the
game, robots will signify the dragons and try to accomplish the task
of putting cylindrical "pearls" into pole-shaped "islands".
While Dr Saha terms it a "difficult" game, the students are in high
spirits after becoming national champions and feel that the
competition as well as the fabrication of the robots was a thrilling
adventure. Shailesh Jain, mechanical coordinator of the participating
team, said: "We not only need good robots, but strategy and mind
games to win the game. We hope to display our technological skills
and emerge winners."
And, to ensure a smooth run at the event, the team also is in need of
sponsors. "Our institute has already extended a financial support of
Rs 2 lakhs for our endeavour. We are looking for sponsors to help us
further," said Jain.
(Source: Delhi Newsline, Page One,
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=226803, accessed:
March 16, 2007)
Cyber Quiz: Tata Crucible: The Campus Quiz 2007: SIBM, Pune Wins
National Finals
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, led by Rohit and
Nikhil, won the national finals of Tata Crucible: The Campus Quiz 2007
held on March 5, 2007 in Mumbai, according to a press release by Tata
Sons. The first runner-up was the team from IMT Ghaziabad, and the
second runners-up was a tie between KJ Somaiya Institute of Management,
Mumbai, and College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai. The quiz rounds
were conducted by noted quiz master Giri Balasubramaniam,
aka 'pickbrain'. Check the full press release at:
http://tatawestside.com/tata_sons/releases/20070306.htm, March 6, 2007
(accessed: March 14, 2007)
Dr D.C.Misra
March 14, 2007
Hello everybody,
Checkout my latest Quiz at:
http://quiz-o-maniac.blogspot.com/
Just incase if you have a very busy schedule, have a look at the
questions here.
The questions are as follows:
1) To start with a sitter, Connect all these four...?
Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
2) A trivia for my Chennai makkal...!
The name is derived from the TODA word "othakal-mund" which means
house in mountains." It stands at 7,347 feet above sea level. It was
founded in the 19th century stands at 7,347 feet above sea level, and
served as the summer headquarters of the Madras Presidency. What am i
talking about..?
3) It's cricket time..!
NEO sports: India :: _____________ : Pakistan.
(Clue: As you might be aware of the controversy between Nibuus
communications and Doordarshan about the 7-min delay in cricket match
telecast)
4) Connect all these....?(Clue:The pic on left is of a famous railway
station)
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
5) Flock : Sheep :: ________ : Ferrets.
6) Can you identify to which country this registration plate belong
to..?
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
8) Yet another connect: - Italian word meaning 'to rock, roll'.
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
9) How do we better know Dennis Hwang, or Hwang Jung-mok..?
10) A Connect to end with... Connect these...?
Lalbagh Road,Bangalore, India.
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
Happy Quizzing,
Daniel.
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Hello everybody,
Checkout my latest Quiz at:
http://quiz-o-maniac.blogspot.com/
Just incase if you have a very busy schedule, have a look at the
questions here.
Regards,
Daniel.
The questions are as follows:
1) To start with a sitter, Connect all these four...?
Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
2) A trivia for my Chennai makkal...!
The name is derived from the TODA word "othakal-mund" which means
house in mountains." It stands at 7,347 feet above sea level. It was
founded in the 19th century stands at 7,347 feet above sea level,
and served as the summer headquarters of the Madras Presidency. What
am i talking about..?
3) It's cricket time..!
NEO sports: India :: _____________ : Pakistan.
(Clue: As you might be aware of the controversy between Nibuus
communications and Doordarshan about the 7-min delay in cricket
match telecast)
4) Connect all these....?(Clue:The pic on left is of a famous
railway station)
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
5) Flock : Sheep :: ________ : Ferrets.
6) Can you identify to which country this registration plate belong
to..?
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
8) Yet another connect: -
Italian word meaning 'to rock, roll'.
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
9) How do we better know Dennis Hwang, or Hwang Jung-mok..?
10) A Connect to end with... Connect these...?
Lalbagh Road,Bangalore, India.
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.
The number of unique visitors age 15+ has shot up in India from 16
million (15,867,000) in January 2006 to 21 million (21,107, 000) in
January 2007, registering a staggering, world's highest Internet
penetration growth, as against a 10% increase worldwide from 677
million to 747 million in the corresponding period, according to
ComScore, a leader in measuring the digital age. (Figures exclude
traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from
mobile phones or PDAs). Check the press release for details at:
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1242
Dr D.C.Misra
March 7, 2007
Dear Sirs/Mam
Wishing, U & Ur Family too,
as well, all Team Members with Family
Happy Holi & Dhuleti
with a Colourful Life and Enjoy the Joy of it for EVER
Have a great Day .
May this Holy brings all the happiness.
With Regards
Season Greetings from
Mrs & Mr K T Gandhi
SCOW R-Link: http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/srcitizensofworld
I A G M site: http://in.geocities.com/nk_ktg/iagm01.html or 02 or 03
Related Link: http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/nk_ktg
Post message: nk_ktg@... India - Gujarat
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--- In rti4ngo@yahoogroups.com, "Dhirendra Krishna"
<dhirendrakrishna@...> wrote:
Friends,
Saakshi Trust of Bangalore has done a very good job by drafting RTI
Applications in the field of education. Guide prepared by them has
been added as one of the files in rti4ngo.
RTI can be used to demand better performance. This can be elaborated
by raising issues of persistent failures, despite the existing
systems of checks and balances. In fact, it is quite common to bury
adverse findings in the files instead of taking the required
corrective measures. Public pressures on grass-root authorities can be
more effective than administrative controls.
Following steps are needed for making the applications under RTI more
sophisticated, that forces the grass-root level authorities to improve
governance processes, by taking corrective measures.
· Budget of Education Department of Karnataka provides details
of expenditure under Plan / Non-Plan schemes. Issues can be raised
under RTI regarding the suo moto public disclosure of benefits
expected from these schemes by the Grass-root authorities. Such
disclosures should enable the "potential beneficiaries" to evaluate
whether the intended benefits of the public expenditure is reaching them.
· Qualitative aspect of education provided by Government
funded educational institutions is a major issue. There may be
internal checks like annual inspection of schools. The findings of
such inspection can be obtained under RTI. Public pressure may lead to
qualitative improvements, based on the internal procedures of the
education department.
· Administrative and financial controls are reflected in the
regular reports submitted to the superior authorities. Findings of
Internal Audit and C&AG reflect failures in administration and
management of finance. Despite these checks and balances, there can be
rampant waste/misuse of public funds. RTI can enable a citizen to
obtain copy of such reports.
· Corruption related findings are available in the reports
prepared by the vigilance Department and RTI enables any citizen to
ask for copy of reports where investigation is complete.
Next issue is how to motivate persons at District /Block /Village
level to file such applications. District level NGOs may be requested
for using RTI to demand better services from the public authorities.
Education is a State subject and each state would have its own system
of checks and balances. RTI Application can be standardized for each
State, taking these variations into account.
Dhirendra Krishna
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