16-Sep-2009

1)C.N. Annadurai : Who's this man?

Well, he is the founder of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party of TN and the first non-congress CM of TN.

2)What is resolution 1172 of UNSC?

UNSC passed resolution 1172 in 1998 urging India and Pakistan to sign the NPT as well as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in the wake of the nuclear tests both countries conducted in May that year. Since then, 1172 has been treated by the international community, and the U.S. in particular, as a dead letter as far as India is concerned.

3)Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina ended Roger Federer’s run of dominance at the U.S. Open on Monday(14-Sep-2009), stunning the top-ranked Swiss great in five sets to win in his first Grand Slam final.

4) Great Initiative : "The Government of Kerala Web-mail Edition"

This facility aims at providing email addresses to all state govt employees in Kerela as part of efforts to improve bureaucratic efficiency and speed up service delivery. Read this.

5) A very well written article on the extent to which we need nuclear weapons. Here .

6) Another beautiful piece (a speech by Sarkozy and others in France ) on a more inclusive index, rather than just the economic statistical GDP ,for measuring progress of a nation as a whole. Its here .

7)What is NCR SelfServ 32?

Its the next generation, multi-functional Automated-Teller-Machine (ATM) introduced by Global technology company NCR Corporation. Some of its advanced functions include accepting cheques without any envelope and is scalable to offer bulk cheque deposits and is in sync with the Reserve Bank of India’s current initiative of getting banks’ technology ready to offer cheque truncation.