Thursday, 24 February 2011

Top 10 Richest Indians

Richest Indians in 2010. More after the break...

10. Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani — Net Worth: $6 Billion

Started just in 1988, the Adani group has climbed up the ladder fast to reach forefront of business in commodities trading and expanded to infrastructure and energy. Its chairman Gutam Adani is our tenth richest person.

09. Kumar Birla

Kumar Birla — Net Worth: $7.8 billion

Birla group used to be the number two business house in India but after its split some decades ago, one of the group companies Aditya-Birla group, is the world's tenth largest cement company.

08. Sunil Mittal

Sunil Mittal — Net worth - $8.2 billion.

Airtel is the pioneer in the telecom in India and is the number one in the field. It is this company that took mobile phone and telemedia to all the corners of India. The Bharthi Airtel, the company that owns Airtel has Sunil Mittal as its chairman.

07. Savitri Jindal

Savitri Jindal — Net Worth - $12 billion.

Om Prakash Jindal, the founder of the Jindal Group died in March 2005 and the family fortune was divided into four parts for 4 brothers but eh controlling interest went to his wife Savitri Jindal. The lady as the non-executive chairman of the O.P. Indal group. This company manufactures power and steel.

06. Kushal Pal Singh

K.P. SIngh — Net Worth - $13.5 billion.

The property company DLF's slogan says it all: Building India. DLf is India's and now world's largest builders and their operations extend throughout India. Almost all metropolitan and tier II cities come under their developing activities. The chairman Kushal Pal Singh is an army veteran. DLF has a city named after itself near Delhi: DLF city!

05. Shashi & Ravi Rhuia

Shashi - Ravi Rhuia — Joint Net Worth - $13.6 billion.

Family business to the fore again. When Nand Kishore Ruia,their father died, the brothers Shashi and Ravi Ruia took over the company known as Essar group. mainly into shipping and paint in the beginning, now their multi-faceted operations include steel, power and oil.

04. Azim Premji

Azim Premji — Net Worth - $14.9 billion

When Azim Premji was selling cooking oil, nobody knew him. He made a plunge into IT sector when it was in nascent stage. He did not look back since then. His Wipro is as well known as any other IT major in the world with its third largest exports from the country to scores of countries in the world. Computers and allied industries keep him in the 4th position.

03. Anil Ambani

Top 10 Richest Indians

Anil Ambani — Net Worth - $17.5 billion.

Ambani brothers can easily be the richest people in the world by far, had they chosen to remain as one company. Alas, they had to part company and the younger Brother Anil Ambani comes third in our list of 10 richest Indians. His business interests include telecom, entertainment, financial services and infrastructure. His flag ship company is Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

02. Lakshmi N. Mittal

Lakshmi N. Mittal — Net Worth - $30 billion

You could have called him a little upstart some years ago and you would not have been more wrong. Not any more. From a scrap merchant in erstwhile Calcutta to one of the top steel magnets in the world is no joke. Sheer hard work and prudence has earned him the second place in this list. His factories are present in South America, India and Middle east.

01. Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani — Net Worth - $32 billion.

Well, we all know who the first one is in our list. Yes, It is Mukesh Ambani, the elder of the Ambani brothers. He has his hand in many businesses but the important ones are Petrol, oil and gas. His Reliance Industries is the numero uno company in India. Another distinction he has is that he is the second richest man in the world. Fortune magazinwe predicts he will be the richest man in the world before 2014. He continues his father, Dhirubhai Ambani's legacy in business.

Top 10 Richest Indians

10 Oldest Mosques in the World

01. Quba Mosque, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 622

The designation of the oldest mosque in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between old mosque buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques and those that were shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, they are distinguished between early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist (wikipedia). 09 More after the break...

02. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 622

03. Masjid al-Qiblatain, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 623

04. Jawatha Mosque, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 629

05. Masjid al-Haram, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 638

06. Great Mosque of Kufa, Iraq

First Built: 639

07. Mosque of Uqba, Tunisia

First Built: 670

08. Imam Hussain Mosque, Iraq

First Built: 680

09. Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem

First Built: 705

10. Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Tunisia

First Built: 709

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The Biggest Family in the World

At Zion Chan from India 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.
If we add to them wives and husbands of his adult children, lives in the house of Chan 181 people.
The house itself - is enormous. It has more than one hundred bedrooms.
Wife sleep with their common husband in turn.
At what most young have an advantage over those who are older.
At dinner, the family prepares about 30 whole chickens.
An interesting fact worth noting also the fact that Chan became a record 10 weddings in one year. 04 More images after the break...

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World in the mist of 'LIKE'

Someone might already brought this into light, but I just realized it.

It all started with me thinking for the reasons why people write poems.

One can list out Love, hate, compassion, dream, happiness, sorrow and go on till he is out of all emotions.

On thinking, I narrowed the list down to one, which is like.

Let me just list out all above reasons one by one and then show how they indeed are like

Love - Synonym of like !

Hate - You hate something because you like something else.

Compassion - You care for others. Isn't that kind of like?

Dream - You like to achieve something.

Happiness - Its because you like it

Sorrow - Its because you miss something you like

You might strike this out as my perspective, but like in every human got its own perspective.

Selfishness, corruption, war, crime and what not. Just name it and see that we are covered by like.

One can only create like as destroying it would be an act because he likes something else.

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Now upload up to 2048 pixel size large images in Facebook

If you were in a dilemma on whether to shift completely on to Flickr for photo sharing needs, then Facebook gives you one more reason to keep sticking to it. Facebook is going to increase the maximum size limit for uploading photos from 720 pixels to 2048 pixels (approximately 8 times more) starting today and will be functional for every Facebook user in coming weeks.

The photo viewer is also going to have a revamped lightbox interface in which has dark background with images popping-up in the forefront. This comes as welcome addition for people who always wanted to showcase their photography skills on Facebook, but somehow due to compression of images couldn’t display what was apparent.

You’ll be updated on this new addition in your Facebook account anytime stating today carrying up to a week or more, so keep a check on exploring it.

Now upload up to 2048 pixel size large images in Facebook

Monday, 21 February 2011

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

Year 2010 is saying good bye and everyone is happy to give a cheerful welcome to the new year 2011 but here I am sharing 12 heartbreaking photos of 2010.

This sharing is not to make you sad but just to remind that world is full of sad stories so in new year spread more and more love to people and play your role in making this world more beautiful.

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

A woman kisses the shrouded body of her four-year-old niece, Zainab, who was killed in a Baghdad bombing, as the family prepares for her burial in the Shi'ite city of Najaf, 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 21, 2010. The child was killed along with her entire family - mother, father, and sister - on Sunday, when suicide bombers attacked a a crowded Baghdad commercial district.

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

Pakistani villagers raise hands to get food dropped from an army helicopter at a flood-hit area of Kot Addu, in central Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010.

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

A rioter uses a door as a shield as he is fired on by a metro police officer during a protest at the Phomolong informal settlement, outside Pretoria, South Africa on March 23, 2010. South African police fired buckshot on Tuesday to disperse township rioters who threw stones and looted shops to protest over poor housing and lack of rail services

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

Spanish matador Julio Aparicio is gored by a bull, its horn piercing his throat, during a bullfight at the San Isidro Feria in the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid on May 21, 2010. Aparicio underwent surgery and is out of critical danger.

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

In this aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Eleven men working on the platform were killed, and 17 others injured.

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Alabama, Saturday, June 12, 2010

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

A man steps carefully through lifeless bodies piled outside the morgue in Port-au-Prince on January 14, 2010, following a devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12. Haiti's government has placed the final death toll at over 230,000.

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

The collapsed Borde Rio apartment building is seen in Concepcion, Chile, Thursday, March 4, 2010. On February 27th, a devastating magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

After months of heavy rainfall caused some of the worst floods Europe has seen in decades, farmers help a horse to jump into an amphibious vehicle in flooded Juliszew village in central Poland at Wisla river on May 24, 2010.

Some Heartbreaking Photos of 2010

Top 5 World’s Most Amazing Places

World’s Most Amazing Places

Here is a list of the top 5 most beautiful places in the world. A place is pointed out, be interesting and fascinating, if these places are unique. Makes people excited to be unique because of its uniqueness or surprised by the beauty of the place. As the places below, which consider the most beautiful places in the world?

1. The Door To Hell, Turkmenistan

World’s Most Amazing Places

Door to Hell is the most amazing place in the world, it is located in Turkmenistan.

2. The Great Dune of Pyla, France

World’s Most Amazing Places

It is also one of the amazing place as well as very famous and unique place.

3. Mount Roraima, Venezuela, Brazil and Guyan

World’s Most Amazing Places

No Doubt Mount Roraima is a very beautiful place. The table is mounted in the cloud shape, this stone is unique.

4. Rotorua, New Zealand

World’s Most Amazing Places

It is located in New Zealand. There are many features of this place such as swimming pool and boiling mud. Surrounded by many tourists, distinctive and attractive. I hope you must have a wish to see this amazing place.

5. Socotra, Republic of Yemen

World’s Most Amazing Places

It is also one of the best and amazing place in the world. Socotra is one of the world’s most bizarre place.

Sunday, 20 February 2011

Amazing facts about India

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The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat. INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga ( Golden Age ) More INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT India : -

The name `India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero. More facts after the break...

Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software. ( a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987 ).
Chess was invented in India.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.
The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.
The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.
The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).
The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.
The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
India has the most post offices in the world !
The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people !.
The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
The art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh 6000 over years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.
Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculations was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: ( 5th century ) 365.258756484 days.
The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European mathematicians.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus also orignated from India. Quadratic equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 ( i.e 10 to the power of 53 ) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C. during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 10*12( 10 to the power of 12 ).
Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. ( Source . Gemological Institute of America )
The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
Sushruta is regarded as the father of surgery. Over 2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

Amazing facts about India

20 facts about YouTube

20 facts about YouTube
1. YouTube (Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim) All three founders of YouTube (Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim) worked on Paypal, when you started your project.
2. YouTube domain was registered at St Day. Valentine's (February 14, 2005).

3.70% of registered YouTube users from the U.S., 50% of YouTube users under 20 years of age.

4. If YouTube was a Hollywood movie company, it would have enough material to produce 60 000 new movies every week.

5. To produce as many videos as it was uploaded to YouTube over the past 2 months, broadcasters NBC, ABC, CBS would have to work around the clock seven days a week since 1948.

6. The total volume of traffic on YouTube about the same as used all over the Internet in 2000.

7. Need more than 1000 years to see all the videos on Youtube (but by that time videos uploaded to YouTube, there will be more per billion).

8. YouTube. The most popular category for video uploading - it's "Music", it contains about 20% of all videos YouTube.

9. The United States has charged more than anyone else on YouTube video, followed by Great Britain. U.S. users also watch most of the video, followed by hits - Japan.

10. The first-ever video posted on YouTube, it's "I'm in a zoo", downloaded Apr. 23, 2005 one of the founders of YouTube, Javed Karim.

11. Daily number of video views on YouTube is more than 2 billion.

12. Google bought YouTube in 2006 for 1.65 billion dollars.

13. The first video that opened the Russian version of YouTube in 2007 to the year, became Peter Nalitch clip for the song "Guitar".

14. March 13, 2007 Company «Viacom» filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the service of YouTube massive copyright infringement and demanding transfer her personal details of all service users. Federal Judge of the Southern District of New York granted the plaintiff's demands, contrary to U.S. federal law.

15. Many users whose videos become popular on YouTube, later became the stars and beyond the Internet. YouTube. For example, a boy superstar of Canada Justin Bieber received an expensive contract with a record label for its recordings, which his mother laid out on YouTube.

16. "Easter Egg" on YouTube: if during the download video push the button up, down, left or right (choice: tighten up and left), then turn on the game "Snake".
17. According to the statistics for November 2010, at the moment on YouTube loaded 35 hours of video, and a day - 50,400 hours.

18. Video, marked as deleted are not necessarily physically deleted. With the help of special applications such as Deleted YouTube Video Viewer, these files can be viewed.

19. In March 2009, the Chinese government blocked access to YouTube after it appeared on videotape being beaten by Chinese soldiers of Tibetan monks and other Tibetans.

20.YouTube. According to Wikipedia, 15 February 2005 - the official beginning of the history of YouTube.

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Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Attractive Female Stars of 2010 in Hollywood

Camilla Belle (Actress)

The list of "Beautiful and Attractive Stars 2010 (Hollywood)" included celebrities of show business: music, film and fashion, more images after the break...

Aubrey Odey (Singer)