India's Rich List

Mukesh Ambani $23.6

Dilip Shanghvi $18

Azim Premzi $16.4

Pallonji Mistry $15.9

Lakshmi Mittal $15.8

Hinduja Brothers $13.3

Shiv Nadar $12.5

Godrej Family $11.6

Kumar Mangalam Birla $9.2

Sunil Bharti Mittal. $7.8

Mangalyaan: The Mars Orbitor Mission of India.

The Most Ambitious and the Cheapest Mars mission ever,with the expenditure of only $74 million.(NASA's Maven{Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution} cost 671 million $).

Launch date:Nov 5,2013.
Arrival in the mars Orbit:Sep 24,2014.

The Mangalyaan Journey:--
Nov 5,2013: ISRO's PSLV C25 launches Mars Orbiter from Sriharikota,Andhra Pradesh.

Nov 7,2013:Six Earth bound manoeuvres performed.

Dec 1:Orbitor leaves Earth's Orbit.

Dec 4:MOM leaves Earth's sphere of influence.

Dec 11:First course correction manoeuvres performed.

June 11,2014: second course correction manoeuvres performed.

Sep 22: MOM enter the Mars gravitational sphere of influence.

Sept 24 : Mission successfully executed by ISRO.Making India First nation to launch a successful Mars Mission in a first attempt.

Delhi:2nd Most Populous City in the World.

--United Nations.

Delhi has become the world's most populous city in the world after Tokyo.More than doubling its population since 1990 to 25 million, according to a UN report.
The 2014 revision of the World Urbanisation Prospects launched on Thursday said India was projected to add the highest number of people to its urban population by

2050,ahead of China.

The Indian capital is expected to retain the spot of the World's second most populous city through atleast 2030, when its population is expected to rise swiftly to 36 million,according to the report.

Tokya topped the UN's ranking of the most populated city with 38 million inhabitants.While Tokyo's population is expected to decline by 2030 with 37 million people.Mumbai which is sixth in the list is expected to rise to fourth place, by 2030.  According to the report the most urban growth will be in India,Nigeria and China till 2050.

Kolkata,Hyderabad and Chennai are projected to be among the top 30 most populous in the world.In 1990 world had 10 megacities, which rose to 28 in 2014 and now it is projected to rise till 41 megacities in 2030.

Satya Nadella and Advent Of Windows 8 In India.

Windows 8 main screen

Microsoft's New CEO Satya Nadella is an Indian Born American, who had studied in MIT,Mangalore (Mangalore Institute of Technology).But he has something in common with the Nokia CEO Mr.Rajeev Suri--both were just a year apart the MIT in Karnataka,India.

And quite like the Microsoft and Nokia cross linkages in the wake of their 7.17$ Billion September handset Deal,both Suri and Nadella went through the same corridors, and were in all probability taught by the same faculity considering both were the students of Electronics and Communications.
Satya Nadella graduated in 1988 and Rajeev Suri in 1989 batch.

Satya Nadella was one of the Indians to be in the Developer Team of the Windows 8 operating System.


Here are the Screenshots of the Windows 8..

My Computer

APPs

Music App

Adding Account on the People App

Video App

Thane:The Busiest Station In Mumbai.

Thane Station.

With 6.5 lakh daily passengers, Thane now the busiest Station the Mumbai's Rail Network,is also a pointer to the new contours of the megapolis.

A Train rattles to a halt , pouring out a multitude at the Thane Station. It is Monday evening and most people are returning home,from workplaces and colleges,cafes,and theaters,all veterans of the evening crush of Mumbai's "Locals". On the platforms,there seems to be little space to walk,but no one really slows down , as they are carried onward by crowd.This is the Busiest Railway Station on the Mumbai's Suburb area railway system,with daily 6.5 lakh passengers.


According to survey released by the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation(MRVC):

71%  Travel For Work.
14%  Other Purposes.
15% To schools and colleges.

Thane has left behind the Dadar and the Chatrrapati Shivaji Terminus(CST) on the central line and Borivali on the western line,which have long been known as the most crowded station

Thane is a part of Indian Rail Lore, the starting station on its 160 years old journey.On April 16,1853,it became the  first railway station in the Indian Subcontinent to recieve the first Train run by the Great Indian Peninsular Railway.

Everyday 1000 stops at Thane,which has 10 platforms and 22 exit and entry points.

Thane Station

Rashtrapati Bhavan: The Presidential Palace of India.

Architect Edwin Lutyens
Floor area 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2)
Location New Delhi, India
Coordinates 28°36'51.63?N 77°11'59.29?E
Construction started 1912
Completed 1929


The decision to build a residence in New Delhi for the British Viceroy was taken after it was decided in the Delhi Durbar of 1911 that the capital of India would be shifted from Calcutta (Kolkata) to Delhi in the same year. When the plan for a new city, New Delhi, adjacent to and south of Old Delhi, was developed in the beginning

of the 20th century, the new palace for the Viceroy of India was given an enormous size and prominent position. About 4,000 acres of land was acquired to begin the construction of Viceroy's House, as it was officially called, and adjacent Central Secretariat between 1911 and 1916 by relocating Raisina and Malcha villages that existed there and their 300 families under the 1894 Land Acquisition Act.

On 26 January 1950, when Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India and occupied this building, it was renamed as Rashtrapati Bhavan - the President's House.
The British architect Edwin Landseer Lutyens, a major member of the city-planning process, was given the primary architectural responsibility. The completed Governor-

General's palace turned out very similar to the original sketches which Lutyens sent Herbert Baker, from Simla, on 14 June 1912

The Botanical Garden Of Rashtrapati Bhavan

THE MUGHUL GARDENS.

The Mughal Gardens, situated at the back of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, incorporate both Mughal and English landscaping styles and feature a great variety of flowers. The

Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens are open to the public in February every year.

Main garden: Two channels running North to South and two running East to West divide this garden into a grid of squares. There are six lotus shaped fountains at the

crossings of these channels. Whereas the energetic fountains rising up to a height of 12 feet create a soothing murmur that enthralls the visitor, the channels are so tranquil in their movement that they seem frozen. In the channels at appropriate times of day can be seen reflections of the imposing building and the proud flowers.

There are wooden trays placed on stands in the centre of the channels where grain is put for the birds to feed upon.

Terrace garden: There are two longitudinal strips of garden, at a higher level on each side of the Main Garden, forming the Northern and Southern boundaries. The plants grown are the same as in the Main Garden. At the centre of both of the strips is a fountain, which falls inwards, forming a well. On the Western tips are located two gazebos and on the Eastern tips two ornately designed sentry posts.Long Garden or the 'Purdha Garden': This is located to the West of the Main Garden, and runs along on each side of the central pavement which goes to the circular garden. Enclosed in walls about 12 feet high, this is predominantly a rose garden. It has 16 square rose beds encased in low hedges. There is a red sandstone pergola in the centre over the central pavement which is covered with Rose creepers, Petrea, Bougainvillea and Grape Vines. The walls are covered with creepers like Jasmine,

Rhyncospermum, Tecoma Grandiflora, Bignonia Vanista, Adenoclyma, Echitice, Parana Paniculata. Along the walls are planted the China Orange trees.

Around the circular garden there are rooms for the office of the horticulturist, a green house, stores, nursery etc. Here is housed the collection of Bonsais, one of the best in the country.

All the presidents who have stayed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan have taken a keen interest in the maintenance and upkeep of the Mughal Gardens. All have contributed in their own way. The underlying themes, however, have remained unaltered.

The interior 

Newspapers of India

1.Bengal Gazette(India's First Newspaper)
Year:1780
Place:Calcutta
Founder:James Augustus Hickey.

2.Calcutta Journal
Year:1818
Place:Calcutta.
Editor Founder: James Silk Bakingham.

3.Mirat-ul-Akhbaar(First Persian Newspaper)
Year:1822
Place:Calcutta.
Founder:Rammohun Roy.

4.Bombay Samachar
Year:1822
Place:Bombay.
Founder:--

5.Darpan
Year:1832
Place:Maharashtra.
Founder:Bal Gangadhar, Shastri Jambhekar.

6.Rast Goftar(first newspaper in Gujarati)
Year:1851
Place:Bombay.
Editor:Ddabhai Naoroji.

7.Hindu Patriot(later Harish Chandra Mukerjee)
Year:1853
Place:Calcutta
Founder:Girish Chandra Ghosh.

8.Som Prakash
Year:1858.
Place:Calcutta.
Editor:Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

9.Indian Mirror.
Year:1862.
Place:Bombay.

10.Times Of India.
Place:Bombay.
Year:1861.

11.Indu Prakash.
Year:1862.
Place:Bombay.
Editor:Gopal Hari Deshmukh.

12.Amrit Bazaar Patrika.
Year:1868.
Place : Calcutta.
Editor:Motilal Ghosh,Shishir Kumar Ghosh.

13.Sanjibani
Year:1883
Editor:Krishna Kumar Mitra.