“Anna Hazare protest popular on Facebook” plus 6 more |
- Anna Hazare protest popular on Facebook
- Kochi Tuskers logo and team introduced by IPL
- World Health Day 2011 observed world wide
- Punjab National Bank Clerk Recruitment 2011, Apply Online
- An elephant dacoit on the highway?
- Idea Cellular launches 3G in east circle of UP
- 400 people fall sick on consuming ‘Kuttu Ka Atta’
| Anna Hazare protest popular on Facebook Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:41 AM PDT
The social activist of the India Against Corruption group, Anna Hazare, with his agitation for the passing of the Jan Lokpal Bill (public ombudsman), has gained a lot of attention in the past few days. People from the whole country have joined in the agitation through cell phones, Facebook and even Twitter.
Anna Hazare may belong to the older generation, but the man has managed to make the best use of the technology available. Hazare through the internet has given birth to a new revolution supported by thousands. The organization has made use of its Facebook portal for the fight against corruption in India. Earlier the portal had 5 lakh members, which increased to 12 lakhs in just 2 days. Moreover, the organization had also organized a small SMS campaign in which the campaigners had sent SMSs on random numbers, in which they had appealed the people to give a missed call if they supported the cause. Surprisingly, there were more than 7 lakh missed calls that were registered. On Facebook, till now 40,106 numbers of people “like” the India Against Corruption page of Anna Hazare. |
| Kochi Tuskers logo and team introduced by IPL Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:39 AM PDT
The 2011 Indian Premier League has also introduced the new team Kochi Tuskers Kerala, who will be fighting it out with the other teams. On Wednesday, the IPL introduced the team members of the new team along with its promotional logo for the tournament, which will be starting on 8th April.
The team will play its first match on 9th April with the Royal Challengers in Bengaluru at the Jawaharlal Stadium. A promotional video of the team was also revealed by the IPL in a function, where actor Jayaram was also present. Geoff Lawson will be the coach of the team for the season. Lawson announced that Mahela Jayawardene will be the captain of the team, who has given an outstanding performance at the World Cup finals against the Indians. The coach also added that the team has four players from the World Cup, Mahela Jayawardene, Thisara Perera, S Sreesanth and Muttiah Muralitharan. Lawson has said that the players need some rest after the hectic schedule of the World Cup. The coach also said that Mahela and the other team members would join the team soon. |
| World Health Day 2011 observed world wide Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:08 AM PDT
The 7th of April is observed as the World Health Day throughout the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) observes this day and picks a key health issue and encourages people to organize events and seminars to make the people aware of the issue.
The day provides an opportunity for various communities in the world to come together just for the day and exchange ideas on the ways to improve health. The theme for this year is 'Antimicrobial Resistance: No Action Today No Cure Tomorrow'. The WHO has said that now days there are drug available for fatal health conditions. On the occasion of World Health Day a world wide campaign has been launched by the WHO to safeguard such medicines for the future generation. As a part of the observance of the World Health Day, the WHO has also appealed the world to take care of their sexual life by using condoms and other contraception, to reduce the chances of STDs and HIV, this would automatically eliminate the need to use the anti microbial medications. |
| Punjab National Bank Clerk Recruitment 2011, Apply Online Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:57 PM PDT
Punjab NAtional Bank (PNB) has invited application for recruitment of Clerks (Single Window Operator) for its branches across India. The Online registeration begins from April 10, 2011. Candidates are requested to only apply from the official website. Chck this link https://www.pnbindia.in/En/ui/Recruitment.aspx for more details. The last date for registration is May 5, 2011. The writen test will be conducted on May 19th 2011. State Wise Number of posts are as below.
The Punjab National bank offers Internet banking services for online booking of Indian Railways tickets, purchase of airline tickets, payment of utilities bills, etc. PNB has the largest ATM network amongst Nationalized Banks. The bank has more than 3700 ATMs for providing banking facility to all customers.
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| An elephant dacoit on the highway? Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:31 PM PDT
One must have heard of robberies on the highway by dacoits. But one must not have heard of an elephant, who forces motorists to give food. According to those, who have had an encounter with the elephant have said that the giant refuses to give way until he is given food.
The animal will first block the motorist on the northern Keonjhar district in the state of Orissa in India and will sniffs any vegetables around, it will hog it all and then allow the motorist to go his way. However, if the motorist does not co-operate with the elephant, then it will stand on the way and not allow the motorist to proceed. The forests officials have said that the elephant has found a way for easy food. "We are constantly advising the commuters not to tease the elephant," Sirish Mohanty a forest ranger said. Sirish added that so far the elephant has not harmed anyone, but if the people try to tease the animal, then it may get irritated and try to harm. |
| Idea Cellular launches 3G in east circle of UP Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:56 AM PDT
Telecom operator Idea Cellular on 6th April launched its Third Generation (3G) services in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Idea has launched its first phase in six towns in the East circle in Kanpur, Lucknow, Jhansi, Allahabad, Azamgarh and Sitapur.
The telecom operator is aiming Rs. 1,000 crore in revenues. Earlier Idea had launched the service in the West circle and now it had launched the service in the East circle, which is considered as one of the largest telecom circles in India. The eastern circle has more than 60 million subscribers. The COO of Idea, Lakshminarayana said that by March 2012, 87 towns will be covered in the UP east circle under the 3G network. Earlier other telecom companies like Aircel, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Vodafone have launched their 3G services in the circle. Idea is the fourth one to launch in the circle. According to the revenue market share, Idea is the 3rd largest operator in the east circle of UP. Currently Idea has roughly 5.2 million subscribers in the circle. The telecom company has invested, Rs. 150 crore in building the infrastructure for rolling out of the service and Rs. 400 crore for the 3G license. In future the company will be investing Rs. 60 crores. |
| 400 people fall sick on consuming ‘Kuttu Ka Atta’ Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:55 AM PDT
More than 400 people have been hospitalized and one has reportedly died after consuming adulterated food prepared from 'Kuttu Ka Atta' (buck wheatflour ) in Delhi and areas around the capital. Till now some of the mill owners in East Delhi have been detained by the police for selling adulterated flour to the retailers.
As the Navratri season has begun, food items made out of 'Kuttu Ka Atta', which are specially made for the occasion, were consumed by the victims. People who observed fast on the occasion, terminate their fast by consuming food made of the flour. The Delhi police and the district administration and food adulteration department are now on their toes by conducting raids in different places. After the incident, the government of Uttar Pradesh has imposed a ban on the sale of the 'kitchen' brand buckwheat flour, as it is suspected to be contaminated. 200 people in east Delhi alone have fallen ill, after consuming the food made of the flour, which was purchased from a local shop. The flour was prepared at a mill in Mandawali. As the Naratri festival has begun, devotees observe fast and do not consume food grains and instead consume food items made out of buckwheat flour. |
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