Thursday, 19 April 2012

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Bihar News, Latest News from Bihar, News of Bihar, Biharprabha News

Now Pay Re.1 more for all Mobile Recharges

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:15 PM PDT

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Thursday approved hiking the processing fee for mobile recharges above Rs.20 by 50 percent which is likely to affect over 90 percent of the mobile subscribers across the country who are pre-paid users.

India has over 900 million subscribers.

“TRAI has today (Tursday) issued amendments to the Telecommunication Tariff Order (TTO) enhancing the ceiling on processing fee from Rs.2 to Rs.3 for certain category of top-up vouchers,” the regulator said in its statement.

Top-up vouchers are used by mobile prepaid subscribers for addition of monetary value to their account.

Currently a ceiling of Rs.2 is applicable on top-ups which provide monetary value.

After issue of this amendment, the processing fee applicable for top-up vouchers with denominations having maximum retail price below Rs.20 would remain the same.

Denominations having maximum retail price of Rs.20 or more, Rs.3 will be ceiling.

The authority has also mandated that all the service providers would ensure availability of Rs.10 denomination as top-up voucher.

Earlier Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) had requested TRAI to hike the quantum of fee they were taking from customers.

Delhi Court Fines Petitioner for Objectionable Internet Content

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:12 PM PDT

A Delhi court, hearing a civil case against various social networking sites for allegedly displaying objectionable content, Thursday slapped a fine of Rs.200 on a petitioner for seeking an urgent review of its order which dropped the names of Google India and others from the suit.

Administrative Civil Judge Parveen Singh slapped the fine on petitioner Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi for making the plea without any preparation.

The court would next hear the case May 5.

Qasmi’s counsel Santosh Pandey moved an another application Wednesday saying that the government should be asked to join the case proper adjudication of an issue that was related to a national issue.

The court was hearing a case filed by petitioner Qasmi, an Islamic researcher linked to a website run by the Islamic Peace Foundation of India, seeking removal of objectionable content from various websites and social networking sites.

Qasmi in a fresh list of accused submitted April 12 sought to prosecute – Facebook India, Facebook Inc, Google Inc, Orkut, Youtube Inc and Blogspot.

Bihar to increase Dearness Allowance by 7 percent

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:51 PM PDT

Bihar Government has   decided to increase the dearness allowance (DA) by 7 per cent from 58 per cent to 65 per cent to all the state government employees and the pensioners with effect from January 1.

The meeting of state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held here this evening and took a decision to this effect.

Later briefing reporters, state cabinet secretary Ravi Kant said the cabinet decided to increase by 7 per cent the DA of all serving state government employees and pensioners in Bihar.It would facilitate the state government employees and pensioners to receive the benefit of DA from 58 per cent to 65 per cent, Ravi Kant said.

Track all your Email Stats using Gmail Meter

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:23 PM PDT

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Gmail, the largest email program in the world

Google recently rolled out a new service Gmail Meter which would let any user to track record of all emails. It runs on the first day of every month and sends users an email containing different statistics about your Inbox. It has been developed by  Romain Vialard, a Google Apps Script Top Contributor and is powered by Google Apps Script.

It sends detailed statistics of your mailbox  viz.  Volume Statistics, Daily Traffic,Traffic Pattern, Email Category, Time Before First Response,Word Count,Thread Lengths etc

How to Install Gmail Meter ?

Go to Google Docs and create a new spreadsheet (and save it). Click on Tools, followed by Script Gallery, then search for "Gmail Meter" and click Install. Although the creator's email address may appear near the install button, An authorization prompt will ask for you to grant the tool access.

A new menu item called Gmail Meter will appear on the spreadsheet. Select Gmail Meter and then Get a Report. You will get an email once the report is ready.

If you're having problems with the install button — in some cases, it's been taking awhile to download — Google said that the influx of people trying to access the feature has slowed the process. It's working to correct the issue soon.

Indian Government renames Department of Information Technology

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:10 PM PDT

The department of information technology (DIT) was Thursday formally named Department of electronics and Information Technology by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal to give importance to the electronics sector.

“India’s electronics sector aims to achieve a turnover of about $400 billion, involving investment of about $100 billion and employment to around 28 million, by 2020,” said Sibal at the ceremony to officially rerame the department.

Recently, the cabinet secretariat amended the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules 1961 for change in the department’s name.

Sibal said that the introduction of the word ‘electronics’ in the department’s name was a signal of embarking on the development of electronics in the country.

It is essential to give this recognition to the sector if the country had to realise its dual objective of accelerating the growth momentum and enabling inclusive growth and development, said Sibal.

The minister said that a new national policy on electronics was being finalised through the process of widespread consultations. Its draft was released last October.

Look who has how many Missiles

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:13 AM PDT

Before India entered into the elite club with the Thursday launch of Agni-V missile, only five countries – the US, Russia, China, France and Britain – had the capability to launch nuclear capable long range missiles.

Following is the list of countries with their arsenal.

Russia: RS-24 is the future of Russian nuclear deterrence. Since it has just entered operations after put in service in early 2011, little is known with certainty about it. However, some sources say it has a range of 10,500 km.

RS-24 is said to be an improved version of the RT-2UTTH Topol-M, which has a similar range with a mass at launch of about 47,200 kg, including the 1,200 kgs of payload.The missile can carry four to six warheads.

Russia is also developing another missile that is said to be future cornerstone of the country’s nuclear triad. RSM-56 Bulava is a submarine-launched ballistic missile under development. It can carry 10 warheads with a yield of 150 kilo tonnes each and has an operational range of 8,000 to 10,000 kms

US: The crux of the American nuclear deterrent is believed to be Minuteman III. It has a maximum range of 13,000 km. It is 18.2 m long and a launch weight of nearly 34,500 kg. The US has 500 Minuteman III operational missiles having their lives extended until 2020, when the Minuteman IV is expected to replace them.

The US also has a submarine-launched ballistic missile named Trident D-5 that has a maximum range of 12,000 km and has a payload as large as 2,800 kg..

The Trident E-6 is the next-generation US submarine-launched ballistic missile which will be an improved version of Trident D-5 with more advanced technology. It is planned to replace the Trident D-5 in 2030.

China: China’s deep military strength is a closely guarded secret even as Beijing claims it possesses the smallest nuclear arsenal among the five major nuclear countries.

It is believed that China’s main inter-continental ballistic missile is the DF-5A that has a range of about 13,000 km. It delivers a payload of 3,200 kg that can be equipped with one to three million tonnes yield nuclear warhead.

There is also a submarine launched missile called the JL-2 that is said to have a range of about 8,000 km and is capable of multiple targeted warheads.

France: It has the fourth largest strategic arsenal in the world – (after the US, Russia, and China – with over three hundred strategic warheads. France only deploys submarine launched ICBMs and has put in service a new submarine based ICBM called the M-51 with a range of about 8,000 km. It has the ability to hold six nuclear warheads.

The M-51 is believed to be 13. m long and weighs 53,000 kg.

Britain: It only deploys US constructed submarine launched ICBMs. Britain contributes towards the development of the US constructed missiles that it uses and develops its own warheads.

Sonu Sood to play Dawood Ibrahim in Shootout At Wadala

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:23 AM PDT

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Daewood Ibrahim

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood is excited to essay underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in “Shootout At Wadala”, and he is doing his bit to carry off the role perfectly.

“I am super excited to play Dawood Ibrahim. My homework is on. I am reading about him and doing research on him. I am all set to play the role,” Sonu told IANS.

Sonu says “Shootout At Wadala”, based on the 1982 shootout in which criminal Manya Surve was killed, is all about gangsters.

“It is a film based on gangsters. It’s about the rise of Dawood. It’s more of an action drama,” he said.

While the shooting of the film has already started, Sonu will join the crew next week.

“I will start the shooting from April 24. We will be shooting at locations like Nariman Point and Mahim (in Mumbai),” the 38-year-old said.

The actor, who is playing a negative role yet again after essaying Chhedi Singh in blockbuster “Dabangg”, has no issues with the shade of any role.

“I don’t believe in negative or positive roles. Cinema has changed. For me, it’s all about good and bad roles. I am just looking forward to this film,” he said.

Directed by Sanjay Gupta, the film, a prequel to 2007 film “Shootout At Lokhandwala”, also features John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Kangna Ranaut, Manoj Bajpai, Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar.

Manisha Koirala to lead the Sequel of Bhoot

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:18 AM PDT

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Manisha Koirala

Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala, last seen in National Award-winning film “I Am”, will essay a prominent role in Ram Gopal Varma’s sequel to his 2003 horror film “Bhoot”.

“Manisha has said yes for the movie. It will be a sequel to ‘Bhoot’. Manisha is playing one role in the movie, but it is a very prominent role,” Varma told IANS.

The sequel is said to be called “BHHOOoo.!”.

While “Bhoot” narrated the story of a couple in a haunted apartment, Varma says the sequel is about a six-year-old child.

“The sequel to ‘Bhoot’ has a different storyline. The film basically revolves around a six-year-old girl. (But) I can’t talk much about the film now,” he said.

The shooting of the film has already started with a young girl named Allayna. Southern actress Madhushalini is also a part of the cast, but the lead male actor for the film is yet to be finalised.

The sequel will be shot using 3D technology. It is slated to release by August end.

The original “Bhoot” featured Ajay Devgn and Urmila Matondkar.

Big Australian dollars to lure Indian tourists

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:24 AM PDT

Buoyed by the number of Indian tourists flocking to Australia, an influential tourism promotional body has asked the Australian government to invest $1 billion to attract more visitors from India and other Asian countries in the next decade.

Besides India, the Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF) has also urged the federal government to focus on Australia’s top visitor resource country China and other Asian countries.

“The burgeoning middle class in Asia will continue to provide potential visitors and their increasing buying power makes them a key market for Australian goods and services, including food and wine, education, health and technology,” says the forum’s ‘Australia in the Asian Century’ report.

According to a TTF projection, the Asian middle class could rise from 500 million people in 2009 to 3.2 billion in 2030.

The TTF and other tourism promotion bodies down under have reasons to focus on China, India and other Asian countries as there has been an increase of 40 percent in the number of Asian visitors compared to 1999. The growth in export earnings from non-Asian source markets, on the other hand, went up by only two percent over the same period.

In the last three years, India has jumped from the 11th position to seventh as the source country of visitors to Australia. The increase looks even more impressive if analysed on percentage basis (315 percent).

While expressing optimism about the Asian market, the TTF has also cautioned Australian government not to be complacent as competitors like the US and Britain, are making aggressive inroads into Australia’s neighbourhood.

“It is critical that we don’t lose the competitive advantage of our proximity to Asia through complacency,” the TTF submitted.

TTF Chief Executive John Lee has expressed satisfaction that the number of visitors landing in Australia has stabilised.

“Today’s figures show that Australia is not reliant on one country for international visitors, with arrivals from New Zealand up 7.9 percent and Japan up 6.0 percent,” John Lee said after statistics on Australian tourism came out. Both traditional markets for Australian tourism had suffered massive calamities in the recent past.

New Zealand’s Christchurch was rocked by a massive earthquake in February last year while Japan suffered the devastating impact of a huge tsunami that was triggered by a temblor in March last year.

“We hope this is a sign of things to come, as both countries continue to recover from last year’s devastating natural disasters, while February also saw growth in arrivals from Korea (9.3 percent), India (9.0 percent) and Italy (23.3 percent), displaying the diversity of Australia’s source markets,” he said.

Tourism Australia has already identified China and India as the major source of visitors and announced a number of initiatives to keep the momentum going.

“We are in transition, but the long-term sustainability of the industry is sound and the trajectory is good,” Tourism Australia spokesperson Simon Westaway has been quoted by Fairfax Press as saying.

“We are seeing continuing record numbers of visitors from China, Singapore, Malaysia, India and Indonesia,” he said.

India swept by missile delusion says China

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:09 AM PDT

India may have missiles that can reach most parts of China but stands “no chance in an overall arms race” with the country, a Chinese daily said Thursday, when India test-fired its 5,000 km range nuclear capable missile, and added that New Delhi would gain nothing by stirring “further hostility”.

The article, “India being swept up by missile delusion”, that appeared in the op-ed section of the state-run Global Times said India apparently is hoping to enter the global intercontinental missile club, despite intercontinental missiles normally having a range of over 8,000 km.

India Thursday test-fired the Agni-V missile that can accurately hit targets more than 5,000 km away. With this launch, India entered an exclusive club of nations that have this capability.

The daily noted that India has moved rapidly in developing missile technology.

“It successfully launched the Agni IV with a range of 3,500 km last year. Indian public opinion has long seen China as its reference point for military development,” it said.

Criticising India, it said the country “is still poor and lags behind in infrastructure construction, but its society is highly supportive of developing nuclear power and the West chooses to overlook India’s disregard of nuclear and missile control treaties”.

“The West remains silent on the fact that India’s military spending increased by 17 percent in 2012 and the country has again become the largest weapons importer in the world,” it said.

It stressed that India “should not overestimate its strength”.

“Even if it has missiles that could reach most parts of China, that does not mean it will gain anything from being arrogant during disputes with China. India should be clear that China’s nuclear power is stronger and more reliable. For the foreseeable future, India would stand no chance in an overall arms race with China,” it warned.

It went on to say that “India should also not overstate the value of its Western allies and the profits it could gain from participating in a containment of China. If it equates long range strategic missiles with deterrence of China, and stirs up further hostility, it could be sorely mistaken”.

The daily advised that China and India should develop as friendly a relationship as possible. “Even if this cannot be achieved, the two should at least tolerate each other and learn to coexist.”

It quickly added that it would be “unwise for China and India to seek a balance of power by developing missiles”.

“The geopolitics of Asia will become more dependent on the nature of Sino-Indian relations. The peace and stability of the region are crucial to both countries. China and India should both take responsibility for maintaining this peace and stability and be wary of external intervention,” the article said.

“China understands the Indian desire to catch up with China. China, as the most appropriate strategic target for India, is willing to take India as a peaceful competitor.”

The daily said China and India are sensitive toward each other, “but objectively speaking, China does not spend much time guarding against India, while India focuses a lot of attention on China”.

“China hopes India will remain calm, as this would be beneficial to both giants.”
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