<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593</id><updated>2012-01-26T21:17:12.198-08:00</updated><category term='Business'/><category term='Tech News'/><category term='Entertainment'/><category term='Market Watch'/><category term='Education'/><title type='text'>Indian Stock Market Hot News In BSE,NSE,India Market,Sensex,SENSEX, NIFTY, stock market co</title><subtitle type='html'>Indian Stock Market Hot News In BSE,NSE,India Market,Sensex,SENSEX, NIFTY, stock market commentary, share price ticker, bse, nse, expert speaks, company information, company results, broker research reports, top gainers, top losers, most active,</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>21</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-7811934258541857811</id><published>2010-09-11T19:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-11T19:07:04.886-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>RGTU/RGPV B.E 6th Semester Result 2010</title><content type='html'>Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya or Rajiv Gandhi Technical  University Published B.E 6th Semester Examination Result 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajiv  Gandhi Technical University (RGPV) also known as State Technological  University of Madhya Pradesh, is an Indian multi-campus affiliating  university in Madhya Pradesh. It has campuses and affiliated colleges at  cities like Bhopal, Sagar, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior etc. The  university is well known for its extensive technical range of courses  and claims to be one of India's best university.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This institution  was established as a common university for all the technical  institutes, mainly including Engineering and Science colleges in the  state of Madhya Pradesh. This University includes all the technical  institutions of the second largest state of the country and  Chhattisgarh. The university was named after the former Prime Minister  of India, Rajiv Gandhi. All the colleges of Engineering, Science and  Technology as well as the Polytechnics affiliated to various  Universities and Boards of Technical Education are affiliated to the  newly set up University of Technology. Further, any new college,  institute and polytechnic, which is to be set up in the field of  Engineering and Technology, including Architecture and Pharmacy, shall  be required to be affiliated with the University of Technology of Madhya  Pradesh. All the technical colleges and institutes which are running  BE, B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA, BArch, BPharma etc. courses are affiliated to  this University in MP.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-7811934258541857811?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/7811934258541857811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=7811934258541857811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/7811934258541857811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/7811934258541857811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2010/09/rgturgpv-be-6th-semester-result-2010.html' title='RGTU/RGPV B.E 6th Semester Result 2010'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-9111493037946325128</id><published>2010-09-11T19:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-11T19:06:12.715-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Entertainment'/><title type='text'>Champions League T20 schedule 2010</title><content type='html'>Cash-rich Champions League T20 will be kicked off on September 10 in South Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IPL-3  runner up Mumbai Indians will take on Highveld Lions at Johannesburg in  the opening match of Champions League T20 2010 (CLT20).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There  are ten teams, including three top teams of IPL-3, in the tournament and  will vie for the huge amount prize money and title.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Champion League T20 2010: Teams:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mumbai  Indians, Chennai Superkings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Highveld  Lions, Central Stags, Guyana, South Australian Redbacks, Victorian  Bushrangers, Warriors, Wayamba Elevens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Champions League T20 schedule and fixture:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept 10:&lt;/strong&gt; Mumbai Indians vs Highveld Lions at JOHANNESBURG (1730 hrs).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept 11&lt;/strong&gt;: Warriors vs Wayamba Elevens at PORT ELIZABETH (1330 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept 11:&lt;/strong&gt; Chennai Superkings vs Central Stags at DURBAN (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept 12:&lt;/strong&gt; Highveld Lions vs South Australian Redbacks at CENTURION (1330 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept 12:&lt;/strong&gt; RCB vs Guyana at CENTURION (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept 13:&lt;/strong&gt; Warriors vs Victorian Bushrangers at PORT ELIZABETH (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept 14: &lt;/strong&gt;Mumbai Indians vs South Australian Redbacks at DURBAN (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept 15&lt;/strong&gt;: South Australian Redbacks vs Central Stags at CENTURION (1330 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 15:Chennai Superkings vs Wayamba Elevens at CENTURION (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 16: Mumbai Indians vs Guyana at DURBAN (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 17: South Australian Redbacks vs RCB at DURBAN(1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 18: Warriors vs Central Stags at PORT ELIZABETH (1330 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 18: Chennai Superkings vs Victorian Bushrangers at PORT ELIZABETH (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 19: Highveld Lions vs Guyana at JOHANNESBURG (1330 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 19: Mumbai Indians vs RCB at DURBAN (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 20: Victorian Bushrangers vs Wayamba Elevens at CENTURION (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 21: South Australian Redbacks vs Guyana at JOHANNESBURG (1330 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 21: Highveld Lions vs RCB at JOHANNESBURG (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 22: Wayamba Elevens vs Central Stags at PORT ELIZABETH (1330 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 22: Chennai Superkings vs Warriors at PORT ELIZABETH (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Semifinals&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 24: Ist (Group A) vs 2nd (Group B) at DURBAN (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 25: Ist (Group B) vs 2nd (Group A) at CENTURIAN (1730 hrs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final: match will be played on September 26 at Johannesburg (1730 hrs).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-9111493037946325128?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/9111493037946325128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=9111493037946325128' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/9111493037946325128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/9111493037946325128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2010/09/champions-league-t20-schedule-2010.html' title='Champions League T20 schedule 2010'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-5383127097504342849</id><published>2008-12-12T12:11:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:11:51.095-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Market Watch'/><title type='text'>No evidence of manipulation of ICICI Bank share price: SEBI</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/11/21/images/2008112152470101.jpg" width="242" align="middle" border="1" height="193" /&gt;                                              &lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Bureau&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div face="arial" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Mumbai, Nov. 20 Investigations carried out by the capital markets regulator show no evidence of manipulation in the share prices of ICICI Bank, said a news release from SEBI. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div face="arial" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The bank had in September sought an investigation by SEBI into its share price movement, alleging that rumours were being spread about the bank to deliberately bring down its stock price. The ICICI scrip had started to tank on news of its exposure to Lehman bonds, and although the bank’s CEO had announced that its fundamentals were sound, the fall was not arrested.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;SEBI analysed the trading pattern of the shares of ICICI Bank for the period September 8 to October 10, 2008 when the scrip fell 49.52 per cent, from Rs 720 to Rs 363.65.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; “SEBI did not find evidence of manipulative trading in the ICICI Bank shares during the period referred,” said the release. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;“None of the major sellers were observed to be placing orders successively at lower price. Also there was no pattern observed of booking intraday profits by major clients or brokers during this period.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;“By and large, the trading patterns are consistent with the shareholding pattern of ICICI with predominant holdings by FIIs, the general buying and selling behaviour by FIIs and the broad movements of the market during this period.” When contacted, an ICICI Bank spokesperson declined to comment on the SEBI release.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt;                                                        &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;web&gt; &lt;/web&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The top 20 investors in ICICI Bank both on net buy and sell basis in the cash market show that majority of them were FIIs. (While 14 FIIs and four mutual funds were net buyers, 17 FIIs and two mutual funds were net sellers.) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;FIIs have reduced their holding in ICICI Bank between the quarter ended on June 30 and September 30 by around 3 per cent, from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;SEBI also found that the prices of ICICI Bank’s American depository receipts (ADR) fell more (53 per cent) than the shares of ICICI Bank in the Indian market during the period of investigation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The underlying shares against ADR held by Global Custodian also show a fall of around 20.5 million shares during the period representing January 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008 indicating an increase in the shares available in the Indian market, said SEBI.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Courtesy: thehindubusinessline.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-5383127097504342849?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/5383127097504342849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=5383127097504342849' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5383127097504342849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5383127097504342849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/no-evidence-of-manipulation-of-icici.html' title='No evidence of manipulation of ICICI Bank share price: SEBI'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-2895339168826603445</id><published>2008-12-12T12:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:09:45.455-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Healthcare: India needs 60,000 crore Rs by 2013!</title><content type='html'>India needs an investment of up to Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) over the next five years to meet demands in the healthcare sector alone, according to a consultancy firm Feedback Ventures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Currently, there are 1.5 beds available for every 1,000 people, while the global average stands at 3.3 beds per 1,000 persons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An investment of Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 400-600 billion) will be required over the next five years to maintain the Indian average looking at the population growth," FeedBack Ventures President (Infrastructure Advisory Division) Monika Sood told reporters in New Delhi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said about 80 per cent of the required funding were expected to come from private sector as government alone could not meet it, adding India required an addition of 30,000 beds annually to maintain the current average.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"High gestation period (of 3-4 years at least) of operating a hospital and making profits make the sector difficult for private equity," she added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Short-term investors would not like to invest in such ventures as it takes at least 3-4 years before the hospital starts making profit. The cost of equipment upgradation, especially for tertiary hospitals is high, Sood said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, there has been an increase in the number of private players coming in the healthcare sector either independently or through private public partnership model.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Private players have realised that the sector is lucrative and have set up hospitals in the metros. The next phase of their growth will come in from the tier II cities like Jaipur, Cochin and Dehradun," she said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asked about the impact of the slowdown, Sood said, "There has definitely been an impact as far as investments are concerned. Expansion plans might have been put on hold, but the sector is definitely looking good as healthcare is something not easily affected by recession."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy: inhome.rediff.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-2895339168826603445?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/2895339168826603445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=2895339168826603445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/2895339168826603445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/2895339168826603445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/healthcare-india-needs-60000-crore-rs.html' title='Healthcare: India needs 60,000 crore Rs by 2013!'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-6828452634210318802</id><published>2008-12-12T12:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:08:35.232-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Top 10 Companies lose Rs 30000 crore in m-cap in a week</title><content type='html'>MUMBAI: Even as four companies, including State Bank of India (SBI), managed to add to their market capitalisation (m-cap) amid high volatility on bourses, the elite club of country’s top 10 companies saw their valuations tumble by a whopping Rs 30,000 crore in just one week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 10 firms, comprising six from public sector and four private sector entities, together lost Rs 30,474 crore in m-cap for the week ending November 21. At the end of Friday’s trade, the total market value of the 10 most-valued firms stood at Rs 9,50,253 crore, down from Rs 9,80,727 crore a week ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among the losers, state-run mining giant NMDC declined the most, shedding Rs 11,874 crore in valuation, followed by another public sector company MMTC, which saw a fall of Rs 8,605 crore in m-cap. Telecom giant Bharti Airtel witnessed substantial decline in its valuation, dropping Rs 5,890 crore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries’ market value dropped by Rs 3,336 crore, accounting for nearly 10% of the total losses incurred by the 10 companies. On the other hand, apart from SBI, two other public sector entities — NTPC and BHEL — and private sector player ITC added to their market valuation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While SBI added Rs 828.52 crore to its m-cap, NTPC gained Rs 824 crore. Further, ITC and BHEL saw their valuation rising by Rs 170 crore and Rs 56 crore, respectively.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weak global cues and heavy selling pressure battered the benchmark Sensex this week, with the 30-share index losing 470 points. However, the Sensex snapped its losing streak on Friday and closed at 8,915.21 points.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy: economictimes.indiatimes.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-6828452634210318802?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/6828452634210318802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=6828452634210318802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/6828452634210318802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/6828452634210318802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/top-10-companies-lose-rs-30000-crore-in.html' title='Top 10 Companies lose Rs 30000 crore in m-cap in a week'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-5595697435593222452</id><published>2008-12-12T12:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:07:05.066-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Reliance to reopen petrol pumps soon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="post-header-line-1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="post-body entry-content"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rJdTY5rnrQU/SS6jxf_kuYI/AAAAAAAAD5k/V3C0ecvIoHU/s1600-h/reliance-petrol-pump.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rJdTY5rnrQU/SS6jxf_kuYI/AAAAAAAAD5k/V3C0ecvIoHU/s320/reliance-petrol-pump.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273332284494494082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;New Delhi (PTI): Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector oil company that shut down all of its petrol pumps earlier this year because of huge losses, wants to restart selling petrol and diesel after margins on the two fuels turned positive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Reliance has informed us that they are keen on reopening their outlets," Petroleum Secretary R S Pandey told reporters here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mukesh Ambani-run company had shut all of its 1,432 petrol pumps around March after it could not compete with public sector companies, who sold fuel at rates much lower than their cost, as they got government subsidies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, with the fall in international oil prices, margins on both petrol and diesel have turned positive. State-run oil companies Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum are making a neat profit of Rs 9.86 a litre on petrol and Rs 0.70 per litre on diesel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essar Oil, the second-largest private fuel retailer in the country, had begun reopening its petrol pumps when international crude oil prices started declining in September.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pandey said Essar had written to him informing that 500 pumps have resumed operations. It plans to open most of its 1,250 fuel stations by the end of December.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company began reactivating most of its outlets in southern and western India from August and would double its retail network by the end of December, taking it to 1,250 by January 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rapidly plunging crude oil prices has made it viable for the three private retailers - Reliance Industries, Essar Oil and Shell - to get back in the retail market. The private firms can now even offer fuel at lower prices, compared to their state-owned rivals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2002, the Government had awarded fuel retailing rights to companies that had invested Rs 2,000 crore in petroleum infrastructure in India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides Reliance, Essar and Shell, Cairn India and Numaligarh Refinery were eligible to set up petrol and diesel retail outlets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reliance had applied for permission to set up 5,849 petrol pumps, while Essar sought approval for 1,700 outlets. Shell had obtained permission for 2,000 pumps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;State-run firms operate 34,304 pumps in the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When crude oil prices climbed and the difference between domestic retail price and cost of product widened to some Rs 23-24 a litre, Reliance shut all its outlets, while Essar restricted sales to just a 100 of its outlets. Shell, which had about 50 stations, had reviewed its expansion plans in India and decided not to open any more petroleum outlets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the price of crude having fallen to USD 50 and with the government not reducing retail prices of petrol and diesel, the private retailers want to reopen their petrol stations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy: hindu.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-5595697435593222452?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/5595697435593222452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=5595697435593222452' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5595697435593222452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5595697435593222452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/reliance-to-reopen-petrol-pumps-soon.html' title='Reliance to reopen petrol pumps soon'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rJdTY5rnrQU/SS6jxf_kuYI/AAAAAAAAD5k/V3C0ecvIoHU/s72-c/reliance-petrol-pump.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-4147018908119517541</id><published>2008-12-12T12:05:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:06:04.757-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Market Watch'/><title type='text'>ICRA assigns highest credit quality rating to Reliance Capital</title><content type='html'>NEW DELHI: Rating agency ICRA on Tuesday assigned highest credit quality rating to Rs 10,000 crore short term debt programme of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's financial services firm Reliance Capital Ltd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"While the A1+ rating takes a note of RCL's moderate asset liability management profile on account of its higher reliance on short term funds to build consumer finance business, it draws comfort from its unrealised gains on its investment portfolio and higher financial flexibility," ICRA said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AI+ rating indicates the highest-credit quality rating. Instruments rated in this category carry the lowest credit risk in short term.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rating factors in the RCL's association with Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani (ADA) group, strong capitalisation levels amongst Indian non-banking finance companies, and its moderate gearing, it added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It also takes into account the group's strong presence in various businesses in financial service domain like asset management, life insurance, general insurance, equity broking, distribution of financial products and proprietary investments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rating agency added that RCL's short term liquidity profile remains moderate as it has been resorting to the short term borrowing to fund its long term consumer finance business while also supporting other group companies especially life insurance business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It further said that going forward, RCL's rating would be sensitive to its ability to maintain comfortable asset quality of the consumer finance business, and to manage its liquidity profile while supporting the group companies besides scaling up the consumer finance business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy: economictimes.indiatimes.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-4147018908119517541?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/4147018908119517541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=4147018908119517541' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/4147018908119517541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/4147018908119517541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/icra-assigns-highest-credit-quality.html' title='ICRA assigns highest credit quality rating to Reliance Capital'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-5016805247417838879</id><published>2008-12-12T12:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:05:34.456-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Market Watch'/><title type='text'>Indian economy grows by 7.6% in Q2, FM terms it satisfactory</title><content type='html'>New Delhi, (PTI) Services and construction sectors helped the Indian economy expand at 7.6 per cent in the second quarter of the current fiscal, prompting government to term the growth as "healthy and satisfactory" even though it was the lowest in any three-month period in the last four years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The economic growth, as measured by expansion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), may be seen as slowing down as it clocked a 9.3 per cent a year ago, but it was much better than expected by many analysts, given the global financial meltdown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"This is a satisfactory and healthy growth rate having regard to global slowdown," Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the second half, the economy registered a 7.8 per cent growth rate, compared with 9.3 per cent a year ago, much in line with official projections for 7-8 per cent for the fiscal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, analysts said services, which came to the aid of the economy, are expected to slow down in the coming quarters and the Reserve Bank (RBI) and the government must come out with some stimulating measures to perk up the economy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Going forward the services sector is likely to slow down, particularly the hotel construction and transport," Crisil Principal Economist D K Joshi said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moody's economy.Com said the government and the RBI should come out with stimulating measures to induce growth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While construction sector grew by 9.7 per cent in the second quarter from 11.8 per cent a year ago, services sectors displayed similar pattern of high growth, though slightly slower than last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, manufacturing grew by just five per cent in the second quarter from 9.2 per cent a year ago and halved to five per cent in the second half from robust 10.9 per cent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chidambaram admitted that manufacturing sector remains a problem area. PTI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy: ptinews.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-5016805247417838879?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/5016805247417838879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=5016805247417838879' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5016805247417838879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5016805247417838879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/indian-economy-grows-by-76-in-q2-fm.html' title='Indian economy grows by 7.6% in Q2, FM terms it satisfactory'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-5886870851057117198</id><published>2008-12-12T12:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:04:58.329-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Market Watch'/><title type='text'>Indian Rupee closes at record low of 50.29 / $</title><content type='html'>The currency extended a three-week decline after India’s deadliest terrorist attacks in 15 years that lasted almost for four days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rupee closed at a record low as a slide in equities fueled concern investors will increase sales of local shares. The currency extended a three-week decline after India’s deadliest terrorist attacks in 15 years that lasted almost for four days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sensex slid 2.8% today, taking this year’s loss to 56.4%. The rupee dropped 0.4% to close at 50.29 per dollar, according to the reports. It fell as low as 50.355 in intraday trading.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FIIs sold Indian equities worth a record US$13.7bn more than they bought this year, according to the SEBI data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy: indiainfoline.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-5886870851057117198?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/5886870851057117198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=5886870851057117198' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5886870851057117198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5886870851057117198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/indian-rupee-closes-at-record-low-of.html' title='Indian Rupee closes at record low of 50.29 / $'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-452167036691928649</id><published>2008-12-12T12:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:04:04.063-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Market Watch'/><title type='text'>Sensex ends 100 points down at 8739</title><content type='html'>MUMBAI: Benchmarks staged sharp recovery in the afternoon but still ended in the red after traders covered short positions in realty, power and banking space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex ended at 8716.42, down 123.45 points or 1.40 per cent. The index touched an intra-day high of 8745.23 and a low of 8467.43.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;National Stock Exchange’s Nifty closed at 2662, down 0.78 per cent or 20.90 points. The 50-share index hit an intra-day high of 2672.90 and a low of 2570.70.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BSE Midcap Index was down 1.67 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index fell 1.54 per cent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE FMCG Index closed 0.80 per cent, BSE Realty Index was up 0.41 per cent, BSE Power Index ended 0.13 per cent up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BSE Auto Index ended 2.81 per cent lower, BSE IT Index slipped 2.51 per cent and BSE Oil &amp;amp; gas Index fell 2.51 per cent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gains in Reliance Infrastructure (5.6%), Bharti Airtel (3.2%), Jaiprakash Associates (2.93%), NTPC (2.66%), DLF (2.24%) and ITC (2.24%) helped indices close off lows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mahindra &amp;amp; Mahindra (-8.1%), Maruti Suzuki (-5.26%), Tata Consultancy Services (-4.9%), Larsen &amp;amp; Toubro (-3.28%) and Tata Steel (-3.16%) ended with significant losses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Market breadth on BSE remained weak with 1283 declines outnumbering 796 advances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy: economictimes.indiatimes.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-452167036691928649?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/452167036691928649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=452167036691928649' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/452167036691928649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/452167036691928649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/sensex-ends-100-points-down-at-8739.html' title='Sensex ends 100 points down at 8739'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-1607307878916727904</id><published>2008-12-12T12:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:02:55.956-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Jeevan saathi LIC to pump in Rs 12K cr in equities</title><content type='html'>MUMBAI: The Life Insurance Corporation of India — the country’s largest investment institution — is set to invest&lt;br /&gt;a further Rs 15,000 crore in&lt;br /&gt;debt offerings over the next four months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LIC, which leads local institutional players in equity investment, also plans to buy stocks worth Rs 12,000 crore from the secondary market before the end of this fiscal, said a top LIC official. LIC, which has invested Rs 23,190 crore until end of November in debt offerings, plans to hike its exposure to non-convertible debentures (NCDs) aggregating Rs 40,000 crore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LIC chairman TS Vijayan said the corporation has seen a definite increase in the number of corporates approaching it for investment in NCDs and rated papers. Many corporates had approached LIC over the past few months after access to overseas markets was severely restricted and local banks were squeezed for funds&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The life insurer is seeking to invest in debt paper, which offers yields in the range of 11-13 %, said executive director (operations) N Mohan Raj.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even mobilisation from its new scheme, Jeevan Aastha, which guarantees benefits on maturity and death, will be invested in debt instruments as returns are guaranteed. Of the Rs 25,000 crore it has targeted from the new scheme, 50% will be invested in government bonds while the balance will be invested in other debt instruments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LIC has invested Rs 1,02,476 crore of its funds until November this year compared with Rs 97,738 crore a year ago. This break-up includes Rs 36,311 crore in government bonds, Rs 23,190 crore in debentures and bonds, Rs 12,372 crore in infrastructure, Rs 1,342 crore as project loans, Rs 164 crore in IPOs and Rs 29,000 crore in equities (secondary market). While it plans to invest around Rs 12,000 crore more in equities, total investment for 2008-09 is pegged at Rs 1,60,000 crore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LIC may invest a total of Rs 40,000 crore in equities during the current fiscal, added Mr Mohan. It is still awaiting a reply from IRDA on its request to hike the cap on investment in an individual company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The insurer has seen a dip in unit-linked policies, given the recent slide in the stock market, while traditional policies such as endowment policies appear to be staging a comeback. LIC’s credit card venture is expected to take off in January, Mr Vijayan added.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-1607307878916727904?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/1607307878916727904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=1607307878916727904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/1607307878916727904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/1607307878916727904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/jeevan-saathi-lic-to-pump-in-rs-12k-cr.html' title='Jeevan saathi LIC to pump in Rs 12K cr in equities'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-4379354824911564270</id><published>2008-12-12T11:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T12:01:05.131-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>LIC scheme guarantees return</title><content type='html'>NEW DELHI: Life Insurance Corporation has launched a new single premium scheme, Jeevan Astha, to provide a guaranteed minimum compounded annual&lt;br /&gt;return of 7.71% for 5 year period and 7.18% for 10-year period. Under the scheme, if you deposit Rs 1 lakh in the five-year scheme, you will get a minimum amount of Rs 1,45,000 and if you go for 10-year scheme, you will get Rs 2,00,000 on maturity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the five-year policy, the guaranteed addition will be 9% of the principal every year. That means, in five years, for every Rs 1,000 investment, Rs 90 will be added to the principal amount. In the case of 10-year policy, the guaranteed addition will be 10% of the principal every year. Therefore, the amount deposited will get doubled on maturity. Besides this, on completion of the policy term, the corporation will also pay loyalty addition, which will depend on the profitability of the scheme. If the corporation earnes substantial profit, it will distribute 95% of the amount to policy-holders . As the amount mobilized in the scheme will be invested in debt instruments like government bonds, if the interest rates remained high, the scheme may fetch loyalty addition to the policy holders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides this, policy will also get an insurance cover of six times of the amount that you will deposit on the first year and 9% of the deposited amount if you have invested in the 5-year scheme and 10% of the amount if you went for 10-year scheme. After the first year of the operation , the insurance cover will double the amount you have deposited plus the guaranteed addition for the period in which the policy remained effective. As the first year’s insurance coverage is more than five times of the premium paid, the amount invested in the scheme will also get the tax benefits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The amount deposited in the scheme will get deducted from your taxable income . But, it will be part of the overall limit of Rs 1 lakh investments made under section 80C in the instruments like provident fund and mutual fund&lt;br /&gt;units. At the same time, on maturity, the entire amount will become tax free. Because of this, the pretax return of an investor whose income lies in the 30% tax bracket will be around 11%, even if he does not take the section 80C benefit. If one avail the section 80C benefit also, the return will be higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The scheme will remain open till January 21, 2008. A senior corporation official said that the scheme is targeting to mobilize Rs 25,000 crore. According to a source, on the first day of the launch of the scheme, the corporation raised over Rs 50 crore. As the investments in stock market and realty are not fetching good return, the scheme is getting good response and the official said that the corporation is hopeful of mobilizing the targeted amount. '&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Courtesy: economictimes.indiatimes.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-4379354824911564270?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/4379354824911564270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=4379354824911564270' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/4379354824911564270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/4379354824911564270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/lic-scheme-guarantees-return.html' title='LIC scheme guarantees return'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-5341207233822876051</id><published>2008-12-12T11:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T11:53:05.139-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Market Watch'/><title type='text'>Start Trading</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;After Completing All Things I Said Now You HAVE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) A Demat Account&lt;br /&gt;2)A Trading Account In Any Broker + The Trading User name And Password + Trading Software.&lt;br /&gt;3)An Internet Connection Is Need For Online Trading So..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now You Wand A Deep Knowledge About Indian Economy Also About the Company  ......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You Can Grab  This Things From Internet Or News Paper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Know Something ....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Search About the rapid Growth Of  Indian Economy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The economy was boosted by growth in the tourism and financial sectors, and a strong manufacturing performance  &lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Agriculture drive,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Foreign competition are the main sources ,&lt;br /&gt;Now We have Over 1500 core and above foreign currency (Foreign direct investment)&lt;br /&gt;These Are The Major Reason For The Rapid Growth Of Indian Economy ....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Population is The One Of The Major Power of India . 16.7 % Of Total Population In The World Is In India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also India Have More Teenagers having Very High Education Also More Professionals In All oVer the world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a MNC Most Of The Indians Are In Good Post Also They Are The Many Source Of &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;foreign currency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After Independents India is in Socialism but after the external balance crisis India Changed.&lt;br /&gt;By Accepting External fashions in economy . This Create more Job Opportunity's...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;IN &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Goldman Sachs report on India overtaking US by 2050.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;It may sound incredible but does not seem impossible....bigger miracles have happened...A recently released Goldman Sachs report claims that not only will India be a superpower soon but will overtake the US of A by 2050. Some excerpts...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Productivity growth will help India sustain over 8% growth until 2020 and&lt;br /&gt;become the second largest economy in the world, ahead of the US, by 2050,&lt;br /&gt;Goldman Sachs has said, scaling up estimates of the country's prospects in its&lt;br /&gt;October 2003 research paper widely known as the BRICs report. The original&lt;br /&gt;report had projected that India's GDP would outstrip Japan's by 2032 and that in&lt;br /&gt;30 years, it would be the world's third largest economy after China and the US.&lt;br /&gt;The new report goes one step further by moving India up from No. 3 and No. 2 in&lt;br /&gt;the global sweepstakes of tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;For the full article, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://http//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_to_overtake_United_States_by_2050_Report/articleshow/1411052.cms"&gt;go here..&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Times of India also gets some interesting reactions from people all over the world about the report...One of them, about previous Goldman Sachs reports, is particularly interesting...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;This report needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. In 1977 a news article&lt;br /&gt;claimed that India was headed for utter destruction by 2000. The report claimed&lt;br /&gt;that the way India was going on, it would soon become a military dictatorship.&lt;br /&gt;The reporter obviously had no idea of the IT revolution that was to come. By&lt;br /&gt;2000, India was looking better than ever, and now in 2006, it is being touted as&lt;br /&gt;the next superpower. The point that I am trying to make is that it is impossible&lt;br /&gt;to predict what's going to happen 50 years from now. The economists base their&lt;br /&gt;predictions on what is happening today and simply extrapolate today's growth.&lt;br /&gt;But history is littered with failed predictions, which means you can never be&lt;br /&gt;sure of what is going to happen. A war with China/Pakistan, or US/China war or a&lt;br /&gt;war in the Middle East could turn the whole world upside down. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Murtuza USA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Ok now You Thinking About The Indian Economy Ok Stop !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Search And Find The Details About The Indian Company And Make A list Of them You Wish to invest .....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-5341207233822876051?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/5341207233822876051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=5341207233822876051' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5341207233822876051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/5341207233822876051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/start-trading.html' title='Start Trading'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-2877788803687348664</id><published>2008-12-12T11:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T11:52:26.639-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Market Watch'/><title type='text'>How To Applay For A Pan Card ?</title><content type='html'>Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a number which is used by Income Tax Department as an identification of a person. Through this number income tax department can get every information about the assessee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a 10 digit alphanumeric number which is printed on a laminated card, known as PAN card along with other details like PAN number, name of applicant, father's name, date of birth and passport size photo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(PAN number is taking place of General Index Registrar (GIR) Number. GIR number is given by an assessing officer to assessee which also contain details of assessing officer.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under section 139A of Income Tax Act, 1961, PAN number is required for following persons:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   * Whose total annual income is more than the amount which is not chargeable under income tax act&lt;br /&gt;   * Whose income through business or other profession is more than Rs. 5 lakhs&lt;br /&gt;   * Who is filling income tax return&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PAN is necessary in case of following transactions :-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   * Filing income tax return&lt;br /&gt;   * Any correspondence with income tax department&lt;br /&gt;   * Submitting challans for payment of any tax to the department&lt;br /&gt;   * At the time of verifications of identity of assessee in income tax department&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fore More Details Go To &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/PAN/Overview.asp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-2877788803687348664?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/2877788803687348664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=2877788803687348664' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/2877788803687348664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/2877788803687348664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-applay-for-pan-card.html' title='How To Applay For A Pan Card ?'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-4745930940112519889</id><published>2008-12-12T11:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T11:51:47.503-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Market Watch'/><title type='text'>How to Make Money Via Online Share Trading In India ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;"&gt;How to Make Money Via Online Share Trading In India ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This question is asking myself in past 6 months ... Now i got some ideas but not fully . i am a student so i have not enough time to spend in this things ..Now 10 days i got holly days now iam searching the answer for this question....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My best Tool to find answer is GOOGLE i search all things in google and finding answers but in this matter google cannot help me because some of the practical and logical experiments is need to understand the Online Trading (in INDIA)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So my first step is watching tv especially  news tv like CNBC TV 18 Utvi E.t.c Also watching the market in detail...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How to start online trading ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) First thing is Age minimum 18&lt;br /&gt;2) FIRST STEP Start a Saving Account in any Nationalized Bank (SBI,HDFC,ICICI, Any)&lt;br /&gt;3)Apply for PAN CARD (permanent account number)&lt;br /&gt;4)Open Demat Account In Same BANK.&lt;br /&gt;5)Finding Brokers And Select Good One. 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"I also look to you, the youth, the graduates of leading institutions such as NIFT to create conditions for future growth", he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Director General of NIFT, Mr. Rajiv Takru said that in 2006-07, NIFT added the post-graduate programme in Design Space, thereby completing its offer of master level programmes with one programme each in Design, Management and Technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also announced the introduction of doctoral and post-doctoral programmes in the current academic year thereby completing the bouquet of professional programmes as envisaged in the NIFT Act of 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Takru also informed that in 2008, four new centres of NIFT have been opened and inspite of the manifold increase in the number of students, the institute could attract the best placements in the fashion industry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said that in 2007 alone, 49 students were sent to study abroad and nine students from foreign universities of the Netherlands, UK, Australia and France came to NIFT. Currently, NIFT has 26 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with foreign fashion schools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chairman of the Board of Governors of NIFT, Mr. D.P. Singh was also present on the occasion.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-1889536520910871846?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/1889536520910871846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=1889536520910871846' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/1889536520910871846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/1889536520910871846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/10/2066-students-get-nift-degrees-at.html' title='2066 students get NIFT degrees at convocation'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-3319436593249612757</id><published>2008-10-26T22:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T22:44:19.145-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>World's most powerful microscope turns Canada into nanotech hub</title><content type='html'>Toronto: Canada's famous McMaster University at Hamilton near here is set to become the world leader in nanotechnology with the installation of the world's most advanced and powerful electron microscope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Titan 80-300 Cubed, installed last summer, has turned the world famous university into a global nanotechnology research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Built by the world nanotech leader FEI Company in the Netherlands at a cost of $15 million, the Titan can examine at the nano level hundreds of everyday products in order to understand, manipulate and improve their efficiency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be used to help produce more efficient lighting and better solar cells, study proteins and drug-delivery materials to target cancers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The instrument will also be used to assess atmospheric particulates, and help create lighter and stronger automotive materials, more effective cosmetics, and higher density memory storage for faster electronic and telecommunication devices, a university statement said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``It (the microscope) is the equivalent of taking the Hubble Telescope and aiming it at the atomic level rather than at stars and galaxies,'' Gianluigi Botton, director of the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster, said of the world's most powerful microscope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``We are certainly the first university in the world with a microscope of such a high calibre,'' he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``With this microscope we can now easily identify atoms, measure their chemical state and even probe the electrons that bind them together.''&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;McMaster University vice-president Mo Elbestawi said the power of the microscope has turned the university a global hub for the fast growing field of nanotechnology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``The addition of the Titan 80-300 Cubed to the Centre's suite of microscopy instruments that include a Titan cryo-in situ solidifies Ontario's and Canada's lead in nanotechnology, and places us among the world's most advanced materials research institutions,'' said Elbestawi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;University dean John Capone said, ``This particular instrument will enable many new discoveries in the areas of fundamental biological and physical sciences that will help us to better understand the nature of diseases and the development of new cures.''&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Added David Wilkinson, dean of engineering, ``The Titan's ability to probe the structure of solid materials to the atomic level will have an impact on the development and commercialization of new technologies from biomedical devices to water quality monitoring and improved energy storage systems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``McMaster is committed to applying advanced research tools such as the Titan to the needs of our industrial partners, strengthening their ability to innovate and to compete globally.'' IANS&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-3319436593249612757?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/3319436593249612757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=3319436593249612757' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/3319436593249612757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/3319436593249612757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/10/worlds-most-powerful-microscope-turns.html' title='World&apos;s most powerful microscope turns Canada into nanotech hub'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-2077735644033301158</id><published>2008-10-26T05:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T05:11:42.945-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tech News'/><title type='text'>Apple iPhone</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;rust Apple to build the hype. I’ll bet no one and their uncle can do what Apple did with the iPhone. First call a press conference and give a stylish walk through of the phone features. Jaws on the floor, its Apple, baby. Everyone starts buzzing about the iPhone and how it is going to be a “breakthrough internet and communications device”. Everyone’s waiting for the next big thing after “electricity and sliced bread”. Everyone wants one. Steve’s rubbing his hands in glee…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img title="iPhone" src="http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3889/iphonekc9.jpg" alt="iPhone" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Since this is not your usual hum-drum phone, and has many innovative features in it, I would like to talk about them first.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;1) &lt;strong&gt;Multi-touch&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href="http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-multitouch_iref.mov" title="Multi Touch Video" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/movies.apple.com');"&gt;Watch video&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;With multi-touch you can flick, pinch AND tap. To zoom out of a photo, pinch, to zoom in, just reverse the pinching action. It senses touches by means of an electrical field and allows very natural actions. Supremely functional and all the girls could say was “WoW!” @ 150dB.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;2) &lt;strong&gt;OS X&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href="http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-osx_iref.mov" title="OS X Video" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/movies.apple.com');"&gt;Watch Video&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;The legendary,sexy Apple OS X on a phone!! You gotta be kidding me! Well, no I’m not. And somehow Apple seem to have got the whole integration very right. Its very multitasking friendly and I only wish there was someway to control all the running applications like on Symbian OS.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;3) &lt;strong&gt;Accelerometer&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href="http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-accelerometer_iref.mov" title="Accelorometer video" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/movies.apple.com');"&gt;Watch Video&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;This has to be one of the coolest features on the phone! In essence it is a motion sensor, which detects whether the phone is vertical or horizontal. Accordingly it changes the viewing from Portrait to Landscape.(only in apps that support it, mind)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;4) &lt;strong&gt;Proximity Sensor&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href="http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-proximity_iref.mov" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/movies.apple.com');"&gt;Watch Video&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;This is another cool feature. When you get a call, the screen and your cheek make all sorts of contact, and there might be inadvertent touches. So, in order to avoid that, we have a sensor which, during a call, turns of the touch screen and saves battery. How thoughtful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Now, if I may have your attention, we shall get on to reviewing the phone as I usually do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looks,Design and Build Quality&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/474/iphone2dz3.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Apple always makes sure that their products might not always have the best of features but they certainly do have gorgeous looks. Nothing different with the iPhone here. Sleek, sensuous and sophisticated. The smooth curves, the chrome lining, the lightly brushed aluminum finish at the back… its all top notch. It has a solid feel to it and makes for a nice fit in the palm. The heads will turn, don’t worry dahling.. And don’t be too surprised if someone comes and gets too chatty with you. Its a conversation starter in every sense of the term.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Input and Output&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/8266/iphonedockvu1.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;The beautiful 3.5 inch 480 x 320 multi-touch screen is the primary input as well as output. It is easily the most stunning display i’ve ever seen on a mobile device. Period. Your fingers are the only way to operate it, and its quite the fingerprint magnet. But it is absolutely scratch resistant, and you can use your shirt sleeve or jeans to wipe it off. Better still, get a good screen protector, and life will be much better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;The on-screen keyboard is the way to enter all the numbers and letters. This one is easily the best on-screen keyboard in mobile history and can easily stake claim to be the best substitute for the physical keyboard. The iPhone uses a combination of dictionary and keymap prediction to help out typing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;There arent too many buttons around on the phone. Just a home button on the front(which takes you back to the SpringBoard or the main screen), a volume and a silent switch to the left and a Sleep/Wake button on the top. Thats it. The multi-touch screen will handle all the rest of the inputs. Thank you,very much. Also, to the top is the sim card tray. You insert a pin and the tray comes out gracefully. But, you do need a pin. Bah.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img title="iPhone Handsfree" src="http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3662/iphoneheadphonesyq9.jpg" alt="iPhone Handsfree" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;There is also a 3.5mm headphone jack to the top and Apple provides a pair of ear buds. They are the ones which can be found on iPods with a slight difference. It has a mic-cum-switch. I was really amazed by the size of the microphone and was even more surprised when it turned out to be a switch as well. Apple. Jaw drop inducer par excellence. And the voice quality (according to the people on the other end) was better than the in-built microphone. All the more reason for you to use it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Performance and the Phone part of it..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5098/iphonebackps5.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Honey, this thing is fast!! There, I said it straight of. That is what happens when you plonk a 620MHz ARM processor and 128MB of RAM in a device which probably took lessons on “how to be anorexic” from Angelina Jolie. But such specs are a necessity when you look at that beautiful interface. I just cant stop emphasizing how fast it really is. The time taken from clicking the picture and saving it takes all of 2 seconds. Booting up in less that 10 seconds. Instantaneous firing up of any application. I could go on and on, but you probably have got an idea.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Battery life is just too good. The claimed figures are 8hrs of talk time and around 20hrs of music. I havent tested it to such levels yet, but other reports tell me, that actually is the case. Which is all too good. The iPhone wont demand a run to the wall socket for its cuppa every day even under heavy usage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Now, let me get on to the phone part of it. Its quite simple to make and recieve calls on the iPhone.(&lt;a href="http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/tips_tours/2007/iphone_tours-calls_iref.mov" title="Phone Call Video" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/movies.apple.com');"&gt;Watch Video&lt;/a&gt;) The only problem is finding contacts in the address book, because it has no physical keyboard and neither do you have search. You can either flick through contacts or use the alphabet index on the right,which makes it a tad easier to get your contacts. One good thing is that, the faster you flick your finger, the more contacts it traverses. So you can jump down some 50 contacts in one flick.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Voice quality through the earpiece is nothing remarkable. But those at the other end reported a crisp voice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;iPod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;The iPod part of the phone has been given a complete overhaul. And like Apple is advertising, it is the best iPod to date. The media integration is extremely good. Plug it into iTunes, and you’re done.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Fire up the Pod from the SpringBoard and just twist it to display in landscape mode. Now you can witness one more of Apple’s gems, CoverFlow. The effect is similar to shuffling CD’s in your own rack. See the pic below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img title="iPod" src="http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/6643/iphone1cd9.jpg" alt="iPod" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want to play a song from a certain album, just get it to the middle of the screen by flicking it and tap on the album cover once. The album cover will rotate smoothly to display the tracks in that album, tap it once to play your song. (sigh, why cant we have such eye-candy on other phones..). The audio quality is just as on the iPod’s and we wont get into the “Apple ear-buds, suck or not”, debate. Thats personal taste and for you to decide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The jack provided is a standard 3.5mm jack, but its recessed. Thin pins will easily fit,but if your pin is on the fatter side, you will need an adapter to fit in your own ear/head-phones into it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Camera and Internet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The camera is a 2.0MP unit. You can just click and watch the shutter animation. Thats about it. The image quality is pretty good, considering the fact that, there are no settings, whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some pics of the cam&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9674/img0014zu9.jpg" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/img171.imageshack.us');"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9674/img0014zu9.th.jpg" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8160/img0024ls4.jpg" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/img520.imageshack.us');"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8160/img0024ls4.th.jpg" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4688/img0033ic4.jpg" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/img69.imageshack.us');"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4688/img0033ic4.th.jpg" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8853/img0031mh1.jpg" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/img69.imageshack.us');"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8853/img0031mh1.th.jpg" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Surfing the net on the iPhone is a joy! Rendering is spot on, and the muti-touch gestures are applicable here too. Safari works for me and the speed on the Vodafone EDGe network is perfectly usable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time to Crib!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!! Apple usually are perfect at whatever little they do. Hence, I take immense pleasure in bashing them up. So why did Steve &amp;amp; Co. decide to give the MMS feature a skip?? And no 3G as well. Whats so “breakthrough” about not having 2 of the most basic communication options which everybody is offering. No video recording either. Also, why cant I pair to any other device to transfer at least photos and stuff, if not music.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, the camera should have had some more settings and a larger pixel rating. 3.2 is the de-facto standard these days. But, I think most of these problems will be solved by means of Firmware updates. Or maybe the next generation of iPhones. Which was precisely why I chose to buy the &lt;a href="http://www.satishsays.com/2007/08/09/sony-ericsson-p1i-review/" title="Sony Ericsson P1i review" target="_blank"&gt;SE P1i&lt;/a&gt; and not the Apple iPhone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whats Hot&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Seamless design&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Multi-touch, accelerometer, proximity sensor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;OS X on a mobile device!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Awesome interface&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazing Media Player&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Great Internet Experience&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whats Not&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;No MMS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;No 3G&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;AT&amp;amp;T only (can be hacked, not much of an issue)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;No custom camera settings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;No native 3rd party application support (this too can be worked around)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Screen prone to finger prints (slap on a screen protector as soon as you buy it)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whats in the box?&lt;/strong&gt; Phone, USB cable, Wall socket, wiping cloth, USB docking stand, manual.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Price&lt;/strong&gt; (8GB, all taxes inclusive)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;India 30000/- onwards&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion :&lt;/strong&gt; The iPhone is an amazing device and it has certainly raised the bar in many aspects and the way we go about managing our business on a phone. One more thing it has successfully managed to do is that it has pushed every other manufacturer back to the drawing board. Expect better phones from everybody now. This is going to be good in the end for, you, the consumer. Till then, chew the Apple!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A note to all Indian users&lt;/strong&gt;: Apple manufactures the iPhone at $174 (Rs. 7500). Airtel and Vodafone are selling it to us at $720 (31000/-). I leave it to you to decide whether its a good deal or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-2077735644033301158?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/2077735644033301158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=2077735644033301158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/2077735644033301158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/2077735644033301158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/10/apple-iphone.html' title='Apple iPhone'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-1627330455848471766</id><published>2008-10-26T05:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T05:07:11.374-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Entertainment'/><title type='text'>Roadside Romeo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/25/movies/romeo.span.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 337px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/25/movies/romeo.span.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you thought that Indian filmmakers were not competent enough to come out with a hardcore super-duper entertaining animation flick, then you’re sadly mistaken for now ‘Yash Raj Films’ (YRF), who have been under a public scanner for making films a mere business or a ploy to mint money. They have also been weathering accusations that they have reduced to being sheer businessmen, and have come up with a product that will hopefully put an end to such indictments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With ‘Roadside Romeo’, YRF have proved that they are truly the only production house that would indulge into something so out of the box (at least in the terms of Indian filmmaking). This flick is a refreshing change from the half-heartedly designed animated Indian movies. The distinctive point here is purely the fact that this one has a story after all and is not a rehash of some Indian mythological story!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a great piece of work from a not so great actor Jugal Hansraj (of ‘Masoom’ fame) who has been struggling to make a mark in Bollywood by doing blink-a-miss appearances in (only) Yash Raj movies. Guess, philanthropist Yash uncle couldn’t see ‘Jughead’ Hansraj doing odd jobs and volunteered to give him a chance in direction instead. We believe Yash uncle won’t be disappointed with the consequence though, as the dark horse of the stable has hit a bulls eye. By choosing Saif-Kareena for voiceovers and a not so bad script, Jugal makes sure that he cooks up an interesting recipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This modern Hollywood style drama is about Romeo (Saif Ali Khan) who was once a pet dog with all the possible good things of life but is abandoned by his master. He ends up on the streets soon and after certain struggles ends up befriending the rowdy street dogs with whom he eventually starts a saloon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very soon Romeo falls in love (Bollywood style) when he comes across Laila (Kareena Kapoor) but things aren’t that easy for the hero, are they? The only problem here being the dreaded don of the dogs, Charlie Anna (Javed Jaffrey), who also has hots for Laila. Romeo has to win Laila and at the same time save himself from the wrath of Charlie Anna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second half of Roadside Romeo is far more enjoyable than the first, as this is where things really pick up. The duo (Romeo and Laila) hook up without too much courting but Charlie’s gofer, spots them enjoying a kiss (a regular in YRF flicks these days). Furious Anna decides to set Romeo right. Meanwhile, Romeo and gang keep trying to find their way out of this mess, while avoiding municipality vans that catch stray dogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talking about the plus points now, the storytelling is simple with no vagueness. There is enough masala (a Hrithik Roshan ‘Dhoom’ number too). It boasts of amazing animation and completely madcap characterization. There are emotions like love, hate, anger making it identifiable. Not even a single person is a misfit, with everyone putting in a splendid effort. As far as Hansraj’s direction is concerned, he has written a story that is in one word ‘sweet’. The direction is fairly good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one is a complete paisa vasool. Three cheers for the animated Romeo!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-1627330455848471766?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/1627330455848471766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=1627330455848471766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/1627330455848471766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/1627330455848471766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/10/roadside-romeo.html' title='Roadside Romeo'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087868283459397593.post-2347677270117110931</id><published>2008-10-26T04:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T05:02:29.672-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Indian market crashed</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Friday, 24 October&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;With the world markets under pressure the effects were felt on the Indian market that crashed to new lows today. The terrible weekly figures are: Sensex was down 13.5%, Nifty down 17.5%. BSE Midcap index was down 12.5% and BSE Smallcap index down 16% over the week. BSE Realty index was down 25%, BSE Metal index down 12.4%, BSE Oil &amp;amp; Gas index down 15% and BSE Bankex was down 13%.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9087868283459397593-2347677270117110931?l=tv-18.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/feeds/2347677270117110931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9087868283459397593&amp;postID=2347677270117110931' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/2347677270117110931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9087868283459397593/posts/default/2347677270117110931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tv-18.blogspot.com/2008/10/indian-market-crashed.html' title='Indian market crashed'/><author><name>Vishnu</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
