Random Info about India...............

1. Approximately 29 million people are born every year in India, 10 million die per year and the population increases by approximately 1.8%
2. On 19 December 1929 under the President ship of J.L. Nehru, the NIC at its Lahore Session, declared Poorna Swaraj as its ultimate goal.
3. CMA Times, a monthly newspaper dedicated to martial arts is published from New Delhi. Its editor and Publisher is Sanjeev Kumar.
4. Subhash Ghai's blockbuster 'Taal' is the first Hindi film to appear on the Top 20 box - office charts in the US in 1999 at 20th position.
5. During the ongoing World War II, after the fall of France in 1940, Gandhi declared, "We do not seek independence out of Britain's ruin."

India - the richest

Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty stricken and underdeveloped, India was once the richest empire on earth.

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Swine flu cases in India tally to 183

As of 12th July India reported 14 new swine flu cases, taking the total number of people infected with the influenza A(H1N1) virus to 183.

"Of the 183 positive cases, 131 have been discharged. Rest of them remain admitted to the identified health facility."

Out of the 1,117 people, 340 were identified through the airport entry screening. Health officials said the new laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported from Delhi (4), Ahmedabad (2), Pune (3), Hyderabad (2) and Chennai (3).In Delhi, the four cases, including three teenagers, are from one family that had come here from Singapore on July 8.

They tested positive for the flu on Saturday. In Ahmedabad, two people testing positive were part of a group of 40 students who travelled by American Airlines and had reached Delhi on July 4.

The two returned Ahmedabad on July 7. The officials said the group of 40 students had gone to the US on a yearlong exchange programme through an NGO and had traveled back to India from Chicago.These students belong to Maharashtra (9), Gujarat (18), Karnataka (1), Tamil Nadu (7) and Delhi (5).

"All of them and their contacts are being traced and also their modality of inland travel ascertained."

In Chennai, a 34-year-old woman and her nine-year-old son and six-year-old daughter tested positive for swine flu. Her husband has also been quarantined. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 94,512 laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection have been reported from 135 countries till July 6. There have been 429 deaths globally, most of them in Mexico and the US.

Heavy rains predicted in Mumbai - 2009

A valuable input from BMC is being circulated for your information. Floods - 2009 :
Mumbai Floods in Mumbai are attributable to simultaneous occurrence of rainfall and high tides. If, the rainfall is in excess of 200 mm in a day (24 hrs), floods can occur anytime irrespective of tides. However, if there ismoderate rainfall but the tide is in excess of 4.50 meters at the same time, the city of Mumbai is sure to get flooded.
There are speculations about very high waves on 22 July 2009 due to solar eclipse. Public should, therefore, keep away from the beaches that day. Also, please advise your friends and relatives outside Mumbai not to plan a trip to Mumbai around these days.
Mumbai got off to a wet start on Wednesday (8th July 09) as incessant downpour the previous night caused severe waterlogging in several places across the bustling metropolis.By 8.30 a.m. Wednesday, the Colaba and Santacruz stations of the Regional Meteorological Centre recorded 73.7 mm and 32.2 mm of rain. Flooded streets greeted rush-hour crowds at Parel, Wadala, Sion, Elphinstone, Grant Road and Do Taki and in the congested Gol Deul area at Bhendi Bazaar. Commuters waded through long stretches of knee-deep waters.Trains, flights delayed. Train schedules went awry for a few hours, grounding many office-goers. Heavy bunching (trains lined up in one area) was reported between Parel and Byculla from 8 to 9.30 a.m. At the Grant Road and Mumbai Central stations on the Western line, water entered the rail track. Local services were delayed on average by 20-25 minutes. At some stations, the delay was up to 45 minutes. Flights also suffered a delay of 15-30 minutes. However, there was no diversion or cancellation. The Air Traffic Control suspended runway operations for half hour due to poor visibility, an airport spokesperson said.The weather bureau has predicted spells of rain or thundershowers for the next 24 hours. Elsewhere in Maharashtra, the Nagpur bureau has issued warnings of heavy rain during the next 24 hours in the Vidarbha region.

Broaden your Travel horizon with 78mm

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78mm Adventures is gearing up to take you into the Forbidden Lands for 10 days on one road trip.In some of the most challenging conditions for life, discovering new dimensions of India with self indulging camping & cooking - and support. Shooting photons of our experience.
Sharing an open minded quest for sustainable lifestyle alternatives, amidst the unchartered Himalayas of Kinnaur, Lahaul & Spiti.If you aren’t married and even if you are but have somehow managed to preserve your sense of abandon, here’s your chance to create very own road adventure. Biking, hiking, camping, rappelling and any and everything in between – this is your chance to scorn every five star facility wooing you with their fancy poolside dinners, discos and ‘cultural nights’ for an experience that will change the very direction of your so predictable memory lane.
78 mm Adventures, a one-of-a-kind startup in India, has penetrated the emerging turf of alternate tourism. The website 78 mm Adventures.com started off as a virtual club where like-minded enthusiasts shared information about their trip experiences and provided insights about interesting places to stay, eat and explore. The concept evolved into guided adventure trips and outbound programs.
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Weekend escapades had always been high on the menu of life of the three 25 year olds who concocted the formula of the perfect weekend adventure. A year into their high flying careers (the kinds that awaited MBA grads from high ranking institutes a couple of years back), Jagrit Gupta, Jeet Sachdeva and Vivek Pratap Singh found time for weekend trips at least once a month.Three best three buddies slipping out of the urban jungle into the lap of nature, ‘Gradually, these trips became business brainstorming sessions. We were convinced that there's a huge opportunity in experimenting with a different beat,” explains Vivek. Each of them were earning hefty packages when they decided to sacrifice their comforts for a vision.By mid-2008, they had given up their regular jobs and designed and launched their alternative travel portal, and tagged it with the slogan, ‘Every declaration of independence is an act of adventure.’
78mm Adventures is an overlap between eco-tourism, anti-tourism, awareness and exploration travel mixed with social networking.
Trippin Isn’t Easy
So far, they have got themselves into trips as varied as a beachfront jam on East-Coast Road (Tamil Nadu), an overnight trek into Tada falls (Andhra Pradesh), exploring caves and ruins and mountain climbing at Savandurg (Karnataka), a trekking camp at Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh), jeep safari near Jaipur (Rajasthan), a corporate workshop trip in Dalhousie (Himachal Pradesh) and an endurance bike trip to the haunted ruins of Bhangarh (Rajasthan)
The latest trip coming from the stables of Team 78mm is a road trip to the Forbidden Land (Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti). Ten days (May 28th to June 6th 2009) will flag-off from Naggar, near Kullu. Apart from bike and jeep safaris, the trip will include lakeside and jungle camps, treks, campfires, rappelling and more. “India always had an inclination towards unknown and new experiences, which is to be explored within.”If the prospect of unearthing your inner Indiana Jones has adequately piqued your interest, visit their website(Registration is open till May 7th):http://78mmadventures.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=175
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India back to winning ways with 53-run demolition

Napier: Shrugging off the Twenty20 defeats, India on Tuesday bounced back with a solid batting display to trounce New Zealand by 53 runs on the basis of Duckworth-Lewis method in the rain-marred first one-dayer and take 1-0 lead in the five-match series here.
India rode on skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's unbeaten 84 and blistering half-centuries by Virender Sehwag (77) and Suresh Raina (66) to rattle up 273 for 4 in 38 overs and then put up a disciplined bowling performance to prevent the Kiwis from upstaging them.
Rain-interruptions added to the woes of New Zealand, who were forced to chase a stiff target of 216 from 28 overs when the drizzle halted play for the second time in the match. The Kiwis could manage just 162 for nine.

Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor's Summit 2009

The Government of Gujarat is organizing the 4th Global Investors' Summit on 12-13 January 2009 in Ahmedabad. Aimed at bringing together business leaders, investors, corporations, thought leaders, policy and opinion makers; the summit serves as a perfect platform to understand and explore business opportunities in the State of Gujarat.The 2003 Global Investors' Summit was held to coincide with the glorious Navratri Festival. During the Summit, a total of 76 MOUs, worth USD 14 billion, were signed. The 2005 Summit saw the signing of 226 MOUs garnering an investment of USD 20 billion. The year 2007 Summit, attended by industry majors like Tata, Birla, Reliance, Shell, General Motors, ICICI to name a few, resulted in the signing of 675 MOUs worth USD 152 billion.In the year 2009, the initiative that began six years ago, will be intensified and the state of Gujarat will be propelled to the next stage of development process: focused and intensive growth in the socio-economic index.

Who should represent India?

The Central government's sports ministry has proposed a policy that will no longer allow Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) to represent India in sporting events, as they are technically `foreign citizens'. The argument proffered is that allowing sportspersons of Indian origin to wear Indian colours even after they acquire the citizenship of another country would be tantamount to depriving Indian citizens of the opportunity to play for their country. The decision will leave currently registered players in the lurch, as their future would be uncertain. It will have serious implications for India's tennis team, as Prakash Amritraj, Sunitha Rao and the Uberoi sisters, Shikha and Neha, will all become ineligible to play for it. These columns have consistently promoted the idea of an elective identity that will help us do away with restrictions that curb talent and aspirations. The government, too, has gone to the extent of setting up a ministry of overseas Indian affairs to felicitate and honour members of the Indian diaspora. The ministry organises the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event every year that is a huge draw for people of Indian origin from all over the world. When we value their services and make so much effort to appreciate what they do, why the step-motherly treatment when it comes to their wishing to represent the country of their origin?