Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Some telugu words

ईपड़ू  = now

अउना  = Is it?

पम्पिस्ता  = Send

चेप्पु = tell

उकसारी = once

Monday, October 30, 2017

Substituting governance with nationalism


Talking to media, Jaipur Mayor Ashok Lahoty said that there was nothing better than playing the National Anthem and the National Song to start and end the day with positive energy and on a positive note.

Sir, When does the government plan to introduce accountability in government offices? Does singing national anthem but doing little or no work help the nation? National anthem shouldn't be used to hide the poor governance.

Have you managed to implement Lokpal?


Source: http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/jaipur-municipal-corporation-hq-national-anthem-national-song-rajasthan-bharatiya-janata-party/115972

Fact check : Does Hindustan refer to land of Hindus



Hindustan is derived from the Persian word Hindū cognate with the Sanskrit Sindhu.[5] The Proto-Iranian sound change *s > h occurred between 850–600 BCE, according to Asko Parpola.[6] Hence, the Rigvedic sapta sindhava (the land of seven rivers) became hapta hindu in Zend Avesta.
In simple words

Northern India was referred to as land of Sindhava (7 rivers) - 
In translation from the Iranian origin of the word it became the word Hindustan

India has never claimed to be a land of any specific religious community. It is a nation which welcomed all religious communities and has a rich diverse culture because of this nature.

Many leaders try to create a wrong analogy misusing the word 'Hindustan' to target Hindus which are the largest demographic of India.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan

OROP



Current Status:
A report by one-man judicial commission on OROP has not been made public so far. Government is still examining the report.
It was submitted by L Narsimha Reddy retired Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 27 October 2016

(Today is 16 November 2017)



Government is still studying the report



Justice L Narsimha Reddy studied and submitted the report in 8 months





A section of veteran groups under IESM rejected OROP implementation , saying it was incomplete and deviated from the accepted definition as approved by the Parliament.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/veterans-renew-orop-stir-want-anomalies-removed/article19945000.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Judicial-panel-on-one-rank-one-pension-submits-report/article15802784.ece



https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/studying-orop-report-says-defence-ministry/articleshow/61344530.cms

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/justice-narasimha-reddy-to-head-committee-on-orop/article7986760.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/justice-narasimha-reddy-to-head-committee-on-orop/article7986760.ece

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Setting date and time on openelec 8.0.3

Say you want to set date of 28 October 3:20 pm for open elec8.0.3
below is the command you should run on open elec

date "2017-10-28 15:20"

Comment if this helped you. :)

Tip You can run commands on openelec using juice ssh android app

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Harivansh rai bacchan - tu bhi insaan hota, main bhi insaan hota

हरिवंशराय बच्चन की लिखी यह कविता मुझे भाई.....

ना दिवाली होती, और ना पठाखे बजते
ना ईद की अलामत, ना बकरे शहीद होते

तू भी इन्सान होता, मैं भी इन्सान होता,
…….काश कोई धर्म ना होता....
…….काश कोई मजहब ना होता....

ना अर्ध देते, ना स्नान होता
ना मुर्दे बहाए जाते, ना विसर्जन होता

जब भी प्यास लगती, नदीओं का पानी पीते
पेड़ों की छाव होती, नदीओं का गर्जन होता

ना भगवानों की लीला होती, ना अवतारों
का नाटक होता
ना देशों की सीमा होती , ना दिलों का
फाटक होता

ना कोई झुठा काजी होता, ना लफंगा साधु होता
ईन्सानीयत के दरबार मे, सबका भला होता

तू भी इन्सान होता, मैं भी इन्सान होता,
…….काश कोई धर्म ना होता.....
…….काश कोई मजहब ना होता....

कोई मस्जिद ना होती, कोई मंदिर ना होता
कोई दलित ना होता, कोई काफ़िर ना
होता

कोई बेबस ना होता, कोई बेघर ना होता
किसी के दर्द से कोई बेखबर ना होता

ना ही गीता होती , और ना कुरान होती,
ना ही अल्लाह होता, ना भगवान होता

तुझको जो जख्म होता, मेरा दिल तड़पता.
ना मैं हिन्दू होता, ना तू भी मुसलमान होता

तू भी इन्सान होता, मैं भी इन्सान होता।

*हरिवंशराय बच्चन*

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Sukh Ram

Sukhram was convicted for corruption on 19 November 2011

Sukhram joined BJP on 14 October 2017 after not receiving invite for Rahul Gandhi's rally.

Previously BJP has also welcomed Satpal Maharaj into its fold



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukh_Ram
https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/m.timesofindia.com/city/chandigarh/sukh-ram-and-sons-cross-over-to-bjp/amp_articleshow/61085523.cms
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/uttarakhand-congress-mp-satpal-maharaj-joins-bjp/article5814533.ece

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Curious case of appointed directors

Following are the appointments made by current government to enhance competence of PSUs. Then we complain PSUs are inefficient

16 BJP leaders
1. Sambit Patra - Director, ONGC
2. Shazia Ilmi for Engineers India Ltd
3. Asifa Khan for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd
4. Kiran Ghai Sinha for National Aluminium Company Ltd
5. Cotton Corporation of India Ltd (Rajika Kacheria, Gujarat IT cell convenor), 6. BHEL (Surama Padhy, former BJP MLA)
7. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (Tamilisai Sounderarajan, president, BJP TN unit)
8. State Trading Corporation (Bharatsinh Prabhatsinh Parmar, BJP MP)
9. Export Credit Guarantee Corporation Ltd (S Malathi Rani, BJP AP Mahila Morcha chief )
10. Andrew Yule & Company Ltd (Sipra Goon, secretary, BJP All India Manila Morcha)
11. National Handloom Development Corporation Ltd (Shikha Roy, president BJP Delhi women’s wing) 
12. National Aluminium Company Ltd (K.G. Sinha)


Sambit Patra's appointment has been challenged
Rest have gone scot free.

http://www.livelaw.in/energy-watchdog-challenges-shashi-shanker-sambit-patras-appointments-ongc-cmd-director/


Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/bjps-sambit-patra-to-join-ongc-board-4867748/
http://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/govt-appoints-retired-officials-on-public-insurers-boards-4871789/

A good step by IIT Kanpur

In a first step of its kind, IIT Kanpur suspended

16 Third Year students for 3 years
6 Third Year students for 1 year

For ragging their junior second year students

The matter came to light when 30 Junior students complained against 50 senior students. A video was circulated of the acts juniors were forced to do.

A Professor wrote about it on the blog highlighting the wrongful act

Further president and other office bearers were removed from their post for allegedly ignoring the complaints.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/iit-kanpur-suspends-16-students-for-three-years-6-for-one-year-for-ragging/story-nnJ2D0iLIDOkP1pIL3CdcP.html

Monday, October 9, 2017

Wah Modi ji Wah - 1




मोदी जी ने कंपनी सेक्रेटरी सभा को सम्बोधित करते हुए कहा
Demonetization  की वजह से Cash to GDP ratio 12 % से 9 % पर आ गया हैं |

सब ने खूब ताली बजाई | वाह मोदी जी वाह |

भोलू ने कौतुकता से पुछा

स्विट्ज़रलैंड का cash to gdp ratio 11 % हैं
जापान का cash to GDP ratio 19 % हैं
इंडोनेशिया का cash to GDP ratio 5 % हैं

India जापान बनेगा की इंडोनेशिया ?

फिर भोलू की खूब पिटाई हुई | और मोदी जी को cash to GDP ratio पर ज्ञान पेलना बंद करना पड़ा |

Note: घटनाये काल्पनिक हैं | मोदी जी ज्ञान पेलना बंद नहीं करने वाले | बाकी पाठक  खुद समझदार हैं |

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Jay Amit Shah

The wire writes
Turnover of firm went over from 50,000 to 80 crore as per RoC filing. How is that explained?
The firm got a 15.8 crore loan unsecured
The firm stopped business altogether saying it's net worth has eroded
Looks like Jay Amit Shah is not a good businessman after all.

Jay Amit Shah's lawyer writes
It has been alleged that business owes its 'success' due to Amit Shah's political connection - Company band ho gayi, Yeh kaisa success hain?

Further it says loans have been repaid and were taken by pledging property.

Further Filing by Temple Enterprises Limited show that it took an unsecured borrowing of 15.78 crore












Amit Shah, father of Jay Shah contradicts the above filing saying it is an LoC secured with goods

If that scenario is to be trusted - it brings a question How does a bank approve loc of 15.78 crore for a firm which has just recently started a business and has no great track record in past few years sometimes turning a profit of few thousands and loss of few thousand a year before?

It would help to know details of LoC to understand its approval. Further Why did company report the borrowings in unsecured category if LoC was backed with collateral as per document published by The Wire. 

Source:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/amit-shahs-son-slaps-rs-100-crore-defamation-suit-on-a-website/articleshow/60994676.cms
https://thewire.in/185512/amit-shah-narendra-modi-jay-shah-bjp/
https://thewire.in/187271/amit-shah-denies-son-took-unsecured-loan-jay-shahs-filings-say-otherwise/

Thursday, October 5, 2017

BJP - FDI investment in Insurance

मोदी जी कंपनी सेक्रेटरी के सामने भाषण देते हैं कि - Insurance reform की बात होती थी | insurance reform हो जायेगा तो ये हो जायेगा वो हो जायेगा |
प्रभू ये भी तो बताइये की आप ने ही 49 % इन FDI in insurance sector का विरोध किया था |




source: http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bjp-says-will-oppose-fdi-moves-in-pension---insurance/1019494/
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/bjp-not-to-support-more-fdi-in-insurance-pension-sectors/article3616758.ece

जब आप सत्ता में आएं तो आपने ही पास कर दिया | ज़रा समझाइये कि ऐसा क्या हुआ की आपका मन परिवर्तन हो गया | रात को सपना आया क्या ?




Source: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/govt-allows-49-fdi-in-insurance-under-automatic-route/article8375048.ece

Yogi ji's UP Hospitals

Yogi ji believes Kerala can learn from UP - How to run hospitals

अस्पताल कैसे चलते हैं ये उत्तर प्रदेश से केरल की सरकार को सीखना चाहिए |

He cited lesser number of dengue and Chikungunya cases in UP in last 1 year compared to Kerala (to backup his claim.

But he has been in power only for 6 months. So how does he count data for 1 year is difficult to explain?May be Yogi ji is praising the previous government for managing Chikunguya and Dengue situation
In past 1 year UP has reported 51 cases of Chikungunya while Kerala has reported 67 cases. (Provisional data)
In past 2 years UP has reported 2509 cases of Chikungunya while Kerala has reported 196 cases. (Provisional Data)
In past 3 years UP has reported 2509 cases of Chikungunya while Kerala has reported 371 cases
In past 4 years UP has reported 2513 cases of Chikungunya while Kerala has reported 643 cases
In past 5 years UP has reported 2513 cases if Chikungunya while Kerala has reported 916 cases.

On Dengue the story is similar.

UP government's record on running Hospitals is further under question:

A joint probe has found that industrial gas was being used by BHU hospital in treating patients which in itself could have caused death of 14 patients. Further the firm supplying the industrial gas does not have license to even manufacture the gas. The firm's director is father of MLA from the constituency.

What Yogi ji? What should anyone learn about running hospitals from UP government?

Hope you are not referring to
"Death is the ultimate solution. No man, No problem"
-Joseph Stalin

Sources:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/kochi/kerala-should-learn-how-to-run-hospitals-from-up-yogi-adityanath/videoshow/60937526.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bhu-hospital-used-industrial-gas-for-anaesthesia-finds-probe/articleshow/60947116.cms
Source: http://nvbdcp.gov.in/chik-cd.html

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Kanhaiya Kumar and JNU

Kanhaiya Kumar is former president of JNU union

In February 2016, he was arrested and charged with sedition by the Delhi police for allegedly raising anti-India slogans in a student rally. The rally was called to protest the 2013 hanging of Mohammed Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri separatist convicted for the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. Kumar was released on interim bail on 2 March 2016 for lack of conclusive evidence.

Proceedings on March 1 2016

Delhi Police officials were left embarassed by court
Court asked Delhi police if it had any evidence that showed Kanhaiya was raising slogans? To which Delhi Police represented by ASG Mehta said It had none but Kanhaiya was present.
Bench responded “There is a difference between being present and participation,”

Further
1. They failed to register an FIR on the matter when Saurabh Sharma (ABVP) complained against the event
2. They failed to submit video recording as CISF raised doubts about video recording. Police however alleged that they had independent witnesses who had seen Kumar raising anti-national slogans but relied on video recording and Zee TV's footage
3. Further despite SHO and police officials stationed at the gate, they failed to apprehend masked persons who raise slogans OR record any evidence or maintain register of people who attended the function which raised question What was Delhi police doing during the whole incident?

Kapil Sibal representing Kanhaiya questioned the premise of case itself by arguing University was not a public place. Further “How can something happening inside a university campus between two factions incite people outside to create a law and order situation?”

LG and Delhi government had different standpoint with Delhi government arguing doctored video circulated by Zee news and ASG Mehta arguing that the incident had become a rallying point for anti-national movement across India.


Latest update
The Delhi High Court Thursday issued a notice to Delhi Police and asked them to respond to a plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar.

In the interest of justice Court has asked Mr. Mehera arguing for Delhi government and ASG Mehta to submit their stand in written on the matter.

Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jnu-umar-khalid-sedition-anirban-jnusu-kanhaiya-kumar/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanhaiya_Kumar
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/abvp-complains-against-two-jnu-staff-members/
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/delhi-police-aap-govt-bicker-in-hc-over-pleas-against-kanhaiya-bail-2775502/

Here is an interview given by Kanhaiya



Monday, October 2, 2017

To wit


"It's better to give than to receive" - I quietly say, while raking my leaves into neighbour's yard.
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I tried to order a normal coffee from Starbucks once and everybody stopped what they were doing to laugh at me.
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Thailand Bullet train project vs India Bullet train project



bangkok to Nakhon Ratsachima distance is 260 km
Total cost of project is US 5.5 bn dollar
To be built by Chinese

Ahmedabad to Mumbai distance is 508 km
Total cost of project is 17 bn dollar
To be built by: Japanese

What can explain -  1.5 times expensive cost for India?


Sources:
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/thailand-approves-5-5-billion-bullet-train-project-with-china-1723904

http://m.indiatoday.in/story/thai-bullet-train-cost-prashant-bhushan-apologise/1/1060012.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai–Ahmedabad_high-speed_rail_corridor

http://shanghaiist.com/2017/08/21/china-thailand-rail.php