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Breaking News: Major fire breaks out in Mumbai slum
Mar 4th
Major fire has broke out around 8.45pm in Mumbai slum. 28 fire tenders are on the spot trying to get control over the spreading fire.
Number of casualities is still uncertain. Slum is reportedly located in Gharibnagar area near Bandra railway station.
5 local trains has been halted due to this fire. The crowd is reportedly very angry because the fire tenders reached late on the spot.
Spot the road the contest
Oct 23rd
Yes. You heard it right. The Delhi roads at some places gone so bad, that one can hardly spot the road.
The West Delhi commuters have been going through a bad phase ever since the roads next to the Janak Sethu (Delhi Cantt) started breaking up three months back. There is a 50 meter stretch on either side of this road where the road appears to be almost like dug up. Vehicles come down to a speed of 5km and struggle to avoid any major holes. It is life threatening to two wheeler riders, but its surprising that in last 3 months there hasn’t any move from the government.
The road at Janak Sethu connects the people from areas like Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Tilak Nagar, Hari Nagar, Paschim Vihar etc to Central and South Delhi.
There has been no move from the Delhi Government officials until now. As usual, they appear to be waiting for a tragedy to happen before taking an action. I wonder if the contest like spot the road, will be able to bring out any winner at all.
India gives a grand opening to CWG 2010 in Delhi
Oct 3rd
The grand display at CWG opening made every Indian proud today. The infrastructure, the people, the organisers and the audience today gave a grand opening to this world class sporting event which would last for next 11 days.
The speaches from the celebrities followed by the performance of Indian’s graced the occassion and gave everyone unforgettable memories which everyone would be taking back home.
The program went along as scheduled:
| 03:00 pm | Entry gates at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium opened. |
| 07:00 pm | Delhi 2010 Opening Ceremony started |
| 07:15 pm | Athletes from the 71 nations of the Commonwealth marched in |
| 08:20 pm | The Queen’s Baton 2010 Delhi arrived |
| 09:00 pm | The Cultural events continued till late night |
Dilli Haat, Pitampura
Oct 3rd
Dilli Haat at Pitampura is a descent place to visit and defintely one good option for the people living in west Delhi. For long time west Delhi was missing somthing like this. At the this time of high prices, a descent place with only Rs 10 per adult entry fee for family man to spend the weekend comes as a blessing for Delhi.
Parking – Good parking with a low fee of Rs 15 for 3 hours. The parking guys are bit tricky, they charge you Rs 20 upfront and tell you to get Rs 5 if you are exiting within 3 hours. The guy at the exit will not return this balance until you ask for it, as he did with us. He made us wait in the side for few minutes when we insisted on getting the balance to check his reaction.
Ticket Counter – Tickets were easily accessible at a low fee of Rs 10 for adults and Rs 5 for kids.
Toilets - Toilets are neat and clean. There are even pay toilets, if someone looking for more luxury experience.
Stalls – Stalls from various craftsmen who have comein from different parts of the country are showcased over here. There are beautiful stalls for Indian crafts and food bazaar.
Review : Movietime, Pacific Mall, Pitampura, Delhi
Oct 3rd
The visit today to Movietime Pitampura gave a mixed taste. The only good thing was that unlike other theatres in Delhi, it doesn’t hit your pocket hard. I visited today to watch the Rajnikanth starrer Robot (ENDHIRAN / ENTHIRAN). As the theatre was not so popular among the movie watchers, which i later figured out why, getting a ticket was very easy as soon as i walked into the counter. A ticket here costed only 300 for two people. The ticket also included a Rs 50 coupon for a free coke & popcorn combo.
Though the Movietime theatre looked neat from inside, the Mall was a mess. With dust, dirt, broken window glass pieces and on top of that the AC doesn’t operate in the Mall area. So one doesn’t have AC until you are allowed to enter the theatre (which is only 10 minutes before the movie starts). I was surprised to see a Mall in such a bad state with not even a single shop operating in a Mall which gets descent crowd during weekends.
When we entered the Audi, the Hall looked promising. Good AC, descent screen size, good sound system and descent seating. There was little bit of foul smell inside the Audi which got fixed when a theatre boy sprayed freshner all around the Audi.
Like the movie and theatre was good only in the first half. Towards the end of the movie, i realised that the AC was switched off half an hour before the show ended. This made it very difficult to sit there until the end of the movie.
The exit from the theatre is horrible. The exit door’s leads to the dirty stair cases which has not been cleaned for ages. There was a huge pile of waste piled up, on the exit staircases. The walk further till the exit on the Mall is shear mess and adds to one’s agony.
Delhi Eye
Sep 29th
Located at Kalindi Kunj, Delhi Eye is the upcoming Delhi’s most happening place. For more details about the Delhi Eye visit the following websites:
http://delhirides.in/
http://delhieye.net/
Delhi Tourism is all set to get this new spot which is expected to become a must visit place for any traveller to Delhi. The Kalindi Kunj Delhi would be hosting the following for the Delhites and the travellers to Delhi:
1. Delhi Eye – India’s highest giant wheel (50 meter)
2. Kids City
3. Water Park – Over 12 different levels of slides
Should CWG Commitee approach Consumer Court?
Sep 26th
The biggest question which arises in everyone’s mind today after seeing all the CWG fiasco related news, it to bring the culprits to justice. Be it missing deadlines, using sub standard products, falling foot bridges, breaking roads, caving in roads, faulty stadium roofs, filthy toilets, filethy conditions at CWG Village (khel gaon delhi ), sub standard beds and the list goes on.
The common man who pays his had earned money as tax is watching eagerly and waiting for the CWG to be over, before they start asking the questions to the government for the answers.
Its high time when the government wakes up and starts understanding the importance of the tax payers money. If Indian counts itself as developed country, then its time to become transparent about the use of Tax payers money.
Railway Budget 2010
Feb 24th
Railway minister Mamta will be presenting the rail budget today at 12 noon in Parliament. Successive railway budgets have bring in dissappointment to the railway commuters.
Left points out that this budget is targeted at the upcoming elections in Calcutta. Mamta will try to impress the public of Calcutta by providing lot oppurtunities to Calcutta.
Some of the grievances from the public is Last budget projects haven’t started. 40 foundation stones were laid out, but none of them have started. Lack of punctuality, cleanliness, security etc
List of 44 deemed universities – government de-recognized
Feb 14th
- Vadodara
- Shri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research | Kolar
- Yenepoya University, University Road | Mangalore
- BLDE University, Solapur Road | Bijapur
- Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences | Satara
- DY Patil Medical College, Kolhapur | Maharashtra
- Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education & Research Chennai
- Chettinad Academy of Research & Education (CARE) Kancheepuram
- Sri Siddharth Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur | Karnataka
- Jain University | Bangalore Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth | Pune
- Siksha “O’’ Anusandhan, Khandagiri Square |Bhubaneswar
- Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) of Gandhi Vidya Mandir | Sardarshahr
- Mody Institute of Technology and Science, district Sikar | Rajasthan
- Dr MGR Educational & Research Institute | chennai
- Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences | Chennai
- Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virudhunagar | Tamil Nadu
- Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology (PMIST) | Thanjavur
- Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET) | Chennai
- Vel’s Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies | Chennai
- Karpagam Academy of Higher Education | Coimbatore
- Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai
- Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya | Allahabad
- Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth | Puducherry
- Vinayaka Mission’s Reearch Foundation | Salem, Tamil Nadu
- Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research | Chennai
- Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology | Thanjavur
- Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) | Sriperumbudur
- Shobhit Institute of Information Tech| Meerut
- Jaypee Institute of Information Tech| Noida
- Manav Rachna International University | Faridabad
- Santosh Univ | Ghaziabad
- Lingaya’s Univ | Faridabad
- Maharishi Markandeshwar Univ, Maullana | Ambala
- Janardan Rai Nagar, Udaipur |Rajasthan
- Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya | Haridwar
- Graphic Era University | Dehradun
- Nava Nalanda Mahavihara | Nalanda
- National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology | New Delhi
Transgenic Brinjal: Good or Bad
Feb 10th
The introduction of Bacillus Thuringiensis Brinjal, popularly known as Bt brinjal in India, is still in the middle of debate. This is a genetically modified strain of the non-transgenic Brinjal promoted by India’s top seeds company Mahyco (Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company) in collaboration with an US based transnational Monsanto and their aim is to improve the yields by a significant extent and also help the agricultural sector.
French scientist Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini of the Committee for Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering (CRIIGEN), carried out the first ever independent assessment of Monsanto-Mahyco’s report on toxicity tests submitted to the Indian regulatory authorities.
Seralini found many heath impact on not only the human and animal life but also on environment.He found :
It involves the insertion of a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into the DNA or genetic code of the Brinjal to produce pesticidal entotoxins in every cell. This toxin can induce antibiotic resistance in the vegetable cells.
this is a major health problem and is inappropriate for commercial use. Bt brinjal have 15 percent less calories and consists of different kinds of alkaloids compared to non-GM brinjal. It contains 16-17 mg/kg Bt insecticide toxin. When fed to animals, effects were observed on blood with significant differences according to the sex of the animal or period of measurement. Other effects were also found on blood clotting time (prothrombin), total bilirubin (liver health), and alkaline phosphate in goats and rabbits.
Changes in lactating cows were observed in increased weight gain, intake of more dry roughage matter and milk production up by 10-14 percent as if they were treated by a hormone.
Rats fed Bt brinjal had diarrhoea, increased water consumption, decrease in liver weight, and liver to body weight. Feed intake was modified in broiler chickens. But in anyhow, there are arguments in favour of its introduction, and there are strong reasons for refusing the approval of Bt brinjal. If it get approved then the Bt Brinjal would be the first genetically modified food in India.
