The Fall of Nepal’s last king gyanendra

From Reuters:

Not long ago he was revered by some as a Hindu god, waited upon by thousands of royal palace retainers. His face adorned banknotes and the national anthem sang his praises.

Now Nepal’s former King Gyanendra is vilified, has lost his crown and is being forced out of his palace.

A specially elected assembly voted overwhelmingly to abolish the 239-year-old monarchy two weeks ago, leaving Gyanendra to go down in history as the last king of Nepal.

Aarushi Talwar : Media attack

Aarushi Talwar has been the most talked about topic on the Indian Television, specially news channels these days. There have been numerous scripts read aloud by the TV anchors and as many versions of the murder being considered on television. The police where not far in grabbing the opportunity to hog the limelight and shortly after their first press conference, they went into in a bunker as the ever digging media found their incapability and illiterate (virtually) minds. A CBI inquiry was ordered and the shameful police people suspended. Now that the case is in the hands of the CBI, it is coming to new twists and turns.

Theses turns have proved to be the perfect script for the television creative artists, who seriously lack some talent. They are very good at one thing, the art of copying. the thing they do very well. if not hollywood, it is reality. After all it is their inspiration. I have no problem with that. It is the insensitivity with which this sensitive subject has been approached. They have pointed fingers at the character of the 14 year old victim (Aarushi). They have left no stone unturned to capture their audience and make more money. You have to make money, make it, talk about aarushi, but please don’t assassinate her image.Don’t instill fear in the minds of school going children and for heaven sake don’t create something non-existent. The one thing, which made me very upset was the “MMS” which was aired on “India” new channel. The channel now faces temporary ban. it is my appeal to all those who are reading this to discourage such talks.

Health Ministry on ill effects of mobile

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In the first of its kind in the history of Indian science and medicine, the health minister A Ramadoss has ordered a test. In a recent study at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), rats were subjected to radiation from mobile phones. They were found to have damaged DNA and a very low sperm count. This were leading reduction in size of testis and infertility. The Union health ministry now wants to find out whether cellphones could have same adverse effects on our health. A study earlier had found out that if cell phones are kept in the pockets of your pants, the infertility levels could be higher. The excessive growth of telecom in India is prompting the medicine industry to investigate into such matters and whether in long term, they could affect the health of people.
This 5 yr study will be conducted by JNU’s School of Environmental Sciences and AIIMS ( neurology, obstetrics and gynaecology,biochemistry)

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Arushi Talwar murder : The compunder’s hand

CBI put Dr Rajesh Talwar’s compounder, Krishna, on a second lie detector test to cross-check a few vital points raised by the reconstruction of the crime scene.

Krishna has denied having visited Hemraj on the night when the murders of arushi and the domestic help, hemraj were committed. He has not been taken into custody as there is no conclusive evidence against him. The central bureau of Investigation (CBI) is trying to find out that he was one the persons, who shared a drink with the victim, Hemraj on the ill fated night.
Three glasses and a bottle of whiskey were found in Hemraj’s room on the terrace of the

Arushi Talwar MMS: TV channel given notice

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News channel ‘India’ had recently aired an MMS on Arushi Talwar. The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry found the content ‘‘obscene, defamatory and denigrating of children and against good taste and decency”. The government, upset over the telecast of the vulgar MMS has issued a show cause notice to the news channel. The TV channel now faces temporary ban. Nupur Talwar, the mother of Arushi Talwar has lodged a strong protest with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) against television channels and a production house.

13 features of Gmail labs

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Google has intorduced Gmail labs that helps you decide the way you use your email. They have added some very cool features and some very basic features in their labs. The following are the 13 things they’ve added to their labs. You can click on the settings links and then click on the labs tab to enable some these cool basic features.

1. Quick Links
   • Adds a box to the left column that gives you 1-click access to any bookmarkable URL in Gmail. You can use it for saving frequent searches, important individual messages and more.
2. Superstars
   • Adds additional star icons. After enabling this feature, you can choose which icons you wish to use in the “General” Settings page. This I think is the best feature of the Labs