Shah Rukh Khan Detained in US at New York Airport

What Twitter has to Say On this ?

Roflindian
#SRK was detained by the US authorities because his record showed deadly box office bombings in the past.

mihirfadnavis
If the airport TVs had played 'Devdas' SRK would probably have faced waterboarding or Guantanamo

MunnaHazare
If Akshay 'Kumar' was too detained,they could have made 'SRK and Kumar : Escape From Guantanamo Bay' in bollywood Style! #SRK

vella_max
#SRK was not detained, his connecting Kingfisher flight was 2 hours late. #InsideStory

gemsabhishek
#SRK was detained because of allegation that Ra-One has mentally traumatized some of the American-Indians !!

Roflindian
US officials - "Tell us about Ra.One." #SRK "Hhhhheeyyyy! It bombed." "BOMB??!!"

The most common are "Don ki talaash 11 mulko ki police ker rahi hai per US me wo har baar Detain ho jaata hai " !

Wipro got a 7-yr deal from US-based Comp

Wipro on Thursday said it has entered into a seven-year strategic agreement with the US-based insurance firm Main Street America Group for software solutions.

The Main Street will engage with Wipro for applications, development, maintenance and quality assurance, the Bangalore-based software firm said in a statement. Under the terms of the agreement, Wipro will supplement Main Street's IT organisation in its endeavour to support its present and future business needs. Wipro, however, did not disclose any financial detail of the deal.

New job openings are set to be expected in Wipro.

Pirated Microsoft Windows 7 DVDs generate $100,000 in India

About 50,000 pirated DVDs of Microsoft Windows 7 are estimated to have been sold here since the official launch on Oct 22, generating
unaccounted business of around Rs 50 lakh (nearly $100,000).

The reason for the allure of the pirated versions: These cost Rs.40-Rs.250 in Naza Market in Hazratganj here, drawing buyers from not only the rest of Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring states like Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand but also Nepal and Bangladesh.

"This is the biggest market in the region," said a shopkeeper in Hazratganj, claiming at least 50,000 DVDs of the pirated Windows 7 have been sold since hitting the local markets within 24 hours of the official launch, fetching sellers about Rs.50 lakh so far.

The legal version of the new operating system launched by Microsoft Corp costs between $150-$300 (Rs.7,500-Rs.15,000) in the international markets. The company, however, tagged its prices 20 percent below international rates in India, where it is available in the Rs.6,000-Rs.11,000 range through official channels. Despite the discounted company rates, buyers are opting for the pirated version. "Why invest Rs.10,000 when it is available for Rs.250?" asked Pramod Yadav, a student pursuing a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) course. Added Mohit Singh, who runs a computer hardware and software maintenance company: "We pay for only the DVD as we are regular customers. A DVD hardly costs Rs.20-40." Most computer service providers or "regular customers" in Lucknow and elsewhere in India use pirated software, contended Nishant Kumar, a software engineer with HCL Technologies in Greater Noida. According to him, what makes the pirated operating systems more attractive is that cheap pirated anti-virus software is also freely available. "A lot of anti-virus software, for example Awast, is available on the Internet," Kumar said, adding that it was equally effective and has the same service life.





Those selling pirated Windows 7 deny doing anything illegal.





There are over 200 shops in Naza Market. All have everything you want. We are not doing anything illegal as everything is available on the Internet," said a shopkeeper not willing to be named. "We are only transferring and supplying to buyers who include students, professionals and even big business houses."





Those selling authentic software are unhappy.

Gutka Pouch , Unmanageable Threat

The Government's proposal to ban the use of multi-layered laminated plastic packaging has elicited a strong response from the industry with several pleading to present their case before the environment ministry. The Justice Chopra report recommended that the small pouches segment of the vast plastic based packaging industry had become unmamageable.
The notification also proposes to increase the thickness of polybags from 20 microns to 40 microns.
The proposed notification recommends a strict control and license system for manufacturers of plastic carry bags and containers and also requires the manufactures to label their products based on whether they are made from virgin plastic,recycled plastic or biodegradabele material. With debate also building around what is really biodegradable plastic,the ministry has proposed that only products that match BIS regulations would be allowed to be manufactured and used.

Nine Indian-origin people work in White House

At least nine Indian-origin people work in the White House, with some getting $100,000 or more a year, official figures released by President Barack Obama's office have revealed.According to the figures, Sonal Shah, who's the deputy assistant to the US President and director at Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, gets an annual salary of $120,000. Both Rachana Bhowmick, who is the director of special projects, and Aditya Kumar, also director of special projects as well as special assistant to Office of Chief of Staff, earn $99,000 a year each. Those in the salary slab less than $90,000 are Anisha Dasgupta who works as a Counsel at an annual package of $86,927 and Pradeep Ramamurthy, the Director of Response Policy, whose gross salary is $86,927.





The figures, released on the White House blog, also reveal that Kavita Patel who is the Director of Policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement gets USD 65,000 annually, while Shomik Dutta, the Special Assistant to White House Counsel, earns $62,000. Likewise, White House Policy Advisor Manashi Deshpande earns $54,000 a year while Taara Rangarajan gets $40,000 for her services as Deputy Associate Director. According to the White House, consistent with Obama's commitment to transparency, the figures have been disclosed on its website as it is transmitted to the US Congress. Since the year 1995, it's required to deliver a report every year.