Honda CBR 150R motor cycle Launched in India
The most awaited Honda CBR150R, the 150cc motorcycle was unveiled at the Delhi Auto Expo 2012. The motorcycle comes in 2 variants like the Deluxe and Standard. The Standard variant reads INR 116385, the Deluxe variant is a tad expensive at INR 117385.
Honda Company has launched the CBR 150R in the India. It is different and powered by a 150cc, 4-valve and DOHC engine. The produces is 18 PS of power at 10,500 RPM and 12.6 Nm of peak torque at 8500 RPM. The CBR150R is expected to be quicker to 100 km/h. it’s more comfortable and stylish.
Honda CBR150R Standard variant is available in Pearl Sunbeam white, black, sport red with pearl Sunbeam white. These available with good mix two colors as Vibrant Orange with Pearl Sunbeam White and Black with Candy Palm Green.
It’s priced at Rs. 1, 16,385 for the standard variant and Rs. 1, 17,385 for the deluxe variant in New Delhi. These bikes are same but difference between the variants is the colour. The Honda CBR150R may be a smaller capacity CBR250R.
Honda is being too optimistic with the pricing. This is right in KTM Duke 200 territory. Bookings have started Honda dealer will accept booking with Rs. 5000. Bikes deliveries will start in the first week of April 2012.
Reliance launches India’s first CDMA tablet
Reliance Company has launched India’s first CDMA tablet called the Reliance CDMA tab. It is runs Android 2.3 and flaunts a seven inch display. The device is physically identical to the original Reliance 3G tab, a 2.0 megapixel camera, features 512MB of RAM, a microSD slot, a front facing camera. It also supports Reliance’s CDMA network in 22 circles covering over a 1000 towns.
The company didn’t reveal, who processor was being employed by the CDMA tab. Its use the same Rock chip chipset seen in the 3G tab clocked at 800MHz. The tablet will come pre-loaded with a myriad of apps and it will cost only Rs 12,999. The most and interesting feature of this new CDMA tablet is the post paid data offered by Reliance Company.
We can purchase the 19,999 combo offering 5GB of monthly data for one year at Rs. 7,000. Reliance has also 2 plans as it offers 2GB of data per month for extra Rs 5,500 over the base price of Rs 12,999 with 26 percent saving.
Others offer is in 1GB of monthly storage costing an additional Rs. 4,500 over the base price of Rs 12,999 with discount of 27 percent.
The tablet supported by Reliance’s CDMA network across 22 circles in over 1000 towns in the country. The Tab is claimed to come with 15 popular applications and information services as browsing, navigation maps and search.
Entertainment services like music, video and games with social networking services Facebook and orkut. Communication services are email, MMS, blog, SMS.
Actress Madhuri Dixit unveils her wax statue at Madame Tussauds
Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit known for her million dollar smile and she was “thrilled” to unveil her wax statue at the Madame Tussauds museum In London. She became the sixth Bollywood celebrity to be the part of Madame Tussauds.
The second actress Aishwarya Rai entered the museum back in 2004. Bollywood actor in Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Amitabh Bachchan and others popular actors have a wax statue.
Actress had even donated the exquisite saree which her wax statue is wearing. The figure took four months to build at a cost of USD 150,000. Actress gave many super hit films as ‘Sajan,’ ‘Beta,’ ‘Tezaab,’ ‘Ram Lakhan’ ‘Dil’, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun,’ ‘Devdas,’ and ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai.’
Madhuri donated the exquisite pink sari by the wax figure. It took four months to make at a cost of 150,000 pounds. The statue also has around its neck a heavy neckpiece. The look is complete with the perfect smile.
Salman Khan – Dabangg 2 movie
The 46 year old Salman Khan looked handsome in a Being Human Tee and jeans at the event. Indian actor Salman Khan begins to hard work for ‘Dabanga 2’ movie. Salman has his plate full with some interesting films. Film Dabangg 2 is extremely close to his heart and it after the success of Dabangg Part I.
Actor has opted out of hosting Bigg Boss 6 season. He has hit the gym to get a never like before body for Dabangg 2 movie. The movie sequel marks the directorial debut Arbaaz Khan.The reported said ‘Bhushan Kumar holds the music rights of Dabangg 2. Sajid Wajid has scored the music for the movie. Film will release on Christmas this year. Arbaaz Khan turns director with DABANGG 2 starring actress Sonakshi Sinha and his brother Salman Khan.
Salman is ready to put in 4 times the effort to get a perfect physique for look in movie. We can expect that his shirts tearing and more bare bodied shots. His fetish for health and fitness, this Dabangg 2 movie may shine once again at the box office.
There are 2 films releasing on 24th February and both boast of good music. Music lovers may end up saying ‘Tere songs naal love ho gaya’ to the wedded couple as actor Ritesh Deshmukh and actress Genelia D’souza.
Google Doodle Tribute Heinrich Hertz
Internet giant Google Inc. once again showing animated graphics on their doodle to celebrate the 155th birth day of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz by showing electromagnetic wave (in Google colours blue, red, yellow and green) on its home page. A German physicist Heinrich Hertz had discovered the existence of radiowave in 1880s. Heinrich Hertz was the first to prove the existence of electromagnetic waves by engineering instruments to transmit and receive radio pulses.
In the honour of Heinrich Hertz the unit of frequency of a radio wave thus named the hertz (Hz). Hz is a SI unit of frequency which measures the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon.
16 killed in Iraqi police academy blast
A suicide bomber detonated his car Sunday. A group of police recruits left their academy in Baghdad, Killing 18 in the latest strike on Iraqi security officials by insurgents, who are apparently seeking to underscore. ‘The suicide bomber was waiting on the street outside the fortified academy near the Interior Ministry headquarters in the east of the Iraqi capital’ said Police. The crowd of recruits exited the compound’s security barriers in the early afternoon. They walked into the road. Sources said ‘the bomber drove toward them and blew up his car. The dead were either police officers or recruits and others 27 recruits and policemen were wounded.
Officials at three nearby hospitals confirmed the casualties. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. Police recruits have been attacked time again in spectacular attacks, where suicide bombers have infiltrated protection barriers. Iraq’s police are generally considered to be the weakest element of the country’s security forces. People across Baghdad were killed in a string of attacks that included two bombers slamming explosives packed cars into police stations in October, 25. Sunday’s attack shows anew extremists’ ability to pull off attacks despite government crackdowns. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing but suicide attacks are a hallmark of al-Qaida.
Mahatma Gandhi’s name created a world record
Sixty four years after Mahatma Gandhi’s death, his name created a new world record in the Guinness Book on Sunday as 485 underprivileged boys came together for a peace march. They dressed as Bapu, adorn khadi attire and Gandhi caps. All boys wore round framed Gandhi eyeglasses and walked together with sticks. The group of 485 underprivileged boys brought alive memories of Mahatma Gandhi’s most popular and historic Dandi march against British Government.
The most of the boys among group were between 10 to 16 years and from single mothers. They walked for half a kilometer during peace march at Mayo Road in central Kolkata. The officials from the Guinness Book were present to evaluate and monitor the event. After monitoring, officials awarded the world record certificate to TRACKS. The TRACKS (Training Recourse and Care for Kids) is a UK based organizers.
“I am myself a Gandhi follower. This peace march is meant to inculcate Gandhi’s values and messages in poor children. We don’t want the underprivileged kids to forget the rich legacy of Gandhian ideology,” said Michael Anthony (He runs the NGO).
Agneepath – A complete movie of Sanjay Dutt and Hrithik Roshan
The remake of 1990’s Agneepath has released with the same titled AGNEEPATH on 26th January 2012 (Republic Day of India). New Agneepath (Path of Fire) is action, thriller bloody movie produced by Karan Johar and directed by Karan Malhotra. The leading character “Vijay Deenanath Chauhan” is played by Hrithik Roshan while Sanjay Dutt is in role of Kancha Cheena. Priyanka Chopra is leading actress in the movie as the character of Kaali. Rishi Kapoor is another actor in the movie as Rauf Lala. Music given by Ajay-Atul. The most entertaining part of new Agneepath is chikni chameli song performed by katrina kaif.
The remake Agneepath is a complete movie of Sanjay Dutt and Hrithik Roshan, both justices with their character Vijay Deenanath Chauhan and Kancha Cheena respectively. Sanjay Dutt is getting appreciation for his black-clad figure and bald, colossal, tattooed look. His new getup as villain is liked by all.
After long time Hrithik Roshan came in bloody seen as he performed in his starting movies of career like Mission Kashmir. katrina kaif supported the movie to make it big hit by performed chikni chameli.
Google doodles celebrates Republic Day
India’s Republic Day (26 January) parade extended its route from the roads of New Delhi to the Google India homepage in the form of a doodle. The Google doodle commemorating India’s 63rd Republic shows National Bravery Award winning children riding on the backs of decorated elephants on Rajpath in New Delhi. The Google logo appears as a rangoli as motif in the background. The 24 children selected for the National Bravery Award are participating in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. Five children have got the award posthumously. Google posted 260 doodles in 2011. This figure is only nominally higher than the 258 doodles that Google put up on its home page in 2010.
This is the second Republic Day doodle to feature on Google India’s home page. Some of the doodles were limited to Google’s country specific home pages while others appeared globally. The previous Republic Day of India doodle was put in 2010. That shows the Republic Day action in the air fighter aircraft decorating the sky with the Tricolour. The highlight of this year’s Republic Day 2012 parade in New Delhi is the 3,000 km range Agni IV missile. The Intermediate Range Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile mounted on a road mobile launcher is being paraded by the Development Organization.
Vodafone wins 2.5 billion dollar tax case in SC
Vodafone wins a 5-year fight in India Supreme Court, the SC relief Vodafone from the liability for up to $4.4 billion in back taxes and penalties. In a 2.5 billion dollar (11,218 cr) sigh of relief for Vodafone, the SC Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia has ruled in favour of Vodafone in tax case on Friday, The tax department has no authority over Vodafone’s buy of mobile resources in India.
The Supreme Court said the government to return Rs 2500 crore to the company with interest of 4% over a $2.2 billion tax bill. Also the SC has said that the Indian tax department cannot tax the business that saw Vodafone obtain 67% stake in Hutchison Essar, a mobile phone operator in India in 2007. Corporate India will be glad that judiciary and this decision will boost foreign investor confidence in India.
Meanwhile the British telephone company Vodafone lost its case in the Bombay High Court in 2008 and then appealed against that verdict in the Supreme Court.