Easter

• Easter is an important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead three days after his crucifixion.
• Easter is the day when Jesus Christ was crucified and the Christians offer prayers and services in the Churches. Easter is another important festival for Christians. On this day Jesus Christ rose from the dead and ascended into heaven. Easter eggs and Easter bunnies are a major attraction during Easter, the festival of rejuvenation of life and living.
• To most Christians, Good Friday is really a misnomer in that it was a "bad" Friday—the crucifixion day of Jesus. Some believe the term "Good" evolved from "God" or God's Friday. Others believe "good" represents the good gift of salvation brought forth by the martyrdom. Regardless, it is a holy day throughout the Christian world.

Everything I Do lyrics

Look into my eyes - you will see What you mean to me Search your heart - search your soul And when you find me there you'll search no more
Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for You know it's true Everything I do - I do it for you
Look into your heart - you will find There's nothin' there to hide Take me as I am - take my life I would give it all - I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more Ya know it's true Everything I do - I do it for you
There's no love - like your love And no other - could give more love There's nowhere - unless you're there All the time - all the way
Oh - you can't tell me it's not worth tryin' for I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more I would fight for you - I'd lie for you Walk the wire for you - ya I'd die for you
Ya know it's true Everything I do - I do it for you

Akshay Kumar in obscenity row

• Akshay Kumar recently walked the ramp in the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Tarun Tahiliani. After doing his act he went to wife Twinkle Khanna and asked her to unbutton his jeans. This act brought in cheers and roar from the crowd but a certain section was shocked and considered it to be obscene and in bad taste.
• A social worker ,Anil Nair has submitted a written complaint against the actor, his wife Twinkle, the designer and the organisers of the show to the Vakola police station. He has urged the police to book them for indecent, vulgar and obscene behaviour and submitted clipping and photographs of the event. He said they should be booked under section 292 related to sale of obscene objects and section 293, related with sale of obscene objects to young persons.
• The police on its part is investigating the case and a senior police official said that the evidence is being examined before registering an FIR so that the case stands a chance in court. He added that the opinion of the legal experts have to be taken before reaching a conclusion with the case. Akshay Kumar is the brand ambassador of Levis jeans in India and his act was to promote the new range of jeans which comes with a tag ‘Unbuttoned’.

BSNL Plan

• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has introduced attractive discounts and freebies to its post-paid mobile customers with effect from April 1, 2009.
  The schemes feature increase in the number of monthly free calls and introduction of free/discounted call charges during night hours from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
• The Plan 99 for government employees will have free monthly calls of 50 minutes to BSNL lines in Kerala in addition to the free 100 SMS allowed per month.
  Plan 725 has got maximum benefits in the revised scheme of things. It will have unlimited number of free calls within the BSNL network in Kerala and 725 minutes of free STD calls to any BSNL phone outside the State. In addition, unlimited number of free calls to any BSNL phone within the country will be available between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
  Plan 525 will have free calls worth Rs 300 and 300 free incoming calls while roaming within the country. For night calling, unlimited number of free calls are offered within the BSNL network in Kerala and 50 per cent discount for STD calls on the BSNL network in the country. The Plan has also got 40 free SMS per month.
  For Plan 225, the existing monthly free usage is enhanced from Rs 60 to Rs 125 with 30 free SMS and for Plan 325, the free usage has been increased to Rs 150 with 40 free SMS.

PSU pay panel for 50-60% revision

• Over 1.6 million employees working in the estimated 240 central public sector undertakings (PSUs) are likely to receive a 50 to 60 per cent salary increase, possibly with retrospective effect from January 2006.
  The second PSU pay revision committee, headed by former Supreme Court Justice M Jagannadha Rao, is in advanced stages of finalising its award due April-end and plans to submit its report to the government soon after.
  At the bottom of the PSU pay scale, an entry level attendant in a leading power PSU has a CTC of around Rs 22,000 per month, which could go up to Rs 33,000.
• Executives of central public sector units have been given pay hikes of 25 to 45 per cent in the middle of Assembly elections. The raise benefiting over 3.7 lakh executives will be implemented with retrospective effect from January 1, 2007.
  Heads of central enterprises like SAIL and ONGC will see their basic salary go up from Rs 31,500 to Rs 1.25 lakh a month. The new package also offers employees’ stock options (Esops), variable pay and risk rewards.
  The implementation will be linked to the performance of each PSU.
• The PSU executives’ salary is being revised after a gap of 10 years. The wages of workers are revised by each PSU separately through negotiations with labour organisations.

TCS to absorb 80 RR Donnelly staff

• Around 80 employees working with the India unit of Chicago-based RR Donnelley & Sons will join the rolls of the country’s largest software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services, from June 1.
• Both RR Donnelley and the back-office unit of TCS provide third party transaction processing services to a US-based financial services company. The US firm has embarked on a vendor consolidation drive, as a result of which it has decided to move some of the BPO assignments from RR Donnelley to TCS.
• Most of the 80 employees that would be displaced as a result of this exercise would be absorbed in TCS centres in Chennai.

GATE 2009 Result

GATE 2009 results will be announced on March 15, 2009 at 10:00 hrs. at GATE offices and on the websites of IISc and seven IITs.
http://www.gate.iitb.ac.in/gate2k9/Gate%20Result.htm