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Vidyasagar University
Result 2010 | Vidyasagar
University Results 2010
Vidyasagar University
Result 2010 |
Vidyasagar University
Results 2010:
Vidyasagar University
is going to announce
B.A / B.Sc. / B.Com
(Hons/Gen) Part I of 3
Tier – 2010 & B.A/B.Sc. :
Major Part II of 3 Tier
Examination – 2010,
after 13.00 Hrs Today
December 7 2010
(Tuesday)
Exam Results can be
seen through Website
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www.indiaresults.com,
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Vidyasagar University
Results have been
announced on the
official website of the
Vidyasagar University,
the link for which has
been provided below.
Link: http://
www.vidyasagar.ac.in/

FULL VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY RESULT

Vidyasagar University
Vidyasagar university
has declared the B.A/
B.Sc./B.Com (Hons/
Gen) Part I of 3 Tier –
2010 and B.A/B.Sc. :
Major Part II of 3 Tier
Examination – 2010 on
Tuesday.
Vidyasagar University
result 2010 is available
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OR 57333.
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My favourite moment in
Ashutosh Gowariker's [
Images ] new film comes
when a bunch of
schoolchildren are lying in
an open field, exhausted,
limbs heaped atop one-
another's, looking up at
the clouds and trying to
assimilate the patriotism
they've just been injected
with.
One wonders what Vande
Mataram means, and --
even as a few profess
ignorance and one finally
reveals that it is a
salutation to the
motherland -- a chubby
youth smiles and
comments, simply, that 'it
feels good to say it, doesn't
it?" and repeats the battle-
cry, finding adulthood,
hero worship and
camaraderie all at once.
I confess that despite my
last name, I wasn't very
aware of the Chittagong
uprising in a corner of
Bengal, in which freedom
fighter Surjya Sen and his
companions led over fifty
teen boys in violent,
elaborately-planned
anarchist revolt and struck
an impressive, Empire-
halting blow for the
motherland. It is a critical
incident, one ignored by
centralised History syllabi
and a story that definitely
deserves telling -- and for
this, Mr Gowariker, do take
a bow.
That appreciation aside,
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is
a clumsily structured,
unevenly paced film, with
very few moments to
match up to the
aforementioned scene. The
first half unfolds like a
school play -- all stilted
dialogue-delivery, self-
aggrandising smug smiles
('look Ma! I'm playing a
freedom fighter!'), and
white kurtas borrowed
from a Rin commercial --
and, quite frankly, like any
school staging which
doesn't feature a relative
on-stage, the film lulls you
to perplexed sleep.
There is period detailing,
sure, with square-edge'd
badminton rackets, vintage
cars and picturesque
calendars telling us that
January is ticking away, but
between the wooden
dialogue and the
unspectacular acting, this is
simply a school play with a
good art teacher in charge.
It is the second half of the
film that then hits you
straight in the solar plexus,
because after that soporific
opening, here we have
wall-to-wall action. The
Chittagong Uprising makes
for a smashing narrative,
and Gowariker plays it
loyally enough. It isn't
subtle and the direction is
straight out of the Jingoism
Manual, but because the
story itself has such
immense meat, it's hard to
not get sucked in as you
watch it unfold.
The film's own soundtrack
is an ineffective one, but by
the time the end rolls
around, Gowariker falls
back on Vande Mataram
and it unfailingly gets the
job done. It is still a school
play, but a school play with
a big enough budget to
show lots of action
setpieces, and I daresay
we'd all be okay with that.
Surjya Sen's fundamental
masterstroke, that of using
teenagers, is a scandalous
choice, and one that can
rightfully kick off, as the
nation seems fond of
saying this week, 'a larger
ethical debate.' Is it right
for a schoolteacher to
incite young minds and
involve minors in a
revolution? He fought for
freedom, but who draws
that line for an easily-
impassioned child? Is it
okay to put them fatally in
the line of fire just because
the children themselves
agree? And who decides
how old is old enough?
These are loaded questions
and one doesn't expect this
film to answer them, but a
film on the subject needs
to explore the children's
psyche, see what is going
through their mind. They
are the story, and this film
cruelly sidesteps their
innards.
In the second half, as the
young revolutionaries are
scurrying for cover and
shuffling into position, they
respond to military
commands just like their
adversaries. 'Company, fall
in line' has the same effect
on the kids as it does their
bulldog-moustached
British adversaries, and it
would have had a far
greater effect on us if we'd
have seen the senior
anarchists teach their
teenaged charges these,
seeing them make the
decision to follow the
opposition's process to
match them. Instead, we
are treated to repeated
scenes of boys lifting
barbells.
The boys themselves aren't
bad, though there aren't
any standout performers.
Among the revolutionaries
leading the charge is
Ganesh Ghosh, played by
Samrat, a stout-necked
slab of muscle who, in the
film's finest performance,
brings both credibility and
craft to the table. Vishakha
Singh does very well as
Pritilata Waddedar, the
film's heroine who handles
not just romance and loss,
but also defiant
martyrdom. It was also
most refreshing to see Rishi
Sethi pop up for a scene,
the veteran bit-actor -- and
Prakash Mehra's [ Images ]
onetime assistant -- who
hung around so many
Bachchan-Mehra films,
from Zanjeer [ Images ] to
Namak Halaal [ Images ] to
Kaalia.
Abhishek Bachchan [
Images ], however, is
woefully miscast in the
film's leading role. Content
to oscillate between a
'thoughtful' furrowed-
brow look and a creepy
smile in the first half, the
second sees him scurrying
for instruction from his
colleagues and hardly ever
assuming control. This is
not an inspiring leader of
men or boys -- like Aamir
Khan [ Images ] in Lagaan [
Images ] or Rang De
Basanti, or Ajay Devgn [
Images ] in The Legend Of
Bhagat Singh -- but instead
just another one of the lot.
Shreyas Pandit as the
bespectacled but
unflinching Ambikada,
Samrat's Ganesh or even
Maninder's Anant Singh...
all have take-charge
moments better than the
hero, and history suggests
Surjya deserved better. It is
also rather disconcerting to
see the actor unable to say
Bengali names with the
right inflection, his
climactic struggles with the
name Kolpona ('Call-
punna', he wheezes)
especially laughable. His
Bengali mother must be
mortified. Abhishek might
have the most loaded last
name in Hindi cinema, but
clearly it takes more than
that to pull off a Sen.
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RAKHTA CHARIT 2 REVIEW

RAKTA CHARITRA
REVIEW
Director Ram Gopal Varma
is very much interested in
sensationalism. Even before
the release of the film, for
that matter even when the
film is on sets, he created a
big hype about the film
Rakta Charitra and made
everyone believe that it is
the life history of Paritala
Ravi, one of the strong
politician of Telugu Desam,
who was murdered. But in
reality, the film is nothing,
but a revenge drama and
as was told it is a fictitious
story based on real life
incidents. But for the cold-
blooded...
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RAKHTA CHARIT 2 FULL MOVIE BEST REVIEW

Rakta Charitra Movie
Review
Movie: Rakta Charitra - 1
My Rating: 3.25/5
Banner: Cinergy
productions
Music: Dharam- Sandeep
Dialogues: Nageswara Rao
DOP: Amol Rathod
Editing: Bhanodaya, Nipun
Ashok Gupta
Producers: Madhu
Mantena, Sheetal Vinod
Talwar, Chinna Vasudeva
Reddy, Rajkumar
Story,Screenplay &
Direction : Ram Gopal
Varma
Cast: Vivek Oberoi,
Abhimanyu Singh,
Shatrughan Sinha, Kota,
Radhika Apte, Zareena
Wahab, Sushant Singh,
Tanikella, Subhalekha
Sudhakar, Vishwajeet
Pradhan, Rajendra Gupta,
Ashish Vidyarthi, Kitty etc.
Release Date: 22nd Oct
2010
Review
Story
Noted MLA Narasimha
Reddy (Kitty) has got a
trusted aide in the form of
Veerabhadriah (Rajendra
Gupta) in Anandapuram
area.
However, Narasimha’s
relative Nagamani Reddy
(Kota) is unable to take
this for reasons of caste
and losing his presence. He
plants a seed of friction
and in no time, Narasimha
Reddy gets Veerabhadriah
killed. This enrages
Veerabhadriah ’s elder son
Shankar Ravi (Sushant) and
he gets into a killing spree
and operates from forests.
Veerabhadriah’s younger
son Pratap Ravi (Vivek)
who is away from all this
gets to know of this and
before he realizes, Shankar
Ravi also gets killed. He
vows revenge on his father
and brother’s killers and in
this process, Narasimha
Reddy, Nagamani Reddy
and others are brutally
killed. Nagamani Reddy ’s
son Bukka Reddy
(Abhimanyu) who is insane
to the core is unable to
take this and he becomes
Pratap ’s main enemy.
Meanwhile, the rise of
Pratap as opposite force to
Bukka Reddy is noticed by
Shivaji Rao (Shatrughan)
who sets a new party and
he decides to lift Pratap to
put an end to Bukka
Reddy. What happens after
that forms the rest of the
story.
Artists Performance:
Vivek Oberoi is an apt
choice, his eyes deliver the
sufficient emotion of
revenge and his body
language is intense. He has
done full justice to his role.
Abhimanyu Singh is a
complete show stealer. His
menacing looks and his
cold blooded performance
will give some spine chilling
moments.
Shatrughan Sinha was
contained and it must be
said that traces of real life
N T Rama Rao are quite
prominent in his gestures
and dialogue delivery.
Kota was perfect, Radhika
was naturally appealing,
Zarina was neat, Tanikella
was impressive and he
made his presence felt,
Rajendra Gupta was
adequate, Sushant was
brief, Ashish Vidyarthi was
alright, Subhalekha
Sudhakar was standard,
Subrat Dutta was good, the
others did their bit as
required and added value.
Highlights:
Symbolism shots with
respect to showing a cycle
in Shivaji Rao (Shatrugan
Sinha) ’s place (recalling
TDP and NTR), usage of left
had, addressing as ‘brother'
are impressive.
Showing a dog barking
after the death of Naga
Mani Reddy (Kota) depicts
‘ kukka chaavu'..That’s
impressive.
Ram Moorthy (Tanikella)
saying to Pratap Ravi ‘to
shave beard as a politician
should look clean at face
although dirty at heart'
Bukka Reddy’s introduction
scene
Disappointments:
RGV’s voice over is
overflowing. It’s not a radio
drama to explain
everything with a voice
over. Whatever RGV is
saying in voice, is being
conveyed visually! It
disturbed the mood to
some extent.
Pratap Ravi stays in forest
as per the dialogue. But he
stays in a dusty hill area
that hardly looks like a
forest. It may sound trivial,
but when such
observations linger in mind,
some audience gets
distracted from the mood.
Why Dabbunnoda song?
The context is not
convincing.
Challenges:
The subject chosen is quite
hard hitting so one needs
to have some background
information before actually
connecting to the film.
Facing criticism with respect
to Shivai Rao ’s (a replica of
NTR) characterization and
converting it into publicity
element.
Facing criticism and
questions with respect to
‘ pedda sir' (implying YSR)
and again converting it into
a publicity element
Mood is suddenly dropping
down at the conclusion
point of the movie. Waiting
till Part-2 to get
completeness in feeling is a
challenge for audience and
it’s challenge for maker to
sustain interest for 1
month till Part-2 release.
Final Analysis:
“Goodness or badness can
never be anyone’s property.
They are situational.
If a man is hunger free, he
showers only goodness. But
if any sort of hunger (be it
lust, power craving or
greed or vengeance) hits
him, he spells badness'.
Rakta Charitra is a fiction
based on historical facts.
It ’s rather powerful to say
that it’s a true depiction of
human emotions.
It ’s a tour to extreme
human beings.
Ramayan or Mahabharat or
any chronicled history in
dramatic form depicts the
extremities of emotions in
every character. For
example if Karna is known
for generosity, its shown
with eccentricity of
chopping off his own
armored skin to offer for a
beggar. If Bheeshma is
known for sacrifice, its
shown in extreme point of
choosing life time celibacy
to keep himself and his
legacy far from kingship.
Any drama holds grip only
when the characterizations
are strong. This fact was
known for dramatists right
from Veda Vyasa and
Valmiki. Similar path is now
chosen by Ram Gopal
Varma is depicting a
historical fact in dramatic
form. Telugu Movie
Reviews
He has shown Bukka Reddy
as a determined rapist (!)
and dedicated murderer (!)
.The incidents canned
around this
characterization are
extreme in imagination.
Pratap Ravi is shown as a
bad guy, but for a true
reason (since he is chosen
to be the hero of the plot).
Ram Gopal Varma is a
master of movie making
and an expert storyteller.
This is seen here yet again.
As such, the storyline can
be understood in few
words and there is nothing
unpredictable about it but
then it is the way Ramu
takes off with each scene
and how he gets the viewer
into the film which counts.
His screenplay techniques
and shot compositions are
one of those dexterities he
possesses. Perhaps a
layman might find the
visual appeal to be dim but
then there are few flashes
of his brilliance which are
seen on and off. The focus
was more on the emotion
of the protagonist and the
villain so that is a challenge
to handle for more than
two hours.
On the other hand, it is not
a typical Varma
characterization where
most of the actors give
hard expressions, talk less
and convey more. Here the
characters speak sufficient
and sometimes little
verbose!! But still there is a
rhythm in their
performance and it
connects to the regular
audience.
On a whole it’s a movie
about the raise of a
leader.

RAKTA CHARIT MOVIE FULL REVIEW

Cast: Vivek Oberoi,
Shatrughan Sinha,
Abhimanyu Shekhar
Singh, Sushant Singh
Director: Ram Gopal
Varma
In a recent interview, Ram
Gopal Varma emphatically
declared that Rakta
Charitra is not for women.
He said: ‘They can sit at
home.’ As I endured the
incessant violence of the
movie — sickles slitting
throats, a drill boring into
a skull, limbs being hacked
and countless women
being abducted and raped
— I wondered if I should
have taken Varma’s advice
and just stayed at home.
Rakta Charitra is a bio-pic
of Paritala Ravi, a
politician from Andhra
Pradesh, played here by
Vivek Oberoi, whose
career began with murder
and ended when he was
assassinated in broad
daylight by his rivals.
This film is part one of this
horrifically fascinating
story, which illustrates the
heart of darkness that
constitutes politics in India.
The murderous saga of
revenge and counter-
revenge begins with
momentum but then gets
bogged down by its
repetitive mayhem, an
annoying voice-over and
exhausting decibel levels.
Varma isn ’t one for
subtlety.
The sound-track is blaring
and despite the rivers of
blood that flow freely,
every character feels the
need to say rakta as often
as he can.
The director has little
interest in the psychology
and evolution of his
characters so Pratap goes
from college to killing
without batting an eye-lid
and then, with the same
ease, moves from outlaw
to minister. Instead what
seems to fascinate Varma
is extreme behaviour.
As Karan Johar revels in
beauty, Varma revels in
ugliness. So he spends an
inordinate amount of time
on exploring the ways in
which people can hurt
each other and his
depiction of depravity
feels uncomfortably
voyeuristic.
And of course like earlier
Varma films, this one too
features a gallery of
singularly unattractive
faces shot at peculiar
angles and the requisite
sweaty celebration song.
There are some powerful
moments and strong
performances here —
Abhimanyu Singh as an
unhinged goon is
especially good. Oberoi
also shows flashes of
prowess and the real
discovery is the surprisingly
sober and effective
Shatrughan Sinha. But
how much you relish
Rakta Charitra is directly
connected to your
threshold for gore.
If like me, it’s low, I
suggest you take Varma’s
advice and sit at home.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010

MOIL IPO ALLOTMENT

While the Institutional part
of the Is MOIL IPO is fully
subscribed, the retail s
unenthusiastic. The issues
has not even been able to
garner one third of the
allotments. This is in spite
the fact that retail investors
and employees of MOIL
will get a 5% discount to
the issue price. Normally,
its said that the
institutional investors come
in last moment as they do
not want to lock in funds.
Now its been said that the
retail will come in last date
to book as they do not
want to lock in the funds.
This has to be watched
since, there is time till Dec
1 for the retail investors to
move in. Coal India Limited
did not have such issues.
Institutional investors have
Nov 30 as their last date.
SEBI’s tampering with the
distribution system has
resulted in major
investment losses
throughout the decade.
Will MOIL need a rescue?
LIC of India, the usual
rescuer is already in news
for its LIC Housing Finance
scam. LIC’s investment
decisions, which are non
transparent is also under
the question.
Tags: Manganese Ore
India, MOIL IPO
6 COMMENTS
LEAVE A COMMENT »
1. manoj November
27th, 2010 11:41 pm
:
There are still four
more days to go. The
adverse news in the
secondary markets
affect the primary
market as well.
Hopefully,it will be
oversubscribed and
will give good returns
too.
2. http://indiaipofpo.
blogspot.com/
November 29th, 2010
9:04 am
:
Probably retail did
not put money in
MOIL last friday as
they could not get
out of power grid.
Also market being
down for few days,
retail investors could
not take money out
for IPO
3. Babel Moses
November 29th, 2010
10:54 am
:
The IPO is very small.
I may not get many
shares and end up
locking up my cash
for 2 weeks. That is
my mindset atleast.
4. RAKESH GUPTA
November 29th, 2010
12:25 pm
:
As a subscriber of the
IPO , I ’m positive
about the
fundamentals
MOIL ,no matter it
would over
subscribed or not .
Current market
conditions and scams
may hurt the
sentiments of retail
subscriber for a
while , but I ’m sure it
will get firm opening
and return .It is good
bet for long term.
5. Vishal November
29th, 2010 2:08 pm
:
Expected to be over
subscribed atleast 20
times,allotment will
be maximum 2
lots,so for 25-30
shares 2 lacs will be
blocked for 2 weeks.
6. pravin r charthal
November 29th, 2010
9:19 pm
:
So strong Strong
fundamentals so go
for bid in for ipo it it
list over rs-650
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ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME LOAN AXIS BANK

Home Loan: Eligibility
A) Salaried Individuals
Any individual who is in
permanent service in
Government or reputed
companies.
The applicant in all the
cases should be above
24 years of age at the
time of loan
commencement and up
to the age of 60 Years or
superannuation,
whichever is earlier at
the time of loan
maturity.
B) Professionals
Professionals (ie, doctors,
engineers, dentists,
architects, chartered
accountants, cost
accountants, company
secretary, management
consultants only) can
apply
The applicant should be
above 24 years of age at
the time of loan
commencement and up
to 65 years or less at the
time of loan maturity
C) Self Employed
Individuals
Any individual filing
Income Tax returns can
apply
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cases should be above
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time of loan
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to 65 years or less at the
time of loan maturity
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Axis Bank's Power Drive will
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With some of the world's
finest cars now available in
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tags discourage you. Power
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your new car. So, you don't
have to put the brakes on
your ambition.
Loan value calculated as
per the on-road-price of
the vehicle
Attractive interest rates
LTV of upto 85% of the
on-road-price on
selected models
Loans available for
salaried and self
employed individuals,
proprietorships and
partnership firms
Special schemes for Axis
Bank Salary
accountholders
No income proof
schemes available
Loans offered from Rs. 1
lac onwards
Loans tenure from 1
year to 7 years.
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its employees as its greatest
assets. Consequently, the
employee satisfaction level
in the Bank is, possibly,
amongst the highest in the
industry, and does not
stem from the
compensation package
alone.
Comprising of people
drawn from different
specialisation and divergent
backgrounds, the
employees merge into a
highly homogeneous
working group, catalysed
by the informal and
transparent HRD policies
pursued by the Bank. In
addition to an attractive
compensation structure, we
also offer leased housing
facilities, medical and
health insurance and loan
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no EMI or post dated
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as Rs 25,000, or as much as
Rs 2 lacs. The maximum
loan amount cannot
exceed 85% of the cost of
the durable, or 12 times
your net monthly salary (or
equivalent of net annual
income for self-employed
persons), whichever is
lower. You are charged a
competitive interest rate,
and you can choose to
repay your loan in 12, 24 or
36 Equated Monthly
Installments. If you are a
salaried employee, your
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Installments will be
collected directly from
your employer under the
check-off facility. For
others, post-dated cheques
will be collected.
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CONTACT AXIS BANK INDIA

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ABOUT AXIS BANK

ABOUT AXIS BANK
Axis Bank was the first of
the new private banks to
have begun operations in
1994, after the Government
of India allowed new
private banks to be
established. The Bank was
promoted jointly by the
Administrator of the
specified undertaking of
the Unit Trust of India (UTI
- I), Life Insurance
Corporation of India (LIC)
and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC)
and other four PSU
insurance companies, i.e.
National Insurance
Company Ltd., The New
India Assurance Company
Ltd., The Oriental Insurance
Company Ltd. and United
India Insurance Company
Ltd.
The Bank today is
capitalized to the extent of
Rs. 408.84 crores with the
public holding (other than
promoters and GDRs) at
53.81%.
The Bank's Registered
Office is at Ahmedabad
and its Central Office is
located at Mumbai. The
Bank has a very wide
network of more than 1095
branches (including 57
Service Branches/CPCs as
on 30th September 2010).
The Bank has a network of
over 4846 ATMs (as on 30th
September 2010) providing
24 hrs a day banking
convenience to its
customers. This is one of
the largest ATM networks
in the country.
The Bank has strengths in
both retail and corporate
banking and is committed
to adopting the best
industry practices
internationally in order to
achieve excellence.
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DETAILS OF AXIS BANK

Type
Public (BSE: 532215)
Industry
Banking
Financial services
Founded
1994
Headquarters
Mumbai, India
Key people
Adarsh Kishore
( Chairman)
Shikha Sharma
(MD & CEO)
Products
Investment Banking
Commercial Banking
Retail Banking
Private Banking
Asset Management
Mortgages
Credit Cards
Revenue
13,745.04 crore (US$ 3.12
billion)(2009)
Net income
1,812.93 crore (US$ 411.54
million)(2009)
Employees
13,389 (2010)[1]
Website
Axisbank.com
Axis Bank, formerly UTI
Bank, is a financial services
firm that had begun
operations in 1994, after
the Government of India
allowed new private banks
to be established. The Bank
was promoted jointly by
the Administrator of the
Specified Undertaking of
the Unit Trust of India
(UTI-I), Life Insurance
Corporation of India
(LIC), General Insurance
Corporation Ltd., National
Insurance Company Ltd.,
The New India Assurance
Company
, The Oriental Insurance
Corporation
and United India Insurance
Company
UTI-I holds a special
position in the Indian
capital markets and has
promoted many leading
financial institutions in the
country. The bank changed
its name to Axis Bank in
April 2007 to avoid
confusion with other
unrelated entities with
similar name.[2] After the
Retirement of Mr. P. J.
Nayak, Shikha Sharma was
named as the bank's
managing director and CEO
on 20 April 2009.[3]
As on the year ended 31
March 2009 the Bank had a
total income of 13,745.04
crore (US$ 3.12 billion) and
a net profit of 1,812.93
crore (US$ 411.54 million).
On 24 February 2010, Axis
Bank announced the
launch of 'AXIS CALL & PAY
on atom', a unique mobile
payments solution using
Axis Bank debit cards. Axis
Bank is the first bank in the
country to provide a secure
debit card-based payment
service over IVR.[4]
Branch Network
AXIS Bank
The Bank's Registered
Office is at Ahmedabad
and its Central Office is
located at Mumbai. At the
end of September 2010,
The Bank has a very wide
network of more than 1095
branches and Extension
Counters (as on 31 October
2010).The Bank has a
network of over 4846 ATMs
(as on 31 September 2010).
The Bank has loans now (as
of June 2007) account for
as much as 70 per cent of
the bank ’s total loan book
of Rs 2,00,000 crore. For
HDFC Bank, retail assets are
around 57 per cent (Rs
28,000 crore) of the total
loans as of March 2007.
In the case of Axis Bank,
retail loans have declined
from 30 per cent of the
total loan book of Rs
25,800 crore in June 2006
to around 23 per cent of
loan book of Rs.41,280
crore (as of June 2007).
Even over a longer period,
while the overall asset
growth for Axis Bank has
been quite high and has
matched that of the other
banks, retail exposures
grew at a slower pace.
If the sharp decline in the
retail asset book in the past
year in the case of Axis
Bank is part of a deliberate
business strategy, this could
have significant
implications (not
necessarily negative) for
the overall future
profitability of the business.
Despite the slower growth
of the retail book over a
period of time and the
outright decline seen in the
past year, the bank ’s
fundamentals are quite
resilient. With the high
level of mid-corporate and
wholesale corporate
lending the bank has been
doing, one would have
expected the net interest
margins to have been
under greater pressure. The
bank, though, appears to
have insulated such
pressures. Interest margins,
while they have declined
from the 3.15 per cent seen
in 2003-04, are still
hovering close to the 3 per
cent mark. (The
comparable margins for
ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank
are around 2.60 per cent
and 4 per cent respectively.
The margins for ICICI Bank
are lower despite its much
larger share of the higher
margin retail business, since
funding costs also are
higher).
The Bank today is
capitalized to the extent of
Rs. 408.84 crores with the
public holding (other than
promoters and GDRs) at
53.81%.
AxisRemit Online
This is a convenient and
secure portal for NRIs to
remit money to India,
generally required for
maintenance of their
relatives. It is a growing
revenue stream for the
bank, with more and more
NRIs registering to avail of
the highly competitive
exchange rates and
convenient online facility.
See also
Indian banking
References
1. ^ "Axis Bank to hire
4,500 employees this
fiscal"
.
Financialexpress.com.
2007-11-19. Retrieved
2010-09-28.
2. ^ UTI Bank to be
called Axis Bank
3. ^ Shikha named Axis
Bank’s MD and CEO
4. ^ "Axis Bank
Launches 'AXIS CALL
& PAY on atom'"
. 24 February 2010.
Retrieved 25
February 2010.
External links
Official website
Axis Bank Hong Kong
Axis Bank Remittance
Services
Axis Bank Services
Axis Bank details on the
NSE Site
Axis Bank IFSC Codes
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Axis Bank branches in
India, or Branch Details
by IFSC Code
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Hollywood actress angelina jolie full profile and details

HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS ANGELINA JOLIE PROFILE :-
PERSONAL DETAILS -
Full name - Angelina jolie voight
Megan fox nicknames -angie ,catwoman ,ange ,aj
Date of birth -june 4th 1975 in los angles ,california ,usa
Gender - female
Sexual orientation -bisexual
Race or ethnicity -white
Religion -buddhist
Zodiac sign -gemini
Nationality -american
Speaks - english and french
Trade mark -husky voice and her full lips
Party affiliation - independent

Family and friend of angelina jolie :-
Father - jon voight (actor)
Mother - marcheline bertrand (actress)
Brother - james heaven (actor)
Godfather -maximilian schell
Godmother -jacqueline bisset
Daughter -zahara marley,jolie-pitt, shiloh nouvel,
Son-maddox chivan jolie-pitt ,pax thien jolie-pitt,knox leon jolie-pitt
Uncle-chip taylor
Husband-billy bob thornton jonny lee mortan
Boyfriend - timothy hutton ,val kilmar ,brad pitt
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Friday, November 26, 2010

BOLLYWOOD AND AAMIR KHAN MOVIE THE FALLING

RELEASE YEAR -2010
GENRE - SOCIAL
LANGUAGE - HINDI
DIRECTOR -ANUSHA RIZVI
PRODUCER - A
AAMIR KHAN

CAST - NASEERUDDIN SHAH AS SALIM KIDWAI
This movie is about high farmer suicide rate in the country .the story is about a journalist who reveals the misery of the farmer.

BOLLYWOOD MOVIE LAJJO

RELEASE YEAR -2010
GENRE - COMEDY
LANGUAGE - HINDI
DIRECTOR -MANI RATNAM
PRODUCER - BOBBY BEDI
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CAST - AAMIR KHAN

AAMIR KHAN MOVIE BOMBAY VELVET

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DIRECTOR -anurag kashyap
PRODUCER - danny boyle
CAST - Aamir khan

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

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January 21 , 2011
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Kiran Rao
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Monday, November 1, 2010

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MAKE FRIENDS WITH NATURE :-
how many of u have stayed in a log cabin on a mountain?dont you think it can be a lots of friends to enjoy this experience?if it is during the winter, you might be lucky enough to see snow-covered mountains. Picture-perfect, as it is called!
However,this is not just found in pictures. You can enjoy the myriad effects nature has on the mountains and the meadows,the lakes and trees around you. Come spring and the countryside is a bright hue of colours with the wild flowers in a full bloom and the green grass of meadow looking lush and great for a good game of catch or even football perhaps!
Life in the country side can be a lot of fun and you will find the whole experience very refereshing. There is so much to learn from nature .a very important fact is that you must learn to respect nature. Dont defy and dont defile nature. When you are out in the countryside ,keep your surrounding clean.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

Relative humidity is the percentage ratio of actual water vapour contained in a given sample of air, to thd maximum quantity of water vapour that the sample can hold at that temperature.
Ie the temperature of asample of air is raised,its capacity to hold water vapour increases and,assuming that no water vapour is allowed to come in or go out of the sample of air,relative humidity decreases the air becomes relatively drier . The opposite happens in the sample of air is cooled its relatively humidity increases.

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY

Absolute humidity is the mass of water vapour contained in a sample of air. It is usually expressed in grams per cubic metre.

HUMIDITY

Humidity is the quantity of water yapour present in the atmosphere.

WHY POLAR REGION ARE COLDER THAN EQUITORIAL REGION

Since earth is so far from the sun,the sun's ray may be assumed to be parallel to each other when they arrive. The half of the earth towards the sun gets sunlight,during daytime. It will be noticed that each pole receives sunlight only during its summer. This is the reasons why poles are colder.

GREEN HOUSE EFFECT

The foregoing phenomenon is called green house effects because this principal is used to grow tropical plants in cold regions,in a special structure called green hotse. A large room is built with glass roof and glass sides with small windows for air circulation.
Sunlight easily enters the room through the roof od the house ,cannot pass easily through the glass and gets trapped inside the room,thereby raising the temperature of the room.

WHY CLOUDY NIGHTS ARE WARMER

On striking the earths surface,most of the insolation is directly reflected off and only a small fraction is absorbed. If thir was not so, the earths surface melts due to greater heat. The energy, thus absorbed by the earth ,is re-rediated by it this re-rediation,called terrestrial radiation,is of very much longer wave length than insolation and hence cannot easily penetrate the environment.
Terrestrial radiation ,therefore heats the atmosphere .whereas insolation can easily penetrate through clouds ,terrestrial radiation cannot. That is why cloudy nights are much warmer than nights with clear sky.

INSOLATION

Insolation is the name given to all forms energy received by the earth ,from the sun,by the process of radiation.insolation includes includes light,heat,ultra-violet rays, infra red rays etc.
Insolation comes in the form of energy of very short wave length .energy of such short wavelength has the property of passing through transparent media without heating the media. Insolation,therefore,passes through the earth's atmosphere without heating it.

RADIATION

Radiation is the transference of heat from one place to another througs space,without the necessity of any intervening medium. Heat given off by the sun travels through space and reaches the earth by the process of radiation.

CONVECTION

Convection is the transferenre of heat in a fluid(gas or liquid)by the movement of molecules. If one corner of a boul of water is heated,the water particles move about and the heat is distributed throughout the entire body of water.if, small visible dust partical is present in the boul of water,it will be observed that the convection current in the water follow definite patterns. On the earth surface,heat i7 transferred from one place to another by ocean currents and also by convection current of air.

CONDUCTION

In this case ,heat is transferred from one place to another place,through a solid,ay direct contact between molecules.metal objects are very good conductor of heat whereas wooden pieces are bad conductor of heat .if one end of the iron is heated,the other end also gets hot,but it is well known that even if the one end of a wooden stick is burning the other end does not gets heat.land surface are generally poor conductor of heat through different types of soil have different conductivity e.g sand is better conductor than sand.

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

Atmospheric pressure is force extended,per umit area by air.it is thus the weight of the column of air above a unit area.
The average atmospheric pressure is 1013 mb.

SALR

The temperature of a saturated parcel of air,which is made to rise ,falls at a rate of 5 degree per km of ascent i.e the adiabethc lapse rate of a saturated parcel of air or saturated adiabetic lapse rate(SALR) is about 5 degree per km .
Salr is less than dalr because ,as the saturated air is cooled its capicity to hold water vapour decreases and the excess moisture condenses into water droplets.this condensation releases latent heat that warms up the parcel of air therefore ,falls only by about 5 degree per km instead of 10 km .SALR is slightly variable -less at the equator and more at poles.

DALR

It has been observed that the temperature of a dry parcel of air ,which is made to rise,falls at a steady rate of 10 degree celcius for every km of ascent i.e the adiabetic lapse rate of a dry parcel of air , or dry adiabetic lapse rate(DALR) is 10 degree per km.

THE ATMOSPHERE

GENERAL DESCRIPTION :-
The air around earth is called the atmosphere and extend to over 200 km above the surface of the earth.Different layer of earth is called by different names in ascending order,they are the troposphere,stratosphere ,mesosphere and the ionosphere.
The troposphere affects the weather while the ionosphere affects the navigation and communications when using electro-magnetic waves .
THE TROPOSPHERE :- nearly all of the weather changes occurs,and nearly all the water vapour of the atmosphere is contained ,in the troposphere,which extend to a height of about 8 km above the poles and about 16 km above the equator.