Calicut University results - www.universityofcalicut.info - University of Calicut Results 2008
CALICUT UNIVERSITY RESULTS 2008 DECLARED
University of Calicut has declared the results for 2008. You can check the results at the official site of University of Calicut at http://www.universityofcalicut.info/
For direct link to the results page go to
http://www.universityofcalicut.info/exams/result_cnt.php
http://www.universityofcalicut.info/exams/results_start.htm
Following are the new University of Calicut results declared on August 29, 2008
III Semester B Tech/B Arch Regular/supple:/Imp:(Dec:2007)
IV Year Bachelor of Hotel Management(4/2008)
III Semester M Sc Applied Plant Science(2/2008)
VIII Semester B Tech/B Arch(June/2008)
First Semester Bachelor of Social Work (12/2007)
First Semester MA Politics(specialised in West Asian Studies)
Third Semester MA Politics(specialised in West Asian Studies)
First Semester MA English(1/2008)
Third Semester MSc Mathematics(2/2008)
First Semester MA Islamic Studies(1/2008)
Third Semester MA Islamic Studies(2/2008)
First Semester MA Hindi(1/2008)
Third Semester MSc Polymer Chemistry(2/2008)
First Semester MSc Polymer Chemistry(1/2008)
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Friday, August 29, 2008
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Kara DioGuardi Biography
Kara DioGuardi Biography
Kara DioGuardi Wiki (Kara DioGuardi Wikipedia)
Kara DioGuardi (right) & Dave Stewart (left)
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi (born December 9, 1970) is an American songwriter, record producer, and singer who has contributed to a long list of internationally successful popular songs. She writes music of the light pop-rock genre. She will be a judge on the eighth season of American Idol. She was also on Yahoo's most searched list on August 27, 2008.
Background information
Birth name Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi
Born December 9, 1970 (1970-12-09) (age 37)
Origin New England
Genre(s) Pop-rock
Occupation(s) Songwriter, record producer and singer
Website: KaraDioGuardi.com
Kara DioGuardi Early life
DioGuardi grew up in Westchester, New York and after completing a political science degree at Duke University, worked in the publishing and marketing departments of Billboard Magazine.She is the daughter of former Republican Rep. Joseph J. DioGuardi.
Kara DioGuardi Professional songwriter
She is a multi-Grammy nominated songwriter, having written or co-written many international hit songs from 1999 to today (see discography below).
Kara DioGuardi's songs have been recorded by artists including Celine Dion, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Hilary Duff, Carrie Underwood, Avril Lavigne, Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, Faith Hill, Santana, Ashlee Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, Jewel, Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogue, and many others. DioGuardi has also had much success with major Latin music artists including RBD, Laura Pausini, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony, Thalía, Ricky Martin, and Carlos Santana. DioGuardi can also be heard performing backup vocals on some of these recordings.
As Senior VP of A&R at Warner Bros. Records, DioGuardi has recently signed artists Jason Reeves, Laze & Royal, Atozzio, and David Hodges to the label.
DioGuardi's forthcoming releases and collaborations include cuts from artists David Cook, Britney Spears, Esmee Denters, Pink, Martina McBride, Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana), Demi Lovato, Diego, Menudo, Tom Jones, Amie Miriello, The Pussycat Dolls, Nick Lachey, Daniel Powter, Crosby Loggins, Tyler Hilton, Halestorm, Jesse Lee, and the Clique Girlz. She also has songs featured in the movies Camp Rock, The Cheetah Girls 3, and Hannah Montana: The Movie.
Kara DioGuardi Awards and nominations
In 2003, DioGuardi won a BMI Cable Award for cowriting and performing, Somethin' To Say, the theme to the now-cancelled Lifetime Television series For the People, which starred Lea Thompson, Debbi Morgan, A. Martinez and Cecilia Suarez. In 2007 she was named BMI's "Pop Songwriter of the Year" for 2006, as she had accumulated 10 BMI awards in the previous four years for having written the "most performed songs on the radio". To date, she has had over 46 albums in the Top 10 on Billboard magazine's 200 album chart. Her songs are on over 100 million records.
In 2007, DioGuardi was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Song for her writing on the Belinda single, "Bella Tracion" along with co-writers Belinda, Mitch Allan, Ben Moody and Nacho Peregrin.
Kara DioGuardi Other activities
DioGuardi co-owns Arthouse Entertainment, a publishing company that is a resource business for record companies and other music entities seeking compositions, productions, artists, and related music services. Arthouse has been a part of many chart-topping hits including Cassie's "Me & U" (written and produced by Ryan Leslie), Jim Jones' "We Fly High" (written and produced by Zukhan Bey), Nick Lachey's "What's Left of Me", David Archuleta's hit single "Crush" (written and produced by Eman Kiriakou), Mika's "Grace Kelly" (produced by Greg Wells), and Faith Hill's "Lost" (written and produced by Kara DioGuardi and Mitch Allan).
DioGuardi continues to work with the Phoenix House, a non-profit substance abuse service organization. She contributes to recording studios in the facilities and helps teach the teens how to operate the equipment. (www.phoenixhouse.org)
She will join the hit FOX television show American Idol as a fourth judge starting in the show's 8th season (January 2009). In 2000, DioGuardi co-wrote (with fellow Idol judge Paula Abdul) the UK number-one single "Spinning Around," performed by Kylie Minogue. She has written many songs sung by Idol winners and alumni such as Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, and Katharine McPhee.
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Source: wikipedia.org
Kara DioGuardi Wiki (Kara DioGuardi Wikipedia)
Kara DioGuardi (right) & Dave Stewart (left)
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi (born December 9, 1970) is an American songwriter, record producer, and singer who has contributed to a long list of internationally successful popular songs. She writes music of the light pop-rock genre. She will be a judge on the eighth season of American Idol. She was also on Yahoo's most searched list on August 27, 2008.
Background information
Birth name Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi
Born December 9, 1970 (1970-12-09) (age 37)
Origin New England
Genre(s) Pop-rock
Occupation(s) Songwriter, record producer and singer
Website: KaraDioGuardi.com
Kara DioGuardi Early life
DioGuardi grew up in Westchester, New York and after completing a political science degree at Duke University, worked in the publishing and marketing departments of Billboard Magazine.She is the daughter of former Republican Rep. Joseph J. DioGuardi.
Kara DioGuardi Professional songwriter
She is a multi-Grammy nominated songwriter, having written or co-written many international hit songs from 1999 to today (see discography below).
Kara DioGuardi's songs have been recorded by artists including Celine Dion, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Hilary Duff, Carrie Underwood, Avril Lavigne, Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, Faith Hill, Santana, Ashlee Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, Jewel, Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogue, and many others. DioGuardi has also had much success with major Latin music artists including RBD, Laura Pausini, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony, Thalía, Ricky Martin, and Carlos Santana. DioGuardi can also be heard performing backup vocals on some of these recordings.
As Senior VP of A&R at Warner Bros. Records, DioGuardi has recently signed artists Jason Reeves, Laze & Royal, Atozzio, and David Hodges to the label.
DioGuardi's forthcoming releases and collaborations include cuts from artists David Cook, Britney Spears, Esmee Denters, Pink, Martina McBride, Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana), Demi Lovato, Diego, Menudo, Tom Jones, Amie Miriello, The Pussycat Dolls, Nick Lachey, Daniel Powter, Crosby Loggins, Tyler Hilton, Halestorm, Jesse Lee, and the Clique Girlz. She also has songs featured in the movies Camp Rock, The Cheetah Girls 3, and Hannah Montana: The Movie.
Kara DioGuardi Awards and nominations
In 2003, DioGuardi won a BMI Cable Award for cowriting and performing, Somethin' To Say, the theme to the now-cancelled Lifetime Television series For the People, which starred Lea Thompson, Debbi Morgan, A. Martinez and Cecilia Suarez. In 2007 she was named BMI's "Pop Songwriter of the Year" for 2006, as she had accumulated 10 BMI awards in the previous four years for having written the "most performed songs on the radio". To date, she has had over 46 albums in the Top 10 on Billboard magazine's 200 album chart. Her songs are on over 100 million records.
In 2007, DioGuardi was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Song for her writing on the Belinda single, "Bella Tracion" along with co-writers Belinda, Mitch Allan, Ben Moody and Nacho Peregrin.
Kara DioGuardi Other activities
DioGuardi co-owns Arthouse Entertainment, a publishing company that is a resource business for record companies and other music entities seeking compositions, productions, artists, and related music services. Arthouse has been a part of many chart-topping hits including Cassie's "Me & U" (written and produced by Ryan Leslie), Jim Jones' "We Fly High" (written and produced by Zukhan Bey), Nick Lachey's "What's Left of Me", David Archuleta's hit single "Crush" (written and produced by Eman Kiriakou), Mika's "Grace Kelly" (produced by Greg Wells), and Faith Hill's "Lost" (written and produced by Kara DioGuardi and Mitch Allan).
DioGuardi continues to work with the Phoenix House, a non-profit substance abuse service organization. She contributes to recording studios in the facilities and helps teach the teens how to operate the equipment. (www.phoenixhouse.org)
She will join the hit FOX television show American Idol as a fourth judge starting in the show's 8th season (January 2009). In 2000, DioGuardi co-wrote (with fellow Idol judge Paula Abdul) the UK number-one single "Spinning Around," performed by Kylie Minogue. She has written many songs sung by Idol winners and alumni such as Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, and Katharine McPhee.
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Source: wikipedia.org
Sixth Pay Commission notification released
Sixth Pay Commission notification released
The Indian government has released the notification of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendation on Friday, August 29, 2008. The notification is available at pib.nic.in
The government has improved the final draft that was prepared by the union cabinet on 14th August. The complaints of varied groups of employees were taken into consideration, especially those of army officials & the irregularities were eliminated. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission.
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Source: dailynews365.com
The Indian government has released the notification of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendation on Friday, August 29, 2008. The notification is available at pib.nic.in
The government has improved the final draft that was prepared by the union cabinet on 14th August. The complaints of varied groups of employees were taken into consideration, especially those of army officials & the irregularities were eliminated. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission.
Tags: Sixth Pay Commission notification,6th Pay Commission notification,Sixth Pay Commission,6th Pay Commission
Source: dailynews365.com
Sixth Pay Commission Notification (www.careers-india.com)
Sixth Pay Commission Notification (www.careers-india.com)
Sixth Pay Commission Gazette Notification - GOI
Government of India Sixth Pay Commission Gazette Notification
Gazette Notification on implementing 6th Pay Commission recommendations
After all the activity that has taken place in the recent days about the new salaries, pay and arrears for Central Government employees, we have now reached a stage where the Gazette notification on implementing these sixth pay commission recommendations may most probably be released before the end of this week.
The Gazette containing the sixth pay commission recommendations as accepted by the cabinet and the central government has already been submitted to the comptroller and auditor general - CAG - few days back.
Employees and pensioners of the Central Government of India, were very eager to know the details and the impact on their arrears and pay structures, lots of sites have been posting information on the new salary structures via sixth pay commission salary calculators etc. But mostly these things will become very clear once this sixth pay commission notification on recommendations is out.
PIB.nic.in is the site where you can get all the press release notifications from the government.
Tags: Sixth Pay Commission Notification,6th Pay Commission Notification,Sixth Pay Commission Gazette Notification
Source: http://www.careers-india.com
Sixth Pay Commission Gazette Notification - GOI
Government of India Sixth Pay Commission Gazette Notification
Gazette Notification on implementing 6th Pay Commission recommendations
After all the activity that has taken place in the recent days about the new salaries, pay and arrears for Central Government employees, we have now reached a stage where the Gazette notification on implementing these sixth pay commission recommendations may most probably be released before the end of this week.
The Gazette containing the sixth pay commission recommendations as accepted by the cabinet and the central government has already been submitted to the comptroller and auditor general - CAG - few days back.
Employees and pensioners of the Central Government of India, were very eager to know the details and the impact on their arrears and pay structures, lots of sites have been posting information on the new salary structures via sixth pay commission salary calculators etc. But mostly these things will become very clear once this sixth pay commission notification on recommendations is out.
PIB.nic.in is the site where you can get all the press release notifications from the government.
Tags: Sixth Pay Commission Notification,6th Pay Commission Notification,Sixth Pay Commission Gazette Notification
Source: http://www.careers-india.com
Sixth Pay Commission notification Gazette - pib.nic.in
Sixth Pay Commission notification Gazette - pib.nic.in
6PC 2008
Sixth Pay Commission notification Gazette
Check it out below:-
http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/mar/6th_payreport.pdf
Note: The pib.nic.in site is down due to heavy traffic.
Excerpt from the Report: Sixth Central Pay Commission is the first Central Pay Commission to be constituted in this century of rapid technological advances and after coming into force of the Right To Information (RTI) and Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Acts. The Government machinery, therefore, has to gear up for better performance under stricter fiscal discipline and delivery mechanisms. These imperatives are reflected in the Terms of Reference of the Sixth Central Pay Commission which made it incumbent on the Commission to recommend systemic changes for, (i) transforming the Central Government organizations into modern, professional and citizen friendly entities that are dedicated to the service of the people; and (ii) harmonizing functioning of the Central Government Organizations with the demands of the emerging global economic
scenario.
The Sixth Central Pay Commission, therefore, had not only to evolve a proper pay package for the Government employees but also to make recommendations rationalizing the governmental structure with a view to improving the delivery mechanisms for providing better services to the common man.
The Commission, in this Report, has tried to achieve these objectives through reduction of layers within the governmental structure so that decision making and delivery is expedited. In the process, a number of superfluous levels, created merely to afford channels of promotion to Government employees, have been removed. A system that primarily lays emphasis on delivery and end results and which continuously rewards performance has been put in place by incorporating features like Performance Related Incentive (PRI) and variable increments in the basic scheme of pay scales. Flexibility is also inherent in the proposed scheme of running pay bands. By incorporating systemic changes in the existing procedure of appointments, efforts have been made for ensuring a young and dynamic bureaucracy, with a result oriented approach, where the best persons available are selected for holding specific posts. While proposing these changes, the Commission has also kept in view the capacity of the Government to pay and the principle that every rupee spent on allowances, facilities and salaries of Government employees has to translate into a specific measure for public good. It is our belief that the Report will lead to a realization that it is only the ultimate outcome and delivery to the last beneficiary which will justify the huge Government edifice. The Report will, therefore, not only increase the pay and allowances of Government employees but will also prove beneficial for all the people in the country.
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Source: http://pib.nic.in/ (Press Information Bureau Government of India)
Update: The URL is working fine now but the Site Homepage is still slow. !!
http://www.taazaresults.com/sixth-pay-commission-notification-gazette-pibnicin/
6PC 2008
Sixth Pay Commission notification Gazette
Check it out below:-
http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/mar/6th_payreport.pdf
Note: The pib.nic.in site is down due to heavy traffic.
Excerpt from the Report: Sixth Central Pay Commission is the first Central Pay Commission to be constituted in this century of rapid technological advances and after coming into force of the Right To Information (RTI) and Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Acts. The Government machinery, therefore, has to gear up for better performance under stricter fiscal discipline and delivery mechanisms. These imperatives are reflected in the Terms of Reference of the Sixth Central Pay Commission which made it incumbent on the Commission to recommend systemic changes for, (i) transforming the Central Government organizations into modern, professional and citizen friendly entities that are dedicated to the service of the people; and (ii) harmonizing functioning of the Central Government Organizations with the demands of the emerging global economic
scenario.
The Sixth Central Pay Commission, therefore, had not only to evolve a proper pay package for the Government employees but also to make recommendations rationalizing the governmental structure with a view to improving the delivery mechanisms for providing better services to the common man.
The Commission, in this Report, has tried to achieve these objectives through reduction of layers within the governmental structure so that decision making and delivery is expedited. In the process, a number of superfluous levels, created merely to afford channels of promotion to Government employees, have been removed. A system that primarily lays emphasis on delivery and end results and which continuously rewards performance has been put in place by incorporating features like Performance Related Incentive (PRI) and variable increments in the basic scheme of pay scales. Flexibility is also inherent in the proposed scheme of running pay bands. By incorporating systemic changes in the existing procedure of appointments, efforts have been made for ensuring a young and dynamic bureaucracy, with a result oriented approach, where the best persons available are selected for holding specific posts. While proposing these changes, the Commission has also kept in view the capacity of the Government to pay and the principle that every rupee spent on allowances, facilities and salaries of Government employees has to translate into a specific measure for public good. It is our belief that the Report will lead to a realization that it is only the ultimate outcome and delivery to the last beneficiary which will justify the huge Government edifice. The Report will, therefore, not only increase the pay and allowances of Government employees but will also prove beneficial for all the people in the country.
Tags: gazette notification 6th pay commission, 6th pay commission gazette notification, gazette notification pay commission, ministry of finance, pay commission gazette notification, pib.nic.in , www.pib.nic.in , sixth pay commission latest, sixth pay commission news,pib,dopt,ministry of finance
Source: http://pib.nic.in/ (Press Information Bureau Government of India)
Update: The URL is working fine now but the Site Homepage is still slow. !!
http://www.taazaresults.com/sixth-pay-commission-notification-gazette-pibnicin/
Calicut University - Calicut University Results
Calicut University - Calicut University Results
Calicut University Examination Results-2008
University of Calicut Results
Here is the information related to the results from University of Calicut, Kerala.
Following information can be seen from the homepage of the universities website:
http://www.universityofcalicut.info/
B Sc Medical Biochemistry/Medical Microbiology/MLT Ranklist 2008-09
B Sc Nursing/Bachelor of Physiotherapy Ranklist 2008-09
BA/BCom Open Stream Entrance Examination 2008 Results
And on the results page - http://www.universityofcalicut.info/exams/results_start.htm, you can get the information on the following:
III Semester B Tech/B Arch Regular/supple:/Imp:(Dec:2007)
IV Year Bachelor of Hotel Management(4/2008)
III Semester M Sc Applied Plant Science(2/2008)
VIII Semester B Tech/B Arch(June/2008)
First Semester Bachelor of Social Work (12/2007)
First Semester MA Politics(specialised in West Asian Studies)
Third Semester MA Politics(specialised in West Asian Studies)
First Semester MA English(1/2008)
Third Semester MSc Mathematics(2/2008)
First Semester MA Islamic Studies(1/2008)
Third Semester MA Islamic Studies(2/2008)
First Semester MA Hindi(1/2008)
Third Semester MSc Polymer Chemistry(2/2008)
First Semester MSc Polymer Chemistry(1/2008)
Tags: calicut university,calicut university results,Calicut University Examination Results-2008
http://sphurthy.blogspot.com/2008/08/calicut-university-results.html
Calicut University Examination Results-2008
University of Calicut Results
Here is the information related to the results from University of Calicut, Kerala.
Following information can be seen from the homepage of the universities website:
http://www.universityofcalicut.info/
B Sc Medical Biochemistry/Medical Microbiology/MLT Ranklist 2008-09
B Sc Nursing/Bachelor of Physiotherapy Ranklist 2008-09
BA/BCom Open Stream Entrance Examination 2008 Results
And on the results page - http://www.universityofcalicut.info/exams/results_start.htm, you can get the information on the following:
III Semester B Tech/B Arch Regular/supple:/Imp:(Dec:2007)
IV Year Bachelor of Hotel Management(4/2008)
III Semester M Sc Applied Plant Science(2/2008)
VIII Semester B Tech/B Arch(June/2008)
First Semester Bachelor of Social Work (12/2007)
First Semester MA Politics(specialised in West Asian Studies)
Third Semester MA Politics(specialised in West Asian Studies)
First Semester MA English(1/2008)
Third Semester MSc Mathematics(2/2008)
First Semester MA Islamic Studies(1/2008)
Third Semester MA Islamic Studies(2/2008)
First Semester MA Hindi(1/2008)
Third Semester MSc Polymer Chemistry(2/2008)
First Semester MSc Polymer Chemistry(1/2008)
Tags: calicut university,calicut university results,Calicut University Examination Results-2008
http://sphurthy.blogspot.com/2008/08/calicut-university-results.html
Sixth Pay Commission: Ex-Servicemen Commission to come on the line of Sixth Pay Commission
Sixth Pay Commission: Ex-Servicemen Commission to come on the line of Sixth Pay Commission
Ex-Servicemen Commission to come on the line of Sixth Pay Commission
New Delhi, Aug 29, 2008: It is a good news for former defence personnel. The Union government is planning to launch an Ex-Servicemen Commission on the lines of sixth Pay Commission. The announcement was made by the Indian Defence Minister AK Antony.
Several senior officials in armed forces who had been complaining that they had been given a raw deal by sixth pay commission can now have a sigh of relief. The minister said that the government has earmarked a huge amount to take care of the grouses of the sixth pay panel.
An army official while writing to Khabrein.info complains the unfair treatment to armed forces personnel. He says, “The pay commissions have always been singularly unfriendly to the men in uniform may be because our call of duty does not permit us to protest. I am a group captin with 32 years plus service and yet to be considered for my promotion because of limitations of pyramidical structure. My salary at this time is Basic pay 17350+ Rank Pay 2000+ Stagnation pay 900. Total 20250. Initially I was placed in PB 3 where I would have achieved highest of Rs 39100 within an year or so. Stagnation pays are so common to Armed Forces officers because the salary band are so narrow (suiting only IAS offices who get promoted before acquiring highest of the pay band. Not many of my civilian colleagues will believe that I reached my highest possible pay more than three years back and has to wait there till promotion board (if it ever does) comes up”.
He goes on to say, “There is a genuine need to have extended scales for armed forces. And please do not forget that I hope to retire at 56 and look desperately for second career to meet my unfinished commitments”.
This official is not the only one complaining about the unfairness of the Sixth Pay Panel towards armed forces. Even Indian Air Force chief was forced to write about it due to anomalies in pay structure.
Air Chief Marshal Fali H. Major in a letter addressed to Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Indian Navy chief says, “The finance ministry is introducing yet another anomaly by lowering the extant of parities of officers of the armed forces, of the Lt. Col. (and equivalent), by retaining them in pay band-3, while raising similarly placed civilian and paramilitary officers to pay band-4”.
IAF chief added that “It is reliably learnt that civilian and paramilitary officers in the extant pay scales S-24 (Rs.14,300-400-18,300) and S-25 (Rs.15,100-400-18,300) will be placed in pay band-4, whereas the same is being denied to the armed forces officers (Lt. Col. and equivalent) who were already in S-25”.
Now the defence minister says that the government had earmarked around Rs 6,000 crore additionally for serving defence personnel and ex-servicemen after removing the anomalies in the recommendations of the sixth pay commission.
Antony said, “After opening a new department in the Defence Ministry for ex-servicemen, the government is going to set up an Ex-Servicemen Commission soon to recommend various welfare schemes for them and their families”.
Earlier former chief of army staff General (Rtd) NC Vij had criticized the original Sixth pay recommendations calling it inadequate. In a letter written to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Sigh he had said, “ As a former chief, I feel morally duty-bound to bring this fact to the notice of the Hon'ble Prime Minister in my personal capacity. I take heart from the fact, that it is under your leadership, that, in my tenure, the government went for a major improvement in the 'operational posture by sanctioning South Western Command and 9 Corps HQs with full complements and also for some restoration of self esteem of the young officers through addressing their delayed promotions-cum-service conditions, by approving Part 1 of Ajay Vikram Singh Committee report'…If this had been followed up, through a balanced PCR and implementation of Part II of the 'AVS Report', things would have reasonably improved, but unfortunately the very opposite has happened.”
Stressing on the plight of army personnel he further said, “Sir, you yourself hail from a state, which has traditionally produced soldiers. You would have often wondered, as to why a supremely fit jawan/JCO who retires at the young age of 42-48, ages and grows old so fast. It is because he has no resources to fall back upon to ensure a decent living for his family after his early retirement. This problem gets further accentuated with the constraints of even poor farming conditions. Why should a soldier retire at this early age (other services serve upto 60 years) and why this man who has served the Nation so valiantly not be given a second career by way of 'lateral transfer', which alas will never come about”.
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Source: http://www.khabrein.info/
Ex-Servicemen Commission to come on the line of Sixth Pay Commission
New Delhi, Aug 29, 2008: It is a good news for former defence personnel. The Union government is planning to launch an Ex-Servicemen Commission on the lines of sixth Pay Commission. The announcement was made by the Indian Defence Minister AK Antony.
Several senior officials in armed forces who had been complaining that they had been given a raw deal by sixth pay commission can now have a sigh of relief. The minister said that the government has earmarked a huge amount to take care of the grouses of the sixth pay panel.
An army official while writing to Khabrein.info complains the unfair treatment to armed forces personnel. He says, “The pay commissions have always been singularly unfriendly to the men in uniform may be because our call of duty does not permit us to protest. I am a group captin with 32 years plus service and yet to be considered for my promotion because of limitations of pyramidical structure. My salary at this time is Basic pay 17350+ Rank Pay 2000+ Stagnation pay 900. Total 20250. Initially I was placed in PB 3 where I would have achieved highest of Rs 39100 within an year or so. Stagnation pays are so common to Armed Forces officers because the salary band are so narrow (suiting only IAS offices who get promoted before acquiring highest of the pay band. Not many of my civilian colleagues will believe that I reached my highest possible pay more than three years back and has to wait there till promotion board (if it ever does) comes up”.
He goes on to say, “There is a genuine need to have extended scales for armed forces. And please do not forget that I hope to retire at 56 and look desperately for second career to meet my unfinished commitments”.
This official is not the only one complaining about the unfairness of the Sixth Pay Panel towards armed forces. Even Indian Air Force chief was forced to write about it due to anomalies in pay structure.
Air Chief Marshal Fali H. Major in a letter addressed to Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Indian Navy chief says, “The finance ministry is introducing yet another anomaly by lowering the extant of parities of officers of the armed forces, of the Lt. Col. (and equivalent), by retaining them in pay band-3, while raising similarly placed civilian and paramilitary officers to pay band-4”.
IAF chief added that “It is reliably learnt that civilian and paramilitary officers in the extant pay scales S-24 (Rs.14,300-400-18,300) and S-25 (Rs.15,100-400-18,300) will be placed in pay band-4, whereas the same is being denied to the armed forces officers (Lt. Col. and equivalent) who were already in S-25”.
Now the defence minister says that the government had earmarked around Rs 6,000 crore additionally for serving defence personnel and ex-servicemen after removing the anomalies in the recommendations of the sixth pay commission.
Antony said, “After opening a new department in the Defence Ministry for ex-servicemen, the government is going to set up an Ex-Servicemen Commission soon to recommend various welfare schemes for them and their families”.
Earlier former chief of army staff General (Rtd) NC Vij had criticized the original Sixth pay recommendations calling it inadequate. In a letter written to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Sigh he had said, “ As a former chief, I feel morally duty-bound to bring this fact to the notice of the Hon'ble Prime Minister in my personal capacity. I take heart from the fact, that it is under your leadership, that, in my tenure, the government went for a major improvement in the 'operational posture by sanctioning South Western Command and 9 Corps HQs with full complements and also for some restoration of self esteem of the young officers through addressing their delayed promotions-cum-service conditions, by approving Part 1 of Ajay Vikram Singh Committee report'…If this had been followed up, through a balanced PCR and implementation of Part II of the 'AVS Report', things would have reasonably improved, but unfortunately the very opposite has happened.”
Stressing on the plight of army personnel he further said, “Sir, you yourself hail from a state, which has traditionally produced soldiers. You would have often wondered, as to why a supremely fit jawan/JCO who retires at the young age of 42-48, ages and grows old so fast. It is because he has no resources to fall back upon to ensure a decent living for his family after his early retirement. This problem gets further accentuated with the constraints of even poor farming conditions. Why should a soldier retire at this early age (other services serve upto 60 years) and why this man who has served the Nation so valiantly not be given a second career by way of 'lateral transfer', which alas will never come about”.
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Rock On Review - www.realbollywood.com
Rock On Review - www.realbollywood.com
Movie: Rock On; Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Prachi Desai, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny and Shahana Goswami; Director: Abhishek Kapoor; Rating: ****
If you consider ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ as one of the finest films made on male bonding laced with witty sense of humour and great music, then ‘Rock On!!’ is a worthy sequel. The only difference being that while in the former Farhan Akhtar made a clever debut as a director and in the latter he makes a brilliant debut as an actor. Rock On!! rocks even in its understated silences of poignance.
The film is about a Rock band ‘Magik’ comprised of Aditya (Farhan, fantastic, the intensity reminds of angry young man of 70s), Joe (Arjun Rampal, underplayed to perfection), Rob (Luke Kenny, a revelation) and KD (Purab Kohli, hilarious)…how the flashback dreams of stardom while the present is a stark reality of investment banking and mercenary guitaring. Aditya’s wife Saakshi (Prachi Desai, first rate debut) brings the band together and then there’s the proverbial ‘twist’. One more peformance that’s noteworthy is that of Shahana Goswami (who’ll be making full fledged debut in ‘Ru Ba Ru’) as the realistic wife of Arjun. This is one actress to watch out for.
Music by Shankar Ehsan loy is electrifying (though it has a niche appeal considering not everyone fancies rock music). I am sure ‘Tum Ho Toh’ will be a unanimous favourite…a soft ballad with wonderful chorus sections. Farhan the singer isn’t bad, for in the context of the film they are an amateur band (moreover, the groovy picturisation makes us for the loopholes too) trying to make it big.
Although Abhishek Kapoor has been credited with story and direction but you can easily witness ‘creative’ imprints of Akhtar junior (thankfully). On the flip side, the absorbing tempo of the first half dips in the beginning of second half but then it picks up pieces just fine to give a goose pimple evoking concert-climax.
Rock On!! is one movie that will make you smile…effortlessly. Go Rock!
Tags: Rock On Review,Rock On,Farhan Akhtar, Prachi Desai, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny and Shahana Goswami,Abhishek Kapoor
Source: http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2008/08/rock-on-review.html
Movie: Rock On; Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Prachi Desai, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny and Shahana Goswami; Director: Abhishek Kapoor; Rating: ****
If you consider ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ as one of the finest films made on male bonding laced with witty sense of humour and great music, then ‘Rock On!!’ is a worthy sequel. The only difference being that while in the former Farhan Akhtar made a clever debut as a director and in the latter he makes a brilliant debut as an actor. Rock On!! rocks even in its understated silences of poignance.
The film is about a Rock band ‘Magik’ comprised of Aditya (Farhan, fantastic, the intensity reminds of angry young man of 70s), Joe (Arjun Rampal, underplayed to perfection), Rob (Luke Kenny, a revelation) and KD (Purab Kohli, hilarious)…how the flashback dreams of stardom while the present is a stark reality of investment banking and mercenary guitaring. Aditya’s wife Saakshi (Prachi Desai, first rate debut) brings the band together and then there’s the proverbial ‘twist’. One more peformance that’s noteworthy is that of Shahana Goswami (who’ll be making full fledged debut in ‘Ru Ba Ru’) as the realistic wife of Arjun. This is one actress to watch out for.
Music by Shankar Ehsan loy is electrifying (though it has a niche appeal considering not everyone fancies rock music). I am sure ‘Tum Ho Toh’ will be a unanimous favourite…a soft ballad with wonderful chorus sections. Farhan the singer isn’t bad, for in the context of the film they are an amateur band (moreover, the groovy picturisation makes us for the loopholes too) trying to make it big.
Although Abhishek Kapoor has been credited with story and direction but you can easily witness ‘creative’ imprints of Akhtar junior (thankfully). On the flip side, the absorbing tempo of the first half dips in the beginning of second half but then it picks up pieces just fine to give a goose pimple evoking concert-climax.
Rock On!! is one movie that will make you smile…effortlessly. Go Rock!
Tags: Rock On Review,Rock On,Farhan Akhtar, Prachi Desai, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny and Shahana Goswami,Abhishek Kapoor
Source: http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2008/08/rock-on-review.html
Sixth Pay Commission notification released - pib.nic.in
Sixth Pay Commission notification released - pib.nic.in
Sixth Pay Commission notification can be accessed at: http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/mar/6th_payreport.pdf
The pib.nic.in site is down due to heavy traffic.
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Sixth Pay Commission notification can be accessed at: http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/mar/6th_payreport.pdf
The pib.nic.in site is down due to heavy traffic.
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Sixth Pay Commission notification released
Sixth Pay Commission notification released
Now it is the time to get the sixth pay commission notification after approval of 6th pay commission report by cabinet on 14th August 2008. In this sixth pay commission notification you can expect to get exact value of DA applicable on all time from 01.01.2006.
The notification will be available on pib.nic.in from tomorrow (Friday) ( it will be available here also).
Only DA value may change at tomorrow’s notification , it is to be observed in notification on Friday.
40% arrears is expected to be paid before Deepawali.
Source: http://www.freshnews.in/sixth-pay-commission-notification-released-62159
Now it is the time to get the sixth pay commission notification after approval of 6th pay commission report by cabinet on 14th August 2008. In this sixth pay commission notification you can expect to get exact value of DA applicable on all time from 01.01.2006.
The notification will be available on pib.nic.in from tomorrow (Friday) ( it will be available here also).
Only DA value may change at tomorrow’s notification , it is to be observed in notification on Friday.
40% arrears is expected to be paid before Deepawali.
Source: http://www.freshnews.in/sixth-pay-commission-notification-released-62159
Sixth Pay Commission: State govt forms fifth pay panel
Sixth Pay Commission: State govt forms fifth pay panel
KOLKATA: With pay packets of central government employees getting fatter, the state government on Thursday constituted the fifth pay commission for state employees. The commission set up under retired IAS S N Ghosh will submit its report within six months.
As of now, state employees have to remain satisfied with a Puja bonus of Rs 1,000 and an advance. State finance minister Asim Dasgupta has included a larger section of employees for this moolah this year. State employees with emoluments up to Rs 12,000 a month will be entitled to bonus, that was Rs 10,000 till last year.
The pay commission will also suggest changes for "the needs for social accountability and efficiency of the administration and also the decisions of the Government of India on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission" . The state has 1 million employees on its payroll.
Importantly, the existing promotion policies will be examined , which will take into account the "norms of promotions, efficiencies/productivity, wherever relevant".
Tags: 6th Central Pay Commission,6th Pay Commission,Sixth Central Pay Commission,Sixth Pay Commission News
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
KOLKATA: With pay packets of central government employees getting fatter, the state government on Thursday constituted the fifth pay commission for state employees. The commission set up under retired IAS S N Ghosh will submit its report within six months.
As of now, state employees have to remain satisfied with a Puja bonus of Rs 1,000 and an advance. State finance minister Asim Dasgupta has included a larger section of employees for this moolah this year. State employees with emoluments up to Rs 12,000 a month will be entitled to bonus, that was Rs 10,000 till last year.
The pay commission will also suggest changes for "the needs for social accountability and efficiency of the administration and also the decisions of the Government of India on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission" . The state has 1 million employees on its payroll.
Importantly, the existing promotion policies will be examined , which will take into account the "norms of promotions, efficiencies/productivity, wherever relevant".
Tags: 6th Central Pay Commission,6th Pay Commission,Sixth Central Pay Commission,Sixth Pay Commission News
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Evolution of Computer
Evolution of Computer
The Evolution of the Computer
First Generation (1939-1954) - vacuum tube
Second Generation Computers (1954-1959) - transistor
Third Generation Computers (1959-1971) - IC
Fourth Generation (1971-1991) - microprocessor
Fifth Generation (1991 and Beyond)
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1. First Generation (1939-1954) - vacuum tube
1937 - John V. Atanasoff designed the first digital electronic computer
1939 - Atanasoff and Clifford Berry demonstrate in Nov. the ABC prototype
1941 - Konrad Zuse in Germany developed in secret the Z3
1943 - In Britain, the Colossus was designed in secret at Bletchley Park to decode German messages
1944 - Howard Aiken developed the Harvard Mark I mechanical computer for the Navy
1945 - John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert built ENIAC at U of PA for the U.S. Army
1946 - Mauchly and Eckert start Electronic Control Co., received grant from National Bureau of Standards to build a ENIAC-type computer with magnetic tape input/output, renamed UNIVAC in 1947 but run out of money, formed in Dec. 1947 the new company Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC).
1948 - Howard Aiken developed the Harvard Mark III electronic computer with 5000 tubes
1948 - U of Manchester in Britain developed the SSEM Baby electronic computer with CRT memory
1949 - Mauchly and Eckert in March successfully tested the BINAC stored-program computer for Northrop Aircraft, with mercury delay line memory and a primitive magentic tape drive; Remington Rand bought EMCC Feb. 1950 and provided funds to finish UNIVAC
1950- Commander William C. Norris led Engineering Research Associates to develop the Atlas, based on the secret code-breaking computers used by the Navy in WWII; the Atlas was 38 feet long, 20 feet wide, and used 2700 vacuum tubes
1951 - S. A. Lebedev developed the MESM computer in Russia
1951 - Remington Rand successfully tested UNIVAC March 30, 1951, and announced to the public its sale to the Census Bureau June 14, 1951, the first commercial computer to feature a magnetic tape storage system, the eight UNISERVO tape drives that stood separate from the CPU and control console on the other side of a garage-size room. Each tape drive was six feet high and three feet wide, used 1/2-inch metal tape of nickel-plated bronze 1200 feet long, recorded data on eight channels at 100 inches per second with a transfer rate of 7,200 characters per second. The complete UNIVAC system weighed 29,000 pounds, included 5200 vacuum tubes, and an offline typewriter-printer UNIPRINTER with an attached metal tape drive. Later, a punched card-to-tape machine was added to read IBM 80-column and Remington Rand 90-column cards.
1952 - Remington Rand bought the ERA in Dec. 1951 and combined the UNIVAC product line in 1952: the ERA 1101 computer became the UNIVAC 1101. The UNIVAC I was used in November to calculate the presidential election returns and successfully predict the winner, although it was not trusted by the TV networks who refused to use the prediction.
1954 - The SAGE aircraft-warning system was the largest vacuum tube computer system ever built. It began in 1954 at MIT's Lincoln Lab with funding from the Air Force. The first of 23 Direction Centers went online in Nov. 1956, and the last in 1962. Each Center had two 55,000-tube computers built by IBM, MIT, AND Bell Labs. The 275-ton computers known as "Clyde" were based on Jay Forrester's Whirlwind I and had magnetic core memory, magentic drum and magnetic tape storage. The Centers were connected by an early network, and pioneered development of the modem and graphics display.
2.Second Generation Computers (1954 -1959) - transistor
Tom Watson, Jr.
1950 - National Bureau of Standards (NBS) introduced its Standards Eastern Automatic Computer (SEAC) with 10,000 newly developed germanium diodes in its logic circuits, and the first magnetic disk drive designed by Jacob Rabinow
1953 - Tom Watson, Jr., led IBM to introduce the model 604 computer, its first with transistors, that became the basis of the model 608 of 1957, the first solid-state computer for the commercial market. Transistors were expensive at first, cost $8 vs. $.75 for a vacuum tube. But Watson was impressed with the new transistor radios and gave them to his engineers to study. IBM also developed the 650 Magnetic Drum Calculator, the first by IBM to use magnetic drum memory rather punched cards, and began shipment of the 701 scientific "Defense Calculator" that was the first of the Model 700 line that dominated main frame computers for the next decade
1955 - IBM introduced the 702 business computer; Watson on the cover of Time magazine March 28
1956 - Bendix G-15A small business computer sold for only $45,000, designed by Harry Huskey of NBS
1959 - General Electric Corporation delivered its Electronic Recording Machine Accounting (ERMA) computing system to the Bank of America in California; based on a design by SRI, the ERMA system employed Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) as the means to capture data from the checks and introduced automation in banking that continued with ATM machines in 1974
3. Third Generation Computers (1959 -1971) - IC
1959 - Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments patented the first integrated circuit in Feb. 1959; Kilby had made his first germanium IC in Oct. 1958; Robert Noyce at Fairchild used planar process to make connections of components within a silicon IC in early 1959; the first commercial product using IC was the hearing aid in Dec. 1963; General Instrument made LSI chip (100+ components) for Hammond organs 1968
1964 - IBM produced SABRE, the first airline reservation tracking system for American Airlines; IBM announced the System/360 all-purpose computer, using 8-bit character word length (a "byte") that was pioneered in the 7030 of April 1961 that grew out of the AF contract of Oct. 1958 following Sputnik to develop transistor computers for BMEWS
1968 - DEC introduced the first "mini-computer", the PDP-8, named after the mini-skirt; DEC was founded in 1957 by Kenneth H. Olsen who came for the SAGE project at MIT and began sales of the PDP-1 in 1960
1969 - Development began on ARPAnet, funded by the DOD
1971 - Intel produced large scale integrated (LSI) circuits that were used in the digital delay line, the first digital audio device
4. Fourth Generation (1971-1991) - microprocessor
1971 - Gilbert Hyatt at Micro Computer Co. patented the microprocessor; Ted Hoff at Intel in February introduced the 4-bit 4004, a VSLI of 2300 components, for the Japanese company Busicom to create a single chip for a calculator; IBM introduced the first 8-inch "memory disk", as it was called then, or the "floppy disk" later; Hoffmann-La Roche patented the passive LCD display for calculators and watches; in November Intel announced the first microcomputer, the MCS-4; Nolan Bushnell designed the first commercial arcade video game "Computer Space"
1972 - Intel made the 8-bit 8008 and 8080 microprocessors; Gary Kildall wrote his Control Program/Microprocessor (CP/M) disk operating system to provide instructions for floppy disk drives to work with the 8080 processor. He offered it to Intel, but was turned down, so he sold it on his own, and soon CP/M was the standard operating system for 8-bit microcomputers; Bushnell created Atari and introduced the successful "Pong" game
1973 - IBM developed the first true sealed hard disk drive, called the "Winchester" after the rifle company, using two 30 Mb platters; Robert Metcalfe at Xerox PARC created Ethernet as the basis for a local area network, and later founded 3COM
1974 - Xerox developed the Alto workstation at PARC, with a monitor, a graphical user interface, a mouse, and an ethernet card for networking
1975 - the Altair personal computer is sold in kit form, and influenced Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1976 - Jobs and Wozniak developed the Apple personal computer; Alan Shugart introduced the 5.25-inch floppy disk
1977 - Nintendo in Japan began to make computer games that stored the data on chips inside a game cartridge that sold for around $40 but only cost a few dollars to manufacture. It introduced its most popular game "Donkey Kong" in 1981, Super Mario Bros in 1985
1978 - Visicalc spreadsheet software was written by Daniel Bricklin and Bob Frankston
1979 - Micropro released Wordstar that set the standard for word processing software
1980 - IBM signed a contract with the Microsoft Co. of Bill Gates and Paul Allen and Steve Ballmer to supply an operating system for IBM's new PC model. Microsoft paid $25,000 to Seattle Computer for the rights to QDOS that became Microsoft DOS, and Microsoft began its climb to become the dominant computer company in the world.
1984 - Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh personal computer January 24.
1987 - Bill Atkinson of Apple Computers created a software program called HyperCard that was bundled free with all Macintosh computers. This program for the first time made hypertext popular and useable to a wide number of people. Ted Nelson coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia" in 1965 based on the pre-computer ideas of Vannevar Bush published in his "As We May Think" article in the July 1945 issue of The Atlantic Monthly.
5. Fifth Generation (1991 and Beyond)
1991 - World-Wide Web (WWW) was developed by Tim Berners-Lee and released by CERN.
1993 - The first Web browser called Mosaic was created by student Marc Andreesen and programmer Eric Bina at NCSA in the first 3 months of 1993. The beta version 0.5 of X Mosaic for UNIX was released Jan. 23 1993 and was instant success. The PC and Mac versions of Mosaic followed quickly in 1993. Mosaic was the first software to interpret a new IMG tag, and to display graphics along with text. Berners-Lee objected to the IMG tag, considered it frivolous, but image display became one of the most used features of the Web. The Web grew fast because the infrastructure was already in place: the Internet, desktop PC, home modems connected to online services such as AOL and Compuserve
1994 - Netscape Navigator 1.0 was released Dec. 1994, and was given away free, soon gaining 75% of world browser market.
1996 - Microsoft failed to recognized the importance of the Web, but finally released the much imporoved browser Explorer 3.0 in the summer.
Source: http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/recording/computer1.html
Tags: evolution of computer
The Evolution of the Computer
First Generation (1939-1954) - vacuum tube
Second Generation Computers (1954-1959) - transistor
Third Generation Computers (1959-1971) - IC
Fourth Generation (1971-1991) - microprocessor
Fifth Generation (1991 and Beyond)
--------------------------------
1. First Generation (1939-1954) - vacuum tube
1937 - John V. Atanasoff designed the first digital electronic computer
1939 - Atanasoff and Clifford Berry demonstrate in Nov. the ABC prototype
1941 - Konrad Zuse in Germany developed in secret the Z3
1943 - In Britain, the Colossus was designed in secret at Bletchley Park to decode German messages
1944 - Howard Aiken developed the Harvard Mark I mechanical computer for the Navy
1945 - John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert built ENIAC at U of PA for the U.S. Army
1946 - Mauchly and Eckert start Electronic Control Co., received grant from National Bureau of Standards to build a ENIAC-type computer with magnetic tape input/output, renamed UNIVAC in 1947 but run out of money, formed in Dec. 1947 the new company Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC).
1948 - Howard Aiken developed the Harvard Mark III electronic computer with 5000 tubes
1948 - U of Manchester in Britain developed the SSEM Baby electronic computer with CRT memory
1949 - Mauchly and Eckert in March successfully tested the BINAC stored-program computer for Northrop Aircraft, with mercury delay line memory and a primitive magentic tape drive; Remington Rand bought EMCC Feb. 1950 and provided funds to finish UNIVAC
1950- Commander William C. Norris led Engineering Research Associates to develop the Atlas, based on the secret code-breaking computers used by the Navy in WWII; the Atlas was 38 feet long, 20 feet wide, and used 2700 vacuum tubes
1951 - S. A. Lebedev developed the MESM computer in Russia
1951 - Remington Rand successfully tested UNIVAC March 30, 1951, and announced to the public its sale to the Census Bureau June 14, 1951, the first commercial computer to feature a magnetic tape storage system, the eight UNISERVO tape drives that stood separate from the CPU and control console on the other side of a garage-size room. Each tape drive was six feet high and three feet wide, used 1/2-inch metal tape of nickel-plated bronze 1200 feet long, recorded data on eight channels at 100 inches per second with a transfer rate of 7,200 characters per second. The complete UNIVAC system weighed 29,000 pounds, included 5200 vacuum tubes, and an offline typewriter-printer UNIPRINTER with an attached metal tape drive. Later, a punched card-to-tape machine was added to read IBM 80-column and Remington Rand 90-column cards.
1952 - Remington Rand bought the ERA in Dec. 1951 and combined the UNIVAC product line in 1952: the ERA 1101 computer became the UNIVAC 1101. The UNIVAC I was used in November to calculate the presidential election returns and successfully predict the winner, although it was not trusted by the TV networks who refused to use the prediction.
1954 - The SAGE aircraft-warning system was the largest vacuum tube computer system ever built. It began in 1954 at MIT's Lincoln Lab with funding from the Air Force. The first of 23 Direction Centers went online in Nov. 1956, and the last in 1962. Each Center had two 55,000-tube computers built by IBM, MIT, AND Bell Labs. The 275-ton computers known as "Clyde" were based on Jay Forrester's Whirlwind I and had magnetic core memory, magentic drum and magnetic tape storage. The Centers were connected by an early network, and pioneered development of the modem and graphics display.
2.Second Generation Computers (1954 -1959) - transistor
Tom Watson, Jr.
1950 - National Bureau of Standards (NBS) introduced its Standards Eastern Automatic Computer (SEAC) with 10,000 newly developed germanium diodes in its logic circuits, and the first magnetic disk drive designed by Jacob Rabinow
1953 - Tom Watson, Jr., led IBM to introduce the model 604 computer, its first with transistors, that became the basis of the model 608 of 1957, the first solid-state computer for the commercial market. Transistors were expensive at first, cost $8 vs. $.75 for a vacuum tube. But Watson was impressed with the new transistor radios and gave them to his engineers to study. IBM also developed the 650 Magnetic Drum Calculator, the first by IBM to use magnetic drum memory rather punched cards, and began shipment of the 701 scientific "Defense Calculator" that was the first of the Model 700 line that dominated main frame computers for the next decade
1955 - IBM introduced the 702 business computer; Watson on the cover of Time magazine March 28
1956 - Bendix G-15A small business computer sold for only $45,000, designed by Harry Huskey of NBS
1959 - General Electric Corporation delivered its Electronic Recording Machine Accounting (ERMA) computing system to the Bank of America in California; based on a design by SRI, the ERMA system employed Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) as the means to capture data from the checks and introduced automation in banking that continued with ATM machines in 1974
3. Third Generation Computers (1959 -1971) - IC
1959 - Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments patented the first integrated circuit in Feb. 1959; Kilby had made his first germanium IC in Oct. 1958; Robert Noyce at Fairchild used planar process to make connections of components within a silicon IC in early 1959; the first commercial product using IC was the hearing aid in Dec. 1963; General Instrument made LSI chip (100+ components) for Hammond organs 1968
1964 - IBM produced SABRE, the first airline reservation tracking system for American Airlines; IBM announced the System/360 all-purpose computer, using 8-bit character word length (a "byte") that was pioneered in the 7030 of April 1961 that grew out of the AF contract of Oct. 1958 following Sputnik to develop transistor computers for BMEWS
1968 - DEC introduced the first "mini-computer", the PDP-8, named after the mini-skirt; DEC was founded in 1957 by Kenneth H. Olsen who came for the SAGE project at MIT and began sales of the PDP-1 in 1960
1969 - Development began on ARPAnet, funded by the DOD
1971 - Intel produced large scale integrated (LSI) circuits that were used in the digital delay line, the first digital audio device
4. Fourth Generation (1971-1991) - microprocessor
1971 - Gilbert Hyatt at Micro Computer Co. patented the microprocessor; Ted Hoff at Intel in February introduced the 4-bit 4004, a VSLI of 2300 components, for the Japanese company Busicom to create a single chip for a calculator; IBM introduced the first 8-inch "memory disk", as it was called then, or the "floppy disk" later; Hoffmann-La Roche patented the passive LCD display for calculators and watches; in November Intel announced the first microcomputer, the MCS-4; Nolan Bushnell designed the first commercial arcade video game "Computer Space"
1972 - Intel made the 8-bit 8008 and 8080 microprocessors; Gary Kildall wrote his Control Program/Microprocessor (CP/M) disk operating system to provide instructions for floppy disk drives to work with the 8080 processor. He offered it to Intel, but was turned down, so he sold it on his own, and soon CP/M was the standard operating system for 8-bit microcomputers; Bushnell created Atari and introduced the successful "Pong" game
1973 - IBM developed the first true sealed hard disk drive, called the "Winchester" after the rifle company, using two 30 Mb platters; Robert Metcalfe at Xerox PARC created Ethernet as the basis for a local area network, and later founded 3COM
1974 - Xerox developed the Alto workstation at PARC, with a monitor, a graphical user interface, a mouse, and an ethernet card for networking
1975 - the Altair personal computer is sold in kit form, and influenced Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1976 - Jobs and Wozniak developed the Apple personal computer; Alan Shugart introduced the 5.25-inch floppy disk
1977 - Nintendo in Japan began to make computer games that stored the data on chips inside a game cartridge that sold for around $40 but only cost a few dollars to manufacture. It introduced its most popular game "Donkey Kong" in 1981, Super Mario Bros in 1985
1978 - Visicalc spreadsheet software was written by Daniel Bricklin and Bob Frankston
1979 - Micropro released Wordstar that set the standard for word processing software
1980 - IBM signed a contract with the Microsoft Co. of Bill Gates and Paul Allen and Steve Ballmer to supply an operating system for IBM's new PC model. Microsoft paid $25,000 to Seattle Computer for the rights to QDOS that became Microsoft DOS, and Microsoft began its climb to become the dominant computer company in the world.
1984 - Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh personal computer January 24.
1987 - Bill Atkinson of Apple Computers created a software program called HyperCard that was bundled free with all Macintosh computers. This program for the first time made hypertext popular and useable to a wide number of people. Ted Nelson coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia" in 1965 based on the pre-computer ideas of Vannevar Bush published in his "As We May Think" article in the July 1945 issue of The Atlantic Monthly.
5. Fifth Generation (1991 and Beyond)
1991 - World-Wide Web (WWW) was developed by Tim Berners-Lee and released by CERN.
1993 - The first Web browser called Mosaic was created by student Marc Andreesen and programmer Eric Bina at NCSA in the first 3 months of 1993. The beta version 0.5 of X Mosaic for UNIX was released Jan. 23 1993 and was instant success. The PC and Mac versions of Mosaic followed quickly in 1993. Mosaic was the first software to interpret a new IMG tag, and to display graphics along with text. Berners-Lee objected to the IMG tag, considered it frivolous, but image display became one of the most used features of the Web. The Web grew fast because the infrastructure was already in place: the Internet, desktop PC, home modems connected to online services such as AOL and Compuserve
1994 - Netscape Navigator 1.0 was released Dec. 1994, and was given away free, soon gaining 75% of world browser market.
1996 - Microsoft failed to recognized the importance of the Web, but finally released the much imporoved browser Explorer 3.0 in the summer.
Source: http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/recording/computer1.html
Tags: evolution of computer
6th Pay Commission will have no impact on India’s economy (khabrein.info)
6th Pay Commission will have no impact on India’s economy (khabrein.info)
New Delhi, Aug 29, 2008: Contrary to widespread misperception that 6th Pay Commission will have adverse impact on India’s economy, a report says that it wouldn’t have any negative impact. The report comes at a time when many economists and analysts both with India and abroad had said that it will be increase deficit and may aggravate inflation.
Central government that is all set to issue notification for the implementation of the pay panel recommendations must have heaved a sigh of relief over the finding of Fitch Ratings India.
The Fitch Ratings India’s finding totally negates the economists who had been ranting that it will be counter productive for the nation and that it will be very difficult for the country to absorb the financial impact of the increased pending on the pay panel implementation.
Around 5.5 million central government employees are going to benefit from the pay panel recommendations. A larger number of state government employees too will benefit from the recommendations if their respective state governments implement the recommendations.
It is estimated that the wage hike would increase the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would cost Rs 29,373 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. The financial implication of Pay Commission on the General Budget would be Rs 15,717 crore and Rs 6414 crore on Railway Budget in 2008-09. The government’s present salary bill is over Rs 70,000 crore and the pension bill is over Rs 30,000 crore.
Dr Devendra K. Pant of Fitch Ratings India says, “In 1997, the fiscal situation was grimmer for Indian states when increased expenditure on wages and salaries resulted in increased borrowing, engulfing some states in a fiscal crisis and trapping them in a vicious cycle of debt”.
He says that the country was in a far stronger economic condition and that it has the ability to absorb such government largesse. “Now, there is a marked difference in present growth and the states' fiscal situations. Even with a forecasted slowdown in FY09, economic growth is expected to be 7.7%, whereas economic growth in FY97 was a comparatively meager 4.3%” he says.
Another Fitch official says, “Fitch considers that buoyancy in VAT collection and continued tax buoyancy would help states manage the negative impact of the pay revision on their finances”.
Source: www.khabrein.info
New Delhi, Aug 29, 2008: Contrary to widespread misperception that 6th Pay Commission will have adverse impact on India’s economy, a report says that it wouldn’t have any negative impact. The report comes at a time when many economists and analysts both with India and abroad had said that it will be increase deficit and may aggravate inflation.
Central government that is all set to issue notification for the implementation of the pay panel recommendations must have heaved a sigh of relief over the finding of Fitch Ratings India.
The Fitch Ratings India’s finding totally negates the economists who had been ranting that it will be counter productive for the nation and that it will be very difficult for the country to absorb the financial impact of the increased pending on the pay panel implementation.
Around 5.5 million central government employees are going to benefit from the pay panel recommendations. A larger number of state government employees too will benefit from the recommendations if their respective state governments implement the recommendations.
It is estimated that the wage hike would increase the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would cost Rs 29,373 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. The financial implication of Pay Commission on the General Budget would be Rs 15,717 crore and Rs 6414 crore on Railway Budget in 2008-09. The government’s present salary bill is over Rs 70,000 crore and the pension bill is over Rs 30,000 crore.
Dr Devendra K. Pant of Fitch Ratings India says, “In 1997, the fiscal situation was grimmer for Indian states when increased expenditure on wages and salaries resulted in increased borrowing, engulfing some states in a fiscal crisis and trapping them in a vicious cycle of debt”.
He says that the country was in a far stronger economic condition and that it has the ability to absorb such government largesse. “Now, there is a marked difference in present growth and the states' fiscal situations. Even with a forecasted slowdown in FY09, economic growth is expected to be 7.7%, whereas economic growth in FY97 was a comparatively meager 4.3%” he says.
Another Fitch official says, “Fitch considers that buoyancy in VAT collection and continued tax buoyancy would help states manage the negative impact of the pay revision on their finances”.
Source: www.khabrein.info
Notification on 6th pay commission
Notification on 6th pay commission
6th Pay Commission Notification to be issued on 29th August
The government is all set to issue the notification of the 6th Pay Commission’s Recommendation tomorrow, Friday. This is sure to be a big relief for 5.5 million central government employees who have been anxiously awaiting the notification.
This will not only clear the air but the central government employees will also be in a better position to figure out the details and will know precisely what they are going to get as their final payments. Besides they would be able to know clearly the allowances and other benefits that sixth pay commission awards them.
The final draft that the union cabinet approved on 14th August had been improved upon by the government. Several grouses of different sections of the employees were taken into account, particularly the grouses of army officials were considered and anomalies removed.
The reports point out that the first installment of arrears will be paid to central government employees in September itself giving a much needed relief to hundreds of thousands of central government employees.
The wage hike would increase the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would cost Rs 29,373 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. The financial implication of Pay Commission on the General Budget would be Rs 15,717 crore and Rs 6414 crore on Railway Budget in 2008-09. The government’s present salary bill is over Rs 70,000 crore and the pension bill is over Rs 30,000 crore.
Tags: notification on 6th pay commission,6th Pay Commission Notification
Source: http://hotnspicypage.blogspot.com
6th Pay Commission Notification to be issued on 29th August
The government is all set to issue the notification of the 6th Pay Commission’s Recommendation tomorrow, Friday. This is sure to be a big relief for 5.5 million central government employees who have been anxiously awaiting the notification.
This will not only clear the air but the central government employees will also be in a better position to figure out the details and will know precisely what they are going to get as their final payments. Besides they would be able to know clearly the allowances and other benefits that sixth pay commission awards them.
The final draft that the union cabinet approved on 14th August had been improved upon by the government. Several grouses of different sections of the employees were taken into account, particularly the grouses of army officials were considered and anomalies removed.
The reports point out that the first installment of arrears will be paid to central government employees in September itself giving a much needed relief to hundreds of thousands of central government employees.
The wage hike would increase the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would cost Rs 29,373 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. The financial implication of Pay Commission on the General Budget would be Rs 15,717 crore and Rs 6414 crore on Railway Budget in 2008-09. The government’s present salary bill is over Rs 70,000 crore and the pension bill is over Rs 30,000 crore.
Tags: notification on 6th pay commission,6th Pay Commission Notification
Source: http://hotnspicypage.blogspot.com
6th Pay Commission Notification To Be Issued
6th Pay Commission Notification To Be Issued
All the wait is finally going to get over soon. The government is all geared up to release the notification of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendation on Friday, August 29, 2008. The 5.5 million strong employees of the central government, who had been awaiting this notification with bated breath, are sure to heave a sigh of relief.
The issuance of the notification is going to clear the air as central government employees will finally be in a position to know exactly how much are they going to get in their final payment. They will also come to what benefits and allowance the 6th Pay Commission has earmarked for them.
The government has improved the final draft that was prepared by the union cabinet on 14th August. The complaints of varied groups of employees were taken into consideration, especially those of army officials and the irregularities were eliminated. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission.
Tags: 6th pay commission notification,Sixth Pay Commission Notification
Source:http://www.india-server.com/news/sixth-pay-commission-notification-to-be-3307.html
All the wait is finally going to get over soon. The government is all geared up to release the notification of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendation on Friday, August 29, 2008. The 5.5 million strong employees of the central government, who had been awaiting this notification with bated breath, are sure to heave a sigh of relief.
The issuance of the notification is going to clear the air as central government employees will finally be in a position to know exactly how much are they going to get in their final payment. They will also come to what benefits and allowance the 6th Pay Commission has earmarked for them.
The government has improved the final draft that was prepared by the union cabinet on 14th August. The complaints of varied groups of employees were taken into consideration, especially those of army officials and the irregularities were eliminated. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission.
Tags: 6th pay commission notification,Sixth Pay Commission Notification
Source:http://www.india-server.com/news/sixth-pay-commission-notification-to-be-3307.html
Sixth Pay Commission: Zee News establishes the lead across all metro’s: TAM
Sixth Pay Commission: Zee News establishes the lead across all metro’s: TAM
MUMBAI: As per the latest TAM (Television Audience Measurement) results, Zee News has been acclaimed as the leading channel preferred for the news related to the common man. These results were based on the occasion of announcement of Sixth Pay Commission, where Zee News garnered a magnificent score of 21% audiences of the total market share across all the four metros.
The findings show that Zee News has consistently been recognized as the most preferred news channel for its credibility and authenticity by the viewers. To take a quick recap of the performance Zee News: the channel had emerged as the most preferred news channel in week 30 and has again repeated the success in week 33 with its in-depth coverage on the Sixth Pay Commission announced on August 14’ 2008.
Highlighting the success, Barun Das, CEO, Zee News Ltd. said, “We at Zee News have always believed in the power of authenticity and credibility of news. Be it news related to a common man or of national interest, we always believe in offering our viewers the content, which is real and sensible. The decision on the Sixth Pay Commission was much awaited and we are happy that viewers have appreciated our coverage and have believed in Zee News as a channel, our concept of Zara Sochiye. We have always been confident about our acceptance and ratings are another motivation factor.”
The recently declared TAM results have placed Zee News ahead of other Hindi News channels like Star News, India TV, NDTV India, Aaj Tak, IBN 7 among others.
Source: http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k8/aug/augrel83.php
MUMBAI: As per the latest TAM (Television Audience Measurement) results, Zee News has been acclaimed as the leading channel preferred for the news related to the common man. These results were based on the occasion of announcement of Sixth Pay Commission, where Zee News garnered a magnificent score of 21% audiences of the total market share across all the four metros.
The findings show that Zee News has consistently been recognized as the most preferred news channel for its credibility and authenticity by the viewers. To take a quick recap of the performance Zee News: the channel had emerged as the most preferred news channel in week 30 and has again repeated the success in week 33 with its in-depth coverage on the Sixth Pay Commission announced on August 14’ 2008.
Highlighting the success, Barun Das, CEO, Zee News Ltd. said, “We at Zee News have always believed in the power of authenticity and credibility of news. Be it news related to a common man or of national interest, we always believe in offering our viewers the content, which is real and sensible. The decision on the Sixth Pay Commission was much awaited and we are happy that viewers have appreciated our coverage and have believed in Zee News as a channel, our concept of Zara Sochiye. We have always been confident about our acceptance and ratings are another motivation factor.”
The recently declared TAM results have placed Zee News ahead of other Hindi News channels like Star News, India TV, NDTV India, Aaj Tak, IBN 7 among others.
Source: http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k8/aug/augrel83.php
Madhya Pradesh to implement Sixth Pay Commission recommendations
Madhya Pradesh to implement Sixth Pay Commission recommendations
Bhopal, Aug 28 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Wednesday said the state government would implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for its employees soon.
Chouhan made the announcement at a convention in the tribal-dominated Khandwa district. The convention was organised to launch a tendu leaf bonus distribution programme.
The implementation of the Pay Commission recommendations will benefit more than 500,000 state employees who would, on an average, see a hike of roughly 30 percent.
"My government has always been in favour of providing the best possible to its employees and it will also execute the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations as early as possible," Chouhan said.
Various State Employees' Unions have been demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations ever since the central government approved the new pay scales Aug 14 for its five million employees.
This will see the average salary increases of central government employees by 21 percent, and cost the exchequer Rs.221.31 billion this fiscal.
IANS
http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=90620
Bhopal, Aug 28 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Wednesday said the state government would implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for its employees soon.
Chouhan made the announcement at a convention in the tribal-dominated Khandwa district. The convention was organised to launch a tendu leaf bonus distribution programme.
The implementation of the Pay Commission recommendations will benefit more than 500,000 state employees who would, on an average, see a hike of roughly 30 percent.
"My government has always been in favour of providing the best possible to its employees and it will also execute the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations as early as possible," Chouhan said.
Various State Employees' Unions have been demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations ever since the central government approved the new pay scales Aug 14 for its five million employees.
This will see the average salary increases of central government employees by 21 percent, and cost the exchequer Rs.221.31 billion this fiscal.
IANS
http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=90620
Sixth Pay Commission: 'High VAT, other tax mop-up to cushion impact of pay revision'
Sixth Pay Commission: 'High VAT, other tax mop-up to cushion impact of pay revision'
NEW DELHI : Buoyancy in VAT and other tax collections will cushion the impact on finances of states, following a hike in salaries of government employees as recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission, credit rating agency Fitch said on Thursday.
The agency said that fiscal condition of states has improved massively since 1997 when the states implemented the previous pay revision.
That time states were grappling with grim fiscal situation with only 9 out of 26 states having a revenue surplus. Now 21 states had revenue surplus in financial year 2007-08.
Though recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission are only for central government employees, it is a common practice for states to adopt them while revising salaries of their employees.
Five states, including Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, have already announced that they will follow recommendations of the Commission.
Thus the Sixth Pay Commission reward will be well absorbed by the states, despite an expected slowdown in the economy, Fitch said.
As far as the Centre is concerned, the commission's report, to be implemented from September will hit the exchequer by over Rs 20,000 crore this fiscal, Fitch said.
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
NEW DELHI : Buoyancy in VAT and other tax collections will cushion the impact on finances of states, following a hike in salaries of government employees as recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission, credit rating agency Fitch said on Thursday.
The agency said that fiscal condition of states has improved massively since 1997 when the states implemented the previous pay revision.
That time states were grappling with grim fiscal situation with only 9 out of 26 states having a revenue surplus. Now 21 states had revenue surplus in financial year 2007-08.
Though recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission are only for central government employees, it is a common practice for states to adopt them while revising salaries of their employees.
Five states, including Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, have already announced that they will follow recommendations of the Commission.
Thus the Sixth Pay Commission reward will be well absorbed by the states, despite an expected slowdown in the economy, Fitch said.
As far as the Centre is concerned, the commission's report, to be implemented from September will hit the exchequer by over Rs 20,000 crore this fiscal, Fitch said.
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
Sixth Pay Commission: Inflation eases to 12.40%
Sixth Pay Commission: Inflation eases to 12.40%
PTI
Thursday, August 28, 2008 19:36 IST
NEW DELHI: Lower prices of food and fuel items pulled down inflation to 12.40 per cent, offering hopes of what the Finance
Ministry described as "early signs of moderation" in prices.
The decline in the rate of price rise by 0.23 per cent from 12.63 per cent in the previous week comes after five weeks of
consistent rise.
"There are some early signs of moderation of inflation" the finance ministry said in a statement adding in the primary
articles group 21 out of total 98 articles have shown decline in prices and there was no increase in prices of another 48
articles.
However, according to analysts, the decline could be temporary as crop production could be hit due to flood in many states
and implementation of Sixth Pay Commission from next month would result in creation of more demands.
Inflation which still remains much higher than targeted nine per cent for the fiscal could prompt the Reserve Bank to further
tighten monetary policy during the half-yearly review of the credit policy in October.
According to the ministry statement, prices of 30 essential commodities, after remaining range bound between 5.7 to 6.7 per
cent for 19 weeks in the current financial year, increased from 6.74 per cent as on the August 9 to 7.24 per cent during the
reporting week.
During the week, prices vegetables declined by 1.1 per cent while meat, egg and fish became cheaper by 0.2 per cent.
Besides, falling crude in the international market cooled down prices of industrial fuels like naphtha by 9 per cent and
furnace oil by 6 per cent.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1186353
PTI
Thursday, August 28, 2008 19:36 IST
NEW DELHI: Lower prices of food and fuel items pulled down inflation to 12.40 per cent, offering hopes of what the Finance
Ministry described as "early signs of moderation" in prices.
The decline in the rate of price rise by 0.23 per cent from 12.63 per cent in the previous week comes after five weeks of
consistent rise.
"There are some early signs of moderation of inflation" the finance ministry said in a statement adding in the primary
articles group 21 out of total 98 articles have shown decline in prices and there was no increase in prices of another 48
articles.
However, according to analysts, the decline could be temporary as crop production could be hit due to flood in many states
and implementation of Sixth Pay Commission from next month would result in creation of more demands.
Inflation which still remains much higher than targeted nine per cent for the fiscal could prompt the Reserve Bank to further
tighten monetary policy during the half-yearly review of the credit policy in October.
According to the ministry statement, prices of 30 essential commodities, after remaining range bound between 5.7 to 6.7 per
cent for 19 weeks in the current financial year, increased from 6.74 per cent as on the August 9 to 7.24 per cent during the
reporting week.
During the week, prices vegetables declined by 1.1 per cent while meat, egg and fish became cheaper by 0.2 per cent.
Besides, falling crude in the international market cooled down prices of industrial fuels like naphtha by 9 per cent and
furnace oil by 6 per cent.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1186353
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