Thursday, September 25, 2008

Justin Timberlake and his girlfriend Jessica Biel


Justin Timberlake and his girlfriend Jessica Biel

Justin Timberlake and his girlfriend Jessica Biel take a break from Hollywood's hustle and bustle by vacationing in Rome.

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Kerala University | Kerala University Results 2008 | keralauniversity.edu

Kerala University | Kerala University Results 2008 | keralauniversity.edu

University of Kerala, Tiruvananthpuram Results 2008

Kerala University has declared the BSC Final Year Degree result for 2008. Check your result online at
http://www.keralauniversity.edu/result08/finalbsc14_7_08.pdf

You can find the BTech and other Degree Examination results from the following links.
http://www.keralauniversity.edu/results.htm

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Sixth Pay Commission: Government gives 'in principle' nod to pay demand for jawans

Sixth Pay Commission: Government gives 'in principle' nod to pay demand for jawans

25 Sep, 2008

NEW DELHI: The government has agreed to restore 70 per cent "pensionary weightage" to jawans, even as Defence chiefs on Thursday intensified efforts to get "anomalies" in the 6th Pay Commission notification removed.

"The government has given in principle approval to reverting to the 70 per cent pensionary weightage, as demanded by the Services, overruling the 50 per cent recommended by the Central Pay Commission (CPC), providing much-needed relief just before this Diwali," top Defence Ministry sources told reporters here.

Espousing their cause, the Services chiefs today apprised Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and officials in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on the issues.

Earlier, jawans used to get 70 per cent of their last drawn pay as pension calculated on the basis of their 10-month average salary before retirement.

Under the CPC notification, the jawans, who form the backbone of the Armed Forces but retire at a relatively young age, are to be provided with the option of lateral entry in to the Central police forces and paramilitary and in return, they would get reduced "pensionary weightage" of 50 per cent.

In order to resolve this issue, Defence Minister A K Antony had written a strong letter to both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, particularly batting for the jawan's pensionary benefits, reduced by the CPC.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/

Dancing With The Stars Wiki

Dancing With The Stars Wiki

Dancing with the Stars is the name of a group of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing. Not all the international versions share this title. The format is distributed by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC. Australia was the first country to adapt the BBC show, and versions have also been produced in USA (Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)), Brazil, Argentina , Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Panama, Peru, Romania, Russia, Serbia,Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, and Ukraine. The format has become popular internationally and was the world's most popular television programme across all genres in 2006, reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries.[citation needed] The show pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing dances, which are then given scores by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes on their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some of the shows) by the Internet. The couple with the lowest combined score (judges plus viewers) is eliminated and does not go on to the next week. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left, at which point one couple is declared the champion.

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G1 Google Phone is born

G1 Google Phone is born

So here it is: Google's long-awaited mobile phone. Rumours started solidifying about 18 months ago... and today the G1 phone on the T-Mobile was formally announced.

G1 Google Phone is awesome

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Honda India: New Honda City launched in India

Honda India: New Honda City launched in India

Honda has finally launched the brand new edition of City in the Indian market.

Like all their recent launches, this new edition looks smashing hot.

The company is hoping to increase the sales of the City with this brand new model which now joins the recently updated Honda Accord.

This new City is essentially the third generation model from Honda in India.

Honda City is now priced between Rs 7.7 lakh and Rs 8.9 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

The company said that the car would be available in both manual and automatic transmission models.

The new Honda City model comes powered with a 1.5 liter i-VTEC engine.

Honda India also sells other models including Honda Civic and Honda CRV. They also sell the hybrid edition of Civic in the Indian market.

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Source: business.techwhack.com

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www.education.kerala.gov.in is the official web site of the Department of General Education , Government of Kerala.

Kerala's achievements in social development and quality of life are, no doubt, inspiring and encouraging. The state has achieved a human development index comparable to the developed countries of the World. Prof. Amartya Sen has attributed these achievements largely to the priority which the state has accorded to high literacy among all Indian states and education for a long time. The society attaches so much importance to education that the school in Kerala is really the nucleus of the social microcosm. Better education kindles the aspirations of the people and the main concern is on how to improve the quality of education. www.education.kerala.gov.in is the official website of the General Education Department of Government of Kerala. The department administers school education from pre-primary level to the secondary level and also teacher training.

LimeWire Store: Chi-Town Celebration!

LimeWire Store: Chi-Town Celebration!

On Friday, September 19, the LimeWire Store and Chicago Innerview magazine threw a great party at Schubas Tavern in Chicago to celebrate the release of the Ear to the Ground: Chicago digital sampler. This FREE compilation album — composed of eleven tracks chosen by Schubas' booker, Matt Rucins, from some of the best up-and-coming artists in Chicago — is available exclusively in the LimeWire Store.

There was plenty of cold beer and hot mac & cheese to keep everyone full and satisfied, and our pals in Brighton, MA and Skybox were on hand to turn in a fantastic pair of live acoustic performances. We made a bunch of new friends, too, including the fine folks from Minty Fresh, Touch and Go, Flameshovel, Bloodshot, The Onion, Time Out Chicago, and Q101. Thanks to everyone at Chicago Innerview and Schubas who helped us put this party together; we hope that everyone who came had a great time!


Source: http://blog.limewire.com

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Gujarat is fast becoming the most vibrant state with rapid industrialization and economic growth. Progressive governance, people with good entrepreneurship skills and excellent infrastructure facilities like good road network, uninterrupted electricity supply and good communication systems has made Gujarat one of the favourite destinations for investors. As a consequence over the last three years, there have been huge investments in various sectors including petrochemicals, ports, energy, pharmaceuticals, information technology and other up-coming sectors. 51 Special Economic Zones are coming up at various locations in Gujarat, which will further accelerate economic and industrial growth of the State. The growth of industrial clusters in engineering, textiles, agro and food processing, mineral processing and chemicals have enhanced the employment opportunities in Gujarat. In this background, industrial training is going to play a vital role in providing crucial manpower required for the industries.

The Directorate of Employment & Training, Government of Gujarat has been in the forefront of implementing various skill-building programmes with the aim of helping people get jobs and this, in-turn facilitates industrial development. At present there are 165 ITIs and 41 employment exchanges functioning under this Directorate. More than 5542 people working under the Directorate is imparting training to around 50,540 people per annum and assisting around 1.31 lakh people to get employment through employment exchanges. In view of the volume of work in the Directorate and the introduction of the Centre of Excellence Scheme, it was felt that management systems in the Directorate should be modernized to continuously improve the systems, procedures, processes and management. The Directorate started the exercise in the second half of 2005 to obtain ISO 9001:2000 Certification. In December 2005 the Directorate of Employment & Training became the First Head of Department in Gujarat to obtain this prestigious certification because of the quality improvement in the systems, processes, structures and management of the organization.

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McMahon Line Wiki

McMahon Line Wiki

McMahon Line wikipedia

The McMahon Line is a demarcation line drawn on map referred to the Simla Convention, a treaty between Britain and Tibet signed in 1914. To know more about McMahon Line Click here to read.

Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations: Top babus will now fly first class

NEW DELHI: First class travel on international airlines has become a reality for top officials with the government issuing orders to substantially improve all travel rules in line with the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations.

The high-end journeys can be undertaken by cabinet secretary and secretaries while officials a notch below can enjoy business class and all others can travel economy class.

For domestic official tours, all officers with a grade pay of Rs 10,000 or above can travel in business class or by AC first in trains. The entitlements of other officials have been revised from September 1 with the minimum being AC-III for those
drawing Rs 4,200 or less as grade pay. The government has taken a strong view on personal use of "mileage points" of frequent-flier officials and ordered that these points would accrue to the department concerned for concessional travel by
others on official tours.

"Any usage of these mileage points for purposes of private travel by an officer will attract departmental action. This is to ensure that the benefits out of official travel, which is funded by the government, should accrue to the government," the
order says. To ensure that tours are taken judiciously, the government has clarified that no additional funds would be provided on account of revision in entitlements. The departments are expected to restrict official tours only to "absolutely
essential" requirement.

Journeys undertaken in buses and taxis, including air-conditioned ones, will be reimbursed on the basis of actual expenses for officers in grade pay up to Rs 4,200.

Official tours in own cars or taxis can be reimbursed at the rate of Rs 16 per km. It would be Rs 8 per km for auto-rickshaws and scooters. The highest daily expense for hotel stay would be Rs 5,000 now with additional food bills up to Rs 500. The
limit goes down as per grade pay to a minimum daily entitlement of Rs 300.

A composite transfer grant equal to one month's basic pay can be taken for change of stations beyond 20 km. The weight limit for shifting household goods has been revised upwards.

If an officer's spouse is working, he or she can claim 50% of the transfer grant if moving between same stations within six months but after 60 days of the spouse's transfer.


Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

Sixth Pay Commission recommendations: Antony seeks PM’s intervention

Sandeep Dikshit

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister A. K. Antony has sought the Prime Minister’s intervention to correct the anomalies in the pay scales of armed forces personnel, who have refused to accept the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations till the defects are rectified.

Mr. Antony has approached Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the Finance Ministry turned down the armed forces’ demand for a review of the anomalies without assigning any reason, said informed sources.

The sources pointed out that the armed forces are so upset over the downgrading of certain key posts vis-À-vis their civilian counterparts that for the first time they are not implementing the revised pay scales recommended by a pay panel.

The salaries of all armed forces personnel for this month will be as per the previous pay panel’s recommendations, they said.

Mr. Antony, the sources said, was compelled to write to the Prime Minister after his missive of September 16 to the Finance Ministry did not elicit a satisfactory response. The Defence Minister on Tuesday said the services’ point of view was being
examined by the government.

This is not the first request to the Prime Minister from the Defence Ministry. Earlier this month, Navy Chief and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, wrote to Dr. Singh about lowering of the status of defence officers and men. This was preceded by a letter from the Chief of the Army Staff, Gen. Deepak Kapoor, to the President and ‘Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces,’ Pratibha Patil, raising the same issue.

The letters to the Prime Minister and the President reflect their disappointment with the bureaucratic mechanism to satisfactorily resolve the grievances of the armed forces personnel, said another source. “We are not going to settle for another committee comprising civilian officers. The government had set up a review committee of officers but they did not do anything. So we thought it was better to approach the political leadership directly,” he explained.

The armed forces want the resolution of four core issues but they are specifically agitated over the lower pay and downgrading in the warrant of precedence of Lieutenant Colonels (and equivalent), considered the backbone of the armed
forces, and Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) plus for all Lieutenant Generals (and their equivalent in the other two services).

Source: http://www.hindu.com/

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Sun-outage...trading suspended on BSE,NSE

Sun-outage...trading suspended on BSE,NSE

India Infoline News Service / Mumbai Sep 24, 2008 11:25

The exchanges would stop trading at 11:25 a.m. and resume at 12:10 p.m. during the period.


The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange have revised their trading hours until October 8, 2008 as the sun's position may disrupt information received via satellites.

Trading on both exchanges would start at 9:55 a.m. and end at 4:15 p.m. because of the sun outage.

The exchanges would stop trading at 11:25 a.m. and resume at 12:10 p.m. during the period.

At 11:25 am (IST), the BSE 30-share Sensex gained 174 points at 13,744 and the NSE Nifty was up 48 points at 4,174.


Source: http://www.indiainfoline.com

Sixth Central Pay Commission Updated Allowances

Sixth Central Pay Commission Updated Allowances

Here is an updated information on Allowances based on the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations.

The following are the different sections of Allowance which you will have to read through to find the changes based on the Central 6th CPC report. You can find this information online on the official site, portal of the Government of India at india.gov.in

Allowances Updated - source: http://india.gov.in/govt/paycommission.php#

Caretaking Allowance

Traveling Allowance Rules

Conveyance Allowance under SR 25

Recommendations Relating to LTC

Special Allowance for Child Care, Women with Disabilities and Education Allowance for Disabled Children of Government Employees

Enhancement of the Quantum of Maternity Leave and introduction of Child Care Leave in respect of Central Government Employees

Grant of increased rate of Washing Allowance to common categories of Group 'C' and 'D' Employees of various Ministries/Departments

Applicability for revised Group 'D' Pay Scales to Casual Labourers with Temporary Status

Allowances including New DA, HRA, etc.

Grant of Children Education Assistance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee

Central Secretariat (Deputation on Tenure) Allowance and Grant of Deputation (Duty) Allowance

Training Allowance and Sumptuary Allowance

Also, available is the latest IAS (Pay) 2nd Amendment Rules, 2008
http://india.gov.in/govt/paycommission.php#

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Annamalai University Results | DDE/OUS Results

Annamalai University Results | DDE/OUS Results

Annamalai University Results for Distance Education

Annamalai University Results are Published on 24th September 2008.
DDE/OUS(Annamalai University Directorate of Distance Education / Open University System)

The link to the Annamalai University Results is http://www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/results/index.htm

Also following Annamalai University Results for May 2008 are published


Directorate of Distance Education
http://www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/results/getdegree.php?sys=dde

Open University System
http://www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/results/getdegree.php?sys=ous

Overseas
http://www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/results/getdegree.php?sys=os

Also visit http://www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in for more information

About Annamalai University

The Annamalai University is a unitary, teaching and residential university. It was founded by the munificence of the farsighted and noble hearted philanthropist and patron of letters the late Hon’ble Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad, Kt, LL.D., D.Litt. He started several colleges and ultimately the University in 1929. Since its inception, it has progressively tried to realize the aims of the noble Founder Pro-Chancellor. After him, his illustrious son Padma Bhushan Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar of Chettinad, was the Pro-Chancellor from 1948 to 1984 and he sedulously nurtured the growth and development of the University. The present Pro-Chancellor Dr.M.A.M. Ramaswamy, a philanthropist and a patron of sports, is the distinguished son of Dr.Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar. The University has had the unique good fortune of having a succession of eminent Vice-Chancellors to guide its destinies. During the last seventy eight years the University has grown rapidly and consolidated its position as a unitary and residential University with Forty nine Departments of Study and over 2500 members on its teaching staff. Annamalainagar is already a busy and full-fledged University town east of Chidambaram, the abode of Lord Nataraja. The University campus, including the colleges, hostels and playgrounds occupies an area of about thousand acres.

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Sun Outage

Sun Outage

A sun outage is an interruption in or distortion of geostationary satellite signals caused by interference from solar radiation. The effect is due to the sun's radiation overwhelming the satellite signal. Generally, sun outages occur in February, March, September and October, that is, around the time of the equinoxes. At these times, the apparent path of the sun across the sky takes it directly behind the line of sight between an earth station and a satellite. As the sun radiates strongly at the microwave frequencies used to communicate with satellites (C-band and Ku-band) the sun swamps the signal from the satellite. The effects of a sun outage can include partial degradation, that is, an increase in the error rate, or total destruction of the signal.

Effect on Indian Stock Exchanges

In India, the BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) and NSE (National Stock Exchange) use VSATs (Very Small Aperture Terminal) for members to connect to their trading systems. VSATs depend upon satellites for connectivity between the terminals/systems. Hence these exchanges are affected due to the sun outage. These exchanges normally remain closed from 11:45 to 12:30 during 'sun outages', but times vary depending on the scientific factors. The interference in satellite signals disturbs smooth transmission of data of online transactions, hence these share markets remain closed for the duration of sun outages. Due to these outages, the trading sessions are normally extended in the same day to compensate for the lost time. In September 2006, however, only the NSE intended to shut down during the sun outage; the BSE did not. The reason for which is unknown.

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_outage

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