Saturday, December 31, 2016

2 killed and 11 hurt in Explosion inside Cracker manufacturing unit in Nellore, Andhrapradesh

Police said that 2 people were killed and 11 are injured in an explosion that took in crackers manufacturing unit at porlukatta on the outskirts of Nellore town, Andhra Pradesh.

District Superintendent of Police Vishal Gunni said that the source of the explosion is not known.
SPS Nellore district Collector Revu Mutyala Raju and SP Gunni rushed to the spot to carry out the rescue operation.

Two killed and 11 hurt in Explosion inside Cracker manufacturing unit in Nellore, Andhrapradesh

Mean while, deputy CM Nimmakayala Chinarajappa telephoned SP and enquired the situation.He directed the SP to ensure proper medication to the injured.He further asked the SP to carry an inquiry into the incident and submit the report immediately.

The Deputy CM also asked the administration to locate and crackdown illegal cracker manufacturing units if found any. According to sources the death toll is likely to increase as many of them suffered severe burns in the incident.

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Friday, December 30, 2016

with 34 perent share, Chinese Smartphones lead the Indian and Global brands

Chinese smartphones recorded 34 percent share and lead Indian markets in Q3 to become largest bloc in India, according to India smartphone Q3 monitor by Counterpoint Research. While Indian smartphone brands lead Indian markets with 41.5% share in the beginning of the year they slump to 33.8 per cent in Q3. 

with 34 perent share, Chinese Smartphones lead the Indian and Global brands

The shares of Global brands have also declined from 35.9 per cent in Q1 to 32.2 per cent in Q3 and that indicated chinese smartphones makers estabilished  a strong foothold in Indian and Global counterparts.

One important reason is the agresssive prices coupled with  features  these chinese smartphones come up with when compared with the same features in estabilished brands the price difference is clearly higher. So following this statergy the chinese brands were able to garner the attention of middle class, which occupy major chunk in India.

Senior analyst Tarun Pathak, said that association of chinese brands like OPPO nad Vivo during Indian premeir league facilitated these brands to garner large public attention and in way boosted their market share. Lenovo and Motorola lead the pack of chinese brands with combined market share of 9.6%, followed by Xiaomi with 6.45%,Vivo with 4.88 ,Oppo (4.18) and Gionee recorded 4.14% share completing the Top 5.

Shashin Devsare, official chief of Karbonn Mobiles said that while hardware specifications are getting commoditised, it becomes very important to provide simplified user experience to consumers and that is where Indian brands hold the key. Karbonn mobiles recorded 3.08 percent of smartphone share in Q3.

Image credits & source: ET Times



Thursday, December 29, 2016

Sasikala Unanimously elected as the General secretary of AIADMK party

Sasikala famously called chinnamma has been unanimously elected as the General secretary of AIADMK party. She succeeds late chief minister Jayalalithaa who held the post for 3 decades. The resolution was passed by chief minister O. Pannerselvam along with 23 members that included ministers MLA s MPs at a meeting held in Chennai. AIADMK announced through its official twitter handle @AIADMKOfficial.


Sasikala Unanimously elected as the General secretary of AIADMK party
Image credits: Indian express



There were no opponents in AIADMK to challenge the decision made as many district secretaries and leaders of various wings have already endorsed to work under Sasikala. As many as 14 resolutions were passed in the meeting that included a resolution to celebrate  Jayalalithaa's  birthday as "National Farmer's day".

The meeting was attended by AIADMK Presidium Chairman E Madhusudhanan, Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam Lok Sabha deputy speaker M Thambidurai, veteran leader Panruti S Ramachandran, State Ministers, party MLAs and MPs.

After the meeting, chief minister O. Pannerselvam along with MLAs went to Poes garden to meet Sasikala and hand over the copies of resolution. Sasikala accepted the resolution and took over the copies.


Source: Indian express

Monday, December 26, 2016

IDFC Bank Launches "Aadhaar Pay" App to help Citizens transact even with out Smartphone

IDFC bank announced "Aadhaar Pay" app to help citizens without a smartphone to pay digitally with the help of fingerprint. Aadhaar Pay,was launched by the government on Sunday and developed by IDFC banking association with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).



The government is thinking to unify all bank accounts with Aadhaar .Currently over 1 billion people in India own Aadhaar card Out of which 400  million bank accounts are linked with Aadhaar.

Although Smartphone usage has seen a surge in recent times due to the competitive price war among companies only 268 million people own smartphone at the end of Q32016 according to counterpoint. Another advantage with Aadhaar Pay is that there is no transaction fee levied on either the consumer or the merchant. 

How it works?

Merchants have to download the app on their android phones.The phone is attached to a fingerprint scanner
The consumers have to input the details of the bank name Aadhaar number and scan their fingerprint.
Fingerprint acts a password. Once authenticated merchant receives payment from the bank
Howeverit works only with Aadhaar linked bank account

The app is already available at over 100 merchant outlets in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, and Bihar.




Sunday, December 25, 2016

Allu Arjun announced his daughter's name and it is adorable

Last month Allu Arjun and Sneha Reddy became proud parents for the second time. They were blessed with a baby girl. Today  Allu Arjun announced his daughter's name as 'Arha', and it is adorable. He posted the matter on social media sites like twitter and facebook. He also explained in detail  the reason behind the name.

Allu Arjun announced his daughter's name and it is adorable

Announcing the news on Twitter, Allu wrote, "Our newly arrived angel ?ll? ?rha. Hindu meaning: Lord Shiva. Islamic meaning: Calm& Serene. "AR" jun & Sne "HA" together ARHA #AlluArha."


The couple are married in 2011 and already has a two-year-old son Allu Ayaan.

Allu Arjun is currently working in romantic entertainer Devuda Jagannadham. Pooja Hegde is the lead actress paired opposite Allu Arjun. The movie is being produced by Dil Raju who is collaborating with Bunny after a gap of 8Years. Previously they both worked in superhit movies like 'Arya' and 'Parugu'.

ATM dispenses Rs. 500 for Rs. 100 in Shamshabad Airport

A bizarre situation took place in the shamshabad airport in Telangana state. It was raining cash from Atm machine situated in the Airport. The ATM dispensed Rs 500 for Rs100. This incident happened with Kotak Mahindra bank ATM situated in the second Gate of the Airport entrance. When a person entered Rs. 2500 for withdrawal ATM  machine initially dispensed one Rs. 2000 note.Instead of five Rs 100, notes the ATM dispensed Rs 2500 totaling the amount to Rs. 4500.

ATM dispenses Rs 500 for Rs 100 in Shamshabad Airport


The incident spread like wildfire and more people started to withdraw cash in the same manner. Likewise, the situation happened for 40 minutes.Then the airport officials took notice and informed the Bank employees and made to close the ATM temporarily.Airport and Bank officials are expecting that around Rs. 8 lakh cash would have been withdrawn from the ATM. Bank officials attributed the failure of ATM machine might have happened due to technical problems.

Source: sakshi

Saturday, December 24, 2016

ACB raids house of Visakha R&B Deputy EE, unearth Rs 4.8 crores of illegal assets

Post demonetisation Anti-corruption bureau earlier has intensified raids on residences of government officials and unveiling crores worth of illegal assets.The latest raid happened to be on the house of  Visakha R&B (Roads and buildings)Deputy EE Subhash Chandra Patro. Based on the information received, ACB officials conducted raids in the residence of Patro.

Image credits; Sakshi

ACB officials likewise conducting raids simultaneously in the residences belonging to Patro located at Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and Hyderabad. Raids are also conducted on relatives residences of Patro inBurja of Srikakulam district.


So far ACB officials unveiled  Rs 4.08 crores worth of illegal assets. The officials seized the illegal  assets that included 15 residential places, Rs 1.5 lakhs cash bank balance of  Rs 29 lakhs 600 grams gold, car, and bike.

                              

Pawan Kalyan's 'Katamarayudu' Release Date Announced

The much awaited Powerstar Pawan Kalyan's mass entertainer Katamarayudu is all set to release in march on the day of Ugadi. For quite a few days shooting has been taking place at a brisk pace in Pollachi. Recently the film crew announced that they completed shooting schedule in Pollachi and the film unit are back in Hyderabad.

Pawan Kalyan's Katamarayudu Release Date Announced

On this occasion, film unit has released a refreshing still starring Pawan kalyan and Shruti Hasan. In it, Pawan kalyan is seen standing right behind Shruti Hasan and teasing her. The new still takes us back to the memories of  Super hit movie Gabbar Singh.


The songs are composed by music director Anup Rubens. The movie is being directed by Kishore Kumar Partha Sani and being produced under the banner North star entertainment. Katamarayudu is the remake of Tamil super hit film veteran. As usual, the new still is creating buzz among power star fans who have been eagerly waiting for the movie.

Friday, December 23, 2016

The super city of Amaravati - The people’s capital of Andhra Pradesh’: NGC Documentary to begin soon

amaravati

An appointment of the National Geographic Channel (NGC) on Thursday talked about the modalities of the proposed narrative titled — The super city of Amaravati - The people’s capital of Andhra Pradesh’  — with AP-Capital Region Development Authority (AP-CRDA) Commissioner Cherukuri Sreedhar at his office here. 

The film mirrors the terrific vision for the city and follows the aged past of old Amaravati, in the region of which the advanced capital city is looked to be constructed. 

The land pooling exercise that included about 30,000 ranchers will be properly highlighted, as no place else in India has such undertakings been taken up on a practically identical scale. 

The AP-CRDA had settled in its tenth Executive Committee meeting held in August this year to draw in the NGC to get the capital city extend archived from its developmental stage till its opening in the year 2019. 

The film will include sound visuals (AV) of the diverse stages, sprinkled with meetings of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and other people who molded the vision of Amaravati and those in the front line of its execution. 

The aggregate cost of the narrative was evaluated at Rs.80 lakh, which is similarly shared by creation and advancement of the film. 

The CRDA has gone into an agreement with the NGC through a Bengaluru-based film-production endeavor. The shooting is relied upon to begin sooner rather than later. It will be spread over an aggregate of 60 days in three years. 

Notwithstanding the AV segment, the narrative will have maps and 3D illustrations of the geology and the structures coming up in the endless scope of fruitful terrains on which Amaravati is coming up. 

The film will likewise have a story of the historical backdrop of the stream Krishna on the banks of which the fantasy city is being inherent yielding to the general population's desires to have a world-class capital city in their middle. 

The NGC will send propelled gear, including automatons, to catch the sheer extent of the venture on which the administration needs worldwide regard for be bolted.

Friday, December 9, 2016

APPSC extends Group 2 Online Application Closing date till December 15, 2016

Andhra Pradesh public service commission (APPSC) has extended the last date for receiving Applications for Group 2 posts till December 15.Due to technical problems that arose in APPSC website the candidates has faced lot of difficulty during Application procedure. Although, APPSC has estimated around 7.5 lakh applications, only 2.5 lakh applications are received until wednesday. 

APPSC extends  Group II Online Application Closing date till December 15, 2016



This may be attributed to the problems faced by candidates during Onetime profile registration (OTPR).Also record number of OTPR's have been registered during the release of notifications as a result  Server load increased drastically leading to technical problems.

Keeping in view of the problems, APPSC chairman Uday Bhaskar along with Secretary YVSC Sai organized a meeting with AP Online members to review the situation.They felt that time will not be sufficient for all the candidates to apply for Group II with in the scheduled time limit of December 10.So far until thursday 4 lakh applications have been uploaded. So the APPSC secretary has issues a statement saying  that the last date has been extended till December 15.

No Negative marks for Group-II exam


UdayBhaskar also clarified on the negative marks issue. He explained that,  Since the Group II notification has already come, there will be no negative marks . He further said that  APPSC will issue notification for Group 1 and Group 3 by the month end,  and both these exams carry negative marks.

India Shifting Gears to Plastic currency Notes from Paper Notes

The Government on Thursday informed parliament that a decision has been taken to print plastic currency notes.The procurement of material for plastic currency has also started.

India shifting Gears to Plastic currency Notes from Paper Notes


“It has been decided to print banknotes based on plastic or polymer substrate. The process of procurement has been initiated,” Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said in a written reply in Lok Sabha to a query whether RBI proposes to print plastic currency notes in place of paper ones.

The reserve bank has long been planning to bring plastic currency in circulation.If we go   back to  2014, the government then informed parliament that they one billion plastic notes of Rs 10 would be released on trial basis in 5 Cities.The  cities were selected based on geographical and climatic diversity. The cities included Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Shimla and Bhubaneshwar.

Plastic currency notes have many advantages over paper notes.Plastic notes have long lifespan when compared with paper notes. There is also a minimal chance for the creation of fake notes often seen in the case of paper currency notes. 

Answering to another question, Meghwal said it was informed  by RBI in December 2015 that they have received  a few banknotes of Rs 1,000 without having security string which were printed at Currency Note Press (CNP), Nashik, on paper provided by Security Paper Mill (SPM), Hoshangabad. An inquiry has been started by Security Printing and Minting Corporation (SPMCIL) and the units involved (SPM and CNP).

Meghwal additionally said that a  move has been made to strengthen method and online review framework in manufacturing procedure and the persons involved were given special training to prevent the recurrence of such mistakes in the future.

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నలుగురిలో ఉన్నప్పుడు మనం తినే పద్ధతి, మాట్లాడే తీరు.. వంటివన్నీ మన వ్యక్తిత్వాన్ని సూచిస్తాయంటారు. మరి డబ్బు విషయంలో ఎలా? అప్పుడూ కొన్ని మర్యాదలు పాటించాల్సిందే. అవేంటో తెలుసుకోండి మరి.

* నీ జీతం ఎంత? ఈ నగ ఎంత పెట్టి కొన్నావ్‌? వంటి ప్రశ్నలు చాలాసార్లు మనల్ని మొహమాటంలోకి నెట్టేస్తాయి. అలాంటప్పుడు ఏదో ఒక సమాధానం చెప్పాలని లేదు. మౌనంగా ఉండండి. అప్రస్తుత చర్చను మధ్యలోకి తీసుకొస్తే ఆ విషయాల గురించి చెప్పడానికి మీరు ఇష్టపడరని ఎదుటివారు అర్థం చేసుకుంటారు. అడగడం మానేస్తారు.


* సమయానికి మన దగ్గర డబ్బులు లేకనో మరో కారణం చేతనో ఒక్కోసారి స్నేహితులతో కలిసి కొన్ని బిల్లులని పంచుకోవాల్సిన పరిస్థితి వస్తుంది. అవతలి వాళ్లు కూడా మొహమాటానికి పోయి నా వాటా ఎంత అని అడగలేరు. అలాంటప్పుడు ఏ ఒక్కరిపైనా భారం పడకుండా.. అది పదిరూపాయలు అయినా సరే సమానంగా పంచుకోండి. దానివల్ల పొరపొచ్చాలు రాకుండా ఉంటాయి.

* మీరు పేదవాళ్లకు సాయం చేద్దాం అనుకున్నారు. అందుకు నలుగురు స్నేహితురాళ్లతో కలిసి కొంత డబ్బుని సేకరించి ఇచ్చారు. మీ పని పూర్తయ్యాక ఆ పనిలో సహకరించిన వాళ్లని మర్చిపోవద్దు. వ్యక్తిగతంగా అందరికీ ఈమెయిళ్లు పెట్టండి. లేదా సంక్షిప్త సందేశాలు పంపి కృతజ్ఞతలు తెలపండి. వారి డబ్బు ఏవిధంగా సద్వినియోగం అయ్యిందీ వివరంగా తెలియచేస్తే మంచిది.

* మీ స్నేహితులు ఎవరైనా చాలా అవసరం అని చెప్పి మిమ్మల్ని అడిగి డబ్బు తీసుకున్నారు. దాన్ని తిరిగి ఇవ్వకుండా.... కొత్త బట్టలూ, బ్యాగులతో కళకళ్లాడుతూ కనిపిస్తున్నారు. అలాంటప్పుడు ‘నా డబ్బులు ఇవ్వకుండా నువ్వు మాత్రం ఇవన్నీ కొనుక్కుంటున్నావా?’ వంటి ప్రశ్నలు వేయకూడదంటారు టోటల్‌ మనీ మేకోవర్‌ పుస్తకాన్ని రాసిన డావిన్‌రామ్సే. నిజానికి ఆ బట్టలు ఎవరో ఇచ్చిన కానుక కూడా కావొచ్చు. లేదా వాళ్లే కొనుక్కోవచ్చు. అందుకే వెంటనే అడగకుండా ఇచ్చేవరకూ ఆగండి. లేదంటే మీ మధ్య మనస్పర్థలు రావచ్చని చెబుతారామె.

New Trains to run via Guntur from Nagarsol to Tirupati during the festive season

guntur junctionనూతన సంవత్సరం పురస్కరించుకుని దక్షిణ మధ్య రైల్వే కొత్త జి పలు  రైలు సర్వీసులు నడపనుంది . పండుగ సమయాలలో ప్రయాణికుల రద్దీని దృష్టిలో ఉంచుకుని గుంటూరు జంక్షన్ మీదుగా తిరుపతి - నగర్సోల్ కు ప్రత్యేక రైలు ను 16 ట్రిప్పులు నడపనుంది అని దక్షిణ మధ్య రైల్వే cpro తెలిపారు. 

 నెంబర్‌ 07417 తిరుపతి - నాగర్‌సోల్‌ ప్రత్యేక రైలు జనవరి 6, 13, 20, 27, ఫిబ్రవరి 3, 10, 17, 24 తేదీల్లో(శుక్రవారం) ఉదయం 7.30 గంటలకు బయలుదేరి రేణిగుంట, గూడూరు, నెల్లూరు, ఒంగోలు, తెనాలి, గుంటూరు, సత్తెనపల్లి, పిడుగురాళ్ల, నడికుడి, మిర్యాలగూడ, నల్గొండ, చర్లపల్లి, సికింద్రాబాద్‌, బేగంపేట మీదగా మరుసటిరోజు ఉదయం 11.55 గంటలకు నాగర్‌సోల్‌ చేరుకొంటుంది. నెంబర్‌ 07418 నాగర్‌సోల్‌ - తిరుపతి ప్రత్యేక రైలు జనవరి 7, 14, 21, 28, ఫిబ్రవరి 4, 11, 18, 25 తేదీల్లో(శనివారం) రాత్రి 10 గంటలకు బయలుదేరి పైన పేర్కొన్న స్టేషన్ల మీదగా సోమవారం వేకువజామున 4 గంటలకు తిరుపతి చేరుకొంటుంది. ఈ రైళ్లలో ఏసీ టూటైర్‌, మూడు త్రీటైర్‌, ఏడు స్లీపర్‌క్లాస్‌, ఆరు జనరల్‌ సెకండ్‌ క్లాస్‌ కోచలుంటాయని తెలిపారు.  



Thursday, December 8, 2016

Amaravati, People's Capital Official Song

Amaravati, People's Capital of Andhra Pradesh

Bomb threat for Apollo Hospital, Chennai

apollo hospital chennaiతమిళనాడు దివంగత ముఖ్యమంత్రి జయలలిత చికిత్స పొందిన చెన్నైలోని అపోలో ఆస్పత్రికి గురువారం బాంబు బెదిరింపు వచ్చింది. కొందరు దుండగులు ఆస్పత్రిలో బాంబు పెట్టామని బెదిరించడంతో హుటాహుటిన బ్యాంబ్‌ స్క్వాడ్‌ రంగంలోకి దిగింది. ఆస్పత్రి మొత్తాన్ని క్షుణ్ణంగా తనీఖీ చేస్తున్నది.

తీవ్ర అనారోగ్యానికి గురైన జయలలిత 74 రోజులపాటు అపోలో ఆస్పత్రిలో ఉండి చికిత్స పొందిన సంగతి తెలిసిందే. 74 రోజులు చికిత్స అందించిన జయలలిత మృత్యువుతో పోరాటంలో విజయం సాధించలేదు. ఒకదశలో ఆమె కోలుకున్నారని, ఇక త్వరలోనే ఇంటికి పంపిస్తారని కథనాలు వచ్చాయి. ఇంతలోనే కార్డియక్‌ అరెస్టుకు గురికావడంతో సోమవారం రాత్రి జయలలిత తుదిశ్వాస విడిచారని అపోలో ఆస్పత్రి ప్రకటించింది. అయితే, జయలలిత మృతి ప్రకటన, చికిత్స విషయంలో వ్యవహరించిన తీరుపై పలు అనుమానాలు వస్తున్న నేపథ్యంలో అపోలో ఆస్పత్రికి బాంబు బెదిరింపు రావడం గమనార్హం.

Source: sakshi

Why lack of sleep is bad for your health


Image result for lack of sleepగాఢనిద్ర చాలినంతగా లేకపోతే అనారోగ్యకరమైన ఆహారం తీసుకోవడం అధికమవుతుందని తాజా అధ్యయనంలో వెల్లడైంది. రెమ్‌ దశగా వ్యవహరించే గాఢ నిద్ర తగ్గితే చక్కెర, కొవ్వు ఆహార పదార్థాల వినియోగం పెరుగుతుందని గుర్తించారు. ఆర్‌ఈఎం దశలోని నిద్రనష్టంతో ముఖ్యంగా సూక్రోజ్‌, కొవ్వు పదార్థాల వినియోగం పెరుగుతున్నట్లు ఎలుకలపై చేపట్టిన అధ్యయనంలో గుర్తించారు. మనకు నిద్ర తగ్గినప్పుడు సూక్రోజ్‌ అధికంగా ఉండే ఆహార పదార్థాలను తీసుకోవాలనే కోరికను నియంత్రించడంలో మెదడులోని మీడియల్‌ ప్రీఫ్రంటల్‌ కార్టెక్స్‌ కీలక పాత్ర పోషిస్తున్నట్లు తమ అధ్యయనంలో గుర్తించామని పేర్కొన్నారు.

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Airtel joins Jio and BSNL to launch unlimited calling to any network with RC145 and RC345

Telecom operators are slowly stepping in with aggressive plants to counter Relaince Jio.The latest to join the bandwagon was Bharthi Airtel which announced two free voice caling Apps Rs145 and Rs 345 that come with substantial data benefits.


Airtel Offers Unlimted Free Calling any where in India


The move comes days after BSNL announced unlimited calling  plan for Rs 149  to its customers.Earlier Vodafone announced Rs 24 data pack named "Bada data Chota price" plan after  the announcement made by Mukesh Ambani regarding the extension of "Welcome offer"  by another 3 months calling it as "Happy New year offer".

Rs 145 allows subscribers to avail free local and national Airtel-Airtel  calls  with a validity of 28 days. Users can also avail 300 Mb data with this plan

Rs345 allows users to make unlimited local and national calls to any network. Users can also avail 1 GB 4 G data with a validity of 28 days. For mobile phones suited for web browsing and light social media applications will get an additional 50Mb data with this pack. Airtel also made it clear that pricing of prepaid packs is not fixed all over India and varies from circle to circle.

Ajai Puri, Director – Market Operations (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel said, “This is another initiative from us to bring innovative bundle offers to our customers in line with our endeavor to provide the great value backed by a superior network experience.”

It is very much awaited how these new plans impact Reliance Jio which recently surpassed  52 million subscribers.

New Rs 500 Notes will be in Full Circulation from 15th December

Meeting  of chief ministers to discuss the problems faced by people post demonetization has ended today in Mumbai .The members discussed the immediate relief measures to be taken to reduce the sufferings people are facing post demonetization.Our chief minister Shri Nara chandrababu Naidu who also is the convenor of the committee on post demonetization crisis and digital transactions elaborated regarding the cashless services operative at Ration shops.He also asserted to cancel the bank charges levied on digital transactions.


New Rs 500 Notes will be in circulation from 15th December

However, banks have agreed to cancel the charges only on Aadhar linked Financial transactions.In the meeting Reserve Bank of India (RBI)  announced that they will bring new Rs 500 notes in to circulation from 15th of this month.Also every day they will keep Rs 5000 crores available  for utilization.Also proposal has been made to provide incentives to those who carry digital transactions.Also ithas been decided to QR code to all Banks and commercial complexes, and USSD technology for digital transactions