Mumbai Girl Tops GRE with Full Marks !!!

Mumbai girl Ashwini Nene has topped the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) — a pre-requisite for admissions to most US graduate schools and for some other countries – by scoring full marks of 340/340, an official said here Wednesday.

Nene, 20, is a student of Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Andheri.

The GRE results were announced by Educational Testing Services, a US-based organisation that conducts the examinations worldwide.

Coached by KIC Education in Andheri, Nene is one of the few students globally to have scored a full marks in a revised and tougher GRE format this year.

“Ashwini Nene has many great attributes which went into producing the special score. She stands out for her humility, is very coachable and ensured that she made every classroom session count by absorbing all concepts and applying them effectively during practice,” said KIC Education’s founder and chief mentor G. Kohli.

Nene said that the strategies taught by KIC Education were brilliant and she used them while giving the actual test, besides specific instructions for different question types, 20-30 tests in hard and soft formats, which help her get 340/340.

“It is hard to predict what (questions) one will get and though I expected to get close to 340, I did not anticipate an absolute score. Now, I shall focus on my academic and build a strong profile to qualify for the best universities in the US,” Nene said.

Nene’s parents are technology professionals in the northwest Mumbai Vile Parle suburb..

 

source::::DNA news net…

Natarajan

Message For The Day…. What is In Store For Us in VIJAYA Varusham ….

தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு பிறக்கும் வேளை!!!!!!

ஏப்.14ல் “விஜய’ தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. ஆனாலும், ஏப்.13 சனிக்கிழமை வளர்பிறை சதுர்த்தி, கார்த்திகை நட்சத்திரம் அமிர்தயோக வேளையில் இரவு 11.52 தனுசு லக்னத்திலேயே பிறந்து விடுகிறது. புத்தாண்டு பிறக்கும் நேரத்தின் அடிப்படையில், ஆண்டு முழுதும் நல்லமழை பொழியும் என்றும், விவசாயிகள் நல்ல மகசூல் காண்பர் என்றும் பஞ்சாங்கங்களில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது. தமிழ் ஆண்டு அறுபதில் விஜய 27வது ஆண்டாகும். சுபகிரகமான குரு, இந்த ஆண்டின் ராஜாவாக இருக்கிறார். குருவும், சந்திரனும் பலமாக இருப்பதால் இவ்வாண்டில் ராஜயோகம் பெறுபவர்கள் எண்ணிக்கை உயரும்.

தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு துவக்கத்தில் அதிக உஷ்ணம் ஏன்?

“”உலகின் இருளைப் போக்கி ஆத்மபலத்தை அளிக்கும் ஒளி மயமான சக்தி எதுவோ அதனை வணங்குவோம்” என்று சூரியனை ரிக்வேதம் போற்றுகிறது. வான மண்டலத்தில் இருக்கும் மற்ற கிரகங்களுக்கு சூரியனே ஆற்றல் வழங்குவதாக “சூரிய சித்தாந்தம்’ நூல் கூறுகிறது. சூரியன் சித்திரை மாதத்தில், மேஷ ராசியில் சஞ்சரிக்கும் காலத்தில், அளவற்ற ஆற்றலைப் பெறுகிறார். அதன் காரணமாகத்தான் அந்த மாதத்தில் உஷ்ணம் மிக அதிகமாக இருக்கிறது. அவர் முதல் ராசியான மேஷத்தில் பிரவேசிக்கும் நாளையே “தமிழ்ப்புத்தாண்டாக’ கொண்டாடுகிறோம். முதல்மாதமான சித்திரையில் சூரியன் உச்சநிலை பெறும் நேரத்தை “அக்னி நட்சத்திர காலம்’ என்று ஜோதிட சாஸ்திரம் கூறுகிறது.

விஜய ஆண்டு வெண்பா

மண்ணில் விஜய வரு மழை மிகுதி
எண்ணுசிறு தானியங்கள் எங்குமே நன்னும்
பயம் பெருகி நொந்து பரிவாரம் எல்லாம்
நயக்கலின்றி வாடும் என நாட்டு.
பொருள்: விஜய ஆண்டில் மழை அதிகமாகப் பெய்யும். புன்செய் தானியங்களான கம்பு,கேழ்வரகு போன்றவை அதிகமாக விளையும். அதிகாரிகள் பயத்துடன் கடமைகளைச் செய்து வருவர்.

சிறப்பான பலன் பெறும் ராசியினர்
ரிஷபம், சிம்மம், தனுசு
சுமாரான பலன் பெறும் ராசியினர்
மிதுனம், துலாம், கும்பம்
பரிகாரத்திற்குரிய ராசியினர்
மேஷம், கடகம், கன்னி,விருச்சிகம், மகரம், மீனம்.

புத்தாண்டில் என்ன நடக்கும்?

* பெண் குழந்தைகள் கல்வியில் சிறந்து விளங்குவர்.
* குருவும் சந்திரனும் சம்மந்தப்படுவதால் தட்பவெப்பநிலை சீராக இருக்கும்.
* ஆடி முதல் மார்கழி வரையில் நல்ல மழையும், தைமுதல் ஆனிவரையில் சுமாரான மழையும் பெய்யும்.
* மக்களிடம் தெய்வபக்தி மேலோங்கும்.
* பழைய கோயில்கள் புதுப்பிக்கப்பட்டு கும்பாபிஷேகம் நடந்தேறும்.
* ஏற்றுமதி இறக்குமதி வியாபாரம் சிறப்பாக நடக்கும். ரியல் எஸ்டேட் வியாபாரம் வளர்ச்சி பெறும். நிலமதிப்பு அதிகரிக்கும்.
* தங்கம், வெள்ளி விலை ஏறுவதும் இறங்குவதுமாக நிலையில்லாமல் இருக்கும்.
* மளிகை, தானியம், அரிசி, இயந்திரம், வாகனங்கள், எலக்ட்ரானிக்ஸ் பொருட்கள் விலை உயரும். வாசனை திரவியங்களின் விலை குறையும்.
* மணல் பற்றாக்குறை நீங்கும்.
* வங்கி கடனுதவியால் மக்கள் நல்வாழ்வு காண்பர்.
* தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு நல்ல வேலைவாய்ப்பு கிடைக்கும். மின்சார தடை அதிகரிக்கும்.
* அதிகாரிகள் கருப்பு பணத்தை அதிகளவில் கண்டுபிடிப்பர்.
* மத்திய,மாநிலஅரசுகளுக்கிடையே கருத்துவேறுபாடு அதிகரிக்கும்.
* ஏழை மக்களுக்கு அரசு சலுகைகளை வாரி வழங்கும்.
* வனவளம் அதிகரிப்பதால் விலங்குகள் நிம்மதியாக வாழும்.
* அயல்நாட்டு மோகம் குறையும். மீனவர்களின் பிரச்னை தீர அரசு நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கும்.

WISH ALL OUR FRIENDS IN THIS FORUM A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS TAMIL NEW YEAR SRI VIJAYA.

Natarajan
MAY THE ALMIGHTY AND OUR REVERED SRI KANCHI MAHA PERIVA BLESS US ALL !
SRI KANCHI MAHA PERIVA SARANAM

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Changi Airport Singapore ….World”s Best Airport !!!! Incheon of South Korea is The 2nd Best !!!

World's best airports

Singapore Changi Airport has been voted the World’s Best Airport at the 2013 World Airport Awards held at Passenger Terminal EXPO in Geneva. This is the fourth time Changi airport has achieved the top prize – last claiming victory back in 2010.
The awards are voted for by airport customers from around the world and this year the survey garnered 12.1 million responses.
For Changi, it was a triple success, as well as securing the top prize, it also picked up the awards for Best Airport in Asia and Best Airport for Leisure Amenities.

World's best airports

Last year’s winner, Incheon International Airport achieved a second place finish in the global rankings, and achieved major success in taking the awards for Best Airport Staff Service – Asia and Best International Transfer Airport.

World's best airports

For the first time in 6 years, there was a change to the top-3 global airlines with Amsterdam Schiphol Airport accomplishing an excellent third place finish in the survey.

World's best airports

Hong Kong International Airport achieved fourth position in this year’s global rankings being usurped from the top-3 for the first time in 12 years – the airport did however achieve top-5 finished in 6 of the awards categories indicating that it continues to be highly regarded amongst passengers.

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Beijing Capital International Airport retained its top-5 position in the global rankings and with it took the award for Best Airport in China.

Japan Airlines File For Bankruptcy Protection

Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) has been named as the World’s Best Domestic Airport at the 2013 SkytraxWorld Airport Awards held at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Geneva.

Qatar Airways Launches New Route In Chicago

QATAR AIRWAYS Premium Terminal at Doha International Airport has for the third successive year been named as the World’s Best Premium Service Airport at the 2013 Skytrax World Airport Awards held at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Geneva.

Lufthansa Flight Attendants Launch Strike

FRANKFURT AIRPORT has been named as the World’s Most Improved Airport at the 2013 Skytrax World Airport Awards held at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Geneva.

Stansted Airport Deal To Be Finalised
London Stansted Airport has been named as the World’s Best Low Cost Airport at the 2013 Skytrax World Airport Awards held at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Geneva. This completes a hat-trick of awards for the fourth busiest airport in the UK who also took the top prize in 2011 and 2012.

Air arrivals across 6 major cities

Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has been declared the ‘Best Airport in India’.

Air arrivals across 6 major cities

Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport has been declared the second ‘Best Airport in India

Air arrivals across 6 major cities

Bengaluru International Airport (Bangalore) ranks at No.3

Air arrivals across 6 major cities

Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport has been rated the fourth best airport in India .

Air arrivals across 6 major cities

Chennai International Airport is ranked as the fifth best airport in India.

Why Indian air tickets may get cheaper

source::::yahoo finance

Natarajan

Warren Buffett Pays Bill Gates $1,800 !!!

There’s something almost silly in the fact that Buffett, one of the world’s richest men, earns a salary of $100,000 at Berkshire—and then cuts a check for $50,000 to reimburse Berkshire for “minor items such as postage or phone calls that are personal.”

But no number is sillier than the $1,800 that board member Bill Gates was paid for his service to Berkshire last year.

The average board fees for companies in the S&P500 was around $241,000 in 2011, according to executive compensation experts at Equilar. So the fees paid by Berkshire are low no matter who’s cashing the check. But with Gates, $1,800 is especially small.

Forbes earlier this month estimated the Microsoft co-founder was worth $67 billion. That means his fees from Berkshire amount to 0.000003% of his net worth.

To put that in context, the average American family’s net worth is about $80,000. So $1,800 for Bill Gates is the equivalent of two-tenths of a cent for the average family.

Gates, of course, has other reasons to sit on the Berkshire board. The charity Gates runs with his wife, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is getting billions of dollars in Berkshire shares from Buffett. And Gates and Buffett are longtime friends.

But Gates certainly isn’t doing it for the money. He’s a man who may have more than $1,800 under his couch cushions!!!!!!!!

source::::wall street journal

Natarajan

Mumbai “s CSI Airport New International Terminal is Ready to Welcome You This Year!!!!

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

The Swanky New terminal is  all set to open this year !!!!

Departure - Gate lounge.

Retail space.

Retail space.

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

Departure kerb.

Immigration Hall.

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

The swanky Terminal 2 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai is all set to open  this year.

With a vision of making the airport one of the best in the world, the Terminal 2, or T2 has been built with a state-of-the-art four-level terminal with an area of over 4,39,000 sq. mts.
The new terminal will have new taxiways and apron areas for aircraft parking designed to cater to 40 million passengers annually.
Photographs, courtesy: MIAL

The Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (MIAL), a joint venture between the GVK led consortium (74%) and Airports Authority of India (26%), got the mandate to modernise and upgrade Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in February 2006.

The Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport  (CSIA) has been ranked as one of the top performing airports in the annual ACI Airport  Service Quality Awards for 2012.

It has been rated the third best airport worldwide for airports in the 25-40 million passengers per annum (mppa) category by the Airports Council International (ACI).

Terminal 2 has a retail space spread across 21,000 sq. mts and 5,000 sq. mts of landscape area.

With 41 travelators, people can easily move about in the airport.    The departure gate lounge has a seating capacity of 10,000.

A 6 lane elevated express way leading to the Terminal is another big highlight…

Making it easy for travellers, the T2 will have 188 check-in counters, 60 departure immigration counters and 76 arrival immigration counters.

Terminal 2 will also have 25 fixed link bridges and 52 passenger boarding bridges. The magnificent artworks adorning the walls will be an added attraction.

T2 will have 47 escalators and 73 elevators to make travel a pleasant experience.

The Terminal 2 will have 104 security check positions and 10 baggage carousels.

The new terminal will have a multi-level car park for 5,000 cars.

source::::input from a friend of mine …

Natarajan

Richard Branson”s New UK Airline!!!!

Sir Richard Branson arrives in Edinburgh Airport on board the inaugural Virgin Atlantic Little Red flight.

Sir Richard Branson arrives in Edinburgh Airport on board the inaugural Virgin Atlantic Little Red flight. Photo: Getty Images

Virgin Atlantic has celebrated its first ever domestic flight, from London to Edinburgh.

Sir Richard Branson, the airline’s founder, was present at the launch of its inaugural domestic service, named Little Red.

He said the move would bring greater choice for consumers, potentially pushing down prices..

“Today marks the start of an exciting new chapter in Virgin Atlantic’s history,” said Sir Richard. “Our product, service and flair are known throughout the world, and we’re thrilled to be bringing that to domestic flying.

Virgin will soon fly 26 domestic flights a day, connecting Heathrow with Manchester and Aberdeen, as well as the Scottish capital.

The airline was granted new landing and take-off slots at Heathrow earlier this year following the takeover of Bmi by International Airlines Group (IAG) – the parent company of British Airways. Its foray into domestic services will also create dozens of jobs.

Nicola Sturgeon, deputy first minister of Scotland, welcomed the launch. “These new flights from Edinburgh and Aberdeen will create jobs, offer passengers easier access to Virgin’s global destinations and provide competition on these routes, resulting in a better deal for passengers,” she said. ?”Good access to Heathrow; Britain’s only hub airport, is essential for Scotland’s economic development.”

While Sir Richard was happy to reveal his specially-made outfit today, he may be less keen on the outfit he’ll be asked to wearnext month. On May 12 he will be boarding an AirAsia flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur dressed as a female flight attendant to fulfil a bet made with AirAsia chief executive and F1 owner Tony Fernandes. Mr Fernandes, who once worked for Sir Richard’s music business, bet that his Lotus Racing team would perform better in its debut season than Virgin Racing, with the loser dressing up as a stewardess. Lotus Racing finished 10th, and Virgin 12th.

“The day of reckoning for Sir Richard has finally arrived,” Mr Fernandes said on Monday. “It’s an awkward moment when you go down memory lane and recall the times I used to work for Richard. And it’s hilarious to think now, that it’s Richard who will be working for me as a sassy flight attendant, complete with make-up, a pair of high heels and freshly shaved legs.”

The Telegraph, London

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Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/richard-branson-launches-new-uk-airline-20130409-2hj25.html#ixzz2Q4jgDLwa

 

A Question Answer Session With Chris Hadfield !!!

 

Question: What time zone do you live by? Do you switch off the lights at “night”?
We live on Greenwich time, UTC, same as London, England. We shut of most lights at bedtime – it feels right to do it.
Question: How long does it take for you to orbit around the Earth?
ISS orbits the world every 92 minutes, so that makes it 8 km/sec, or 500 km/minute – 28,000 km/hr. Or about Mach 25.
Question: Have you done any space walks? If so, what was it like?
I was Canada’s first spacewalker, doing two to help build the mighty Canadarm2 robot onto ISS. It was the most magnificent experience of my life. Alone in a 1-person spaceship (my suit), just holding on with my one hand, with the bottomless black universe on my left and the World pouring by in technicolor on my right. I highly recommend it.
Question: You tweet a lot. When do you find the time?
The priorities are crew health, vehicle health, work/science & then personal pursuits; I take photos, tweet & play guitar when I can!
Question: How long does the mission last?
I’m in orbit, working onboard ISS for 5 months, until mid-May 2013.
Question: What are your personal quarters like on the ISS?
I’m typing now in my ‘Sleep Station’, a small padded room with a door, completely private, like a bedroom without the bed, and phone booth sized.
Question: How often do you exercise on the ISS?
We work out 2 hours per day, every day, just to stay at a constant level of fitness to be ready to do a spacewalk, and to have strong bones and muscles when we come home.
Question: How long did it take you to learn how to maneuver in zero gravity? Are you much better at it now than when you originally came aboard the ISS?
 
I’m still learning! But sometimes now, I am graceful. I feel like an adapted ape swinging through the jungle canopy … until I miss a handrail and crash into the wall.
source:::babamailnet
Natarajan

Meet Chris Hadfield….Canadian Space Walker !!!

Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to walk in space. A former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot, Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions. On 19 December 2012, Hadfield launched in the Soyuz TMA-07M flight for a long duration stay on board the ISS as part of Expedition 35. He arrived at the station on 21 December, as scheduled, and became the first Canadian to command the ISS when the crew of Expedition 34 departed. Cmdr.Hadfield was described as “perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever to leave Earth” by Forbes after building a considerable audience on social media, including over 500,000 Twitter followers As of March 2013, and has been enlightening many readers and viewers about what it means to live in space, including simple acts such as shaving, brushing your teeth or just crying.Here are some of the most fascinating lessons this astronaut floating above the sky has to show us! 
Chris explains how a kitchen works on the International Space Station.  

source::::babamailnet

Natarajan

Message For The Day….Advice To Students And Youngsters….

Students and youngsters must have challenging attitude towards things and honour physical labour. You must be eager to be of service to those who need it on account of their disabilities. Honour your elders and do not miss any chance of serving or pleasing them. Whatever gives you health and joy, welcome it – but do not lower yourself by indulging in vulgar pastimes. Do not wander aimlessly in the streets or frequent cinema halls and mix with undesirable company, or cultivate bad habits for fun. Remember that you must raise your motherland to great heights through your hard work and effort. When you develop such virtues, the nation will prosper.

 Sathya Sai Baba