Indian Navy proves it yet again....

The pirates of Somali where on their high and were hijacking vessels that took the Gulf of Aden route. Many Indian ships use to sail through those waters. With hijacking attempts rising, the Indian Navy decided to send its warship INS Tabar to the rescue. Ever since its arrival on the Gulf of Aden, INS Tabar has successfully escorted 35 ships, including a number of foreign-flagged vessels, safely during their transit through pirate-infested waters in the region and also prevented two hijacking attempts on November 11.

After having valiantly fought the pirates, INS Tabar will soon be back home following the central government's decision to send a larger warship into the region.

thousands and counting.....

The recession has hit the economies around the world and, companies are looking at every possible ways to stay afloat. The best known global brands are finding it difficult to survive and to top it all the fear of a pink slip. Job cuts are the most easy way out for many companies worldwide.

Just to give you a glimpse of the job cut numbers around the world:

1. Pepsi Bottling Group: 3,150 jobs
2. HSBC: 500 jobs
3. Citigroup: 52,000 jobs
4. Fidelity Investments: 3,000 and counting
5. Royal Bank of Scotland: 3,000 jobs
6. Sun Microsystems: 6,000 jobs
7. United States Steel Corp: 675 jobs
8. British Telecom: 10,000 jobs and counting
9. Morgan Stanley: 19 per cent of its staff
10. Virgin Media: 2,200 jobs
11. Yell Group: 1,300 jobs
12. Nokia Siemens Networks: 1,820 jobs
13. Volvo AB: 1,000 jobs and counting
14. DHL US Express: 9,500 jobs
15. Nortel Networks Corporation: 1,300 jobs
16. General Motors Corp: 3,600 jobs
17. EW Scripps Co: 400 jobs
18. Ford Motor Company: 2,600 jobs
19. Volvo: 6,000 jobs
20. Corus: 400 jobs
22. American Express: 7,000 jobs
23. Bank of America: 7,500 jobs and counting
24. Development Bank of Singapore Group: 900 jobs
25. Mattel Inc: 1,000 jobs
26.American Express: 7,000 jobs
27. New York City: 3,000 jobs
28. AMD: 500 jobs
29. Goldman Sachs: 3,200 jobs
30. GlaxoSmithKline PLC: 1,000 jobs
31. Jaguar Land Rover: 400 jobs
32. Nokia: 600 jobs

Never ending problems for England

India today once again crushed England in the 3rd One day match at Kanpur. For England the bad light played a more crucial role in their defeat. With around 10 overs remaining and about 45 runs to get with 5 wickets in hand, it was a easy win for India. But the bad light made it even more eaasy and India won the match by the (D/L) method by 15 runs.


Indian Cricket team rocks........

Our Next step to the Moon - Chandrayaan II

With success from Chandrayaan I ISRO, has announced their plans for Chandrayaan II targeted for 2011. In this mission Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) is joining with ISRO for development of Chandrayaan-2 Lander/Rover.

Chandrayaan-2 will consist of the spacecraft and a landing platform with the moon rover.

The rover would move on wheels on the lunar surface, pick up samples of soil or rocks, do a chemical analysis and send the data to the spacecraft orbiting above.

On the moon

India has touched the lunar surface on Friday 14 Nov 10:00 PM IST. Historic moment for India and every Indian. A feeling to be very proud about. One of the eleven instruments on board Chandrayaan called MIP (Moon Impact Prob) was released late Friday evening. The ride from Chandrayaan to the moons surface lasted for about 25 odd minutes. The only small hitch in the whole thing was that on impact instruments on board MIP were damaged.

Neverthe less we have still made it to the moon.!!!!

Two tons....

The next big thing in Indian cricket to look forward to is Yuvraj Singh. The most memorable 139 run knock on the first one-day match against England was a treat to watch. The last 10 overs of smashing done by Yuvraj was too good. People thought that they were seeing highlights of a match.

As many as 100 runs came in 6's and 4's. For england bowlers it was a run all over the ground. They were up in a conference meeting with Yuvraj. :)

To top it all in the second one-day match Yuvraj came on to bat when Indian score was at a miserable 3 for 40 runs only to make another 100 + runs.

I guess all doubts regarding Yuvraj have been burried deep inside the ground.

Hope to see Yuvraj in the Indian Test Team soon.

The dada effect.....

The dada of Indian Cricket, Sourav Ganguly retires today from International Test match cricket. Sure, Indian is going to miss Dada big time. Even the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has no doubt that Indian cricket will surely miss Sourav. A great leader, a captain who always led India from the front. It was under Ganguly's captaincy that India reached the final's of the 2003 world cup. A captain who exactly knew what he was doing, some great examples: the match with England at Lords that Ganguly took off his shirt and waved off in the air, declaring the innings when Sachin was very near to a double hundred. The winning record for India has been at its best under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly.
With over a decade that he has played Internatinal cricket for our country, he has given his best. Even though his career was always revolved around controversies that never reflected on this on field performance. This is best proved in last series he has played.
A great answer given to all his critics by Sourav. You rock man, Indian is very proud of you. The best shot that I like of Sourav is when he comes down the track to hit a six to a off spinner. The sun finally sets at Nagpur today..... Wishing all the very best to the Great cricketing legend.

Political problems in our New India

With the economic crises to deal with, the new India now has to tackle a new problem raised by our country's well wisher politicians, the problem of dividing our country for their vote bank. The lok sabha elections are fast approaching and for our greedy politicians its the best time to make their presence felt. And adding oil to this fire is our media, I guess the Indian news channels should be awarded the best prize to show such biased news. Unfortunately no minister is looking at creating employment for the unemployed, shelter for the needy, food for the hungry. God alone knows will we as Indians ever see a bright day which is far more better than what we are seeing today.

We as Indian citizens should ensure one thing that we are not fighting with each other no matter what our politicians say, coz when a problem comes these so called peoples representatives are the last to come for a help. Insted for sure they will be the first to grab an opportunity to make a election issue out of that.

For our political leaders there is one big very big benefit and that is their vote bank is split. This problem will only divide the country and do no good for the people like you and me. Common man will still keep on facing the same problems always. Its only that we understand such intentions and not fight between each other on the basis of religion and make the situation more worse.

Making profits from stock markets

Stocks stocks and stocks; a cry in every ones heart for the last month. With markets showing some improvements in the last few days its a small respire for many. For freshers in the stock market, hold on, things are still not very right and definitely not stable. Markets are again likely to fall in the near future. Save some good money for that day and the moment you see a sharp fall put in some money (abt 20%) . Look at about investing 2,000 Rs every month.

Some tips to look at:

1. Invest in fundamentally strong companies
2. Decide on the term of investment short term or long term, this will in turn decide the stocks in which you would want to invest.
3. Have a constant watch at the market
4. If you cannot look at the market regularly then i suggest go for a SIP with a good mutual fund.
5. Instead of putting all your money on one day go for a monthly investment plan in the stock market. This will help you minimize your risks there
6. Look at the US market results every morning, other Asian market results before our markets start

Note: These tips are given by my room partner, and believe me i am making some good money out of this.