Bash shell's vulnerability.

The Unix based operating system users including Linux and Apple Inc’s Mac OSX could be affected by the security bug posed by’ Bash ‘shell used to control the command prompt.
Hackers can exploit a bug in Bash to take complete control of a targeted system.
Anybody with systems

using Bash needs to deploy the patch,if available to avoid the vulnerability.

The clean India campaign

The ‘clean India’ campaign is a fantastic initiative. Now PM is holding the broom in public. Soom CMs & Collectors must hold the brooms in public. Hope they don't remain just symbolic gestures. And it wont work if we wont commit to changing our old habits. No more careless litter, spitting in public, etc. 
This is more a change in lifestyle than a movement. I remember one of old time sayings hoarded in my college mates room , Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness....Make everyone countable....

Indian women are not behind to anyone....

It is really interesting to see the Indian women saga in Asian Games.
First , " Magnificent Mary" won the first ever boxing gold for India, then the Indian women’s kabaddi gold medal, and then the disastrous Commonwealth Games baton drop to golden podium of women’s relay team .

Editorial succession in The Hindu group

The process of editorial succession, which began in July 2011, has been completed in The Hindu group of publications with N. Ram stepping down as Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of The Hindu, Business Line, Frontline, and Sportstar.

Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor, The Hindu, has succeeded Mr. Ram, with effect from January 19, 2012, as Editor of The Hindu responsible for the selection of news under the Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act of 1867.

K. Balaji, Managing Director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd., the public limited company that brings out The Hindu group of publications, succeeded Mr. Ram as Publisher of all our publications.

Tata Housing

Tata Housing to build low-cost housing near Mumbai

India's Tata Group launched a low-cost housing project near Mumbai, joining a spate of Indian developers that have moved to the affordable housing segment, as demand dries up for more expensive homes.

Unlisted group firm Tata Housing Development Co said it will invest up to 1 billion rupees in a 1,200-unit township at Boisar, in the outskirts of Mumbai, and will sell apartments at prices ranging between 390,000 rupees and 670,000 rupees.

RISAT

• ISRO on Monday(20th April 2009) successfully launched its first all-weather spy satellite that will help security agencies keep a watch on the movements on the borders.
• The PSLV-C12, carrying 300-kg Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-2) and 40-kg micro educational satellite ANUSAT lifted off from ISRO's Satish Dhawan space Centre and placed into 550 km orbit around earth.
• RISAT has all-weather capability to take images of the Earth and would also be beneficial in mapping and managing natural disasters, such as floods and landslides, besides amplifying defence surveillance capabilities of the nation. It would also help keep track of ships at seat that could pose a threat.
• As per specifications, RISAT is different from previous remote sensing satellites as it uses Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), equipped with many antennas to receive signals that are processed into high-resolution pictures. The SAR, developed by Israel Aerospace Industries, gives RISAT defence capabilities.
• ANUSAT is the first satellite developed by an Indian university (Anna University), which would demonstrate the technologies related to message storing and forward operations.
• ANUSAT is a store-and-forward communication satellite that will help transfer confidential academic materials, including exam question papers, to prevent question paper leakages. It will also help monitor drought and wasteland, urban planning and other studies. This is the 15th flight of ISRO's workhorse PSLV, which had launched 30 satellites (14 for India and 16 for foreign countries) into a variety of orbits since 1993.

Nano Booking

The big day has finally arrived. Bookings for the Tata Nano kick off on Thursday(9th April 2009) and will go on till April 24. Indications are that there could be over four lakh bookings across the country.

Sales of the booking forms, which began on April 1, extended to 30,000 locations across the country.
These included Tata Motors dealerships, branches of SBI (State Bank of India) and 15 other banks which are the preferred financiers as well as various Tata Group outlets such as Croma, Westside, World of Titan and Tata Indicom.
In addition, there were special incentives for Tata Sky subscribers keen on buying a Nano.
Although the exact number of booking forms sold is still not clear, there are no two ways about the fact that demand for them has been strong.

http://www.nanocar.com/
The booking amount for the base version, costing Rs 1.34 lakh (on road, Mumbai) is Rs 2,999 going up to Rs 3,499 and Rs 3,999 for the mid and top-end options with price tags of Rs 1.6 lakh and Rs 1.85 lakh.

http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/

Tata Motors will process and announce the allotments of 1,00,000 cars in the first phase of deliveries through a computerised random selection procedure.
If booking goes up on the expected lines the selection process may take a few weeks to complete. As the delivery of the Nano begins in July, two in every three applicants will perhaps have to wait longer.