http://epthinktank.eu/2014/02/12/the-role-played-by-social-media-in-political-participation-and-electoral-campaigns/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India
Sunday, 11 May 2014
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Praveen kumar to be playing for Mumbai indians? ( IPL 7 )
Zaheer, who played six games, was ruled out for the rest of the season due to injury. Praveen did reasonably well for Kings XI Punjab in 2013, taking 12 wickets in 15 matches at an economy rate of 6.62. In spite of facing fitness and disciplinary issues, he picked eight wickets in six games for Uttar Pradesh in the T20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Praveen played for Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2008 to 2010. He moved to Kings XI Punjab in 2011.
South Korea Says Crashed Drones Proved to Come From North
Seoul: South Korea's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that a joint analysis with US experts of three crashed drones recovered in recent months proved they had all been flown from North Korea.
Ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok said a joint investigation team had confirmed the provenance of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) after analysing the GPS coordinates stored in their systems.
"We have confirmed that all three UAVs originated from North Korea," Kim said.
"This is a clear military provocation," he added.
The drones were recovered in three different locations near the inter Korean border between March 24 and April 6.
One crashed due to an engine problem, while the other two ran out of fuel.
Although extremely rudimentary in design, they were all equipped with cameras and had taken pictures of border areas and the capital Seoul, including the presidential palace.
North Korea has flatly denied any connection to the drones, and accused Seoul of "fabricating" a link in order to smear Pyongyang.
North Korea had displayed a set of what looked like very basic drones during a huge military parade held in Pyongyang last July to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
And in March last year, state media reported leader Kim Jong-Un overseeing a military drill using "super-precision drone planes."
Still photographs of the exercise broadcast on state television showed what resembled air force target drones being flown into a mountainside and exploding.
Ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok said a joint investigation team had confirmed the provenance of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) after analysing the GPS coordinates stored in their systems.
"We have confirmed that all three UAVs originated from North Korea," Kim said.
"This is a clear military provocation," he added.
The drones were recovered in three different locations near the inter Korean border between March 24 and April 6.
One crashed due to an engine problem, while the other two ran out of fuel.
Although extremely rudimentary in design, they were all equipped with cameras and had taken pictures of border areas and the capital Seoul, including the presidential palace.
North Korea has flatly denied any connection to the drones, and accused Seoul of "fabricating" a link in order to smear Pyongyang.
North Korea had displayed a set of what looked like very basic drones during a huge military parade held in Pyongyang last July to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
And in March last year, state media reported leader Kim Jong-Un overseeing a military drill using "super-precision drone planes."
Still photographs of the exercise broadcast on state television showed what resembled air force target drones being flown into a mountainside and exploding.
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Pollard and Starc clash ( IPL 7 )
It happened in the 17th over of the MI innings when RCB`s Starc continued with his delivery despite the batsman pulling out of his strike.
As the Aussie fired the ball at Pollard, the batsman advanced menacingly towards Starc and flung his willow at the bowler but, luckily, it slipped out of the Trinidadian`s hand and dropped near him.
A fuming Pollard had a word with the umpire complaining about the bowler`s conduct.
In the previous ball, after bowling a bouncer that sailed over Pollard`s head, Starc mouthed something which the big-built West Indian simply brushed away with a wave of his hand.
After the bat lay on the turf, the two on-field umpires intervened to talk to the two angry players as Chris Gayle, playing for RCB, came on to calm his West Indian teammate.
The on-field umpires S Ravi and K Srinath also had a word with RCB captain Virat Kohli.
Later, in the final over, following a misunderstanding, Pollard and Rohit Sharma were at the same end and bowler Starc clipped off the bails. Pollard kicked the ground in disgust before leaving.
Pollard shared a 97-run partnership with skipper Rohit, which helped his team post an imposing target of 187/5.
The matter is expected to be taken up by match referee Andy Pycroft after the game and action could be taken against both Pollard and Starc.
Oxford dictionary no longer see print run?
The world’s favourite dictionary might no longer see a print run, because it may be too huge to print.
Speaking to a UK magazine last week, Oxford English Dictionary (OED) editor Michael Proffitt said that owing to its gargantuan size, the third edition of the dictionary will double up from its last edition to 40 volumes. Keeping in mind its feasibility and affordability, publishers Oxford University Press will print it only if there is enough demand for it.
The last edition of the dictionary, that was published in 1989 came up to 20 volumes. The first edition, that was published in 1928, took 70 years to make. The current edition, that has been in progress since 1994, has more than 8,00,000 entries to look through and might be in production till 2034. A team of 70 linguists, lexicographers and pronunciation experts have been working on it.
Proffitt also blamed the internet and the ensuing “information overload” for the delay. “Although the internet has made access easier, it’s also created the dilemma of information overload,” Proffitt was quoted as saying.
Language experts, however, feel that the move to the online space will be a democratic decision. “Moving the dictionary onlinle, most of which is already available currently, will make it more accessible at the same time to more people. Concise dictionaries will still be around, and hence there must not be any problem,” says GJV Prasad, professor at the Centre of English Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Publisher and author Anita Roy is not at all surprised at the move. “I am neither surprised, nor particularly sad for this move. People say that paperbacks will die because of e-books and the internet. But, I’ve always felt that the first ones to die out will be dictionaries and reference books,” says Roy.
In March 2012, the Encyclopedia Britannica, too, stopped its print version for good after a publication history of 244 years.
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
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