Wednesday, January 12, 2011

“Lohri celebration in India” plus 7 more

“Lohri celebration in India” plus 7 more

Lohri celebration in India

Posted: 12 Jan 2011 03:57 AM PST


Festival 'Lohri' is one of the many colorful festivals of India. Like all other festivals 'Lohri' too is an occasion which brings together people for celebration.

The festivals marks the end of the winter season, where the Sun God is thanked and praised by offerings and celebrations around the fire lit up to mark the ceremony. People are gathered for the ceremony and puffed rice with peanuts are thrown in the fire as an offering to the Sun God.

The festival is considered as an auspicious occasion for newly married couples as well as new born babies. Sweets made out of sesame seeds are prepared for the occasion. People dance and sing around the bonfire to welcome the New Year and that the year passes smoothly.

As it is a Punjabi festival, Lohri Melas (fairs) are also organized in some place in Punjab. The fair will be jam packed with people delicacies, handicrafts, toys and bangles in the stalls.

Praveen Kumar out of ODI series against South Africa

Posted: 12 Jan 2011 12:03 AM PST


Praveen Kumar has been ruled out of the ODI series against South Africa which will begin from today at Durban. Praveen suffered from an elbow injury and the selectors have deemed it necessary for him to recover from it in order for him to be fit in time for the World Cup.

You can follow the India v South Africa 1st ODI live score here.

This means that Praveen Kumar becomes the third Indian player to be ruled out of the series after the injuries to Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, both of whom are back in India due to injuries.

His injury means that Ishant Sharma has been called up as a replacement for the side. Ishant was a part of the side for the Tests but had returned to India for the ODIs. However, Ishant will not reach South Africa in time for the first ODI.

5.0 magnitude Yellow Sea quake felt in Shanghai

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 08:22 PM PST


5.0 quake felt NE of Shanghai in the Yellow Sea. Google Maps

An  earthquake that was 5.0 on the Richter scale with an epicenter in the Yellow Sea was felt as far away as Shanghai.

The Yellow Sea, is the northern part of the East China Sea.  The epicenter, reported by the US Geological Survey, was was located 270 kilometres (170 miles) northeast of Shanghai and at a depth of 18.5 kilometres.   The quake took place around 9:19 am Beijing time.

After the  temblor, which lasted a few seconds, there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, but many people in  Shanghai’s Putong district reported feeling the tremor.

Seismological authorities in Shanghai  are currently assessing the quake’s impact.

Three days ago an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale hit in northeast China’s Jilin Province.

Results for Common Entrance Test for IIM admission is out now

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 08:12 PM PST


The result for the Common Admission Test held in 2010 for admission to the IIM's has been declared on today i.e. January 12, 2011. Candidates can now get their CAT 2010 result, along with their scorecard, from the official website of the CAT, Catiim.in.
For the year 2010, the examination was conducted between October 27 and November 24, 2010 and the result for the same has been declared on January 12, 2011.
After entering into catiim.in (the official CAT website), candidate should click on the greet button named “CAT 2010 Results” availabel on the website to retrive the CAT 2010 result. After click on the button a page is displayed where Candiates are required to submit their CAT Registration Number and their Email Address (used during CAT registration) in order to retrieve their results online.
Currently the website is down and keep on checking to get results and if you are not able to get your results online, you may contact the CATIIM through your Candidate Care section available at http://www.prometric.com/IIM-CAT/contact us or call the CAT Toll Free helpline at 1800-103-9293.

Gates visits Great Wall, China confirms J-20 stealth fighter

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:43 PM PST


US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Hu will visit Washington next week.

As would any visitor to Beijing should, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited a very old Chinese defensive system: the Great Wall of China.    Gates learned about a more modern Chinese defense system: The J-20 Stealth fighter.

Chinese President Hu Jingtao confirmed to Gates the smoke signal leaked out last week:  China has flight tested the J-20 stealth fighter on Tuesday.

Many in the West suspected that the news and now the test flight were timed to coincide with Gates visit to the Middle Kingdom, however, Gates seems to indicate otherwise.

“I asked President Hu about it directly, and he said that the test had absolutely nothing to do with my visit and had been a pre-planned test,” Gates told reporters.

When pressed if he accepted Hu’s explanation, Secretary Gates responded: “I take President Hu at his word that the test had nothing to do with my visit.”

The J-20 made its maiden test-flight over Chengdu, Sichuan, creating a sonic boom.   Regardless of the timing, the Chinese message was clear:  they are trying to catch up.

The United States is the only nation with a fifth-generation jet, the F-22 Raptor.  The Russians are working on one of their own, and the Chinese have shown their determination to be part of the Stealth Club.

Triple Suns over Changchun China interesting optical illusion

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:51 AM PST


People in China treated to "phantom sun" optical illusion. ITN

In Changchun the capital of Jilin Province in northeast China on January 8, people were treated to an interesting optical illusion:   triple suns, also called “phantom suns”.

On both sides of the real sun there the two phantom suns could be seen, each about one-tenth the size of the main sun.   They both possessed a circular, rainbow-like halo, strongly lit at the top.

Experts call the phenomena  ’phantom sun’ but it is also known unofficially as ‘ice halo’.   The frigid Siberian temperatures in Jilin this time of year make conditions conducive to the formation of ice crystals which create high clouds.

The optical illusion is a refraction of ice crystals which are at a much higher elevation this time of year than in the summer.

Just to the north of Changchun, Jilin is the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival.

Did any PanAsianBiz readers see this event?

Australia vs England (Aus vs Eng) 1st T20, Cricket live score, streaming and highlights, 2011

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 10:18 AM PST


Michael Yardy celebrates a wicket

Watch live score, streaming and highlights of the 1st T20 between Australia vs England which will be played at Adelaide on 12th January 2011. The match will begin at 19.05 local and 08.35 GMT.

England are in googd form in the T20′s having won seven on the trot, they will set a new world record of eight consecutive victories if win this game.

It’s going to be a rematch of the World Twenty20 final in Barbados last year which England won. Australia will look for revenge. Live streaming

For Australia, by the retirement of Michael Clarke from T20 and Cameron White has been handed the leadership

Live score

The probable players are as follows :

Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Shane Watson, 3 Aaron Finch, 4 David Hussey, 5 Cameron White (capt), 6 Steven Smith, 7 Tim Paine (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Steve O’Keefe, 10 Brett Lee, 11 Shaun Tait.

England 1 Ian Bell, 2 Steven Davies (wk), 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Paul Collingwood (capt), 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Luke Wright, 7 Michael Yardy, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Ajmal Shahzad, 11 Chris Tremlett.

India vs South Africa (Ind vs SA) 1st ODI Durban, Cricket Live score, Streaming and highlights

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 09:54 AM PST


Watch live score, streaming and highlights of the 1st ODI between India vs South Africa which be played at Durban on 12th January 2011. The match will begin at 14:30 local, 12.30 GMT, 18.00 Indian time.

India will play a five ODI series in SA. Check the schedule

This series is important for both these top ranking teams as the World cup is just around the corner. Both the teams will use the series as a preparation for the World cup and to test new players. Watch live scores

For India, both the openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are out of the series due to injuries making way to Rohit Sharma and M Vijay.

Watch live streaming

South Africa have roped in leg spinner Imran Tahir and left-arm spinner Robin Peterson.

India are in good form having won all the last five ODI’s played.

India would like to win as many ODI’s as possible in this series to improve  India’s performance in SA. They have won only three matches and lost 16 against South Africa in South Africa – their worst record in any country
Posted by Suresh at 4:05 AM

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