Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Sunday, 7 June 2015
These 12 Rare Stories About Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Will Make Your Day Today.
1. Once, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam rejected the suggestion to put broken glass on the wall of a building that needed protection. Why? Because broken glass would be harmful for birds!
2. When youngsters & teenagers requested a meeting with President Kalam, the President not only obliged and gave the kids his precious time, but he also listened carefully to the ideas the kids had!
3. Soon after it was declared that Dr. Kalam would be the next President, he visited a modest school to deliver a speech. His security detail was minimal, and he didn’t mind taking control of the situation when the power went off.
4. President Kalam has given up all his life savings and salaries to a trust he founded named PURA (Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas).
5. President Kalam is known to write his own thank you cards.
6. Supposed to attend a college event as the Chief Guest, APJ once surprised the students of the event’s organising committee by visiting them late in the night.
7. Dr. Kalam is so humble he wouldn’t mind going to an event a little late for the sake of letting his fans take pictures with him!
8. Once during an event, Dr. Kalam refused to sit on a chair that was designated for him – because the chair was larger in size than the other chairs!
9. When a subordinate of President Kalam at DRDO couldn’t take his children to an exhibition due to work pressure, Kalam surprised his subordinate and took the children in stead!
10. When he was President, Dr. Kalam took to “Yahoo! Answers” and posted a question: “What should we do to free our planet from terrorism?”
11. Who did President Kalam invite as the “Presidential Guests” to Kerela’s Raj Bhavan during his first visit to Kerela after becoming the President?
12. And the most important story – of his contribution to India’s space and defence programs:
Dr. Kalam was one of the few scientists who started working with ISRO during the agency’s early years. A Church became the place of work for the handful of India’s rocket scientists – including Dr. Kalam; and a nearby beach became the place where the rocket launchpad was set up.
Cycles and bullock-carts were used back in the 1970s & 1980s to transport rocket parts and entire satellites, and Dr. Kalam was one of the rare few scientists who made significant contributions to India’s early space program. In fact, Dr. Kalam was the Director of the project that indigenously developed the SLV-III (Space Launch Vehicle) and also the PSLV – which is operational even today and was used in the Moon and the Mars missions. In 1980, SLV-III successfully injected the Rohini satellite into a near-Earth orbit and made India an exclusive member of the Space Club.
After working with ISRO, Dr. Kalam took up responsibilities for developing Indigenous Guided Missiles at the DRDO which led to the development of AGNI and PRITHVI missiles. He also led the Pokhran-II nuclear tests that made India a nuclear weapon state.
It is said that during Indira Gandhi’s regime, Dr. Kalam was the man who convinced the Prime Minister for an advanced missile program for the country – and despite the disapproval of the Union Cabinet, PM Gandhi had secretly funded Kalam’s aerospace and defence projects. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Friday, 5 June 2015
Withdrawing Maggi from Indian market, but product safe: Nestle global CEO
From Hindu
- Singapore suspends sale of Maggi imported from India
- Food regulator orders recall of 9 Maggi variants
- Telangana and MP latest to ban Maggi noodle
NEW DELHI: With state after state banning Maggi over the presence of lead and 'MSG', Nestle on Friday said it is withdrawing the product from the Indian market due to "unfounded confusions" that has affected the consumer trust, but maintained that its noodles are safe for consumption.
Nestle global CEO Paul Bulcke flew in from Switzerland to take stock of the situation following Maggi was banned in states such as Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, among others.
Times poll: Maggi at home — would you eat it?
"We felt unfounded reasons resulted in confusion and the trust of consumers was shaken," Bulcke said in a press conference here.
The press conference coincided with the central food safety regulator FSSAI ordering recall of all nine approved variants of Maggi instant noodles from the market, terming them "unsafe and hazardous" for human consumption.
Reiterating that the company's instant noodles are safe, Bulcke said: "We apply the same quality standards and methods in the world here in India too. Our tests have found that Maggi is absolutely safe."
Blog: Maggi now needs to show it cares to win back consumers
He said the company is cooperating with authorities in India by sharing tests methodologies to find how lead was found beyond permissible limits in tests done by authorities in its efforts to "bring Maggi on the shelves as soon as possible".
The company declined to share details of how many batches and packets it is withdrawing from the market and how much it would affect its sales in India.
"Our main focus is to win the trust of customer," Bulcke said.
Nestle global CEO Paul Bulcke flew in from Switzerland to take stock of the situation following Maggi was banned in states such as Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, among others.
Times poll: Maggi at home — would you eat it?
"We felt unfounded reasons resulted in confusion and the trust of consumers was shaken," Bulcke said in a press conference here.
The press conference coincided with the central food safety regulator FSSAI ordering recall of all nine approved variants of Maggi instant noodles from the market, terming them "unsafe and hazardous" for human consumption.
Reiterating that the company's instant noodles are safe, Bulcke said: "We apply the same quality standards and methods in the world here in India too. Our tests have found that Maggi is absolutely safe."
Blog: Maggi now needs to show it cares to win back consumers
He said the company is cooperating with authorities in India by sharing tests methodologies to find how lead was found beyond permissible limits in tests done by authorities in its efforts to "bring Maggi on the shelves as soon as possible".
The company declined to share details of how many batches and packets it is withdrawing from the market and how much it would affect its sales in India.
"Our main focus is to win the trust of customer," Bulcke said.
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Android M has arrived: here's what you need to know
The Android M developer preview was recently launched at Google I/O 2015 in San Francisco. At the conference, Google senior VP of Products Sundar Pichai said the company had "gone back to basics" with this new version of Android. While Android Lollipop introduced a new visual aesthetic, Android M brings some much-needed stability and usability improvements which might not be as eye-catching, but may prove to be significant additions for a while to come.
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Microsoft Sets Date for Windows 10
- Microsoft has finally said when Windows 10, one of its biggest products in years, will be available: July 29.
The release of new operating systems are big milestones for Microsoft since they have the potential to affect so many people, but it’s especially important that the release of Windows 10 goes well. Roughly 1.5 billion people use Windows today, many of whom will be able to upgrade to the new software free. Many others, including those with aging PCs that need to be replaced, will buy new machines with Windows 10 on them.
Both groups of Windows users are important to Microsoft, but getting people to start buying new PCs again is crucial. PC sales have been slow for several years now, hurt by the rising popularity of smartphones and tablets and the poorly received Windows 8, the last major installment of Microsoft’s operating system. Shipments in the global PC market, including tablets but not smartphones, fell 7 percent during the first quarter from the same period the year before, estimates Canalys, a market research firm.
Windows 10 could be the spark that warms up PC shipments. It’s a combination of new and old technology. Among the most prominent new features is Cortana, the Microsoft virtual assistant that has become a centerpiece of the company’s Windows Phones.
As on smartphones, Cortana on Windows 10 PCs is intended to make it easier to perform certain tasks, like scheduling meetings, using voice commands. But it will also act proactively on a user’s behalf to make life easier — for example, alerting the user when road traffic might delay arrival at a meeting. Microsoft recently announced Cortana apps for iPhone and Android smartphones.
Everyone Has a Story in Life
A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train’s window shouted…
“Dad, look the trees are going behind!”
Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old’s childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimed…
“Dad, look the clouds are running with us!”
The couple couldn’t resist and said to the old man…
“Why don’t you take your son to a good doctor?”The old man smiled and said…“I did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today.
Every single person on the planet has a story. Don’t judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you.
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