tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159267392024-03-14T12:24:16.765+05:30THE COOL DEVILThe life of an attempted Perfectionist
Yea, though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death I fear no evil, no death, no human, for I am the meanest of all in the valley.
I am "Immortal, Indivisible, Indestructable".
Some people say I am arrogant, but I know I am far better than that.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-71443631783409111022011-11-14T12:19:00.000+05:302011-11-14T12:19:02.618+05:30Small Savings Schemes Revamped: PPF CEILING RAISED TO RS. 1 LAKH, INTEREST RAISED TO 8.60%<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">11-11-11 has turned out to be a great day for investors in small savings schemes. <br />
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In an effort to update and boost small savings schemes, the Union Government on Friday announced that both the ceiling and the interest rate for Public Provident Fund investments have been increased as well as make some changes in other small savings schemes. Let's see what these changes are: <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>PPF</strong></span><br />
The ceiling is now Rs. 1 lakh p.a. as against earlier limit of Rs. 70,000 p.a.<br />
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The interest rate is revised to 8.60% p.a. from 8% p.a. <br />
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This will remain tax free on maturity, continuing with the Exempt-Exempt-Exempt model for PPF. So this is the equivalent of a very attractive pre-tax interest rate of 12.28% (considering a 30% tax bracket). <br />
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KVP<br />
The small savings scheme Kisan Vikas Patra has been discontinued. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Post Office Savings Accounts</strong></span><br />
Post Office Savings accounts will now earn 4% instead of 3.50%.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Monthly Income Scheme & NSC</span></strong><br />
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In addition, the NSC has been revamped. The maturity for both MIS and NSC has been reduced from 6 years to 5 years, and the interest on these schemes has been increased from the earlier 8% to 8.20% and 8.40% respectively. <br />
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There will also be a 10 Year NSC available offering 8.70% interest. <br />
The 5% bonus given on maturity of the MIS has however been scrapped. <br />
The rationale behind the move...<br />
The Finance Ministry has said "The rate of interest on small savings schemes will be aligned with the G-Sec rates of similar maturity, with a spread of 25bps, with 2 exceptions. The spread on 10-yr NSC will be 50bps and the spread on Senior Citizens Savings Scheme will be 100bps. The interest rates for every financial year will be notified before April 01."<br />
The decision to increase interest rates on small savings schemes has stemmed from the volatility of cash flows into and out of small savings schemes, when compared with corresponding safe rates of return available in the market. <br />
Currently, we are in a period of very high interest rates, which means the market has plenty of attractive investment opportunities available, including by way of Bank and Corporate FDs. As these rates (post tax) are in many cases higher than the rates offered by small savings schemes of comparable tenure, these schemes have seen significant outflows, reducing the amount of money in the Government's coffers. <br />
To staunch the outflows and also to bring rates in line with the market, the Government has made this move. <br />
This will make small savings schemes more attractive to investors. Returns will be in sync with market returns. <br />
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When will it take effect? <br />
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The date is pegged at Dec 01, 2011. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-21903540541602088482011-08-04T17:22:00.000+05:302011-08-04T17:22:48.319+05:30A wonderful Article on Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar by Masood Hasan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_3lpnlf="114">Here is an article on the gorgeous Pak FM, written by a Pak journalist. </div><div closure_uid_3lpnlf="134"></div><br />
Pak perceptions are different from Indian perceptions, where most of the press and the TV had gone ga-ga.<br />
<div closure_uid_3lpnlf="122">Masood Hasan. Sun, 31 Jul 11 </div><br />
HRK – Hina Rabbani Khar is drop dead gorgeous. Her three day fashion onslaught has left the Indians gasping for breath and ambulances howling all over the countryside. Here we are crooning with delight – the men exchanging high fives, the women – the sensible ones that is, shaking their heads slowly from side to side. Is HRK the nuclear device that we promised we’d explode over the Indian capital? Have we scored a major diplomatic victory over arch enemy India? Is HRK going to lead the country armed with nothing but a Hermes bag and change global policies with a snap of her diamond encrusted fingers? As the euphoria subsides and her Birkin bag is safely stowed away along with her undoubtedly large Hermes collection, we, the ordinary riff-raff of this despondently poor country need to take a good long look at the events of last week. If we don’t, rest assured the lollypops in Islamabad certainly won’t. Introspection is not as fashionable as Roberto Cavalli shades.<br />
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Let’s get one thing straight. One dresses for the occasion. Anyone recall Angelina Jolie’s ‘designer’ outfits on her many visits to the Afghan camps? There is a time and place for all things. I think HRK didn’t quite get that right. She has many things going for her but maturity and a sense of balance seem to be virtues that Pakistan’s new foreign minister does not care about much.<br />
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It is amazing that the old hands at Hotel Scherezade that masquerades as Pakistan’s foreign office thought little of actually ‘briefing’ Lady Bond before she flew in her special aircraft to New Delhi. (No PIA please. That’s for the plebs). Did anyone tell her what precisely was her mission, if any on her maiden voyage to India? I doubt it. While she must have spent an enormous amount of time choosing her wardrobe and accessories – she has a talent for accessories as a gushing designer confided last week, one wishes there were men or women who could have briefed her on how she must conduct herself – but this is unlikely in a country where ‘yes sir, yes sir, three bags full’, is the most successful strategy.<br />
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As it is the ‘success’ of her trip is best summed up in the joint communiqué glued eternally together with Fevikol, the wonder Indian adhesive, that both sides will stick to their points of view. As before one might add. Sure we can talk till the cows come home but that much has more or less been there almost always, so those crooning about a ‘great diplomatic victory’, need a knock on the head administered by Mr Ijaz Butt. Having demolished cricket, he now has the world’s largest bat collection.<br />
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India may be many things to many people but even the most vitriolic Indian-haters grudgingly accept that our two countries are now worlds apart – poles apart will no longer do justice to the real on-ground situation. The Indians are suave diplomats and they manage – with all its warts, the world’s largest democracy. Whether this is for public consumption or genuinely felt, there is a strong current of simplicity that runs across India and does not require 3-D glasses to see. All of us who have travelled to India have been surprised by their casual attitude to attire given most days. We who are so class and caste conscious on the other hand must display all the banal outer vestments since we value these far more than any principles.<br />
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The Indians thus dress so simply that you can mistake them for minions whereas they may be billionaires. They go to work in loose sandals and creased trousers or faded jeans but sit and make strategic decisions that run into billions of dollars and have the power to change the direction of their huge country. Simplicity is not a put on like our constant bowing and scraping to the Maker without any meaning or sincerity. Our rulers and high stake rollers live in mansions of glory. Indians richer than their counterparts here live in modest homes. Retired generals there live in small houses or high rise flats whereas our medal laden over-fed blobs lord it over topping all records of ostentation. Time and again you are flattened by this simplicity on display in India – if it’s a put on, my God they should give a Lifetime Achievement Award to all the affluent and influential people who live there.<br />
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It is in this context that one finds HRK’s jaunt into India nauseating and in gross bad taste. Did she go to a tense foreign ministers’ meeting or launch a fashion show? Did she read up on India? She represents an impoverished country, now permanently and shamelessly begging day and night for sustenance, for alms, for mercy to keep Ms Khar and her ilk in clover. She is part of one of the most disastrous governments it has been our misfortune to have – incompetent, brazen, cruel and corrupt. When it is knocked out sooner or later, no one will shed tears for the fallen leaders who have given loot and plunder a new dimension adding to that great robbery repertoire fine tuned to an art by their predecessors.<br />
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HRK’s government boasts of a two percent growth rate against India’s nine percent, has no power or gas and soon will have no water. It groans under loans, yet gives walloping funding to keep the ‘khakis’ happy, depriving millions of men, women and children such basics as health, education and sanctity of life yet live like kings. Its representatives like HRK and 24 other ministers in 2010 paid no income tax because they were poor. HRK coughed up Rs 7,500 agricultural tax and declared that she couldn’t even afford a car! I suppose BMWs and Mercs must fall under the ‘donkey’ category.<br />
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She should have perhaps studied tapes on Sonia Gandhi who is always in cotton saris, her hair pulled back and with hardly any make up. You would not catch Sonia dead with a garish and ridiculously priced, diamond-laden wrist watch (Arab style) or pricey south sea pearls and $ 900 Jimmy Choo shoes, but then that’s Sonia and this is Hina – chalk and cheese with Devonshire in between. When the PM who spends more time on his clothes than on the pressing needs of his wretched country went to Paris and called upon the French president, he ensured that he was all trussed up in a reportedly $ 10,000 suit. Lady Bond, although it was evening had her designer shades perched on top of her pretty head. Babes out partying might do so for a lark but FMs with feudal blood coursing through their veins should avoid such nonsense. What a fantastic thing it would have been had she chosen to dress most simply, travelled by her national airline and told the Indians that she was here, in all humility and sincerity to move on and build bridges for the generations ahead. She should have said my country is struggling – with terrorism, suicide bombers, law and order, the Afghan problem, a poor economy and so on but that we would prevail if there is peace.<br />
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But then this is the stuff dreams are made of. In real life nothing like that happens – not here and we lost yet another opportunity to tell the world we are not shallow buffoons and idiots. Pakistanis are blaming the Indian media and Ms Khar left Islamabad in a huff, but when you set yourself up as she did, what is the media going to make of that? The ‘fash frat’ as one Indian newspaper said, had a field day and we had the customary egg on our face.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-26510322592718628482011-03-29T12:25:00.000+05:302011-03-29T12:25:05.548+05:30Gamesa Press Conf in Mumbai - Mar9, 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jC8Zve3I7VU/TZGBhlNJqiI/AAAAAAAABFE/xgZysbxhuBA/s1600/09032011002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jC8Zve3I7VU/TZGBhlNJqiI/AAAAAAAABFE/xgZysbxhuBA/s320/09032011002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XarkN-EW1Ls/TZGAlFI_XbI/AAAAAAAABFA/_0P8adhAyEE/s1600/Mumbai+trip+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XarkN-EW1Ls/TZGAlFI_XbI/AAAAAAAABFA/_0P8adhAyEE/s320/Mumbai+trip+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-70075536266537727662010-12-16T14:39:00.000+05:302010-12-16T14:39:19.105+05:30Gamesa in China<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/TQnXMn0JOrI/AAAAAAAABEY/PY0tlP17jAU/s1600/Gamesa+China+Article.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/TQnXMn0JOrI/AAAAAAAABEY/PY0tlP17jAU/s320/Gamesa+China+Article.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-34730888031332021952010-12-07T15:00:00.001+05:302010-12-07T15:01:09.647+05:30The World Famous LungiThis is one funny article...<br />
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The Legendary Lungi<br />
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Just as the national bird of Kerala is Mosquito, the national dress is 'Lungi'. Pronounced 'Lu' as in loo and 'ngi ' as in 'mongey', a lungi can be identified by its floral or window-curtain pattern. 'Mundu' is the white variation of lungi and is worn on special occasions like hartal or bandh days, also at weddings and Onam.<br />
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Lungi is simple and 'down to earth' like the mallu wearing it. Lungi is the beginning and the end of evolution in its category. Wearing something on the top half of your body is optional when you are wearing a lungi. Lungi is a strategic dress. It's like a one-size- fits-all bottoms for Keralites.<br />
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The technique of wearing a lungi/mundu is passed on from generation to generation through word of mouth like the British Constitution. If you think it is an easy task wearing it, just try it once! It requires techniques like breath control and yoga that is a notch higher than sudarshan kriya of AOL.<br />
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A lungi/mundu when perfectly worn won't come off even in a quake of 8 on the richter scale. A lungi is not attached to the waist using duct tape, staple, rope or velcro. It's a bit of mallu magic whose formula is a closely guarded secret like the Coca Cola receipe.<br />
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A lungi can be worn 'Full Mast' or 'Half Mast' like a national flag. A 'Full Mast' lungi is when you are showing respect to an elderly or the dead. Wearing it at full mast has lots of disadvantages. A major disadvantage is when a dog runs after you. When you are wearing a lungi/mundu at full mast, the advantage is mainly for the female onlookers who are spared the ordeal of swooning at the sight of hairy legs.<br />
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Wearing a lungi 'Half Mast' is when you wear it exposing yourself like those C grade movie starlets. A mallu can play cricket, football or simbly run when the lungi is worn at half mast. A mallu can even climb a coconut tree wearing lungi in half mast. "It's not good manners, especially for ladies from decent families, to look up at a mallu climbing a coconut tree"- Confucius (or is it Conspicious?)<br />
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Most mallus do the traditional dance kudiyattam. Kudi means drinking alcohol and yattam, pronounced aattam, means random movement of the male body. Note that 'y' is silent. When you are drinking, you drink, there is no 'y'. Any alcohol related "festival" can be enjoyed to the maximum when you are topless with lungi and a towel tied around the head. "Half mast lungi makes it easy to dance and shake legs" says Candelaria Amaranto, a Salsa teacher from Spain after watching 'kudiyaattam' .<br />
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The 'Lungi Wearing Mallu Union' [LUWMU, pronounced LOVE MU], an NGO which works towards the 'upliftment' of the lungi, strongly disapprove of the GenNext tendency of wearing Bermudas under the lungi. Bermudas under the lungi is a conspiracy of the CIA. It's a disgrace to see a person wearing burmudas with corporate logos under his lungi. What they don't know is how much these corporates are limiting their freedom of movement and expression.<br />
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A mallu wears lungi round the year, all weather, all season. A mallu celebrates winter by wearing a colourful lungi with a floral pattern. Lungi provides good ventilation and brings down the heat between legs. A mallu is<br />
scared of global warming more than anyone else in the world. A lungi can be worn any time of the day/night. It doubles as blanket at night. It also doubles up as a swing, swimwear, sleeping bag, parachute, facemask while entering/exiting toddy shops, shopping basket and water filter while fishing in ponds and rivers. It also has recreational uses like in 'Lungi pulling', a pastime in households having more than one male member. <br />
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Lungi pulling competitions are held outside toddyshops all over Kerala during Onam and Vishu. When these lungis are decommissioned from service, they become table cloths. Thus the humble lungi is a cradle to grave apparel..<br />
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(An anonymous piece) Not the Lungi - the essay.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-20102061901530355712010-11-09T11:39:00.000+05:302010-11-09T11:39:11.116+05:30Gamesa India Expansion Plans in Chennai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/TNjlYmDO3OI/AAAAAAAABEA/6w-_6rmEi98/s1600/Gamesa+New+Plant.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/TNjlYmDO3OI/AAAAAAAABEA/6w-_6rmEi98/s320/Gamesa+New+Plant.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-38870104150742097012010-09-29T14:42:00.000+05:302010-09-29T14:42:31.204+05:30Gamesa's New Turbine Models<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/TKMC8fQCMnI/AAAAAAAABD8/JLQxnYyZVVw/s1600/Almendarache.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/TKMC8fQCMnI/AAAAAAAABD8/JLQxnYyZVVw/s320/Almendarache.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Gamesa, a world leader in the manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines, will again attend one of the wind energy industry’s premier annual events, the Husum WindEnergy Trade Fair (Germany), scheduled for 21-25 September at which Gamesa will showcase its new Gamesa G9X-2.0 MW platform. <br />
<div> </div>The company will participate in the industry exhibition under the theme, Gamesa Innovates: Evolution of a Technology, detailing the history and development of a broad range of platforms and wind turbines, from the Gamesa G5X-850 kW to its last technological innovations, the Gamesa G9X-2.0 MW and the Gamesa G10X-4.5 MW. <br />
<div> </div>The combination of a 2.0 MW unit wind turbine with a range of four different rotor size options (diameters of 80, 87, 90 and 97 metres) makes the Gamesa G9X-2.0 MW platform the most versatile in the market, offering maximum output for any location. <br />
<div> </div>The launch of the new platform is getting underway with the G97-2.0 MW Class IIIA model, specially designed for low wind sites, a segment from which Gamesa expects over half of the demand for the 2 MW category to come. The Gamesa G97 has a swept area 16% higher than the existing G90, coupled with an increase in energy output of almost 14%. <br />
<div> </div>Gamesa G97-2 MW wind turbine features a new aerodynamic blade tip design and the Gamesa NRS® control system to ensure to maximum output yet minimum noise. Also, other prominent characteristics of the wind turbine are: <br />
<ul><li>A 97m long next-generation rotor for low wind sites </li>
<li>Cutting-edge blade technology: manufacture of lightweight blades using fibreglass, carbon fibre and prepregs </li>
<li>Pitch and variable speed technology to maximize energy output </li>
<li>Gamesa active yaw system to ensure optimal adaptation to complex terrains </li>
<li>Gamesa WindNet® system: remote web-enabled monitoring and control system </li>
<li>Gamesa SMP: Proprietary predictive maintenance system </li>
<li>High-tech solutions to guarantee compliance with the main requirements for international grid connection.</li>
</ul><span lang="EN-GB">Gamesa also plans to showcase its G10X-4.5 MW platform and the G128-4.5 MW wind turbine, the company’s most ambitious project ever and the land-based wind energy industry's most powerful product to date, at the trade fair.</span><span lang="EN-GB"> Gamesa, which has already begun to market the new turbine and to develop the manufacturing process, plans to go into pre-production in 2011 and to start up assembly line production in 2012.</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> <br />
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The energy generated by each Gamesa G10X-4.5 MW turbine helps to produce an environmentally-benign energy supply by preventing harmful atmospheric emissions. Each turbine is capable of generating enough electricity to power 3,169 households for a year, replace nearly 1,000 tonnes of petroleum equivalent (TPE) annually and avoid 6,750 tonnes of atmospheric CO2 emissions per year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-31864751825088432702010-03-10T12:44:00.000+05:302010-03-10T12:44:53.926+05:30Thermax Forms Joint Venture with Babcock & Wilcox of U.S.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/S5dGzgQsmeI/AAAAAAAABB8/fsn3HljfHCk/s1600-h/DSC_90991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/S5dGzgQsmeI/AAAAAAAABB8/fsn3HljfHCk/s400/DSC_90991.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><strong>Press Release</strong><br />
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Thermax - Babcock & Wilcox Joint Venture for Supercritical Boilers: Offers higher efficiency of power generation in India’s mega projects<br />
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Mumbai, March 10, 2010<br />
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Thermax Limited and Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), a global leader in power generation industry and the original Babcock & Wilcox, today announced the formation of a strategic joint venture to engineer, manufacture and supply supercritical boilers for the Indian power sector. The Joint venture will also manufacture subcritical boilers over 300 megawatts (MW) in size. The agreement was signed by M S Unnikrishnan, Managing Director and CEO, Thermax, and Richard L. Killion, President and Chief Operating Officer, B&W PGG.<br />
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Thermax will own 51% share of the joint venture while United States-based B&W PGG will have 49% ownership. The joint venture will bring to the Indian power sector Thermax’s expertise of integrating energy and environment solutions and B&W’s long history of providing proven, state-of-the-art power generation technology and world class project management capabilities. <br />
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B&W pioneered the development of supercritical boilers, and this technology will allow the new joint venture to contribute to efficient power generation in the mega thermal plants planned to meet the massive energy requirements of the country. Supercritical boilers operate at higher pressures than subcritical boilers, increasing efficiency and producing more energy from the same amount of fuel.<br />
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“We are proud to offer the services of this joint venture to support the government’s initiatives to improve the power scenario of the country. And we are happy that in B&W our joint venture partner, we have a global technology leader whose boilers generate over 300,000 MW of power around the world,” said Unnikrishnan.<br />
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The supercritical boilers will be manufactured in a new facility that is being planned. The plant, with an annual capacity of 3000 MW equivalent in the first phase will indigenize the technology and contribute to local component development. <br />
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Thermax and B&W have maintained a business relationship for over 20 years. Recently in February 2008, Thermax signed a technology transfer agreement with B&W PGG for manufacturing subcritical power boilers. <br />
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“This joint venture presents substantial opportunities for both B&W PGG and Thermax, two companies which have successfully worked together on joint ventures and licensing agreements for more than two decades,” Killion said. “This agreement also augments B&W PGG’s presence and profile in the global marketplace and presents a substantial opportunity to continue the growth of our business in India and around the world.” <br />
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The new joint venture is being established at a critical time when India’s ambitious growth plans and its dependence on coal fired power plants for power throw up tremendous energy and environment challenges. In the context of emission reduction and the need to conserve fossil fuel, energy efficient power generation is a critical requirement. This joint venture will help meet these challenges.<br />
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About Thermax Limited<br />
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Thermax Limited, a Rs. 3300 crore energy and environment solutions provider, is one of the few companies in the world that offers integrated, innovative solutions in the areas of heating, cooling, power, water and waste management, air pollution control and chemicals. The sustainable solutions that Thermax develops for client companies are environment-friendly and enable efficient deployment of energy and waste resources.<br />
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Thermax has a well established technology research and development facility. The company has 120 patents, 82 national and 16 international trademarks to its credit. Over the years, Thermax has had technology partnerships and alliances with at over 40 global organisations.<br />
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For more information on Thermax, visit www.thermaxindia.com<br />
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About The Babcock & Wilcox Company<br />
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B&W PGG is an operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W). B&W, a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc., is a leader in advanced energy technology innovation and service, primarily in nuclear and fossil power. Providing quality products and technical services to commercial and government customers, B&W is focused on issues such as energy efficiency, clean air, global market competitiveness, and safe and secure resolution for nuclear waste. B&W has locations worldwide and employs more than 20,000 people. The company is located on the Internet at www.babcock.com.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-64370703579454940862010-03-10T11:59:00.000+05:302010-03-10T11:59:16.864+05:30Thermax - Babcock & Wilcox Joint Venture for Supercritical Boilers: Offers higher efficiency of power generation in India's mega projectsThermax Ltd and Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), a global leader in power generation industry, have announced establishment of a strategic joint venture to manufacture supercritical boilers for the Indian power sector. <br />
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Check the link for Press Release. <br />
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Cheers <br />
GVKUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-43596505435487741542010-02-24T10:42:00.000+05:302010-02-24T10:42:00.890+05:30Thermax Settles Dispute with PuroliteIts done finally...<br />
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Thermax has entered into an amicable settlement with Purolite International ending an outstanding legal dispute regarding its ion exchange resin business in the US. As per this out-of-court settlement, Thermax will pay Purolite four installments of USD 9.5 million each, spread over the calendar year to settle the litigation. <br />
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The two parties will now be joint co-owners in perpetuity of the information and technology in dispute. The agreement permanently resolves all claims and counterclaims. There will be no further financial obligations on this account. While the terms of the agreement are confidential between the two parties, Thermax is following all norms of corporate disclosure and has promptly informed the stock exchanges where it is listed.<br />
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Thermax had been regularly reporting the lawsuit in its annual reports, but decided not to make any further public statement as the matter was sub judice. On the basis of the facts of the case, report from a renowned technical expert in the US and feedback from its US attorneys, the company did not expect any serious liability from this case. The case, involving a series of inter-related claims and counterclaims, was to be judged at a jury trial in March in a US district court.<br />
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However, there was an unexpected turn of events last month, where the US district court passed an order that three production processes (for certain kinds of ion exchange resins for applications in water treatment) in dispute, constituted Purolite`s trade secrets. Thermax then evaluated its options: One, to continue with its defense at the jury trial and beyond, by way of filing an appeal, should that trial be unfavourable or, two, to resolve the matter out of court.<br />
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The board of directors along with the management leadership team chose the latter option after taking a long-term view of potential risks of significantly higher liabilities, given the uncertainties associated with jury trials, as well as the costs and time involved in protracted litigation. Thermax has tremendous growth opportunities; and therefore the decision was to settle this at a level that is less significant as compared with its future growth prospects.<br />
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Thermax is confident that, given the situation, this decision is in its best interest. Beyond a one-time impact on the balance sheet, the settlement paves the way for Thermax to move on and focus on growing and strengthening its energy and environment business.<br />
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So..it ends!!!:)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-30532467138402475432009-07-27T13:41:00.002+05:302009-07-27T13:44:16.911+05:30Thermax Chairperson's Presentation for 28th AGMDear Investors,<br />The presentation made at the 28th Annual General Meeting by Thermax Chairperson, Mrs. Meher Pudumjee is shown...<br /><br />Regards<br />GVKUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-19657539832800862052009-07-20T10:28:00.004+05:302009-07-27T13:46:09.765+05:30Annual Report 2008-09Folks,<br />Finally a picture to say that I do work for a company!!!...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SmP6cQLN6GI/AAAAAAAAAT4/qIuocj27nPw/s1600-h/DSC01410.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360403344786319458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SmP6cQLN6GI/AAAAAAAAAT4/qIuocj27nPw/s400/DSC01410.JPG" /></a> Incase, you cannot recognize the people... then you don't work...<br />Cheers<br />GopalUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-80571322901217911152009-06-17T16:35:00.006+05:302009-06-17T17:08:00.129+05:30A Day of Traffic Jam<div align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SjjOLgNIJEI/AAAAAAAAAI4/aQ4aO-6rw5k/s1600-h/17-06-09_1601.jpg"></a>Dear Folks,<br />On 17th June, the largest event of Phaltan's religious and social calendar passed through Wakadewadi, Pune. 400,000 people are walking for over fifteen days and 250 km from a town near Pune to a temple in Panderpure on a journey called the Palki. They follow the path of the 13th century Saint Nyaneshwar (literally: god of wisdom) who was a religious child prodigy. After writing a poetic companion to the Bhagavad Gita and purportedly performing a number of miracles, including causing a bull to speak from the Holy Scriptures, he chose to starve himself to death at the Panderpure temple when he was only 22 years old. The procession has been in existence since the time of Chaucer and is only one of several parades leading to the same holy site.<br />The procession, which carries symbols of the god's footprints on a silver chariot, passes directly in front of our office, blocking the whole traffic for a day. The women carried all of their clothing, bedding, and often food on their heads in giant parcels, as wide as they are tall. They also balanced holy basil plants to give to the god upon arrival. Videos of the same show the trails of faith and religious fervor. </div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwm4G1bUE1mVtExj57nds_frrgWTkUVdSo8HYD95L8KPw987oKEW49mir0CktYEXGKaVWWdP8BT0Sc' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwXuE9vdC0Zx1Cq98gqsHOZhsZU9SYAEeWDu0staTO1q6KAnRJn4zfVvbzTmDaT8eghic-_tBCW50Y' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>GVK</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-88951793022996249182009-06-15T09:58:00.005+05:302009-06-17T17:05:47.385+05:30Linkin Park : New Song<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SjXQZfYHB9I/AAAAAAAAAIw/Ejahzn67b1w/s1600-h/new-divide-linking-park-transformers2-movie-soundtrack.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 208px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 208px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347409268910262226" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SjXQZfYHB9I/AAAAAAAAAIw/Ejahzn67b1w/s400/new-divide-linking-park-transformers2-movie-soundtrack.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div>The soundtrack of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is by Linkin Park. The title of the song is New Divide and the lyrics are great as usual. The lyrics are as good as any songs from Hybrid Theory, Meteora, Minutes to Midnight and all the other hit singles... Enjoy!!!</div><div> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I remember black skies<br />The lightning all around me<br />I remembered each flash<br />As time began to blur<br />Like a startling sign<br />That fate had finally found me<br />And your voice was all I heard<br />Did I get what I deserve? </div><div align="center"><br />So give me reason<br />To prove me wrong<br />To wash this memory clean<br />Let the thoughts cross<br />The distance in your eyes<br />Give me reason<br />To fill this hole<br />Connect the space between<br />Let it fill up to reach the truth and lies<br />Across this new divide </div><div align="center"><br />There was nothing inside<br />The memories left abandoned<br />There was nowhere to hide<br />The ashes fell like snow<br />And the ground caved in<br />Between where we were standing<br />And your voice was all I heard<br />Did I get what I deserve? </div><div align="center"><br />So give me reason<br />To prove me wrong<br />To wash this memory clean<br />Let the thoughts cross<br />The distance in your eyes<br />Across this new divide </div><div align="center"><br />In every loss, in every lie<br />In every truth that you deny<br />And each regret, and each goodbye<br />Was a mistake too great to hide<br />And your voice was all I heard<br />Did I get what I deserve? </div><div align="center"><br />So give me reason<br />To prove me wrong<br />To wash this memory clean<br />Let the thoughts cross<br />The distance in your eyes<br />Give me reason<br />To fill this hole<br />Connect the space between<br />Let it fill up to reach the truth and lies<br />Across this new divide<br />Across this new divide<br />Across this new divide…<br />That I get what I deserve </div><br /><p>GVK</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-15099452568581670802009-06-12T11:23:00.006+05:302009-06-12T11:30:34.195+05:30HOOBASTANK: BAND & SONG Intro<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SjHuN_nF0MI/AAAAAAAAAIg/vLPzvnSU5jU/s1600-h/Hoobastank.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346316156846592194" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SjHuN_nF0MI/AAAAAAAAAIg/vLPzvnSU5jU/s400/Hoobastank.jpg" /></a> "What if I don't want to hear the things you say? Where were you when I was needy yesterday?" -Too Little Too Late<br />Put a band together with influences like Faith No More, Tool, and Fishbone, let each member add unique influences ranging from Phish to Guns n Roses to Trance music. Enter Hoobastank.<br /><br /><div><strong>Hoobastank Band Members:<br /></strong>Dan Guitar, Doug Vocals, Chris Drums, Markku Bass<br /><strong>Song Lyrics:</strong> Born to Lead<br /><br />With eyes closed tightly,<br />I march so blindly.<br />Pretending everything's fine,<br />'Cause you're there to keep me in line.<br />I want your guidance,<br />I'll break my silence.<br />So sick of asking and being denied and now I realize.<br /><br />We're holding the key, to unlock our destiny,<br />We were born to lead.<br />We're finally free, no longer following,<br />We were born to lead... we were born to lead.<br /><br />You can't ignore me(you can't ignore me)<br />You cant think for me(you can't think for me)<br />Your world will come crashing down to the ground,<br />'Cause I figured you out.<br /><br />We're holding the key, to unlock our destiny,<br />We were born to lead.<br />We're finally free, no longer following,<br />We were born to lead... we were born to lead.<br /><br />I use to think I'm all alone,<br />But now I see our numbers grow.<br />I'm not afraid to break away,<br />Think on my own<br /><br />With eyes wide open,<br />My new life begins.<br />Without you there to tell me, when, where and how,<br />And you can't stop me now<br /><br />We're holding the key, to unlock our destiny,<br />We were born to lead.<br />We're finally free, no longer following,<br />We were born to lead... we were born to lead.<br /><br />We're holding the key, to unlock our destiny,<br />We were born to lead<br />We're finally free, no longer following,<br />We were born to lead. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Enjoy!!!</div><div>GVK</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-45728469433617231802009-06-10T11:37:00.004+05:302009-06-10T11:45:55.916+05:30A MOVIE TO WATCH AGAIN AND AGAIN !!!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">THE HOLIDAY – MOVIE REVIEW</span></strong><br /></span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/Si9Od9CFTOI/AAAAAAAAAGg/wtSRXbkYQf4/s1600-h/fons.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 263px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345577559218539746" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/Si9Od9CFTOI/AAAAAAAAAGg/wtSRXbkYQf4/s400/fons.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> • Starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, and Jude Law<br />• The Holiday marks Kate’s first starring role in a true romantic comedy<br /><br />How do you get over a horrible relationship? Well, you can drown your sorrows in ice cream and hours of watching lousy television programs. Or, if you have the financial resources, you can do what the leading ladies of The Holiday do: exchange homes with someone you've never met who lives in a city far, far away from the man who killed your desire for romance.<br /><br />Amanda (Cameron Diaz) lives in an exclusive neighborhood in Los Angeles and owns a hugely successful company that puts together trailers for movies. Iris (Kate Winslet) lives in a small community outside of London and works as a wedding columnist for the Daily Telegraph. Both ladies are fresh out of troubled relationships and heading into the holiday season without much to look forward to at all.<br /><br />On impulse, workaholic Amanda decides to get away from it all. An online ad promoting house-swapping catches her eye and after exchanging instant messages with Iris, the two decide to really switch things up by swapping lives for a couple of weeks.<br /><br />City dweller Amanda's not quite ready for the challenges facing her when she tries to settle into Iris' small country cottage. But Amanda soon finds life a bit more enjoyable when Iris' delicious brother, Graham (Jude Law), stops by to sleep off a night of drinking. Meanwhile Iris has found a couple of men to while away the time with in sunny California. A co-worker (Jack Black) of Amanda's ex catches her eye and turns out to be an engaging conversationalist who's fun to hang out with. She also befriends an elderly gentleman (Eli Wallach) who turns out to be an Academy Award-winning screenwriter.<br /><br /><strong>To Sum It Up</strong><br /><br />The Holiday is a sweet romantic comedy featuring pretty people & houses, and appreciable acting. If you're ready for the cinematic equivalent of cotton candy, then The Holiday is just the sweet confection for you. The background music is excellent and is by Hans Zimmer along with some lovely songs like Just for Now by Imogen Heap, Cry by Hans Zimmer, Breathe Me, Let go by Frou Frou. This is one such movie which always moves me and tears swell up in my eyes, irrespective of my mood. A movie worth watching any time and any number of times. Enjoy!!!<br /><br />June 09, 2009 –Star Movies @7:15 p.m.</span> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-77555491207332295242009-05-27T15:15:00.016+05:302009-07-27T13:48:11.228+05:30<div align="justify"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/Sh0h4Tczd7I/AAAAAAAAAGY/lSEDBtv8T3M/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 159px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340461984308754354" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/Sh0h4Tczd7I/AAAAAAAAAGY/lSEDBtv8T3M/s400/untitled.bmp" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#666666;"><strong><blockquote><span style="font-size:180%;color:#666666;"><strong>O</strong></span>scar Wilde once said, “A<br />well tied tie is the first serious step in life”. </blockquote></strong></span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Years may have passed since then, but the importance of ties still holds true even today. Neckties have always been a passion for men who want to look fashionable and who also want to make a professional impact. Knowing how to choose the right tie and learning the right steps to tie the perfect knot are important subjects they don't teach you at business school.<br /></div><p align="justify">For me, a good looking necktie still embodies style, professionalism and maturity. A professional look promotes credibility, respect, and ultimately, success. Despite its size, a tie is in fact the most expressive accessory in a man's wardrobe. It reveals his personality to a great extent. We have come a long way with ties, right from the childhood days the one with the elastic band where in you just put it over the head, to the clip on ties to the professional way of wearing a tie. Normally people buy a shirt or trouser and then find a tie to match it. But I do the reverse. I first buy a tie and then go about finding the right shirt / trouser that can match it. The tie is the first thing that you get to see in detail and not the shirt behind it or the trouser below it. I am a tie collector. As I write this, I have a collection of 41 ties in my wardrobe.<br /><br />I remember the Virgin mobile commercial where the guys are giving advice to a guy about tying the tie and he is unable to make it or the way it is said, "Put fatty over thinny, bring fatty around again, bring fatty through the loop and tuck him down the drain." Sound pretty simple to remember, right? But not always; of the many ways to tie a tie, the common knots are:<br /><br /><strong>Four-in-hand:</strong> is the most well known basic knot and easy to tie and untie. It is perfect for most ties and almost all types of collars.<br /><br /><strong>Double-hand:</strong> is similar to the; except for a "second pass" or wraparound. This knot is ideal for men who are not particularly tall as it reduces the length of the finished tie. It is perfect with Italian collars and for ties made from a thin fabric, like silk. It is quick and easy to tie.<br /><br /><strong>Windsor:</strong> which owes its name to the Duke of Windsor, is a knot full of English class and one of the most popular; when finished the Windsor knot has considerable volume and is best suited to wide-spaced collars and to thin fabric ties.<br /><br /><strong>Half – Windsor:</strong> has less volume than the full Windsor. It is ideal for straight parallel ties, thin fabrics and open collars.<br /><br /><strong>Small-Knot:</strong> as the name implies, is small and suitable for ties made from a thick fabric and for close-fitting collars.<br /><br /><strong>Cross-Knot:</strong> used with thin fabric ties, is smart when finished but is complicated to achieve.<br /><br />An executive from the corner office once said to me, “Without a tie, I feel naked”. Some times I feel that the tie helps me to cover the little corporate paunch that is coming into existence, though I know I have to work on getting rid of it and not cover it up with a tie. And, here are some useful tips about ties: </p><div align="justify"><ul><li>Your tie should be darker than the color of your shirt. Ideally, the end of the tie should touch the waist band of your trouser.</li><li>Always hang your tie when not in use to allow heavy creases to smoothen out naturally. </li><li>Try not to buy on looks alone. Touch and feel the tie. If you don't like the feel, you won't wear it! </li><li>Remember to check the inside of the tie, which should be lined with a stiff material so the tie will retain its shape. </li></ul></div><p>The point is that it is very important to know how to wear a tie. It will help you in your future career and profession. A well-knotted tie can give you the look of confidence and determination that you need for a bright future. As the old saying goes "There are no ugly men in this world, but only men who do not know how to look handsome". </p><p><span style="color:#ff0000;">(From the column of Fireside - Thermax In-house Magazine by GVK)</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-57169787295511434312009-05-25T09:39:00.002+05:302009-05-25T09:46:30.834+05:30THERMAX FY09 RESULTS<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339610323781103234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/ShobTIv7LoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/CJG-I4awoQY/s400/FY09+results+Press+Release.JPG" /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/ShobZOgt6AI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/7YBbdesYZEc/s1600-h/FY09+results.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 325px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339610428407146498" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/ShobZOgt6AI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/7YBbdesYZEc/s400/FY09+results.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-58710278406868150782009-04-06T09:09:00.005+05:302009-04-06T09:14:45.000+05:30No to CriminalsDear All,<br />As a resurging nation gears up for the 15th Lok Sabha elections, we need to make sure that history is not repeated again. One in five Members of Parliament elected in India’s 2004 general election had pending criminal cases against them, either awaiting trial or on appeal after conviction. About half the cases are for murder, violent robbery or rape. We have had enough with false representation and it is the right opportunity to clean up the parliament! Members of Parliament cannot represent citizens if they’ve been convicted by the courts. And if the law allows it, the law needs to be changed. It's profoundly immoral that they are allowed to represent us. Please vote for the right candidate. A clean candidate. Let’s vote for a clean parliament.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/Sdl6IonRKWI/AAAAAAAAAF4/1K0ab6PX0YQ/s1600-h/No+to+criminals.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321418723474614626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/Sdl6IonRKWI/AAAAAAAAAF4/1K0ab6PX0YQ/s400/No+to+criminals.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-65915017000472748972009-03-13T11:20:00.002+05:302009-03-13T11:23:43.528+05:30Meher Pudumjee of Thermax - CEO of the Year 2007-08<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/Sbn02qKxU6I/AAAAAAAAAFo/30YhFwRFSoo/s1600-h/Meher+Award.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312546455329788834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/Sbn02qKxU6I/AAAAAAAAAFo/30YhFwRFSoo/s400/Meher+Award.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-36399003429778220992009-01-29T10:28:00.002+05:302009-01-29T10:31:51.317+05:30Thermax FY09 Q3 Results<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SYE4MkdZi2I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/pmxBuzflLcc/s1600-h/FY09+Q3+Results.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296576425360984930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SYE4MkdZi2I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/pmxBuzflLcc/s400/FY09+Q3+Results.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-81873318527110911062009-01-16T16:18:00.002+05:302009-01-16T16:22:34.619+05:30Satyam: Best in Corporate GovernanceThis is the best webpage i have come across in the last few days!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.satyam.com/media/pr6sep08.asp">http://www.satyam.com/media/pr6sep08.asp</a><br /><br /><strong>Satyam Receives Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance </strong><br /><strong><div align="justify"><br /></strong>LONDON, September 22, 2008: Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE: SAY), a leading global consulting and information technology services provider, has won the coveted Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance for 2008. The organization was named the winner by The World Council for Corporate Governance (WCFCG), with Dr. Ola Ullsten, the former Prime Minister of Sweden, serving as lead judge.<br />The honor is especially relevant given that corporate governance best practices are considered key benchmarks by stakeholders who evaluate corporations. In fact, their importance is magnified in difficult economic environments.<br />"It is a real honor for Satyam to receive such a prestigious award,” said Srinivas Vadlamani, Satyam CFO. “It is a testament to our efforts to continually innovate and advance corporate governance best practices in our industry and around the world."<br />The award was presented at the Ninth International Conference on Corporate Governance, held in London. G. Jayaraman, Satyam’s Global Head of Corporate Governance and the Company Secretary, accepted the honor at a function attended by business leaders, corporate governance experts and policymakers.The Golden Peacock Award is the latest of several corporate governance honors for Satyam. Investor Relations Global Rankings (IRGR) rated Satyam as the company with Best Corporate Governance Practices for 2006 and 2007. It also won the Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance from the Institute of Directors in New Delhi in 2002.<br />“This honor demonstrates the value Satyam places on corporate governance, and on the importance of serving the interests of our investors, clients, associates and of society,” Jayaraman said.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-68445492220798977072008-10-07T14:05:00.001+05:302008-10-07T14:06:46.455+05:30Thermax New Order Win: 450Cr Captive Power Plant<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SOsfh2QWG5I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/N26JYuKCrl0/s1600-h/TH.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254328056618032018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3BXOkgDhcU/SOsfh2QWG5I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/N26JYuKCrl0/s400/TH.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-48918190278419679222008-08-27T09:27:00.001+05:302008-08-27T09:27:42.924+05:30I Didn't Believe Till I Experienced...Here Are The 15 Rules Or Laws That Pune Lives By<br /><br />1. The Other Side Law:<br />If my side of the road has a traffic jam, then I can start driving on the wrong side of the road, and all incoming cars will be rerouted via Nanded.<br /><br />2. The Queue Nahin Rule:<br />If there is a queue of many people, no one will notice me sneaking into the front as long as I am looking the other way.<br /><br />3. The Mind Over Matter Law:<br />If a red light is not working, four cars from different directions can easily pass through one another.<br /><br />4. The Auto Axiom:<br />If I indicate which way I am going to turn my auto rickshaw, it is an information security leak.<br /><br />5. The In Spit Of Thing:<br />The more I lean out of my car or bus, and the harder I spit, the stronger the roads become.<br /><br />6. The Cinema Hall Fact:<br />If I get a call on my mobile phone, the film automatically goes into pause mode.<br /><br />7. The Brotherhood Law:<br />If I want to win an argument, I need only to repeatedly suggest that the other person has illicit relations with his sister or mother.. .<br /><br />8. The Baraat Right:<br />When I'm on the road to marriage, all the roads in the city belong to me.<br /><br />9. The Heart Of Things:<br />If I open enough buttons on my shirt, the pretty girl at the bus stop can see through my hairy chest into the depths of my soul.<br /><br />10. The Name Game:<br />It is very important for the driver behind me to memorise the nicknames of my children.<br /><br />11. Parking Up The Wrong Tree:<br />When I double-park my car, the road automatically widens so that the traffic is not affected.<br /><br />12. The Chill Bill Move:<br />When I park and block someone else's car I am giving him a chance to pause, relax, chill and take a few moments off from his rushed day.<br /><br />13. The Burrp Break:<br />The louder I burp in a public place; the more it helps other people digest their food.<br /><br />14. The Bus Karo Law:<br />If I don't stop my bus at the correct place near the bus stop, the city will explode and blow into 6 million pieces.<br /><br />15. The VIP Rule:<br />There are only 7 important persons in this city-Me, I, Myself, Main, Mainu, Aami and Moi !<br /><br />PS: Although these rules have been made for Pune - BUT - they are applicable to MOCOI (Most other cities of India)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15926739.post-34599807472204115592008-08-27T09:23:00.001+05:302008-10-07T14:05:13.800+05:30Adventures of SivaranjanSIVARANJAN & THE INTERVIEWER<br />Interviewer: What is your birth date?<br />Sivaranjan : 13th October<br />Interviewer: Which year?<br />Sivaranjan: ... EVERY YEAR<br /><br />SIVARANJAN & HIS MANAGER<br />Manager asked to Sivaranjan at an interview....<br />Can you spell a word that has more than 100 letters in it?<br />Sivaranjan replied: P-O-S-T-B-O- X<br /><br />SIVARANJAN & LONDON TRIP<br />After returning back from a foreign trip, Sivaranjan asked his wife, Do I<br />look like a foreigner?<br />Wife : No! Why?<br />Sivaranjan : In London, a lady asked me, "Are you a foreigner?".. that's why ...<br /><br />SIVARANJAN & TOURIST<br />One tourist from U.S.A.asked to Sivaranjan whether any great man born in this<br />village or not .. and Sivaranjan said .. "No sir, only babies were born here."<br /><br />SIVARANJAN & HIS EXPERIMENT<br />Sivaranjan was experimenting with a cockroach. First he cut off oneof it's<br />leg and told WALK. WALK. Cockroach walked.<br />Then he cutoff it's second leg and told the same. Cockroach walked. Then<br />he cut off the third leg and did the same. At last he cut off it's fourth<br />leg and ordered it walk! But cockroach didn't walk.<br />Suddenly Sivaranjan said loudly, "I found it. If we cut cockroach's four<br />legs, it becomes deaf.<br />Sivaranjan become a saint!<br /><br />SIVARANJAN & DRIVER<br />When Sivaranjan was travelling with his wife in a motorised tricycle, the<br />driver adjusted mirror. Sivaranjan shouted, "Are you trying to see my wife? Come,<br />sit back here and I will drive.<br /><br />SIVARANJAN GOES TO HOTEL<br />Sivaranjan went in a hotel. To wash hands he went to the washbasin. There he<br />started washing the basin. Seeing this, the manager asked what was he<br />doing. Sivaranjan pointed towards the board "WASHBASIN"<br /><br />SIVARANJAN & INTERVIEWER - FINAL PART<br />Interviewer : Just imagine your in 20th floor in a building, it caught<br />fire and how will you escape ?<br />Sivaranjan : It's simple.. I will just stop my imagination . :)<br /><br />Oh .. i forgot . the funniest part ...<br />On a political rally Sivaranjan was arrested. Why ????????????<br />Because, a woman journalist walking with a badge wrote "PRESS" on her<br />right chest ... and he did it !Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0