Cricketers Tweets Tendulkar 200 Runs
and the not so famous Kalyan :)
Labels: Dhoni, HarbhajanSingh, India, ShaneWarne, Twitter, ZaheerKhan
written by Kalyan @ 12:51 PM,
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Diwali Deal - 1 Hour Free India Calling
The registration page link is here (indiald.com/eu/diwalipromo) -
Registration seems to be more ease and there are some other notes from the website.
You will be given a California access number that will automatically call your overseas destination from the phone that you register. Our access number is a regular phone number in California. Long distance rates may apply to call it. Check with your phone provider if you are unsure of costs.
Your calling card will be good for 14 days or until all the minutes are used up. You must call from the phone number you entered into the form, and it will only call the destination number you entered.
Happy Diwali 2009 (17 the October 2009) !!
written by Kalyan @ 11:40 PM,
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Prefer Employment Based Immigrants over Family Citizenship
Here is the quote from the Brookings report -
Reorient Immigrant Admissions Criteria
We must reorient the nation’s immigrant admissions criteria to better serve Americans and our economic goals. Family unification should remain a bedrock principle of U.S. immigration policy, but we believe that “family” must be narrowed to mean nuclear family members. We must also recognize that in today’s increasingly competitive and technology-intensive global economy, educated workers with the knowledge and skills to innovate are critical. Therefore, we recommend increasing skilled visas and replacing per-country limits on skilled visas with a single overall limit. At the same time, we recommend holding constant, at least for the present, the overall number of permanent legal residents admitted annually.
What does this translate to ? Washington Post gave the numbers -
Closing the door to extended relatives and another 50,000 people admitted each year under a "diversity" lottery would make room to increase from 180,000 to 330,000 the number of skilled workers and their family members whom the U.S. could admit each year, the group said.
Who benefits ? The skilled legal US immigrants who are on 8 to 10 years of waiting line for their green cards. All the employment based visa categories like EB2 and EB3 and who belong to India may get a little hope from this recommendation.
Labels: Immigration, India
written by Kalyan @ 9:57 PM,
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Big Changes in India Business Visas
The new rules is going to effect 70,000 plus skilled and non skilled expatriates working in India. This move by Indian government seems to be along the similar lines of US H1-B visa restrictions. The foreign companies that have their multinational shops in India get effected by this move.
Source : Getting an Indian work visa will be tougher now, Govt tells expatriates on business visas to leave Gujarat
Labels: Immigration, India
written by Kalyan @ 9:13 PM,
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TV channels showing Compaq Cup 2009 matches in US, Canada, UK, Australia, India, UAE and Africa
US - Direct TV & Dish Network
Direct TV DirectTV is yet announces on its website the package -
Here is the Direct TV Schedule
Previous Cricket Direct TV Channel numbers are 2024, 478 and 479
Dish Network
Dish Network is yet to offer this package but last time because of Zee Sports IPL 2009 was not offered on Dish.
Call Dish Network (USA) and tell customer service that you want cricket - Compaq Cup 2009 (Note there is an ashes series happening currently and make sure it is Tr-Series). Current Dish customers call: 1-888-686-2388
From past experience, usually they start offering the package 3 or 4 days before the event.
Here is pay per view sports events schedule from Dish PPV Dish schedule
Note : MOST LIKELY DISH MAY NOT SHOW THIS EVENT.
Canada - ATN
TBD
UK - Sky Sports and BBC – Highlights
Here is TVGuide link
India - Ten Sports
Ten Sports to broadcast all Compaq cup matches in India.
Here is TenSports Channel and schedule link
UAE, Dubai & Middle East - Ten Sports Arab Digital Distribution
If you have Pehla Gold, Pehla Silver and Firstnet Premium subscriptions then you can watch the series live on ten Sports.
Here is an announcement by Arab Digital Distribution (ADD) , the largest pay television management company in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Africa - Supersport2
Supersport2 provides coverage for Compaq 2009 matches in Africa continent.
Here is SuperSoprts2 TV Schedule link
New Zealand - Sky Sport3
SKY Network Television provides coverage for Compaq 2009 matches in New Zealand.
Here is Sky sport3 TV Schedule link
Labels: Cricket, Ind vs SL, India, sri lanka, TV Channels
written by Kalyan @ 3:08 AM,
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Compaq Cup 2009 Schedule & Match Times - India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand tri-series
Here is the schedule and match start times -
| Match date & time | Match schedule details | Stadium | Match starts in - |
| September 8 - Tuesday 14:30 local, 9:00 GMT, 5:00 EDT 4:00 CDT | 1st match - Sri Lanka vs New Zealand | Colombo, Sri Lanka - Premadasa Stadium | SL vs NZL, Sri Lanka vs New Zealand match starts in - - |
| September 11 - Friday 14:30 local, 9:00 GMT, 5:00 EDT 4:00 CDT | 2nd match - India vs New Zealand | Colombo, Sri Lanka - Premadasa Stadium | Ind vs NZ, India v New Zealand match starts in - - |
| September 12 - Saturday 14:30 local, 9:00 GMT, 5:00 EDT 4:00 CDT | 3rd match - Sri Lanka v India | Colombo, Sri Lanka - Premadasa Stadium | SL vs IND, Sri Lanka v India match starts in - - |
| September 14 - Monday 14:30 local, 9:00 GMT, 5:00 EDT 4:00 CDT | Final - TBD vs TBD | Colombo, Sri Lanka - Premadasa Stadium | TBD v TBD match starts in - - |
Labels: Cricket, Ind vs SL, India, sri lanka, TV Channels
written by Kalyan @ 1:10 AM,
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TV channels showing IPL 2009 matches in US, Canada, UK, Australia, India, UAE and Africa
Click Here - to watch online IPL 2009
US - Direct TV & Dish Network
Direct TV DirectTV announces on its website the $99 package - (Last year 2008 same package was sold for $59)
Here is the Direct TV Schedule
Direct TV Channel # is 2024.

Search Results via kwout
Dish Network
Call Dish Network (USA) and tell customer service that you want cricket - IPL channel. Current Dish customers call: 1-888-686-2388
From past experience, usually they start offering the package 3 or 4 days before the event.
Here is pay per view sports events schedule from Dish PPV Dish schedule
Canada - ATN - Bell TV (Bell ExpressVu)
ATN bought the Canada broadcasting rights for 2009 IPL.
ATN will broadcast the 2009 games live on Pay Per View across Canada on Bell TV (Bell ExpressVu), on Rogers Cable in parts of Ontario, and on Shaw Cable in Western Canada.

Bell TV Online via kwout
UK - Setanta Sports
IPL 2nd season will be telcasted on Sentena Sports 2.
India - Sony's Set Max
SetMax bought the rights for next five years to broadcast all IPL matches in India.
Australia - Network 10
Network 10 (Channel 10) has bought the rights to show every IPL game live in Australia on free-to-air television for the next five years.
Click on the link and then select your city and look in tvguide for times of IPL (it's around 11:30PM )
UAE, Dubai & Middle East - ART Prime Sport
ART Prime Sport channel gets 10 year IPL contract.
The ADD news
Arab Digital Distribution (ADD), the largest pay TV platform management company in the Middle East and North Africa, announced that it had won 10-year exclusive television coverage rights for the Middle East and North Africa for the cricketing world's most expensive and most talked about - the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition.
Live coverage for the same would be made available to audiences in UAE, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and Libya via Pehla/ART Premium Sports packages.
Africa - Supersport2
Supersport2 provides coverage for IPL 2009 matches in Africa continent.
Here is SuperSoprts2 TV Schedule link
Labels: 2009, Cricket, DFL, directTV, DishNetwork, India, IPL, setmax, SuperSports, TV Channels
written by Kalyan @ 2:14 PM,
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IPL 2009 Schedule & Match Start Times
Here is detailed DFL IPL schedule 2009 with match start times , venues and team vs team details -
| Match date & time | Match schedule details | Stadium | Match starts in - |
| April 18 - Saturday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 1st match - Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians | Newlands, Cape Town | Chennai vs Mumbai match starts in - - |
| April 18 - Saturday 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 2nd match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Rajasthan Royals | Newlands, Cape Town | Bangalore vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| April 19 - Sunday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 3rd match - Delhi Daredevils vs. Kings XI Punjab | Newlands, Cape Town | Delhi vs. Punjab match starts in - - |
| April 19 - Sunday 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 4th match - Deccan Chargers vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | Newlands, Cape Town | Hyderabad vs. Kolkata match starts in - - |
| April 20 - Monday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 5th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Chennai Super Kings | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Bangalore vs. Chennai match starts in - - |
| April 21 - Tuesday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 6th match - Kings XI Punjab vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | Kingsmead, Durban | Punjab vs. Kolkata match starts in - - |
| April 21 - Tuesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 7th match - Mumbai Indians vs. Rajasthan Royals | Kingsmead, Durban | Mumbai vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| April 22 - Wednesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 8th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Deccan Chargers | Newlands, Cape Town | Bangalore vs. Hyderabad match starts in - - |
| April 23 - Thursday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 9th match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Delhi Daredevils | Kingsmead, Durban | Chennai vs. Delhi match starts in - - |
| April 23 - Thursday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 10th match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Rajasthan Royals | Newlands, Cape Town | Kolkata vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| April 24 Friday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 11th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Kings XI Punjab | Kingsmead, Durban | Bangalore vs. Punjab match starts in -- |
| April 25 Saturday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 12th match - Deccan Chargers vs. Mumbai Indians | Kingsmead, Durban | Hyderabad vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| April 25 Saturday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 13th match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | Newlands, Cape Town | Chennai vs. Kolkata match starts in - - |
| April 26 Sunday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 14th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Delhi Daredevils | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Bangalore vs. Delhi match starts in - - |
| April 26 Sunday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 15th match - Kings XI Punjab vs. Rajasthan Royals | Newlands, Cape Town | Punjab vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| April 27 Monday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 16th match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Deccan Chargers | Kingsmead, Durban | Chennai vs. Hyderabad match starts in - - |
| April 27 Monday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 17th match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Mumbai Indians | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Kolkata vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| April 28 Tuesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 18th match - Delhi Daredevils vs. Rajasthan Royals | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Delhi vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| April 29 Wednesday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 19th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | Kingsmead, Durban | Bangalore vs. Kolkata match starts in - - |
| April 29 Wednesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 20th match - Kings XI Punjab vs. Mumbai Indians | Kingsmead, Durban | Punjab vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| April 30 Thursday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 21st match - Deccan Chargers vs. Delhi Daredevils | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Hyderabad vs. Delhi match starts in - - |
| April 30 Thursday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 22nd match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Rajasthan Royals | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Chennai vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| May 1 Friday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 23rd match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Mumbai Indians | Buffalo Park, East London | Kolkata vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| May 1 Friday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 24th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Kings XI Punjab | Kingsmead, Durban | Bangalore vs. Punjab match starts in - - |
| May 2 Saturday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 25th match - Deccan Chargers vs. Rajasthan Royals | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Hyderabad vs. Rajasthan match starts in -- |
| May 2 Saturday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 26th match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Delhi Daredevils | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Chennai vs. Delhi match starts in - - |
| May 3 Sunday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 27th match - Kings XI Punjab vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Punjab vs. Kolkata match starts in - - |
| May 3 Sunday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 28th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Mumbai Indians | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Bangalore vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| May 4 Monday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 29th match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Deccan Chargers | Buffalo Park, East London | Chennai vs. Hyderabad match starts in - - |
| May 5 Tuesday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 30th match - Kings XI Punjab vs. Rajasthan Royals | Kingsmead, Durban | Punjab vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| May 5 Tuesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 31st match - Delhi Daredevils vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | Kingsmead, Durban | Delhi vs. Kolkata match starts in - - |
| May 6 Wednesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 32nd match - Deccan Chargers vs. Mumbai Indians | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Hyderabad vs. Mumbai match starts in -- |
| May 7 Thursday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 33rd match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Rajasthan Royals | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Bangalore vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| May 7 Thursday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 34th match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Kings XI Punjab | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Chennai vs. Punjab match starts in - - |
| May 8 Friday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 35th match - Delhi Daredevils vs. Mumbai Indians | Buffalo Park, East London | Delhi vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| May 9 Saturday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 36th match - Deccan Chargers vs. Kings XI Punjab | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | Hyderabad vs. Punjab match starts in - - |
| May 9 Saturday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 37th match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Rajasthan Royals | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | Chennai Super vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| May 10 Sunday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 38th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Mumbai Indians | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Bangalore vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| May 10 Sunday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 39th match - Delhi Daredevils vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Delhi vs. Kolkata match starts in -- |
| May 11 Monday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 40th match - Deccan Chargers vs. Rajasthan Royals | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | Hyderabad vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| May 12 Tuesday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 41st match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Bangalore vs. Kolkata match starts in - - |
| May 12 Tuesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 42nd match - Kings XI Punjab vs. Mumbai Indians | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Punjab vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| May 13 Wednesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 43rd match - Deccan Chargers vs. Delhi Daredevils | Kingsmead, Durban | Hyderabad vs. Delhi match starts in - - |
| May 14 Thursday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 44th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Chennai Super Kings | Kingsmead, Durban | Bangalore vs. Chennai match starts in - - |
| May 14 Thursday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 45th match - Mumbai Indians vs. Rajasthan Royals | Kingsmead, Durban | Mumbai vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| May 15 Friday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 46th match - Delhi Daredevils vs. Kings XI Punjab | OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein | Delhi vs. Punjab match starts in -- |
| May 16 Saturday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 47th match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Mumbai Indians | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Chennai vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| May 16 Saturday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 48th match - Deccan Chargers vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Hyderabad vs. Kolkata match starts in - - |
| May 17 Sunday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 49th match - Deccan Chargers vs. Kings XI Punjab | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Hyderabad vs. Punjab match starts in - - |
| May 17 Sunday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 50th match - Delhi Daredevils vs. Rajasthan Royals | OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein | Delhi vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| May 18 Monday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 51st match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Chennai vs. Kolkata match starts in - - |
| May 19 Tuesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 52nd match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Delhi Daredevils | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Bangalore vs. Delhi match starts in - - |
| May 20 Wednesday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 53rd match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Rajasthan Royals | Kingsmead, Durban | Kolkata vs. Rajasthan match starts in - - |
| May 20 Wednesday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 54th match - Chennai Super Kings vs. Kings XI Punjab | Kingsmead, Durban | Chennai vs. Punjab match starts in - - |
| May 21 Thursday 12:30 local, 10:30 GMT, 16:00 IST | 55th match - Delhi Daredevils vs. Mumbai Indians | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Delhi vs. Mumbai match starts in - - |
| May 21 Thursday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 56th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Deccan Chargers | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Bangalore vs. Hyderabad match starts in - - |
| May 22 Friday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 1st Semi-Final - TBC vs. TBC | SuperSport Park, Centurion | TBC vs. TBC match starts in - - |
| May 23 Saturday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | 2nd Semi-Final - TBC vs. TBC | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | TBC vs. TBC match starts in - - |
| May 24 Sunday (Day/Night) 16:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST | Final - TBC vs. TBC | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | TBC vs. TBC match starts in - - |
Labels: 2009, Cricket, DFL, India, IPL, schedule, starttimes
written by Kalyan @ 12:45 PM,
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May 2009 Visa Bulletin India Dates - EB3 Unavailable
Why did EB3 become unavailable so early May Bulletin?
This is unexpected and is reported by all immigration lawyers that they have NOT seen such thing happened so early in all of their career.
Shusterman writes :
This is the earliest that the category has become unavailable in my 33 years of practicing immigration law
And it should be noted that USCIS would not stop sending RFEs for all pending i-485 cases even though the EB3 category becomes unavailable. So expect RFEs sent to your employer during these visa numbers "unavailable" times too.
All the best for those who are waiting for dates to become current.
Labels: 2009, GreenCard, H1-B, Immigration, India
written by Kalyan @ 8:25 PM,
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Huge Drop in H1-B Visa Applications
After first week of opening visa applications, USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) reports that it received only 42,000 H!-B visa applications from foreigners for high skill jobs in US. The total available visas are 65000. Last year the cap of 65K is reached within few days.For year 2008 USCIS received 163,000 H1-B applications.
The fall of economy and no signs of recovery may be the reasons for drop in demand for US work visas. The companies who took government bail out money is restricted not to hire foreign workers in H1-B visas. This may be one of the causes that is effecting in the reduction of H1-B visa applicants.
But advanced degree quota of 20,000 visas are filled up fast. These work visas are for students who completed MS or other graduate degrees in US.
Source : Economic Times , PTINews
Labels: 2009, GreenCard, H1-B, Immigration, India
written by Kalyan @ 8:20 PM,
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Google’s Lok Sabha Election 2009 Page
India’s general elections (Lok Sabha) 2009 is fast approaching and Google’s elections 2009 page has all consolidated info at one place. Google partnered with Hindustan Times this time to bring up to date info to everyone.
Besides all election news there is one catchy privacy concern voter rolls list available. For six cities – Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune cities one can search voter rolls info. The data includes addresses and husband information too.
The data is coming from Janaagraha. I searched on Sonia Gandhi and found the 10 Janpath address and Rajiv Gandhi name listed as Sonia husband.
Labels: India
written by Kalyan @ 12:20 AM,
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SET Max to make 400 Crores in IPL ads
IPL (Indian Premier League) got moved to South Africa over security concerns as India is holding general elections in two weeks. SET Max is said to raise 400 crore from sponsors and ads. Worlds Sports Group will have all the international rights and SET Max together paid 911 crores for this mega event.
IPL's nine fixed sponsors include Coca-Cola, Hyundai, Airtel Digital TV, Havell’s and Vodafone.
It has to be seen if the event hosted out of India will have same viewership as it had last year. The fast sell of ads for 2009 shows the increasing popularity of this short version of the game. The franchisees too lost big amount of money last year except a handful like SRK's Calcutta team which made money selling franchise materials.
Source : SET Max sells 80% of IPL ads
Labels: DFL, India, IPL, setmax
written by Kalyan @ 8:30 PM,
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US Senators seeking H1-B visa review of 25 MNCs
Two US senators - Richard Durbin (Democrat-Illinois) and Charles Grassley (Republican-Iowa) are asking 25 MNCs of how they have used H1-B visas. Their major concern is that H1-Bs are used to outsource American jobs. Replacement of American workers is unjustified and needs much bigger oversight. The H1-B quota increase is highly opposed as Unemployment rate hit the lowest since 1983.
Their letter of inquiry had been sent to the following 25 MNC companies—Infosys Technologies Ltd., Wipro Limited, Satyam Computer Services Ltd., Cognizant Tech Solutions, Microsoft Corp., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Patni Computer Systems Inc., US Technology Resources Llc., I-Flex Solutions Inc., Intel Corp., Accenture Llp., Cisco Systems Inc., Ernst & Young Llp., Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd., Deloitte & Touche Llp., Google Inc., Mphasis Corp., University of Illinois at Chicago, American Unit Inc., Jsmn International Inc., Objectwin Technology Inc., Deloitte Consulting, Prince Georges County Public Schools, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Motorola Inc.
Source : High US Jobless rate prompts Visa review
Labels: Immigration, India
written by Kalyan @ 8:14 PM,
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Most favored Outsourcing destination - USA
But the future of Outsourcing rather showed a different picture with US (22%), followed by China (16%), India (13%)
When asked what one location they might consider for outsourcing in the future, the CFOs most frequently cite the US (22%), followed by China (16%), India (13%), Southeast Asia including the Philippines (7%), Latin America (7%), Western Europe (6%), Canada (5%), and Eastern Europe (3%).
Labels: India
written by Kalyan @ 12:19 PM,
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Two Indians in US Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball team
Labels: Immigration, India
written by Kalyan @ 12:06 PM,
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Greencards to those who buys US houses - A proposal
How many potential foreigners are there who can invest in US houses -
Merrill Lynch estimates that in 2007 there were 10.1 million individuals in the world, 7.1 million outside the U.S., with at least $1 million in financial assets that totaled $29 trillion. If new immigrants bought the 2.4 million excess houses at today's $184,000 median price with funds from abroad, they would bring untold billions. The immigrants would also buy consumer goods, pay taxes, and start many new businesses.
Does this solution work or create more immigration problems ?
Isn't this the same model that financial brains invented in housing boom times to achieve the current painful recession. Grouping all the houses as mortgage backed securities and selling it to the investors (either foreign or local). Everyone is happy when house prices increased and when their value fell, the century old investment banks (Bear & Stearns, Lehman Brothers) disappeared from the papers.
Labels: Immigration, India
written by Kalyan @ 10:13 PM,
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Top 2008 Google India searches results list - Katrina Kaif, Sania Mirza & MBA
Besides Katrina - Aishwarya, Kareena, Deepika Padukone, Mallika Sherawat, Genelia D'souza made it to the celebrity actresses list. In the actors list it is surprising to see Big B - Amitabh Bachhan & Aamir Khan missing from the list. Sharukh is #6.
In Cricket - IPL, Sachin Tendulkar, Dhoni and Brett Lee remained on hot searches. Overall sports the Hyderabad tennis sensation Sonia Mirza is #1. India love towards football made Ronaldo and Beckham the superstars list.
India seems to be going lean with two of "how to" searches are related to weight. On romance side - How to "Kiss", "Get Pragnant", "Impress a girl" is on many indian minds.
On "why" list MBA made it to #1.
In the politicans list India searched more of "Sarah Palin" than "Obama".
Source : 2008 Google zeitgeist
written by Kalyan @ 12:07 AM,
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What technologies Mumbai gunmen used ? VOIP, GPS, GoogleEarth, Blackberries
Newyork Times reporting that terrorists have become so technologically advanced that they used GPS to reach their destination from Karachi, Pakistan and have used satellite phones to be in touch with the base station. Google Earth aided them to find clear paths of coast to coast movements.
Another interesting technology used is VOIP phones.
The times reporting these interesting abuse of technology by the criminals :
The militant group in Pakistan used VOIP to mask their identities
Indian security forces surrounding the buildings were able to monitor the terrorists’ outgoing calls by intercepting their cellphone signals. But Indian police officials said those directing the attacks, who are believed to be from Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant group based in Pakistan, were using a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service, which has complicated efforts to determine their whereabouts and identities.
It is difficult to trace the VOIP calls. The difficulty of tracing made it difficult for authorities to trace the calls to prevent the destruction.
In Mumbai, authorities have declined to disclose the names of the VoIP companies whose services the Lashkar-e-Taiba handlers used, but reports in Indian news media have said the calls have been traced to companies in New Jersey and Austria. Yet investigators have said they are convinced that the handlers who directed the attacks were actually sitting somewhere in Pakistan during the calls.
One senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leader who American officials believe may have played a key role in planning the Mumbai attacks is Zarrar Shah. Mr. Shah, known to be a specialist in communications technology, may have been aware of the difficulties in tracing VoIP.
Labels: Google, India, Technology
written by Kalyan @ 3:04 AM,
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January 2009 Visa Bulletin India dates
Obama is electing US border state Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to head Homeland Security department. Also the immigration is in top 10 list of Obama administration. So we may see some progress when Obama official starts office on january 20 2009.
Visa bulletin can be found here.
Note : E1, E2, E3 dates are employment based categories-
Related posts :
> USA Immigration Greencard Reform Proposals
Labels: Immigration, India, visa bulletin
written by Kalyan @ 2:38 AM,
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H1B, Offshoring - Top 2008 IT trend
Two different contradicting stories on H1-Bs are highlighted in ZdNet article - 1) High wage IT jobs moving to low wage countries like India 2) US employers finding shortage of IT professions to hire in US.
There has been reports that employers are abusing H1-B system by hiring foreign workers at low wages though US workers are available for same position.
Besides H1-B, Other trends include, 1) IT is surviving the current financial crisis, 3) Go virtual and mobile office to realize cost savings for employers. 4) "Green IT" theme picking up slowly. 5) PCs become efficient and cheaper.
Labels: Immigration, India, Technology
written by Kalyan @ 12:06 AM,
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Pentagon hiring foreign doctors & nurses on visas
What specialty skills Pentagon is looking for ? All nursing specialists and for doctors - neuro surgeons, family practitioners, dermatologists and some other specialties. The department is looking to focus on foreign nationals who has foreign language skills and can speak multiple languages.
Currently 29000 non US citizens are in US military who automatically gets Green card for serving in military.
Labels: Deals, Immigration, India, Nurse, Visa
written by Kalyan @ 8:31 PM,
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Watch Free Movie - Slumdog Millionaire, Mumbai's man story
For those of you who don't know about Movie - "Slumdog Millionaire" is the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who became millionaire. It debuted in 10 theaters as limited release on 12 November 2008, grossing $350,434 which was impressive numbers for that number of screens. May be movie will get more attention now since the "hero" of the movie is from "Mumbai" which the city was in news recently with gunmen attacking and claiming 175 plus innocent lives.
Here is the youtube trailer of Slumdog Millionaire :
Labels: Deals, free, India, Movies, Mumbai, videos
written by Kalyan @ 7:31 PM,
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India IIM-A Sets Record for Highest Average GMAT scores ever in EMBA admissions
For 2008-2009 batch, The IIM Ahmedabad Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) has set a record of average GMAT score of 728 - the highest for any one-year management executive programme in the world (see table). Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad's one-year programme ranked #3 with GMAT score of 714.
written by Kalyan @ 8:12 PM,
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What unlocked phone to buy for International use ?
GSM or CDMA Most of the world follows GSM that is used by T-Mobile, AT&T and others as opposed to what US's CDMA technology used by verizon and Sprint. It is always better to buy a GSM phone which is universal in nature.
Unlocked Phones Next stop is 'locked' or 'unlocked' GSM phones meaning that unlocked phones will allow any SIM (SIM is a small card used in GSM phone) from any service provider, anywhere in the world to be used in it. Most of phones in US from service providers like At&T, T-Mobile are locked so make sure your phone is unlocked for international use to put any SIM.
Band frequency Always go for quad band GSM unlocked phones only. Thetravelinsider.info have very good info on this topic - Two frequency bands are used by GSM services in the US. Two different frequency bands are used by GSM services elsewhere in the world. Us uses 850 MHZ and 1900 MHZ frequencies. Internationally 900 MHZ and 1800 MHZ are mostly used. quad-band phone is the phone that work with all four freqency bands mentioned above. In the travelinsider page there are phones with quad band and a table showing what countries use what bands.
Hope this basic info helps in choosing what unlocked phone to buy for international use.
Labels: India
written by Kalyan @ 8:44 PM,
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India Ranks #3 - Cricket one day ratings
Image via WikipediaIndia after winning all their five one days against England climbed to #3 spot to tie with South Africa with 119 points in One day ICC ratings reports ICC-Cricket. MS Dhoni's team might have gone to #2 position if they have played and won 6th ODI against England. India vs England 2008 One day matches are canceled due to Mumbai, India attacks.In test matches India dropped by one position going to 3rd place after Australia and South Africa.
MS Dhoni ranked #1 top 100 ODI batsman with Hussey of Australia #2, Smith #3 and Chanderpaul #4.
Labels: India
written by Kalyan @ 4:01 PM,
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