Electronic Passport launched in India
July 3, 2008
The new electronic passport or the E passport is shown in the video below, which has an electronic chip in it. The card can store about 72kb of data which includes the photo, finger print, etc. The president and and prime minister of India are the first people to get this card. Each chip cost the government INR 200-300. The old passport is still valid, probably when you renew your passport next time, you will get an electronic passport. The electronic passport is developed by IIT Kanpur.
Using GSM and CDMA connection in same phone
July 3, 2008
If you use two mobile phones for a CDMA connection like the TATA Indicom or the Reliance, and a GSM connection like the Airtel or Vodaphone, then its time to change your phone. There are mobile phones which can have two phone connections working at the same time on a single mobile phone.
Spice Dual sim GSM CDMA Phone D88n is available in India. It has all the rich features that a basic phone needs and is costing about INR 9000.00.
This phone can give you two numbers which will be working at the same time. You do not need to switch between the connection all the time when you need to use it. Other features includes camera, 1000 numbers phone book, expandable memory upto 1 GB, Games, alarm, bluetooth and many more features
I have not used this phone, but I was looking for something like this. Does anybody know any pocket pc which can have this feature of dual sim?
Most expensive home on the planet
June 3, 2008
Mukesh Ambani will be owning the most expensive home in the world costing more than two billion dollars (INR 8,000 crores)
The house is called Antilla. More information about Mukesh Ambani’s Home
New Bangalore International Airport
May 20, 2008
Bangalore is getting a new International Airport which is called Bengaluru International Airport which is located on the Bangalore - Hyderabad highway around 40 km from Bangalore.
Santhosh Madhavan, Another Godman Arrested
May 19, 2008
Last week when I was in Kerala, I was watching about Amritanandachaithanya, Alias Santhosh Madhavan. Two days before his arrest, there was an exclusive interview with Santhosh Madhavan at Asianet News and he had totally denied that he was not the person who Interpol was searching for.
He was arrested after 3 days with charges of fraud, rape, creating porno movies.
Have you visited Amitabh Bachchan’s Blog?
April 21, 2008
Amitabh Bachachan has a blog and he is doing some posts and answering the comments. I was just going through the blog at BigAdda, he has done some posts during April 2008 and its just getting popular. Tons of comments are coming up on his posts and comments are moderated before publishing. I hope he continues to spend his valuable time blogging.
He has posted some interviews and response to some articles printed in the Outlook Magazines. His posts are quiet long and I am sure somebody is helping him typing such big posts.
Blackberry Indian users, your emails are now accessible to the Government
April 21, 2008
Canada’s Research In Motion, which operates the Blackberry in India, has agreed to install a system which will enable the Indian Government to access the emails sent and received through Blackberry. Due to some security issues -
“The security agencies are saying that we should have access to data that are being encrypted by services like BlackBerry on mobile phones and then decrypted when the phone reaches its nominated destination,” the source added. RIM does not, or has not been asked, to do this in any other country but is considering the matter.
Indian High Commission In Maldives
April 18, 2008
Yesterday I had to go to the Indian High Commission in Maldives for some personal work. The Indian High Commission is located in Male’, the capital of Maldives.
The address of the Indian High Commission in Maldives is
High Commission of India
Athireege Aage,
Ameeru Ahmed Magu,
Henveiru,
Male, 20-25,
Telephone: 00-960-3323015, 3323016
Fax: 00-960-3324778
Email: hcmale@hicomindia.com.mv
Indian High Commission is a place for the Expatriates working in Maldives, where we can renew our passport, get documents attested. Visa to India is issued for Foreigners who would like to visit India
The Indian High Commission entrance
The counter where we submit the documents. I don’t see this well organized. Hope this will be improved
Vishukani Video
April 13, 2008
Vishu - Kerala Festival - April 14th 2008
April 13, 2008
Vishu a festival for Keralites which fall on the first of Malayalam Calendar Medam 1st. Vishu is celebrated as the New year for Keralites / Malayalees and some parts of Tamilnadu.
Traditional people of Kerala celebrated Vishu with lot of joy and mirth. One very interesting custom of Vishu is Vishukani or Kani Kanal (first sight). Under this tradition there is a prescribed list of items that people see first thing on a Vishu morning. The custom stems from the strong belief of the people of Kerala that good things seen on the New Year day brings good luck for the entire year.
I remember my parents and other elders giving me money as Vishi Kai Neetam. My Mother used to wake me up and close my eyes and take me the pooja room and open my eyes to see the “Vishukani”. Vishukani is the first thing that we see at the begining of this new year. Vishukani is Wishing you all a Happy new year
