USA President Barack Obama has appointed Arun Majumdar, an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, alumnus as the top bureaucrat in the Department of Energy.


Arun Majumdar is appointed as Under Secretary of Energy. This is key post in USA administration. Majumdar has served as the Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) since 2009.

Previously, he was Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Environment at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

He received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1985 and his PhD in 1989 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Yuvraj Singh, the 29-year-old left-handed batsman withdrew from the upcoming ODI series against the West Indies after revealing that he is being treated for a tumor in his left lung. After his mother Shabnam made the revelation in a formal statement yesterday, Yuvraj tweeted that "Overwhelmed with ur love n support. I am absolutely fine, just need to get match fitness and training will be back soon."

The statement says the tumor is nonmalignant and can be treated through proper medication and therapy and also that he is on the "way to a full recovery."

Yuvraj has been troubled by health issues since the World Cup. Reports and scans showed that Yuvraj was dealing with something really serious. Shabnam Singh said that Yuvraj Singh suffered from constant "bouts of coughing and vomiting" during the World Cup and medical tests revealed a "golf-ball size lump over the left lung. He has been recovering from a lung tumor ."

The Delhi Police today(27 November 2011) registered a case against former top cop and Team Anna member Kiran Bedi for alleged cheating and misappropriation of funds in collusion with foreign companies and foundations. This case was filed based on the complaint filed by petitioner Devinder Chauhan.


Chauhan alleged that Bedi cheated various paramilitary forces and state police organisations on the pretext of providing free computer training to troopers' families under the banner of her NGO India Vision Foundation.

Delhi Police have registered a case against Kiran Bedi under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.

Making a sharp attack on the Mayawati government, Rahul Gandhi said an "elephant" in Lucknow was eating away all the money sent by the Centre government for the poor in Uttar Pradesh.


Rahul Gandhi referred ruling party BSP's poll symbol, the elephant, when he made this comment at a rally in Siddhartnagar on Friday. Rahul Gandhi, the AICC General Secretary taunted Chief Minister Mayawati saying poll-bound UP has decided to "throw away" the elephant.

Rahul prefaced his attack on the BSP supremo by saying that there is no dearth of funds in the country and that UP can get as much money as it needed.

"What is lacking is that money doesn't reach you," he said.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin achieved a rare feat, becoming only the third Indian cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in an innings in a Test match. It’s after 49 years that an Indian cricketer has achieved the feat in a Test match. Ravichandran Ashwin scored 103 runs and took 5 wickets against West Indies on the fourth day of the third and final cricket Test on Friday.


The other two were Vinoo Mankad and Polly Umrigar who achieved the commendable feat against England and West Indies respectively.

Previously Polly Umrigar scored 172 and took five wickets against West Indies at Port of Spain back in April, 1962, Vinoo while Mankad scored 184 runs and took five wickets against England at Lord’s way back in 1952. Mankad also scored 72 in the first innings.

With this innings Ashwin has put a full stop to debate of Harbhajan Singh's reentry to team.

Tea got a new ambassador. Former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam said that the tea can be the official drink of India.


Kalam made this statements when he was inaugurating the three-day World Tea Science Congress at Tocklai Experimental Station (TES), Jorhat, Assam. Kalam said that on the basis of the size of its consumers tea can be declared the national drink of India Chief minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi declared tea as the State Drink

Over 51% of India's tea and 13%of global production comes from Assam. The tea industry in the state is a source of about five lakh permanent employment and five lakh seasonal workers. Another 10 lakh are dependent on it for employment and services.

Ajmal Amir Kasab, is still in jail for three years after he killed more than 100 people on November 26, 2008.

The state home department has since spent Rs 16.17 crore on accommodating the terrorist at the Arthur Road jail, including constructing a special cell, deploying forces from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and on his safety, food and medical treatment.

The expenditure does not include legal fees paid to the special public prosecutor and his team. The state is taking a stock of Kasab's expenses in the wake of the third anniversary of the 26/11 attacks.

Sachin Tendulkar will be presented with 100 gold coins by the Mumbai Cricket Association(MCA) if he completes his much-awaited 100th international century during the third and final Test match between India and West Indies commencing November 22 2011 at the Wankhede stadium. MCA Chairman, Vilasrao Deshmukh confirmed this news.

Previously, The Cricket Association of Bengal had promised to give the champion batsman 100 gold coins if he achieved the unprecedented feat in the second Test at the Eden Gardens, which concluded on November 17. However, Tendulkar could not reach this landmark in Kolkata.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today registered a fresh case over alleged irregularities in allocation of additional spectrum during late Pramod Mahajan's tenure as Telecom Minister.

Shyamal Ghosh, who was the Telecom Secretary when Pramod Mahajan was the Telecom Minister, has been named in the fresh FIR filed by the CBI. He has been charged with conspiracy, criminal misconduct and abusing official position.

The CBI today also conducted raids at Vodafone office in Mumbai and Delhi and Airtel office in Gurgaon.

Responding to the CBI raids, both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone responded in a similar manner. The summary of their response is,  they have maintained the highest standards of corporate governance and regulatory compliance. Their documents are in complete compliance with the governing laws and regulations.

14 people including former Telecom Minister A Raja, who is the alleged head of the scam, have been named accused in the case. Raja is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail.

Indian cricket selection committee replaced the out-of-form left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh with Rohit Sharma in the 15-member squad for the third cricket Test against the West Indies in Mumbai from Nov 22. Expect Yuvraj's exit the rest of the team is unchanged.


Yuvraj just made 66 runs in 3 innings and the highest score is 25.

Rohit has performed consistently in the domestic circuit and scored 175 and 100 in Mumbai's first two games of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season against Railways and Rajasthan.

This is the tough decision taken by Selection committee on Yuvraj Singh. This is clearly giving bad signals to Yuvraj's test career.

Inspired from London Police who booked Pakistan cricketers red handled and sent to jail, now Delhi Police is all set to open the file of Herschelle Gibbs who was involved in 2000 match fixing.


South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs, who was banned for six months for his involvement in the 2000 match-fixing, could be interrogated by the Delhi police again but his lawyer Peter Whelan said the cricketer has already informed the Indian authorities all he knew in 2006.

Delhi police are waiting for a report on the authenticity of tape recordings of cellphone conversations that allegedly took place between Cronje and a London-based bookmaker, Sanjeev Chawla.

Cronje, who died in an aircraft crash in 2002, was banned from cricket for life. Gibbs and fast bowler Henry Williams were handed six-month bans and fined.

The actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi can expect a ministry from the Congress high command as a quid pro quo benefit for merging his Praja Rajyam Party with the Congress.

According to Congress sources, Chiru would be inducted into the Central Cabinet only after conclusion of the winter session of the Parliament. “More or less, it will happen in the new year,” they said.


After the 20-minute long meeting with Congress president, Chiranjeevi said she assured suitable posts for him and other PRP leaders.

He, however, said he did not demand any particular post for himself or the others. Sonia Gandhi told him that the discussion was on with regard to the responsibility to be given to him in the party.

Chiranjeevi said he discussed with her the political situation in Andhra Pradesh but the issue of cabinet expansion did not come up during the meeting.

PRP, which has 18 members in 294-member assembly, had merged with Congress party in August, providing the ruling party much needed strength in the face of revolt by legislators loyal to YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.

These are the photo shopped morped images of Lip Lock of various leaders. This are offical ad campagins of Bentton comapany.

Twenty-five years ago, Italian fashion label Benetton rode its controversial "United Colors of Benetton" ad campaign to global fame. Now, after having lost speed to competitors, Benetton is trying for a second publicity coup.

The company did not seek or obtain permission from any of the leaders featured in the series, but ran the campaign by its lawyers

On Wednesday, Benetton unveiled its first major brand advertising campaign in more than a decade, titled "Unhate." in which global leaders kissing

U.S. President Barack Obama locks lips with China's Hu Jintao

These are the photo shopped morped images of Lip Lock of various leaders. This are offical ad campagins of Bentton comapany.

Twenty-five years ago, Italian fashion label Benetton rode its controversial "United Colors of Benetton" ad campaign to global fame. Now, after having lost speed to competitors, Benetton is trying for a second publicity coup.

The company did not seek or obtain permission from any of the leaders featured in the series, but ran the campaign by its lawyers

On Wednesday, Benetton unveiled its first major brand advertising campaign in more than a decade, titled "Unhate." in which global leaders kissing

These are the photo shopped morped images of Lip Lock of various leaders. This are offical ad campagins of Bentton comapany.

Twenty-five years ago, Italian fashion label Benetton rode its controversial "United Colors of Benetton" ad campaign to global fame. Now, after having lost speed to competitors, Benetton is trying for a second publicity coup.

The company did not seek or obtain permission from any of the leaders featured in the series, but ran the campaign by its lawyers

On Wednesday, Benetton unveiled its first major brand advertising campaign in more than a decade, titled "Unhate." in which global leaders kissing

U.S. President Barack Obama locks lips with Venezuela's Hugo Chávez

Pope lip lock with Islam's leading figures, Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb

U.S. President Barack Obama locks lips with China's Hu Jintao

Its good news for the people who registered Aadhaar cards. UIDAI, which issues Aadhaar cards, decided to inform residents about their numbers through e-mails and SMS, before sending it by post.

Registration Process of Aadhaar card

At present, it takes months for people to receive the the unique Aadhaar number by post. The delay is mainly due to inability of the India Post to print and dispatch the UIDAI cards. At present, India Post prints about 1.5 lakh Aadhaar cards a day whereas the UIDAI enrolls over 10 lakh residents daily.

As per the UIDAI, 4 crore Aadhaar numbers are already ready, but they are not yet printed and distributed.

However, few employees of UIDAI didn't capture the Phone and Email details from residents while register their names. Reason is Phone and Email are not mandatory detail to enter into the system.

So, lets wait for the SMS.

Dr Kalam was frisked at the JFK Airport in New York by the US officials. His jacket and boots were taken away by US security officials to check for explosives. This is serious insult to Former Indian President.


This is the second time Dr Kalam has been frisked by an American airline. Previously, the former President was frisked by the staff of Continental Airlines at Delhi airport on April 21, 2009. Later they apologised to Dr Kalam.

Now the airlines had breached protocol by frisking the former President. President and former Presidents The are exempts from the airport security checks.

India External Affairs Ministry has taken this issue seriously and will take up the issue with the US at the "highest level".

Hours after the government made it clear that a debt recast like was done for Air India was not possible for Kingfisher, the airline's owner and liquor baron Vijay Mallya tweeted in the below manner.

"Is it Kingfisher's duty to fly on loss-making routes when state governments tax heavily? Or should we be financially prudent and fly profitably?"

"Every government has gone out of the way to support airlines and connectivity. In India, airlines are over-taxed and over-charged. Wonder why?"

"Times Now and its unique anchor Arnab Goswami questions why Government should bail out Kingfisher. Kingfisher never asked for a Bail out. "

"Times of India reported that Banks denied a Kingfisher Loan restructuring request. Kingfisher never made any such request."

Reasons why Kingfisher Airlines has been in News:

Over the last four days Kingfisher Airlines has canceled more than 120 flights.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a notice under Rule 140(A) of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, asking Kingfisher why it had not taken the regulator's prior approval to curtail its flight schedules as required by this rule.

Meanwhile,oil marketing companies - HPCL, IOC and BPCL - have denied extending credit line to the airline and asked it to pay for lifting jet fuel on a daily basis.

The airline has suffered a loss of Rs. 1,027 crore in 2010-11 and has a mounting debt of Rs. 7,057.08 crore.

What happened to the shares of Kingfisher:

Shares of Kingfisher Airlines touched an all-time low on Friday settled at Rs. 19.65, down 9.45 per cent.

In the process, the company's market capitalisation reduced to Rs. 978 crore from Rs. 1,080 crore as on Wednesday.

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UPA chair person sonia gandhi written speech was read out by a MP. Sonia Gandhi asked Anna team why confusions are raising on lokpal. She said Prime minister was already committed to introduce strong Lokpal bill and already started working on strong lokpal, soon it will put on upcoming parliament sessions. She added a quote “Our corruption is sacred and others in bad…this theory is not acceptable”, also asked who introduced RTI (Right to information) act? (try to show their commitment) and also government putting 100% effort to cut down price raises

Union railway minister Dinesh Trivedi and defense minister AK Antony laid foundation stone of Rishikesh Karnprayag railway project that will connect 13 stations in the Garhwal hills.

Moody's Investors Service has changed its outlook for India's banking system to negative from stable. A "negative" outlook is one that is characterized by volatility and uncertain conditions. The outlook applies for the next 12-18 months.

As per Moody's Vice President, "India's economic momentum is slowing because of high inflation, monetary tightening, and rapidly rising interest rates. At the same time, concerns have emerged over the sustainability of the recovery in the US and Europe, and the rise in the borrowing program of the Indian government, which could drain funds away from the private credit market."

Moody's rates 15 commercial banks in India, which together account for about 66% of the system's total assets as of March 2011. The system is dominated by public-sector banks, which account for around 75 per cent of the market in asset terms.

Technology giant Infosys has been ranked as the country's best company for investor-relations practices such as corporate governance, financial disclosure and online dissemination of shareholder-related information.


In the first-ever such rankings for India, compiled by Investor Relations Global Rankings (IRGR), Infosys has been ranked on the top in all the four categories.
1. Corporate governance practices,
2. Financial disclosure procedures,
3. IR website and
4. Online annual report.

Here is the list of 

Top Five Best Companies for Corporate Governance Practices:

Rank	Company
1	Infosys
2	Kotak Mahindra Bank
3	Persistent Systems
4	Hindustan Unilever
5	Nucleus Software Exports

 Top Five Best Companies for IR website companies:

Rank	Company
1	Infosys
2	Wipro
3	Kotak Mahindra Bank
4	TCS
5	Firstsource Solutions

Infosys is the only company named in the categories of best online annual report and best financial disclosure practices in India.

CBI has arrested Stylish Homes Real Estate promoter Koneru Prasad in connection with the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation-Emaar land deal.

Prasad is said to have been instrumental in finalising deal between APIIC and Emaar in which the former suffered huge losses as its stake was diluted by the then government, agency sources said.


Koneru Prasad is facing allegations that he sold villa plots at the rate of Rs.45,000 per square yard but showed in accounts the selling rate at Rs.5000 per square yard. The difference amount of Rs.40, 000 per square yard went to the coffers of Emaar Properties and its business partners.

CBI booked cases against Koneru Prasad and others under sections 120 B, 420, 468,471 and 409 and launched investigation.

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt, team-mates Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir and their agent Mazhar Majeed have been jailed for conducting a fixing conspiracy that corrupted the “image and integrity” of cricket.

Butt was jailed for two years six months, Asif for one year and Amir, who the judge ruled was less culpable than the others, will be detained for six months in a young offenders institution. Majeed, described as the architect of the fixing operation, was jailed for two years eight months.


The landmark judgement was delivered during their trial at the Southwark Crown Court.

The cricketers become the first sportsmen convicted for on-field corruption in the UK since the 1960s and the first to be jailed for the offence of cheating at gambling.