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A total of 220 laboratory confirmed cases were confirmed Monday, of which Mumbai reported a whopping 90 cases followed by Pune where 42 more people were infected. Nashik (5), Ahmadnagar (4), Osmanabad (4), Nagpur (3), Washim (2), Aurangabad (1) and Jalna (1) were the other towns in Maharashtra from where swine flu cases were reported on Monday.

While Chennai reported 20 cases, Bangalore has 11, Belgaum one, Udupi (3), Ahmedabad (16), Delhi (7), Jammu (4), Raipur (3) and Kolkata (3). Except two cases in Mumbai, the rest 218 were indigenous cases.

‘There is no new death reported today. The cumulative deaths reported till now is 25 – Pune (13), Mumbai (2), Ahmedabad (1), Chennai (1), Vadodara (1), Nasik (1), Thiruvananthapuram (1) and Bangalore (5),’ the health ministry said.

So far, 9,904 persons have been tested, of whom 1,928 have been found positive positive for the virus. out of these, 703 have been cured and discharged from hospitals.

‘A central team is stationed in Maharashtra to assist the state government in instituting appropriate public health measures,’ the health ministry said.

Meanwhile, the premier Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad sought help from health officials on preventive measures to ward off swine flu threat in the campus. The development came after one of its students tested positive to the virus but left for her home in Delhi without informing the institute management.


‘We have already taken a series of preventive measures to ward off any threat of the H1N1 virus spreading in the campus by following several recommendations made by the AMC’s (Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation) health officials,’ IIM-A said in a statement.

In Kolkata, former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly’s niece tested positive for swine flu and was admitted to the isolation ward of a hospital. The 11-year-old girl is stable but under constant medical supervision.

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Minng and steel majors have been spoken to — NMDC, Tata Steel, JSW, Brahmani, to name some — and all have shown a lot of interest. The idea is that each steel manufacturer could erect a manufacturing unit of at least two million tonnes. Infrastructure development is on — new roads, identifiication of 500 sq km of land for an industrial park (tender for development to be floated in two months) and so forth. Work is already on for a 120 km rail link between Hubli and Ankola in the region, which ties in with the plan.

The industrial park, it is hoped, will attract Rs 20,000 crore of investment, with creation of jobs, direct and indirect, to be around two lakh.There wil also be a township.

Madhu says the government also wants a nuclear power unit in the corridor. “We met the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and gave our recommendation to set up a nuclear plant at Tadri.” The government is also promoting a port at Tadri, on the western coast.

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Fujifilm’s FinePix Real 3D camera, but as the twin-lensed shooter nears that scheduled September release some more details are spilling out — including the price, which will be “around $600″ at launch. Yeah, it’s steep, and that’s not all: to properly view the images you’ll

need to either shell out for special prints with a plastic lenticular lens on it or buy a special stereoscopic LCD photo frame, and none of that really screams “cheap.” Honestly, our instinct would be to spend all that scratch on a good DSLR or even something like the Olympus E-P1, but there’s always a chance Fujifilm’s about to reveal the public’s deep-rooted desire for 3D snapshots. We’ll see — anyone dying for one of these?

How Fuji Film’s Fine pix real 3D works?

the camera is not much bigger or heavier than some conventional digicams. The most obvious difference is that Fuji’s 10-megapixel shooter employs two lenses, spaced about the same distance apart as human eyes, which allow for the taking of simultaneous photos of the same scene from different angles. This is where the 3-D magic originates. When two slightly different images are presented discretely to the right and left eyes of a viewer, that person’s brain combines them into a single image, resulting in a stereoscopic illusion of depth.

Source : engadget.com

This Article from Creativelegacy.info  found it very useful for every one , so thought of sharing it . 

Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?

Ans:
1. Diet – Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise – Half an hour’s walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar

Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart? 
Ans: No

Qn: It’s still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person
gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?
Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups. 

Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary? 
Ans: Yes 

Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress? 
Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life. 

Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart? 
Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints 

Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so? 
Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient 

Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases? 
Ans: Extremely rare 

Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age
(I’m currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age? 
Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood. 

Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ? 
Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body’s enzyme release for digestion gets confused. 

Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?
Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut. 

 

Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments? 
Ans: Yoga helps. 

Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart? 
Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil. 

Qn: Which oil is better – groundnut, sunflower, olive? 
Ans: All oils are bad . 

Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test? 
Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo. 

Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack? 
Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour. 

Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble? 
Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.

Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problemsamongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems. 
Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, edentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans. 

Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy? 
Ans: Yes.

Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true? 
Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child 

Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend? 
Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.
Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?
Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe. 
Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks? 
Ans : No.
Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease? 
Ans : No.
Qn: How would you define junk food? 
Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas. 
Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot ofjunk food? 
Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease. 
Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension? 
Ans : No.
Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)? 
Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up. 
Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems? 
Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity. 
Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise? 
Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot. 
Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?
Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics. 
Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?
Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time ,Control cholesterol, BP, weight..
Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers? 
Ans : No. 
Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs? 
Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to
reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles. 
Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks? 
Ans : No. 
Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women? 
Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45. 
Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition? 
Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup sif you are past the age of 30 (once in six months recommended) ….

Courtesy: http://www.creativelegacy.info

I found this info from one of the word press blog claiming first screen shots of Google chrome OS, They may be fake

It’s not much, in fact, these screenshots are incredibly easy to fake. Still, a hastily constructed WordPress blog has been setup to host what are claimed to be the world’s first screenshots of Google’s new Chrome OS — hailed as both a Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X killer or Google FUD generator depending upon who you’re listening to. As the story is told, a Google representative demonstrated a private beta build of the OS to an anonymous Acer parts supplier yesterday, presumably somewhere in Taiwan. The picture above was grabbed breathlessly while the Google rep was distracted. Highlights of the demonstration break down as follows:

• The “elegant” install on the Acer Extensa 4620Z laptop took about 10 minutes and 1 restart
• Reboots desktop-to-desktop in about 25 seconds
• It was “amazingly fast” in its stripped-down beta form
• The blue orb on the auto-hiding “Chrome Bar” along the bottom of the UI is essentially the start menu
• Navigating the file system can be done in “exploration” (like Windows explorer) or “browser” (search based) modes
• The Chrome Bar can also host a search bar if configured
• Future Chrome OS netbooks will feature an iconified Chrome key on the keyboard similar to the Windows flag key

Of course, it’s a long, long time before this OS appears on next generation ARM and x86 smartnetbooks — second half of 2010 according to the Goog — so who knows what the interface will look like by then. May be the Same?????

Source : engedget.com

New buzz word on the internet Ptea byte. check out the picture for more info.

It will be another war between Google and Microsoft just like IE Vs Chrome, Binge Vs Chrome.

Google Chrome OS will be aimed initially at notebooks, the low-cost portable computers that have turned the PC world upside down.

Google said notebooks with Chrome OS could be on sale by the middle of 2010.

“Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS,” said the company in a blog.

“We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds,” said the blog post written by Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Google’s engineering director Linus Upson.

Both men said that “the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web” and that this OS is “our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be”.

To that end the search giant said the new OS would go back to basics.

“We are completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates.

“It should just work,” said Google.

Google already has an operating system for mobile phones called Android which can also be used to run on netbooks. Google Chrome OS will be aimed not just at laptops but also at desktops for those who spend a lot of time on the web.

New Entry in the war of Competitive Operating systems

The announcement could dramatically change the market for operating system, especially for Microsoft, the biggest player with around 90% share.

“This announcement is huge,” said Rob Enderle, industry watcher and president of the Enderle Group.

“This is the first time we have had a truly competitive OS on the market in years. This is potentially disruptive and is the first real attempt by anyone to go after Microsoft.

“Google is coming at this fresh and because it is based on a set of services that reside on the web, it is the first really post web OS ground up, redesigned, reconceived for a web world,” Mr Enderle told the BBC.

Last year Google launched the Chrome browser which it said was designed for “people who live on the web -searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends.”

Stephen Shankland at CNET said the move had widespread implications.

“One is that it shows just how serious Google is about making the web into a foundation not just for static pages but for active applications, notably its own such as Google Docs and Gmail.

“Another: it opens new competition with Microsoft and, potentially, a new reason for antitrust regulators to pay close attention to Google’s moves.”

Some commentators said Google’s motivation in all this was pretty clear.

“One of Google’s major goals is to take Microsoft out, to systematically destroy their hold on the market,” said Mr Enderle.

“Google wants to eliminate Microsoft and it’s a unique battle. The strategy is good, the big question is will it work?”

At the popular blog, TechCrunch, MG Siegler said “Let’s be clear on what this really is. This is Google dropping the mother of all bombs on its rival, Microsoft.”

Microsoft releases Windows 7 later this year to replace Windows Vista and Windows XP which is eight years old.

The Redmond based company claims that 96% of netbooks run Windows to date.

The news could also be a blow to the open source Linux operating system, which had taken an early lead on netbooks, but then lost out to Microsoft’s elderly Windows XP.

Now one more question comes to your mind that where to host my web page? Normally for a good server with 3GB space you have shell out 750 RS/per year.

here i have an idea where you can host your web page for free!!! that to for ever !!! and with no 1 internet company of the universe.

Yes its with Google.

Here is how it works.

How to have your web page hosted Freely for life time

1) open a account in Blogger

2) Create a  web page with blogger themes

3) link you web address to blogger account in publishing settings.

Now your web page is hosted in most trusted internet company Google’s blogger page at free of cost.

Start blogging with your own personal web page at 52 Rs per year isn’t it cheap.

You can make money by placing Google ads into your web page. It will be a extra income for your pocket money.

Reference Source : http://www.newsforuse.info/

The reason for the cheer was abolition of 10% surcharge on the tax to be paid.

this surcharge is applicable only to the employees having taxable income more than 10,00,000.

effectively they will be paying 3% less tax around 30% of their total income in turn this will minimum save annually around 30,000 Rs from the the total tax.