Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers - 2014

Portfolio allocation  among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers on 27th January 2014 :-

1. Shri Narendra Modi - Prime Minister Personnel

 

Ministries under PM: Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space, All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

CABINET MINISTERS

1. Shri Raj Nath Singh Home Affairs
2. Smt. Sushma Swaraj External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs
3. Shri Arun Jaitley Finance Corporate Affairs, Defence
4. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs

Compilation of Great Speaches by Formar Prime Minister of India Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

This is effort to compile the great speeches by former Prime Minister of India Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He is considered as one of the greatest orator for his public speeches. Many politicians tried to inherit his skills but failed miserably.

1. Historic interview by Late Lali Vij in 1991.

2. Historic speech of Atal Bihari Vajpayee during election campaigns at Jodhpur, 1991.  

PUTTU KADALA CURRY

Details of PUTTU KADALA CURRY

Puttu

Ingredients:
• 2 cups of rice
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 cup of grated coconut
• 1/2 tsp of salt

Cooking method:

Step 1: Soak the rice for about 4 to 5 hours, wash and drain the rice and powder it.(Do not powder it too fine).

Step 2 : On low flame dry roast the rice flour until it is evenly heated about 5 minutes. Take care not to brown the flour.
(Step 1 and 2 can be skipped if we want to use ready made roasted rice flour)

Step 3: Mix the rice flour and salt well together. Sprinkle palm full of water evenly on the flour a few times over and over till the flour is moist enough to hold together but still in a powder form.

Step 4: In the puttu maker drop in a spoonful of coconut and then a fistful of rice flour and repeat the layers till top of the puttu maker.
Step 5: Steam it till you see the steam coming out of the top of the puttu maker (about 5 minutes). When done, with the help of a long skewer Push the puttu out on to a plate.

Black chana/ Kadala curry:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup black channa/kadala
• 1 cup of grated coconut
• 1 tbsp chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric
• 2 tbsp coriander
• 10 shallots - thinly sliced
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
• few curry leaves
• Oil as needed.
• Salt as per taste

Cooking method:

Soak black channa over night and cook it in a pressure cooker with turmeric powder, salt and curry leaves with water level just above the channa.

Dry roast coconut, shallots, cumin seeds, fennel seeds.

After about 2 or 3 minutes add coriander powder, turmeric and lastly add chilli powder. Continue for a minute or 2.

Grind the above with very little water

Add the ground mixture to the cooked chana and cook it for some time till masala is well blended with chana. While cooking add a couple of whole cardamom to give it a little flavor. Add more water if you need or cook for longer time if there is too much water

Seasoning: Heat the oil in a pan and when it's hot, add the mustard seeds. When they pop, add the shallots and curry leaves. Roast until the shallots are golden brown. Then bring the cooked chana into the pan and the kadala curry is ready to go with puttu.

Photos and Wallpaper of Lord Shri Dattatreya

Here are the pics, photos and wallpapers of Lord Shri Dattatreya, Shripad Shree Vallab Digambar!

Sachin Tendulkar's New Hair Style Look

Sanchin Tendulkar, a iconic figure in the world of cricket, recently ( just before hitting his 100th century) changed his look with new hair style. Here are some of the pics of God of Cricket Mr Sachin Tendulkar! with his new hair style.

 

 

Video: Nikhil Wagle inrviewing Balasaheb Thackeray on IBN Lokmat

Full video interview of Balasaheb Thackeray by Nikhil Wagle on IBN Lokmat on 13th Feb 2012.

Cartoons by Raj Thackeray (caricature collection)

Here is some collection of cartoons sketched by Raj Thakeray. These cartoon by Raj Thakeray includes Mahatma Gandi, Indira Gandhi, Lata Mangeshkar, M F Hussain, Pawar, Balasaheb Thakeray ... and list goes on...

 

EMERGING SCENARIO OF BANKING INDUSTRY : CHALLENGES & COMPETITIVENESS

Banking is as old as our civilization. The ancient Romans developed an advanced banking system to serve their vast trade network, which extended throughout Europe, Asia and much of Africa in 395 A.D. The Roman Empire split later into eastern and western sections. The west Roman Empire fell in the late 400 A.D. and most of the trade and financial networks were destroyed and banking almost diapered from Western Europe. However the Justinian code, a collection of laws issued in 500 A.D in the east Roman Empire included many banking laws. 

Modern banking began to develop between the 1200's and 1600's in Italy. Earlier the bankers conducted their banking business sitting on a bench in the streets, which was known as BANCO or BANCA in Italy. Later large banking firms were established in Florence, Rome, Venice and other Italian cities and banking activities slowly spread through out Europe. Since 1960' s banking has become much more international in 

Mumbai based Podar International School asks 840 students to buy iPads

Podar International School, Santa Cruz, has instructed all its students to buy iPads to impart education.
Vandana Lulla, school director-principal, issued a circular last week that claims the management’s decision to use the Apple iPad 2 in the classroom has been welcomed by parents. Some parents, however, feel the move is impractical, distractive and may hamper the growth of students.

The circular states, “Parents now have the choice of either purchasing the iPad 2 from the school on an outright basis or avail of a financial scheme on offer. You also need to indicate if it will be purchased by you on your own.” The school has told the parents to indicate their choice to help them negotiate bulk orders.
The parent of a class II student said, “There has been no consensus on the issue among parents. I am opposed to the move as it will hamper, rather than aid a kid’s education. I would prefer my kid to learn and write using traditional methods, instead of exposing him to advanced gadgets at a tender age. In fact, the school has a good information & technology infrastructure that is sufficient to upgrade a student’s skills.”
Another parent said, “I will shift my student to another school as it is purely a moneymaking racket. It is an irrational decision as examinations will be conducted using the conventional format.”

Bharti Walmart's 'easyday market' at Abhiruchi Mall and Multiplex in Pune - Location Map

Bharti Retail has opened first retail store 'easyday market' at Vadgaon Budruk area on Sinhagad Road in Pune.

Bharti Retail is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises. Bharti Retail operates a chain of multiple format stores across India. Bharti Reatil operates the retail stores across India under brand "easyday market" Recently the company has become more involved in the food economic sectors, with a joint partnership in the agricultural company FieldFresh.

'easyday market'  in Pune is located at "Abhiruchi CityPride Multiplex". With ample space for parking, it is going to become a good destination for Punekars both retail shopping plus entertainment.

Google Map showing the driving directions to 'easyday market'  at "Abhiruchi CityPride Multiplex" on Sinhagad Road Pune


View easyday and Abhiruchi Citypride Multipex Mall in a larger map

View of Abhiruchi Mall from Sinhagad Road.

Pune Malls

New Cabinet Ministers of India 2011 in Appointed by Manmohan Singh

Today on, 12th July 2011, Dr Manmohan Singh reshuffled his ministry, introduces new faces and dropped some old faces from the union cabinet ministry.

New Cabinet ministers inducted in ministry:
V Kishore Chandra Deo: Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj
Beni Prasad Verma: Steel
Dinesh Trivedi: Railways
Jairam Ramesh: Rural Development  
Srikant Jena: Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers

Some of the Product Innovations

Infinite USB
Innovative USB plug designed to act as a USB hub when plugged in. [link]

Barack Obama India Visit - Schedule on Mon 8th Augest 2010 at New Delhi

Here is the complete schedule of US President Barack Obama on Monday 8th Nov 2010 (11/8/2010)

Watch this out:

Download Nithya’s Tax Calculator for FY 2010 - 2011

The best ever tax calculation excel (xls) sheet is available at  http://taxcalc.ynithya.com for download.

This FREE Indian Income Tax Calculator can be used to compute tax liabilities for salaried individuals only. It can be used be used to calculate approximate tax payable by salaried individuals, in India. Provision to distinguish male/female also available which becomes handy in tax calculation.

See http://taxcalc.ynithya.com

Download  latest version for Financial Year 2010 – 11 available at

Financial Year 2010-11 (Version 13.0) .XLSX   and  .XLS version

Find Inflight WiFi Internet Availabilitry with HasWifi.com

HasWifi.com offer searching of internet wifi availability on flights. Currently site shows availability in domestic US and few international careers too.

This will certainly help the travellers to utilize the time.

Visit : HasWiFi.com

Pune Festival 2010 Schedule and Events

Pune Festival 2010 Schedule:

Pune festival is back with a bang. These year arrays of cultural programs have been organized to celebrate the Ganesh festival.
September 12 : The program will be inaugurated with the Marathi play "Swabhavala Aushadh Nahi".

September 13: "Hasyotsav Ekpatricha" and "Wa Sunbai Wah!" plays. "Sangeet Sandhya", a programme based on Hindi and Marathi songs, put together by journalist cum singer Mohammed Ayyaz, is also scheduled for the day.

September 14th: A musical program called "Gitanjali" based on Bhavgeet. Plays by the top three performers of the Purushottam Karandak MIT College of engineering, College of Engineering, Pune and the ILS Law College are also a part of the schedule.

September 15th: "Jhim Pori Jhim" a play written and directed by Santosh Pawar.

September 18th: The first edition of the lavani mahotsav "Nad Karaycha Nay" will be presented by Maya Khutegaonkar and Trupti

September 19: "Anjali Patil a Kathak" Canada-based dancer will perform for the day, followed by Rajas Sukumar, a dance-drama based on abhangs’ of saints like Ramdas, Sant Tukaram, Eknath, Kanhopatra, Namdeo Maharaj and Sant Dyaneshwar.

Venue: Pune
Date: 13th – 21st September

Photography Exhibition
Waves Art Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs by students of The Rewachand Bjojwani Academy a national open school. To develop written skills among these kids, they were taken to a park where they took pictures that will inspire them to think and write in a creative manner. Each student clicked four to five photographs of their choice and the outcome resulted in to a remarkable collection of pictures.
Venue: Waves Art Gallery, B 204, Parmar Trade Centre, Sadhu Vaswani Chowk
Date: 17th – 25th September
Painting Exhibition by Tripat Lall
Tripat Lall is an artist who chose canvas over teaching. Lall’s paintings are all done with oil-based mediums and few in acrylics. She is exhibiting her paintings for the first time in Pune
Venue: Malaka Spice, Lane 5, North Main Road, Koregaon Park
Date: 16th – 30th September
Acrylic Waterscapes – Painting Exhibition
Artist Deepali Kodal Gurjal presents an exhibition on Acrylic waterscapes. Her paintings show the unique watery effect, though they are painted with acrylic colours. Most of her paintings are done using Knife.
Venue: - Bliss Art Gallery, Koregaon Park, North Main Road
Date:-30th Aug – 18th Sept’10
Time: – 9am – 6 pm

Critically Polluted Places In India

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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in conjunction with IIT-Delhi recently surveyed 88 industrial clusters around the country, and found 43 "critically polluted" (score above 70 on a 100 point scale) while 32 were "severely polluted" (score 60-70).

We list the TOP 20 places from this infamous record.

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  ANKLESHWAR
  
  Pollution score: 88.5/ 100
  Ankleshwar in the Bharuch district of Gujarat takes the top spot in the 'critically polluted places' with a score of 88.5.
  Ankleshwar is known for its industrial township called GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation), which is one of the biggest in Asia. Ankleshwar also has an office of the ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited). Today, Ankleshwar has over 5000 big and small chemical plants. These chemical plants produce products such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, and paint.